Author: Caroline Käding
Publisher: Distanz
ISBN: 9783954760824
Category : Painting, Abstract
Languages : de
Pages : 0
Book Description
Einer der teuersten Künstler der Gegenwart Mark Grotjahn (geb. 1968 in Pasadena, lebt und arbeitet in Los Angeles) gehört zu den bekanntesten amerikanischen Malern seiner Generation. Sein Werk ist heterogen und umfasst sowohl anthropomorphisierende Pflanzenfiguren und Maskendarstellungen als auch abstrakte Farbzeichnungen in Öl oder Wachskreide. Nach 1997 entstanden zudem zahlreiche monochrome Werke. In Grotjahns "Butterfly"- und "Face"-Gemälden wird ein dynamisch-dialektisches Verhältnis zwischen gestischer Bildlichkeit und formalistischer Struktur deutlich. Die großzügig angelegte Publikation "Circus Circus" zeigt eine Auswahl von Bildern aus Grotjahns neuer "Circus"-Serie sowie eine "Mask"-Bronze-Skulptur. Die ambitionierten, vielfarbigen Arbeiten verweben die geometrische Strenge der "Butterfly"- mit der gestischen Faktur der "Face"-Gemälde, bei denen primäre Gesichtssymbole aus fließenden Farbströmen hervortreten. Die Texte von Caroline Käding und Mark Prince analysieren die "Circus"-Serie vor dem Hintergrund der Maltraditionen, auf die sie verweist, und ordnen sie in Grotjahns bestehendes OEuvre ein.
Mark Grotjahn
Author: Caroline Käding
Publisher: Distanz
ISBN: 9783954760824
Category : Painting, Abstract
Languages : de
Pages : 0
Book Description
Einer der teuersten Künstler der Gegenwart Mark Grotjahn (geb. 1968 in Pasadena, lebt und arbeitet in Los Angeles) gehört zu den bekanntesten amerikanischen Malern seiner Generation. Sein Werk ist heterogen und umfasst sowohl anthropomorphisierende Pflanzenfiguren und Maskendarstellungen als auch abstrakte Farbzeichnungen in Öl oder Wachskreide. Nach 1997 entstanden zudem zahlreiche monochrome Werke. In Grotjahns "Butterfly"- und "Face"-Gemälden wird ein dynamisch-dialektisches Verhältnis zwischen gestischer Bildlichkeit und formalistischer Struktur deutlich. Die großzügig angelegte Publikation "Circus Circus" zeigt eine Auswahl von Bildern aus Grotjahns neuer "Circus"-Serie sowie eine "Mask"-Bronze-Skulptur. Die ambitionierten, vielfarbigen Arbeiten verweben die geometrische Strenge der "Butterfly"- mit der gestischen Faktur der "Face"-Gemälde, bei denen primäre Gesichtssymbole aus fließenden Farbströmen hervortreten. Die Texte von Caroline Käding und Mark Prince analysieren die "Circus"-Serie vor dem Hintergrund der Maltraditionen, auf die sie verweist, und ordnen sie in Grotjahns bestehendes OEuvre ein.
Publisher: Distanz
ISBN: 9783954760824
Category : Painting, Abstract
Languages : de
Pages : 0
Book Description
Einer der teuersten Künstler der Gegenwart Mark Grotjahn (geb. 1968 in Pasadena, lebt und arbeitet in Los Angeles) gehört zu den bekanntesten amerikanischen Malern seiner Generation. Sein Werk ist heterogen und umfasst sowohl anthropomorphisierende Pflanzenfiguren und Maskendarstellungen als auch abstrakte Farbzeichnungen in Öl oder Wachskreide. Nach 1997 entstanden zudem zahlreiche monochrome Werke. In Grotjahns "Butterfly"- und "Face"-Gemälden wird ein dynamisch-dialektisches Verhältnis zwischen gestischer Bildlichkeit und formalistischer Struktur deutlich. Die großzügig angelegte Publikation "Circus Circus" zeigt eine Auswahl von Bildern aus Grotjahns neuer "Circus"-Serie sowie eine "Mask"-Bronze-Skulptur. Die ambitionierten, vielfarbigen Arbeiten verweben die geometrische Strenge der "Butterfly"- mit der gestischen Faktur der "Face"-Gemälde, bei denen primäre Gesichtssymbole aus fließenden Farbströmen hervortreten. Die Texte von Caroline Käding und Mark Prince analysieren die "Circus"-Serie vor dem Hintergrund der Maltraditionen, auf die sie verweist, und ordnen sie in Grotjahns bestehendes OEuvre ein.
