Roman Opalka : painting ∞ [infinity symbol].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dominique Lévy (Gallery), host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Opałka, Roman--Exhibitions.

Opałka, Roman.

Painting, Polish--20th century--Exhibitions.

Painting, Polish.

Opałka, Roman, 1931-.

Local Subjects:

Opałka, Roman, 1931-.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

156 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 34 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Dominique Lévy, [2014]

Summary:

Provides an overview of Roman Opałka's (1931-2011) career, spanning more than five decades. In 1965, Opałka began a project that would occupy the entirety of his career, titled 1965/1 [Infinity]. Each painting comprises rows of tiny numbers that progress sequentially from one canvas to the next.

Contents:

The doorway / Dominique Lévy

Roman Opalka: the fact of persisting / Charles Wylie

Paradoxes of disappearance: Roan Opalka's univeralism / Loránd Hegyi

Opalka 1965/1-∞

Self-portrraits / Roman Opalka

81 preparatory notes for the study of the Opalka-number (81 notes preparatoires a l'etude du nombre Opalka) / Jacques Roubaud

WOrks before 1965

Chronomes / Roman Opalka

Etudes sur le mouvement (Movement studies)

Avec Roman: a conversation with Marie-Madeleine Opalka / François Barré.

Notes:

Catalog of an exhibition held at Dominique Lévy, New York, NY, September 4-October 18, 2014.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contains:

Opałka, Roman. Works. Selections

ISBN:

9780986060618

0986060615

OCLC:

892970702