David Lynch is a visionary creator renowned for his distinctively surreal and unsettling style. His works, often drawn from the peculiarities of small-town America and the darker aspects of the human psyche, are characterized by a dreamlike atmosphere and ambiguous narratives. Lynch frequently explores themes of identity, mystery, and the hidden undercurrents of violence beneath the surface of ordinary life. His unique artistic approach, spanning film, painting, and literature, establishes him as a compelling figure in contemporary art.
This book showcases the rarely seen multimedia works of acclaimed cult filmmaker David Lynch, highlighting his distinctive imagination and visual storytelling across various genres. It offers insights into his creative process and artistic vision, making it a valuable resource for fans and scholars alike.
The first major collection of artwork by the acclaimed movie director David Lynch.Spanning a period of forty years, David Lynch's widely respected films and television series include Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, Lost Highway , and Mulholland Drive . However, his prolific visual art production, which began even before his films, has rarely been seen.This catalogue of his artistic output, published on the occasion of a large-scale exhibition at the Fondation Cartier in Paris, covers a wide variety of painting, photography, drawings, sculpture, furniture, music, and "moving pictures." His art echoes his films in theme and aesthetic, yet offers viewers a fresh and more intimate glimpse into his singular universe. The book also contains several essays that analyze his artworks, as well as a conversation with Lynch, interviewed within the context of the show. 469 illustrations in color.
"David Lynch - co-creator of Twin Peaks and writer and director of groundbreaking films such as Eraserbead, The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive - opens up about a lifetime of extraordinary creativity, the friendships he has made along the way and the struggles he has faced - sometimes successful, sometimes not - to bring his projects to fruition. Part-memoir, part-biography, Room To Drea interweaves Lynch's won reflections on his life with the story of those times, as told by Kristine McKenna, drawing from extensive and explosive interviews with ninety of Lynch's friends, family members, actors, agents, musicians and collaborators. Lynch responds to each recollection and reveals the inner story of the life behind the art. Room to Dream is a landmark book that offers unique insight into the life and mind of one of the world's most enigmatic and original living artists."--Inside cover
A survey of Italy's wine-producing regions, this book identifies key wine styles, producers and vintages, and offers delicious regional recipes. It includes extensive reference materials on Italy's 300 growing zones, 361 authorised grape varieties and 200 of the top producers
Twin Peaks creator David Lynch offers his many fans the chance to see the peculiar, private land of Lynch--sketches that led to many of his famous film images, short pieces of fiction, personal artwork, and photos of his unusual obsessions (spark plugs, dental surgery, bald women). 200 b/w illustrations. Two 16-page 4-color inserts.
Laura Palmer was introduced to television audiences in the opening scenes of "Twin Peaks" as a beautiful dead girl, wrapped in plastic. Now available in print, this book chronicles Laura's life from age 12 to her death at 17, and it is filled with secrets, character references, and even clues to the identity of her eventual killer.
Filmmaker David Lynch provides a window into his methods as an artist, his personal methods of capturing and working with ideas, and the immense creative benefits he has experienced from the practice of meditation.--From publisher description.
Bildmächtige Filme wie The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart oder Mulholland Drive machten David Lynch (*1946 in Montana) weltberühmt. Jedoch wissen nur wenige, dass der Kultregisseur seine Karriere mit der bildenden Kunst begann und ihr bis heute treu geblieben ist. Lynchs Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Lithografien und Fotografien und in jüngster Zeit auch musikalische Kompositionen sind elementarer Bestandteil seines kreativen Schaffens. Themen, Motive und Formenrepertoire seiner bildkünstlerischen Arbeiten und Filme durchdringen sich wechselseitig. In seinen Bildern führt David Lynch den Betrachter in eine Welt, in der Abgründiges und Unerklärliches regieren. Dunkle, gedeckte Farben sowie Proportions- und Perspektivverschiebungen kennzeichnen sein Bildwerk, Verfall und Vergänglichkeit sind Gegenstand vieler Fotografien. ( Englische Ausgabe ISBN 978-3-7757-2644-3)Ausstellung: Max Ernst Museum Brühl des LVR 22.11.2009-21.3.2010
David Lynch erupted onto the cinema landscape in 1977 with Eraserhead, establishing himself as one of the most original and imaginative directors at work in contemporary cinema. Over the course of his career, he has remained true to a vision of the innocent lost in darkness and confusion, balancing hallucination and surrealism with a sense of Americana that is as pure and simple as his compelling storylines. In this volume, Lynch speaks openly about his films as well as about his lifelong commitment to painting, his work in photography, his television projects, and his musical collaborations with Angelo Badalamenti.
Diese Monographie über David Lynch, 1991 auf Dänisch erschienen, war die erste Studie zum Gesamtwerk des Regisseurs. Sie verweigert sich entschieden einer Unterteilung zwischen Avantgarde- und Populärkultur. Jerslevs Studie reicht von den Anfängen, die der Avantgarde verpflichtet sind, bis zu „Twin Peaks“, der ersten Kult-Serie der Fernsehgeschichte, und umfasst so verschiedene Filme wie den Underground-Kultfilm „Eraserhead“, den in Cannes preisgekrönten „Wild at Heart“ oder den vieldiskutierten Film „Blue Velvet“. Im Rückgriff auf eine kritisch reflektierte Autorentheorie entfaltet sich in der Analyse der einzelnen Werke ein faszinierendes Universum, das in der Fragmentierung der Körper, in der Auflösung jeglicher Grenzen, wie auch der zwischen gut und böse, Ausdruck und Spiegel der Zeit ist. Analyse meint hier jedoch nicht das Aufdecken der einen, hinter Lynch und seinen Werken verborgenen, Wahrheit. Vielmehr muss sie sich auf einen Dialog einlassen, der dabei nicht umhin kann, Rezeptionsmöglichkeiten und Geschlechterkonstruktionen, vor der Folie einer breiten Palette von Theorien der Psychoanalyse, Medientheorien und dem Diskurs der anglo-amerikanischen feministischen Filmtheorie zu diskutieren.
For the first time, Paris Photo presents an original journey within the galleries: “Paris Photo seen by ...”. In 2012, Paris Photo entrusts David Lynch with the task of choosing from among the works exhibited by the gallery owners. An original way for the public to contemplate the works whilst at the same time discovering the artist’s aesthetic universe. “Looking at David Lynch’s selection is a bit like visiting Paris Photo in his company; a dialogue begins; we do look at the works “together”, but first of all we look at them in a different way, through a “Lynchian” filter. Our first perception undergoes a distortion, the reading becomes a plural one and reveals the metaphoric power of every image; I believe it will be the same for other visitors, only that Lynch’s subconscious takes over: the body, the strangeness, the potential narrative and the ambiguity of the image are always present.” Julien Frydman, Director of Paris Photo Julien Frydman
Výběr toho nejzajímavějšího i nejzábavnějšího, co o sobě a o svých názorech prozradil během své kariéry David Lynch, jeden z nejosobitějších filmových režisérů naší doby. Kniha vychází s bohatou fotografickou dokumentací.