Mark Grotjahn
Author: Mark Grotjahn
Publisher: Blum & Poe Press
ISBN: 9780966350388
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Mark Grotjahn's (born 1968) ongoing Butterfly series--one of several investigations into the natural world in Grotjahn's oeuvre--focuses on perspectival techniques used since the Renaissance, such as dual and multiple vanishing points, to create the illusion of depth on a two-dimensional surface. Though at first the Butterfly paintings may appear entirely formal and graphic (alluding to modernist painting from Russian Constructivism to Op art), the raylike "butterfly wings" are often layered over under-paintings, giving them texture and tonal depth. This volume, published to accompany the first exhibition of Grotjahn's butterfly paintings at Blum & Poe in New York, not only collects these arresting compositions, but also delves into the artistic contexts involved, in an essay by Douglas Fogle that discusses the history of the Butterfly works since their conception in the early 2000s.
Publisher: Blum & Poe Press
ISBN: 9780966350388
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Mark Grotjahn's (born 1968) ongoing Butterfly series--one of several investigations into the natural world in Grotjahn's oeuvre--focuses on perspectival techniques used since the Renaissance, such as dual and multiple vanishing points, to create the illusion of depth on a two-dimensional surface. Though at first the Butterfly paintings may appear entirely formal and graphic (alluding to modernist painting from Russian Constructivism to Op art), the raylike "butterfly wings" are often layered over under-paintings, giving them texture and tonal depth. This volume, published to accompany the first exhibition of Grotjahn's butterfly paintings at Blum & Poe in New York, not only collects these arresting compositions, but also delves into the artistic contexts involved, in an essay by Douglas Fogle that discusses the history of the Butterfly works since their conception in the early 2000s.
Alain Elkann Interviews
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781614286325
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Alain Elkann has mastered the art of the interview. With a background in novels and journalism, and having published over twenty books translated across ten languages, he infuses his interviews with innovation, allowing them to flow freely and organically. Alain Elkann Interviews will provide an unprecedented window into the minds of some of the most well-known and -respected figures of the last twenty-five years.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781614286325
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Alain Elkann has mastered the art of the interview. With a background in novels and journalism, and having published over twenty books translated across ten languages, he infuses his interviews with innovation, allowing them to flow freely and organically. Alain Elkann Interviews will provide an unprecedented window into the minds of some of the most well-known and -respected figures of the last twenty-five years.
Jonas Wood
Author: Mark Grotjahn
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781838660635
Category : ART
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The first monograph on a rising star who is one of contemporary art's most celebrated painters Los Angeles-based artist Jonas Wood creates vivid images, where space and everyday life are rendered with compressed perspective in bold graphic hues. This monograph - the first on the artist's work - brings together his most significant paintings and drawings. In doing so, it offers a unique insight into the vast array of his sources, which include family photographs, found imagery, baseball cards, and other people's art, including the ceramics of his wife, the artist Shio Kusaka. With contributions by curator and writer Helen Molesworth, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York Ian Alteveer, and a conversation between Wood and fellow Los Angeles-based artist Mark Grotjahn.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781838660635
Category : ART
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The first monograph on a rising star who is one of contemporary art's most celebrated painters Los Angeles-based artist Jonas Wood creates vivid images, where space and everyday life are rendered with compressed perspective in bold graphic hues. This monograph - the first on the artist's work - brings together his most significant paintings and drawings. In doing so, it offers a unique insight into the vast array of his sources, which include family photographs, found imagery, baseball cards, and other people's art, including the ceramics of his wife, the artist Shio Kusaka. With contributions by curator and writer Helen Molesworth, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York Ian Alteveer, and a conversation between Wood and fellow Los Angeles-based artist Mark Grotjahn.
