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Joyful sorrow / Chris Ofili ; [with poems by Jason Allen-Paisant].
Fine Arts Library ND497.O345 A4 2024
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ofili, Chris, 1968- artist.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ofili, Chris, 1968---Exhibitions.
- Art, British--21st century--Exhibitions.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello--In art.
- Ofili, Chris.
- Art, British--Exhibitions--21st century.
- Othello (Shakespeare, William).
- Ofili, Chris, 1968-.
- Art, British.
- Genre:
- Ausstellung -- New York (State) -- New York -- 2014.
- exhibition catalogs.
- Exhibition catalogs
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
- Other Title:
- Othello
- Place of Publication:
- London : Victoria Miro ; New York, New York : David Zwirner Books, [2024]
- Summary:
- "Renowned for his rich, multilayered paintings, Ofili here expands his engagement with William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice (1603-1604). The transmuting colors and forms of the watercolors and paintings in this volume reflect the complex interiority of the character Othello--his vulnerabilities and his joyful sorrows. The artist also considers these works, which investigate ideas of authenticity, meaning, and selfhood, to be partly self-portraits. As viewers and readers, encountering a subject whose features split and shift with each repeated representation, we are asked to consider metamorphosis, love, the bearing of outside influences on our inner selves, and the force we exercise on the world. Published on the occasion of a two-site exhibition staged by David Zwirner Paris and Victoria Miro in Venice, the catalogue includes a text from Ofili's studio and a selection of poems by Jason Allen-Paisant from his 2023 collection Self-Portrait as Othello."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Othello-Shroud Plates I-X
- 'I pull myself through tight spaces through the twists' self-portrait as Othello III / Jason Allen-Paisant
- Othello: notes on love and portraiture
- Othello-reflection Plates XI-XVII
- 'On the Ponte di Rialto I watch myself glide' / Jason Allen-Paisant
- List of works.
- Notes:
- Catalog of an exhibition at David Zwirner, Paris, France, October 14-November 30, 2024 and Victoria Miro, Venice, Italy, October 26-December 14, 2024.
- ISBN:
- 164423159X
- 9781644231593
- OCLC:
- 1463506219
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