Kitaj
- 作者
- 出版社 Phaidon Press
- 出版时间 2010年10月 第4版
- ISBN 9780714857510
- 定价 804.40
内容简介
R.B.Kitaj(1932-2007)isrecognizedasamodernmasterwhosepowerful,controversialandhighlypersonalpaintings,pastelsanddrawingsreflecthiscommitmenttothehumanfigureasasubjectandhiscomplexinvolvementwiththeartofthepast,withpoliticalandsocialissuesandwithhisownJewishidentity.MarcoLivingstone'sdefinitiveandmuch-praisedmonographonKitaj,basedonanextraordinaryseriesofinterviewsandlettersbetweentheartistandtheauthor,providesfulldocumentationofKitaj'slifeandwork.Theartisthimselfparticipatedactivelyinthedesignofthebook,andaseriesofarticulateandrevealing'prefaces'tohisownpaintingsarealsoincludedhere.Forthisfourthandfinaledition,theauthorhaswrittenanewchaptersurveyingKitaj'sworkfrom1997to2007,anextremelyproductiveperiodfollowingthetragicdeathofhiswifetheartistSandraFisherandhisreturntotheUnitedStates.Thistextiscomplementedbyanewplatesectionillustrating30worksfromthisfinalphaseand20imagesofpreviouslyunillustratedearlierworks,aswellas25additional'prefaces'writtenbytheartist.TheBibliographyhasbeenupdatedandtheCatalogueofWorkscompleted,andfinallymanyillustrationsthatwereblackandwhiteinearliereditionsarenowreproducedinfullcolour.Asthedefinitivemonographononeofart'smodernmasters,thisauthoritativemonographisindispensableforalladmirersoftheartist.
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