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From the late editor, writer, and critic, one of the great chroniclers of the art, fashion, and celebrity scenes: an expansive collection of thirty-five essays that offer an intimate look into the worlds of some of the most important and well-known artists, designers, and actors of our time. For more than three decades, Ingrid Sischy's profiles and critical essays have been admired for their keen observation and playful style. Many of the pieces that appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, and Vanity Fair from the 1980s to 2015 are gathered here for the first time, including her masterful profiles of Nicole Kidman, Kristen Stewart, Miuccia Prada, Calvin Klein, Jeff Koons, Jean Pigozzi, Alice Neel, and Francesco Clemente, among others, as well as her exclusive interview with John Galliano after his career nose-dived in 2011. Whether writing about a young Alexander McQueen, the photography of Robert Mapplethorpe, Sebastião Salgado, Cindy Sherman, or Bob Richardson, or the Japanese musical theater group Takarazuka Revue, Sischy's close attention to the unexpectedly telling detail results in vividly crafted, incisive portraits of individuals and their works. Here is a unique collection that gives readers unprecedented access to a dazzling range of artists from one of the greatest cultural critics of a generation.

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Author:   Ingrid Sischy ,  Laurie Anderson
Publisher:   Random House USA Inc
Imprint:   Ballantine Books Inc.
Dimensions:   Width: 19.30cm , Height: 4.60cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   1.633kg
ISBN:  

9781524732035

ISBN 10:   1524732036
Pages:   592
Publication Date:   20 November 2018
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Narrative medicine and narrative care: the state of art of this discipline, success and pitfalls and new perspective of methodologies. The World Health Organization policies on narrative research.- 2 Narrative medicine encounters linguistic: Natural Semantic Metalanguage and the role of the Universal words in health and illness. Destructuring the names of disease up the atomic meaning. (interview to Prof. Anna Wierzbicka, Australian National University).- 3 Narrative medicine across countries: bridging the gap of cultural differences by linguistic methodology, from universal to local cultural scripts of illness.- 4 Saying the illness: putting in order between narrative medicine and storytelling. Narrative medicine based on real stories in the health care echo system.. clustering the illness narratives. Storytelling, based on fiction, inspired to true facts as industry for movies, literature and entertainment. (interview to Carol Ann Farkas, Massachusset College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Boston).- 5 Time and being ill and curer: a long time- the chronic disease, the waiting time, the recovery, a moment, the time of a decision making, the communication of a diagnosis. My time is different from your time, alias the subjective perception of time, young and elder, patients and healthy people. Time and neuroscience.- 6 The good words: curing the language of cure. The heaviness of the prescriptive jargon and the need to contain the moral judgement while curing. Towards a lighter language, for a better caring and better outcomes. The cases of the word clouds. Language, sound, music and neuroscience. (Interview to John Launer, Emeritus at Tavistock Center).- 7 The good places: in the echo system, the environment can produce better wellbeing and health. Neurosciences and architecture: the need of therapeutic places of care. The languages of proportions and colours. (Interview to architects and artists).- 8 The good thinking and doing when illness comes. Convergences and differences between spirituality and religion in the narratives of patients. Patients' beliefs as starting point to engage the pathway of care. Intelligent kindness as a spiritual sense of belonging to kinship in the health care sector. What neuroscience says. (Interview to John Ballatt).- 9 Words definition and tables for narratives readings.- 10 The cases from physical and mind conditions.- 11 Cancer narratives in men and women to preserve fertility. An across country study on patients living with a stoma- Italy and Australia. How patients are excluded/ integrated in the health care system.- 12 Respiratory narratives from patients and carers: analogies and differences between the two different point of views.- 13 he autistic perspective and narrative medicine: a tool to communicate using natural semantic metalanguage.

Reviews

Ingrid was the sharpest person I have ever met with a pen that produced magic and truthful words. Fear was never an option. Truth was her driving force. She was a journalistic tour de force and the world is a poorer place without her wisdom --Elton John For Sischy admirers, this is a treasure; for everyone interested in art journalism at its crisp, inquisitive, and resonant best, this is gospel. --Donna Seaman, Booklist A shrewd eye investigating worlds too often dominated by hype... these smart, stylish, and perceptive essays... impressively display the range of [Sischy's] interests and talents. --Kirkus Review Ingrid Sischy loved an Original, and she knew where to look. Her central mission in these bold, vivid essays and profiles: discovering and championing. She shares these artists and their art with us generously, humorously, always most eloquently. --Wes Anderson Sischy presents the New York art world not as an abstract nexus, but as a group of people who make art...The pieces are peppered with intimate anecdotes... [but] this intimacy doesn't compromise Sischy's critical eye... Nothing is Lost holds a wealth of insight, relayed by a warm, generous intelligence... and it is this, above all that makes Sischy's writing so inviting. --Josie Mitchell, Times Literary Supplement Rich background details and revealing anecdotes... capture the essence of culturally significant figures and trends and reflect Sischy's charismatic spirit... readers interested in all forms of art and celebrity will enjoy these intriguing and educational essays. --Carol J. Binkowksi, Library Journal The dense fog of seriousness that so often surrounds the worlds of fashion and art can be intimidating and at times, laughable. As her editor for almost two decades, I can say that what made Ingrid unique was not just her taste and compassion, but her ability to write about almost anything in a way that anyone, from the layperson to the most learned aficionado, could appreciate. Nothing is Lost is a compelling collection of her greatest hits that not only withstands the test of time, but also serves as a record of her perceptiveness and of her grasp of humanity's enduring features. --Graydon Carter Ingrid's authenticity, engagement, and radiance is everywhere present in this volume. As I read the essays I hear her voice and feel the power of her gentle yet steely resolve. --Janet Malcolm, author of Forty-one False Starts: Essays on Artists and Writers

A shrewd eye investigating worlds too often dominated by hype... these smart, stylish, and perceptive essays... impressively display the range of [Sischy's] interests and talents. --Kirkus Review The dense fog of seriousness that so often surrounds the worlds of fashion and art can be intimidating and at times, laughable. As her editor for almost two decades, I can say that what made Ingrid unique was not just her taste and compassion, but her ability to write about almost anything in a way that anyone, from the layperson to the most learned aficionado, could appreciate. Nothing is Lost is a compelling collection of her greatest hits that not only withstands the test of time, but also serves as a record of her perceptiveness and of her grasp of humanity's enduring features. --Graydon Carter Ingrid was the sharpest person I have ever met with a pen that produced magic and truthful words. Fear was never an option. Truth was her driving force. She was a journalistic tour de force and the world is a poorer place without her wisdom --Elton John Ingrid's authenticity, engagement, and radiance is everywhere present in this volume. As I read the essays I hear her voice and feel the power of her gentle yet steely resolve. --Janet Malcolm, author of Forty-one False Starts: Essays on Artists and Writers Ingrid Sischy loved an Original, and she knew where to look. Her central mission in these bold, vivid essays and profiles: discovering and championing. She shares these artists and their art with us generously, humorously, always most eloquently. --Wes Anderson

Author Information

INGRID SISCHY was a South African-born American writer and art critic who focused on art, photography, and fashion. She was the editor-in-chief of Artforum from 1980 to 1988, the editor-in-chief of Interview magazine from 1989 to 2008, a consulting editor at The New Yorker from 1988 to 1996, and a contributing editor to Vanity Fair from 1997 to 2015. She died in 2015.

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