Miscellaneous Texts: ""Aesthetics and Theory of Art"" and ""Contemporary Artists""

Author:   Jean-François Lyotard ,  Herman Parret ,  Dolorès Lyotard ,  Jean-Michel Durafour
Publisher:   Leuven University Press
Volume:   Volume 2
ISBN:  

9789058678867


Pages:   984
Publication Date:   02 March 2012
Format:   Hardback
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Miscellaneous Texts: ""Aesthetics and Theory of Art"" and ""Contemporary Artists""


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The second volume of Jean-Francois Lyotard's Miscellaneous Texts, Contemporary Artists, gathers thirty-nine essays by Lyotard that deal with twenty-seven influential and innovative contemporary artists: Luciano Berio, Richard Lidner, Rene Guiffrey, Gianfranco Baruchello, Henri Maccheroni, Riwan Tromeur, Albert Ayme, Manuel Casimiro, Ruth Francken, Barnett Newman, Jean-Luc Parant, Francois Lapouge, Sam Francis, Andre Dubreuil, Joseph Kosuth, Sarah Flohr, Lino Centi, Gigliola Fazzini, Bracha Lichtenberger Ettinger, Henri Martin, Michel Bouvet, Corinne Filippi, Stig Brogger, Francois Rouan, Pierre Skira Pastels, and Beatrice Casadesus. Many of these texts were originally published in catalogs; others were published in hard-to-find journals. This volume of Miscellaneous Texts is illustrated with more than sixty images, mainly in color, of works of art discussed by Lyotard in these writings.

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Author:   Jean-François Lyotard ,  Herman Parret ,  Dolorès Lyotard ,  Jean-Michel Durafour
Publisher:   Leuven University Press
Imprint:   Leuven University Press
Volume:   Volume 2
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 5.00cm , Length: 23.90cm
Weight:   0.085kg
ISBN:  

9789058678867


ISBN 10:   9058678865
Pages:   984
Publication Date:   02 March 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.
Language:   eng, fre

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"Table des matières Table of contents Herman Parret: Préface / Preface Jean-François Lyotard: Luciano Berio 1 « A Few Words to Sing ». Sequenza iii 1 ""A Few Words to Sing"". Sequenza iii Richard Lindner 2 Les filles folles de Lindner 2 Lindner's Crazy Girls René Guiffrey 3 En attendant Guiffrey (quatre pièces pour un abstrait) 3 Waiting for Guiffrey (Four Pieces for an Abstract) 4 Sur cinq peintures de René Guiffrey 4 On Five Paintings by René Guiffrey 5 Entretien avec René Guiffrey sur le blanc, la ligne et l'imprésentable (extraits) 5 Discussion with René Guiffrey about the Colour White, the Line and the Unpresentable (Fragments) Gianfranco Baruchello 6 « Pour faire de ton fils un baruchello » 6 ""To Make a Baruchello of Your Son"" 7 Commentaire des Carnets de Baruchello 7 Commentary to Baruchello's Notebooks 8 Loin du doux 8 Far from Sweet 9 Essai sur le secret dans l'oeuvre de Baruchello 9 Essay on the Secret in Baruchello's Work 10 Entretien avec Gianfranco Baruchello sur la douceur (extraits) 10 Discussion with Gianfranco Baruchello on Sweetness (excerpts) Henri Maccheroni 11 La partie de peinture 11 A Game of Painting 12a La dernière fois (New York) 12a The Last Time (New York) 12b Pharaonne 12b She-Pharaoh Riwan Tromeur 13 Plusieurs manières, un seul enjeu 13 Several Ways, a Single Stake Albert Ayme 14 Sur la constitution du temps par la couleur dans les oeuvres récentes d'Albert Ayme 14 On the Constitution of Time through Colour in the Recent Works of Albert Ayme 15 Nécessité de Lazare 15 Fait pictural [Necessity of Lazarus] Manuel Casimiro 16 Par-dessus le pathos 16 Beyond Pathos Ruth Francken 17 L'histoire de Ruth 17 The Story of Ruth 18 La brûlure du silence 18 Sear of Silence Barnett Newman 19 L'instant, Newman 19 Newman: The Instant Jean-Luc Parant 20 L'attraction 20 Attraction François Lapouge 21 « Cher François Lapouge. Je ne vous connais pas... » 21 ""Dear François Lapouge..."" 22 La face des choses 22 The Face of Things 23 Regarder le réel 23 Looking at the Real Les Graphistes / The Graphic Artists 24 Paradoxe sur le graphiste 24 Paradox on the Graphic Artist Sam Francis 25 La peinture à même. Esquisse d'hommage à Sam Francis 25 Painting Right on It André Dubreuil 26 « Commode » 26 ""On André Dubreuil's Commode"" Joseph Kosuth 27 Foreword. After the Words 27 Foreword: After the Words Sarah Flohr 28 [Sans titre] 28 [No title] Lino Centi 29 Sondes : Les timbres de Lino Centi 29 Probes : Lino Centi's ""Timbres"" Gigliola Fazzini 30 Le voeu 30 The Vow Bracha Lichtenberg Ettinger 31 Les traces diffractées 31 Diffracted Traces 32 Anamnèse du visible 32 Anamnesis of the Visible Henri Martin 33 Généalogie de la touche 33 Genealogy of Touch Michel Bouvet 34 L'annonce 34 The Announcement Corinne Filippi 35 Syncopes, paysages 35 Syncopes, Landscapes Stig Brøgger 36 Flora danica. La sécession du geste dans la peinture de Stig Brøgger 36 Flora Danica. The Secession of the Gesture in the Painting of Stig Brøgger François Rouan 37 Mirótopos 37 Mirótopos Pierre Skira 38 Parce que la couleur est un cas de la poussière 38 Because Colour is a Case of Dust Béatrice Casadesus 39 « Livre unique » 39 [""Livre unique""] Dolorès Lyotard: Postface / Epilogue Illustrations"

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The philosopher and literary theorist Jean-Francois Lyotard (1924-1998) was Woodruff Professor of Philosophy and French at Emory University. Herman Parret is Professor Emeritus of Aesthetics and Philosophy of Language at the Institute of Philosophy, University of Leuven.

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