The Enigmatic Body

Klappentext A translation of essays by French critic and theorist Jean-Louis Schefer. Zusammenfassung This volume presents some of the most original interpretations of art available. The selection represents the whole of Jean-Louis Schefer's career! from the 1960s! when he was influenced by structuralism! to his more lyrical and autobiographical essays of the 1990s! which meditate on the role of the spectator in relation to art practice. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Paul Smith; Foreword Jean-Louis Schefer; 1. Split Colour/Blur; 2. On the object of figuration; 3. Thanatography/skiagraphy; 4. The plague; 5. Light and its prey; 6. Someone writing; 7. Roland Barthes; 8. Cinema; 9. On La Jetée; 10. Cy Twombly: uncertainty principle; 11. What are red things?; Notes; Selected bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Jean Louis Schefer, Jean-Louis Schefer, Paul Smith
• Assisted by: Paul Smith (Editor)
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.08.2009
• EAN: 9780521378253
• ISBN: 978-0-521-37825-3
• Series: Cambridge Studies in New Art H; Cambridge Studies in New Art History and Criticism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; ART / History / General, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art