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A multimedia conversation with European art history Belgian artist Fabrice Samyn (born 1981) enters into dialogue with the Old Masters at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts in Brussels, and with Magritte at the Musée Magritte. Saymn uses photography, sculpture, performance and drawing to translate elements of great works.

"Few materials have experienced a similar reevaluation in contemporary art as clay has in the past few years. This timely publication accompanies a large-scale exhibition at Hayward Gallery, London, exploring how contemporary artists are using clay and ceramics in inventive and surprising ways, pushing the boundaries of the medium. Featuring the work of over 20 international artists--from Grayson Perry to Woody De Othello--an introductory essay by curator Cliff Lauson, a text on the history of fine art and ceramics by writer and critic Amy Sherlock, and a round table discussion with the artists from the exhibition, this catalogue is a meaningful contribution to the ongoing conversation about the relationship between art and craft."-- Provided by publisher

This publication engages with a futuristic progressive vision on the condition of cinema. By questioning and analyzing cinema?s past and present industry with respect to various forms of staging from the perspective of artistic practice and research, a new space beyond is formulated. The author takes on a journey to reveal an imaginary?astronomical?political trope on and through what can be called the cinema of the present.

Hardly any other epoch in art history has been marked by as many profound changes as the Late Gothic was in the fifteenth century. Inspired by Netherlandish role models, depictions of light and shadow, body and space, became increasingly more realistic. Everyday life found entry into the arts. With the invention of printing, images and texts were distributed to an extent previously unheard of. Artists such as Nicolaus Gerhaert and Martin Schongauer became widely known and influenced the development of the visual arts throughout Europe and across all genres. Featuring a wide selection of works, the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin present the first extensive exhibition of Late Gothic art in the German-speaking regions. Its comparison and contrast of the various genres turns the catalogue into a handbook for the arts at the threshold of the modern era

What makes a person an artist? How do works of art and their very own, extraordinary style come into being? And how does the prominent painter view his own work? The world-famous painter Sean Scully met with the philosopher David Carrier for several in-depth interview sessions. Their conversations explore these and many more questions about Scully's life, work, and ideas. The result is a rich manuscript that very closely approaches the status of a valid autobiography. Scully provides personal insights into his life and the important sources of inspiration for his career. He discusses his own view of his entire oeuvre, of art history and his position within it. Thus, this text becomes a literal eye-opener for Scully's art, which can be (re)discovered through his words. SEAN SCULLY (*1945, Dublin) is one of the most famous artists of his generation. In addition to numerous exhibitions worldwide, he has been honored with important awards such as the Guggenheim Fellowship and Harckness Fellowship. DAVID CARRIER (*1944) is a philosopher and art critic. His contributions to art appear in ArtForum and ArtUS, among others. With this interview tape, he takes up an interest of his teacher Arthur C. Danto, whose texts on Scully were published by Hatje Cantz in 2015.

Monochrome explorations of texture and light from Norwegian painter Thomas Pihl Following in the tradition of monochrome painting descending from Malevich, the works of Norwegian painter Thomas Pihl (born 1964) orchestrate a subtle manipulation of light and color. His works are gathered now for the first time in a comprehensive publication.

What is the status of the copy in relation to its original? What role does the original play when it vanishes behind perfect reproductions? How does the medium it is presented in influence perception? Ane Mette Hol?s art poses these questions by producing precise doppelgängers of photographs, texts, packaging, notebooks or book pages. Hol?s carefully honed precision is riveting. In their paradoxical quality her works are (not) Magritte?s pipe for the twenty-first century. The publication also works with this strategy: it offers not only a survey of Hol?s work from the last few years, but itself becomes part of this dialectic game. Hol herself has reproduced some of the pages again, integrating them into the catalogue as copied originals of a copy.00ANE METTE HOL (*1979) studied at the Konstfack Stockholm and the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. Her work has been seen in numerous international group exhibitions and solo shows. Hol lives in Oslo.00Exhibition: OSL contemporary, Oslo, Norway (01.10. - 10.10.2020)

Nathan Peter lets the ornament balance on the thin line between the figurative and the abstract. His still lifes are confronted with repetitive forms or reveal a recurring pattern. Sometimes the meandering movement seems to take up the entire pictorial space. But more than just color and form are integrated into these repetitive rows. The canvas itself becomes the most strongly expressive figure. It becomes permeable, creating folds or fluidly taking in the space, which is cut into strips like a sophisticated network. Thus, Peter creates an oeuvre of abstract objects and painted installations that dissolve the boundaries between genres with virtuosity. This publication is the first to offer a comprehensive view of the artist's fascinating work.

Paintings, sculptures and works on paper from the maestro of luminous abstraction This homage to the Irish American painter, printmaker, sculptor and photographer Sean Scully (born 1945) celebrates his uniquely evocative color palette. Over the course of his career, Scully has developed a signature visual language composed of layered colors. In his famed large-format abstract paintings, for instance, pictorial compositions are strictly divided into vertical and horizontal stripes, while his application of color is gestural. Through these juxtaposing elements—geometric structure and painterly drama—Scully creates “walls of light,” poetic walls of color generated by great physical force, both powerful and permeable.Accompanying the exhibition at the Langen Foundation in Neuss, Germany, Song of the Colours features a range of Scully’s paintings as well as lesser-known works, including works on paper from the late 1960s and monumental steel and iron sculptures of recent years.

Fassbinders kreative Unangepasstheit und künstlerische Radikalität führten zu inzwischen legendären Filmen, Fernseh- und Theaterstücken, wie Angst essen Seele auf, Die Ehe der Maria Braun, Acht Stunden sind kein Tag, Berlin Alexanderplatz oder Querelle, die sich in das kollektive Bildgedächtnis eingeschrieben haben. Er war in seinem kurzen Leben äußerst produktiv: Er schrieb, drehte oder inszenierte 45 Spielfilme und 25 Theaterstücke. Fassbinder war ein Künstler, dem in seinen Werken die Synthese aus radikaler Subjektivität und gesellschaftlicher Analyse gelang. Das schon zu seinen Lebzeiten oft kontrovers diskutierte Werk Fassbinders hat bis heute nichts von seiner Relevanz, Intensität und Strahlkraft verloren. Diese Publikation präsentiert ein umfassendes Porträt des großen deutschen Filmemachers im Spiegel seiner Zeit. Seine Arbeiten und seine Biografie werden reich bebildert mit der damaligen deutschen Lebensrealität verknüpft.