Denounced as a charlatan and feted as a mystic, French artist Yves Klein (192862) scandalized the art world with his enthusiastic embrace of postwar mass culture and his exploitation of controversial publicity tactics. Today, we know Yves Klein not only as one of the most radical artists of the postwar period, but also as an iconic role model for contemporary practiceshe reinvented abstract painting, conceived new horizons for performance art, and was a trailblazer in the realm of land, body, and conceptual art. In this new critical biography, Nuit Banai examines the relationship between...
Denounced as a charlatan and feted as a mystic, French artist Yves Klein (192862) scandalized the art world with his enthusiastic embrace of postwar m...
In only a single decade--he died prematurely at the age of 30--Polish figurative painter Andrzej Wroblewski (1927-1957) created an unusual oeuvre depicting the decay of the human body and soul. This volume presents the artist as a theorist and a commentator on the art and cultural life of his time.
In only a single decade--he died prematurely at the age of 30--Polish figurative painter Andrzej Wroblewski (1927-1957) created an unusual oeuvre depi...