The Forever Now
Author: Laura J. Hoptman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780870709128
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Timeless Painting presents the work of 17 contemporary painters whose works reflect a singular approach that is peculiarly of our time: they are a-temporal, a term coined by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling, the originators of the cyberpunk aesthetic. A-temporality or timelessness manifests itself in painting as an ahistoric free-for-all, where contemporaneity as an indicator of new form is nowhere to be found, and all eras co-exist. Published to accompany an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art that explores the impact of this cultural condition on contemporary painting, this publication features work by an international roster of artists including Joe Bradley, Kerstin Brätsch, Matt Connors, Nicole Eisenman, Mark Grotjahn, Charline von Heyl, , Julie Mehretu, Oscar Murillo, Laura Owens and Josh Smith, among others. An overview essay by curator Laura Hoptman is divided into thematic chapters that explore topics such as re-animation and reenactment, recontextualization, 'Zombie' painting, and the concomitant 'Frankenstein approach', which describes a process of stitching together pieces of the history of painting to create a work of art that would be dead but for its juxtaposed parts, all working in association with one another to propel the work into life.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780870709128
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Timeless Painting presents the work of 17 contemporary painters whose works reflect a singular approach that is peculiarly of our time: they are a-temporal, a term coined by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling, the originators of the cyberpunk aesthetic. A-temporality or timelessness manifests itself in painting as an ahistoric free-for-all, where contemporaneity as an indicator of new form is nowhere to be found, and all eras co-exist. Published to accompany an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art that explores the impact of this cultural condition on contemporary painting, this publication features work by an international roster of artists including Joe Bradley, Kerstin Brätsch, Matt Connors, Nicole Eisenman, Mark Grotjahn, Charline von Heyl, , Julie Mehretu, Oscar Murillo, Laura Owens and Josh Smith, among others. An overview essay by curator Laura Hoptman is divided into thematic chapters that explore topics such as re-animation and reenactment, recontextualization, 'Zombie' painting, and the concomitant 'Frankenstein approach', which describes a process of stitching together pieces of the history of painting to create a work of art that would be dead but for its juxtaposed parts, all working in association with one another to propel the work into life.
Mark Grotjahn: Nine Faces
Author:
Publisher: Anton Kern Gallery
ISBN: 9780983362210
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Los Angeles-based artist Mark Grotjahn (born 1968) is well known for using the human face as a starting point for his intense, abstract paintings. This publication exhibits his large-scale series Nine Faces, in which he uses a palette-knife technique to apply thick slashes of complex color.
Publisher: Anton Kern Gallery
ISBN: 9780983362210
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Los Angeles-based artist Mark Grotjahn (born 1968) is well known for using the human face as a starting point for his intense, abstract paintings. This publication exhibits his large-scale series Nine Faces, in which he uses a palette-knife technique to apply thick slashes of complex color.
Oranges and Sardines
Author: Gary Garrels
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780943739342
Category : Art--Abstract
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Text by Gary Garrels.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780943739342
Category : Art--Abstract
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Text by Gary Garrels.
Malevich and the American Legacy
Author: Kazimir Severinovich Malevich
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783791345826
Category : Art, Abstract
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This extensively illustrated volume examines the work of the Russian avant-garde artist Kazimir Malevich and his influence on American art. Malevich, one of the pioneers of non-objective art, developed Suprematism as an art of pure form. He envisioned his paintings as geometry stripped of any attachment to the representation of real objects--an elemental alphabet of a pictorial language. A key figure in the early Soviet avant-garde, he was severely criticized during the Stalin era but embraced by the West in the postwar era. This book brings together a selection of Malevich's most important works with ones by modern and contemporary American artists whose work is shaped by Malevich's legacy, including Carl Andre, John Baldessari, Alexander Calder, Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, Barnett Newman, Ad Reinhardt, Ed Ruscha, Robert Ryman, Richard Serra, Frank Stella, James Turrell, and Cy Twombly. Essays by leading scholars and interviews with key postwar artists make this volume essential documentation of the history of twentieth century abstraction.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783791345826
Category : Art, Abstract
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This extensively illustrated volume examines the work of the Russian avant-garde artist Kazimir Malevich and his influence on American art. Malevich, one of the pioneers of non-objective art, developed Suprematism as an art of pure form. He envisioned his paintings as geometry stripped of any attachment to the representation of real objects--an elemental alphabet of a pictorial language. A key figure in the early Soviet avant-garde, he was severely criticized during the Stalin era but embraced by the West in the postwar era. This book brings together a selection of Malevich's most important works with ones by modern and contemporary American artists whose work is shaped by Malevich's legacy, including Carl Andre, John Baldessari, Alexander Calder, Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, Barnett Newman, Ad Reinhardt, Ed Ruscha, Robert Ryman, Richard Serra, Frank Stella, James Turrell, and Cy Twombly. Essays by leading scholars and interviews with key postwar artists make this volume essential documentation of the history of twentieth century abstraction.
