Oyvind Fahlstrom: The Art of Writing

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-8101-2298-7
Verlag: Northwestern University Press

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 295 g

Reihe: Avant-Garde & Modernism Studie

Oyvind Fahlstrom (1928-76), the Brazilian-born Swedish multi-artist, is one of the mid-twentieth century's most intriguing cultural figures. His work, as profoundly political as it is aesthetic, spans two tumultuous decades in the avant-garde world and comprises concrete poetry (his own innovation), manifestos, plays, performance, filmmaking, paintings, multiple prints, sculpture and installations. Initially, poorly received in Sweden and little appreciated in the English-speaking world, Fahlstrom's role as one of the creators of concrete poetry is now increasingly recognized worldwide.The first study to give this major twentieth-century artist his due, this book serves as both an informative and entertaining introduction to Oyvind Fahlstrom and a valuable critical analysis of some of his most important works. ""Oyvind Fahlstrom: The Art of Writing"" focuses on how Fahlstrom's early experiments with concrete poetry influenced his later work in the visual arts and offers a close reading of the seminal work ""Bord"", the series of paintings ""Ade-Ledic-Nander"", the radio play ""Birds in Sweden"", the interactive painting ""The Painting"" (based on Natalie Sarraute's novel ""Le planetarium""), and the series of game-paintings based on the board game Monopoly. Bessa's ""Oyvind Fahlstrom"" is without precedent or parallel as an overview of Fahlstrom art, an assessment of his place in twentieth-century cultural history, and an examination of trends and movements, such as concretism, in which he figures large.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bessa, Antonio Sergio

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; One: The Concrete Program; Two: Writing on the Border; Three: Environment - Object - Action; Four: Writing Fiction; Five: Planetarium; Six: Aviary; Appendixes.

Über Autor(innen)

Antonio Sergio Bessa is the acting director of the curatorial and education programs at the Bronx Museum of the Arts. He is the coeditor with Odile Cisneros of a collection of writings by Haroldo de Campos: Novas.