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Alberto Giacometti

Alberto Giacometti

Works, Writings and Interviews

By (author) Angel Gonzalez

£29.99

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  • This essential volume contains a key selection of Giacometti's own writings
  • Also includes important interviews with the artist by Pierre Scnider and Andre Parinaud
  • A vital guide for any with an interest in this contemporary artist
Full Description

This book explains Giacometti’s purpose: to exorcise an existential void through his artistic return to the human figure. The question that dominated his work was how to restore in art the sense of the presence of the being in space. Giacometti sought tirelessly to establish the contingent volume of his figures, which became increasingly slender and threadlike, and to place the finiteness of the humanoid frame in reality. He began to develop heads and nudes modelled in the void. During that experience of nothingness, which opposed his quest for the absolute, he discovered a metaphor for the human condition.

Specifications
Publisher
Poligrafa
ISBN
9788434309500
Published
6th Jul 2017
Binding
Hardback
Size
280 mm x 215 mm
Pages
256 Pages
Illustrations
156 color, b&w
Name of series
Essentials Poligrafa
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