Boom
Author: Michael Shnayerson
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 1610398416
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
The meteoric rise of the largest unregulated financial market in the world -- for contemporary art -- is driven by a few passionate, guileful, and very hard-nosed dealers. They can make and break careers and fortunes. The contemporary art market is an international juggernaut, throwing off multimillion-dollar deals as wealthy buyers move from fair to fair, auction to auction, party to glittering party. But none of it would happen without the dealers-the tastemakers who back emerging artists and steer them to success, often to see them picked off by a rival. Dealers operate within a private world of handshake agreements, negotiating for the highest commissions. Michael Shnayerson, a longtime contributing editor to Vanity Fair, writes the first ever definitive history of their activities. He has spoken to all of today's so-called mega dealers -- Larry Gagosian, David Zwirner, Arne and Marc Glimcher, and Iwan Wirth -- along with dozens of other dealers -- from Irving Blum to Gavin Brown -- who worked with the greatest artists of their times: Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, Cy Twombly, and more. This kaleidoscopic history begins in the mid-1940s in genteel poverty with a scattering of galleries in midtown Manhattan, takes us through the ramshackle 1950s studios of Coenties Slip, the hipster locations in SoHo and Chelsea, London's Bond Street, and across the terraces of Art Basel until today. Now, dealers and auctioneers are seeking the first billion-dollar painting. It hasn't happened yet, but they are confident they can push the price there soon.
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 1610398416
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
The meteoric rise of the largest unregulated financial market in the world -- for contemporary art -- is driven by a few passionate, guileful, and very hard-nosed dealers. They can make and break careers and fortunes. The contemporary art market is an international juggernaut, throwing off multimillion-dollar deals as wealthy buyers move from fair to fair, auction to auction, party to glittering party. But none of it would happen without the dealers-the tastemakers who back emerging artists and steer them to success, often to see them picked off by a rival. Dealers operate within a private world of handshake agreements, negotiating for the highest commissions. Michael Shnayerson, a longtime contributing editor to Vanity Fair, writes the first ever definitive history of their activities. He has spoken to all of today's so-called mega dealers -- Larry Gagosian, David Zwirner, Arne and Marc Glimcher, and Iwan Wirth -- along with dozens of other dealers -- from Irving Blum to Gavin Brown -- who worked with the greatest artists of their times: Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, Cy Twombly, and more. This kaleidoscopic history begins in the mid-1940s in genteel poverty with a scattering of galleries in midtown Manhattan, takes us through the ramshackle 1950s studios of Coenties Slip, the hipster locations in SoHo and Chelsea, London's Bond Street, and across the terraces of Art Basel until today. Now, dealers and auctioneers are seeking the first billion-dollar painting. It hasn't happened yet, but they are confident they can push the price there soon.
The Formula
Author: Albert-László Y Barabási
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 0316505471
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
In the bestselling tradition of Malcom Gladwell, James Gleick, and Nate Silver, prominent professor László Barabási gives us a trailblazing book that promises to transform the very foundations of how our success-obsessed society approaches their professional careers, life pursuits and long-term goals. Too often, accomplishment does not equal success. We did the work but didn't get the promotion; we played hard but weren't recognized; we had the idea but didn't get the credit. We convince ourselves that talent combined with a strong work ethic is the key to getting ahead, but also realize that combination often fails to yield results, without any deeper understanding as to why. Recognizing this striking disconnect, the author, along with a team of renowned researchers and some of the most advanced data-crunching systems on the planet, dedicated themselves to one goal: uncovering that ever-elusive link between performance and success. Now, based on years of academic research, The Formula finally unveils the groundbreaking discoveries of their pioneering study, not only highlighting the scientific and mathematic principles that underpin success, but also revolutionizing our understanding of: Why performance is necessary but not adequate Why "Experts" are often wrong How to assemble a creative team primed for success How to most effectively engage our networks "This is not just an important but an imperative project: to approach the problem of randomness and success using the state of the art scientific arsenal we have. Barabasi is the person."-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of the New York Times bestselling The Black Swan and Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at NYU
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 0316505471
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
In the bestselling tradition of Malcom Gladwell, James Gleick, and Nate Silver, prominent professor László Barabási gives us a trailblazing book that promises to transform the very foundations of how our success-obsessed society approaches their professional careers, life pursuits and long-term goals. Too often, accomplishment does not equal success. We did the work but didn't get the promotion; we played hard but weren't recognized; we had the idea but didn't get the credit. We convince ourselves that talent combined with a strong work ethic is the key to getting ahead, but also realize that combination often fails to yield results, without any deeper understanding as to why. Recognizing this striking disconnect, the author, along with a team of renowned researchers and some of the most advanced data-crunching systems on the planet, dedicated themselves to one goal: uncovering that ever-elusive link between performance and success. Now, based on years of academic research, The Formula finally unveils the groundbreaking discoveries of their pioneering study, not only highlighting the scientific and mathematic principles that underpin success, but also revolutionizing our understanding of: Why performance is necessary but not adequate Why "Experts" are often wrong How to assemble a creative team primed for success How to most effectively engage our networks "This is not just an important but an imperative project: to approach the problem of randomness and success using the state of the art scientific arsenal we have. Barabasi is the person."-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of the New York Times bestselling The Black Swan and Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at NYU