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The Social World of Galleries
This book presents the first detailed study of the place of contemporary art galleries and gallerists, especially within the art markets of Europe and the United States. Based on the author's field research carried out for over a decade, and combining ethnographic material with quantitative data, the book reveals the major role galleries play in the creation of art value. Despite being pillars of the art market, there has been very little in-depth research on galleries, especially when compared with the analysis of artists, critics, and dealers. Written by a sociologist who has spent a decade as an art critic, the book builds on work conducted by art historian and sociologist Raymonde Moulin...
Historical Dictionary of Surrealism
Despite surrealism's celebration of the subconscious and eschewal of reason, the movement was nevertheless concerned with definitions. Andre Breton included a dictionary-style entry for surrealisme in his 1924 Manifeste du surrealisme and later explored juxtapositions of the absurd and the mundane in the 1938 Dictionnaire abrege du surrealisme. To the mountain of literature that seeks to organize the far-reaching intellectual movement, Aspley (honorary fellow, Univ. of Edinburgh) adds this handy volume that organizes the breadth of surrealism into concise entries on artists, writers, artworks, and themes. A chronology highlights events that sparked the surrealist imagination, activities of f...
Le monde des galeries. Art contemporain, structure du marché et internationalisation
À l'heure de la mondialisation, marquée par l'essor des grandes foires internationales, quelles transformations ont affecté le marché de l'art contemporain et ses acteurs ? Conduisant de Paris à New York, en passant par Londres, Berlin, Los Angeles mais aussi Hong Kong, Venise et Bâle, la présente enquête dessine la nouvelle géographie des galeries et livre une ethnographie du travail quotidien des galeristes et de leurs collaborateurs. Pénétrant les " coulisses " invisibles, elle dévoile le type de relations que les professionnels nouent avec les collectionneurs, le rôle de l'amitié – et du champagne – dans cette activité marchande qui court paradoxalement en permanence l...
Louis Pons
Louis Pons se confie dans cet ouvrage sur son oeuvre, sombre mais vivante, et pleine de mystère. Débutant en 1947 comme dessinateur humoristique dans la presse, il devient graveur et dessinateur reconnu. Publié à l'occasion de l'exposition qui a eu lieu au Musée Ziem à Martigues en 2002.
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