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Karel Appel, un geste de couleur = Karel Appel, a gesture of colour / Jean-François Lyotard ; postface de Christine Buci-Glucksmann ; [collection] sous la direction de Herman Parret ; traduction, Vlad Ionescu & Peter W. Milne.
Fine Arts Library N6953.A66 L9613 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lyotard, Jean-François, 1924-1998.
- Series:
- Lyotard, Jean-François, 1924-1998. Écrits sur l'art contemporain et les artistes ; v. 1.
- Ecrits sur l'art contemporain et les artistes = Writings on contemporary art and artists / Jean-François Lyotard ; v. 1
- Standardized Title:
- Karel Appel, un geste de couleur. English & French
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Appel, Karel, 1921-2006.
- Appel, Karel.
- Color in art.
- Physical Description:
- 272 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Karel Appel, a gesture of colour
- Place of Publication:
- Leuwen : Leuven University Press, [2009]
- Language Note:
- Parallel texts In original French and English.
- Summary:
- The first volume in the new series Jean-Franois LyotardWritings on Contemporary Art and Artists is dedicated to the Dutch Abstract Expressionist painter, sculptor, and poet Karel Appel (19212006). Originally published in German, the books original French text, written in 1992 as the result of a correspondence with Karel Appel, is here published for the first time. In his text about Appel, Lyotard reflects on the nature and function of color as it is used by the artist. Karel Appel, A Gesture of Colour brings together, in a special color section, twenty-five color reproductions of paintings discussed by Lyotard. The layout of this remarkable art historical survey of Appels work emphasizes the bilingual texts.
- Notes:
- "Originally published in German [under title Karel Appel, ein Farbgestus by Gachnang & Springer, c1998], the book's original French text, written in 1992 as the result of a correspondence with Karel Appel, is here published for the first time."--Publisher's website, viewed on Mar. 8, 2010.
- Includes bibliographical notes.
- ISBN:
- 9789058677563
- 9058677567
- OCLC:
- 401146964
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