Francois Morellet

This in-depth exploration of celebrated French artist Francois Morellet (1926-2016) showcases his diverse oeuvre, famous for infusing systematic and rigorous experimentation with humor and playfulness. Morellet's interest in kinetic and optical effects spurred work that engages viewers' perception and participation, ensuring an element of chance within his predetermined systems and challenging the convention of the artistic genius. This book features new scholarship by an international group of renowned art historians and curators. Essays explore topics such as the conceptual stakes of Morellet's practice, the influence of Brazilian geometric abstraction and the Islamic decorative tradition, and the role of humor in his work. Also included is an extensive selection of previously untranslated writings by the artist himself. With striking new photography of the artworks-such as Morellet's geometric paintings, neon works, and architectural interventions-this is the definitive book on a fascinating, multifaceted artist.Distributed for the Dia Art Foundation

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• Authors: Beatrice Gross, Beatrice Hoban Gross, Stephen Hoban
• Assisted by: Beatrice Gross (Editor), Béatrice Gross (Editor), Stephen Hoban (Editor), Hoban Stephen (Editor)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9780300245691
• ISBN: 978-0-300-24569-1
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 230 mm x 288 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; ART / History / General, ART / Individual Artists / Monographs, ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, Exhibition catalogues & specific collections, Individual artists, art monographs, Exhibition catalogues and specific collections