Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 481 g
Painting, Critical Theory and Cultural Transformation
Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 481 g
ISBN: 978-0-367-20021-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
By uniquely treating Gerhard Richter’s entire oeuvre as a single subject, Darryn Ansted combines research into Richter’s first art career as a socialist realist with study of his subsequent decisions as a significant contemporary artist. Analysis of Richter’s East German murals, early work, lesser known paintings, and destroyed and unfinished pieces buttress this major re-evaluation of Richter’s other well known but little understood paintings. By placing the reader in the artist’s studio and examining not only the paintings but the fraught and surprising decisions behind their production, Richter’s methodology is deftly revealed here as one of profound yet troubled reflection on the shifting identity, culture and ideology of his period. This rethinking of Richter’s oeuvre is informed by salient analyses of influential theorists, ranging from Theodor Adorno to Slavoj Žižek, as throughout, meticulous visual analysis of Richter’s changing aesthetic strategies shows how he persistently attempts to retrace the border between an objective reality structured by ideology and his subjective experience as a contemporary painter in the studio. Its innovative combination of historical accuracy, philosophical depth and astute visual analysis will make this an indispensible guide for both new audiences and established scholars of Richter’s painting.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunsttechniken & Prinzipien
- Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Einzelne Künstler: Biographien, Monografien
- Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstformen, Kunsthandwerk Malerei: Gemälde
- Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: 20./21. Jahrhundert
Weitere Infos & Material
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1 Socialist Realism: Painting, utopia and ideology
Chapter 2 Informel: Crafting the dialectical image
Chapter 3 Contemporary Art: Conceptual clarity and the artifice of style
Chapter 4 Painting after contemporary art
Chapter 5 Painting as text, phenomena and context
Chapter 6 An oeuvre structured like a language
Chapter 7 Political and aesthetic dissent
Chapter 8 Unpaintable: Critical theory and the ethical image
Chapter 9 Autonomy: The image of lost freedom
Bibliography
Index
