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The exhibition approaches Lautrec's work from an overall thematic angle which shows a wide selection of his graphic work while focusing on the city, its bodies, and how it stages gender and identity.
Interrelated by a common thread, which is the emphasis on the interdependence of literature and the visual arts, the essays selected for this collection illustrate how eighteenth-century specialists approach word and image studies today. In addition to highlighting various concepts and concerns of particular pertinence to current scholarship, these studies also serve the important practical function of sensitising the reader to both the possibilities and limitations of this sort of interdisciplinary undertaking. Without foregrounding the visual, these contributions aim to look at verbal-visual interaction through the prism of equality and balance that marks word and image studiesâ "that is,...
This book presents the first focused investigation of Francisco Goya's (1746–1828) graphic output. Spanning six decades, Goya’s works on paper reflect the transformation and turmoil of the Enlightenment, the Inquisition, and Spain's years of constitutional government. Two essays, a detailed chronology, and more than 100 featured artworks illuminate the remarkable breadth and power of Goya's drawings and prints, situating the artist within his historical moment. The selected pieces document the various phases and qualities of Goya's graphic work—from his early etchings after Velázquez through print series such as the Caprichos and The Disasters of War to his late lithographs, The Bulls of Bordeaux, and including albums of drawings that reveal the artist’s nightmares, dreams, and visions.
Der Autor und Verleger Otto Julius Bierbaum ist heute weitgehend unbekannt. Als Wegbereiter einer Ästhetik der Moderne und als Vertreter populärer Spielformen von Literatur, Theater und Cabaret stellt ihn diese Untersuchung wieder ins Zentrum der Aufmerksamkeit. Das literarische Werk von Otto Julius Bierbaum gibt neue Einblicke in die Epoche um 1900 und in die vorherrschende Faszination für Weltausstellungen, Sportereignisse, Boulevardjournalismus und die Welt des Amusements und der Cabarets. Die vorliegende Arbeit entdeckt den Autor, Verleger, Publizisten und Theatermacher als Wegbereiter einer künstlerischen Avantgarde avant la lettre und legt jene populären Erzählstrategien in den R...
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This collection of paintings, sculptures and collaborations including stage sets for a production of Frank Castorf's Kokain is the first comprehensive survey of Meese's major incursions into the German art scene. The artist was born in Tokyo, lives in Berlin and has shown at the Tate Modern.
Georg Kargl founded the respected Galerie Metropol in Vienna in 1978, and in 1998 he opened Kargl Fine Arts, now called BOX. This history of Kargl's visionary take on contemporary art over the years includes John Baldessari, Dan Flavin, Christopher Williams, Collier Schorr, Raymond Pettibon and John Waters to name just a few.