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Paris/Manhattan: Writings on Art

Paris/Manhattan: Writings on Art

by PeterWollen (Author)

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    Paperback 2004

    $28.33
Synopsis

In this stunning new collection of texts on visual art, Peter Wollen explores an extraordinary range of topics, from an analysis of Global Conceptualism to a mind-bending study of Magritte and the Bowler Hat , from Gerhard Richter to provocative texts on the work of artists such as Victor Burgin, Frida Kahlo, and Derek Jarman. Other essays deal with the relationships that have developed between visual art and other media, including one on the convergence of art and fashion, and another that explores the role of art and film in creating the American myth of the West. The collection also includes a study of situationist attitudes to art and architecture, reflections on the relation between art and technology, and an essay on Museums and Rubbish Theory.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 275
 Publisher: Verso Books
Published: 21 Apr 2004
ISBN 10: 1859844030
ISBN 13: 9781859844038

Media Reviews
Peter Wollen's take on film in open, original and unexpected. These assays show his extraordinary range and inventiveness. Opening with a wry and knowing A-to-Z of cinema, they are Mr. Wollen at his best. -- The Economist We are in a different realm of film-writing... a world where debate is going on between cognoscenti. -- London Review of Books
Author Bio
Peter Wollen is the chair of the Department of Film, Television, and Digital Media at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has organised numerous art exhibitions, including Frida Kahlo and Tina Modotti at the Whitechapel Gallery, Komar and Melamid at the Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh, the Situationist International at the Centre Pompidou, and Addressing the Century at the Hayward Gallery. His previous books include Raiding the Icebox and Paris Hollywood: Writings on Film.