Márgenes

A thematic exploration of the work of the Colombian sculptor Luis Fernando Peláez, this book spans the artist’s career from his earliest graphic design and drawings to his unique installations and large-scale works for public areas. Full-color photographs illustrate the wide variety of languages and techniques employed by the sculptor and demonstrate the exceptional quality of his creations, which can be organized into groups joined together by the slightest thread of meaning but retain their individual significance and identity. This is an excellent introduction to a little-known but...

Primer libro dedicado monográficamente a la práctiva del archivo en el mundo del arte, en el que se analizan sus fuentes, sus precedentes, su desarrollo y sus principales ejemplos a lo largo del siglo XX y los del XXI, con particular atención a los artistas españoles.

Articulado en tres bloques –«Una cuestión de valores» (centrado en Benjamin y Adorno), «Nuevas políticas de la mirada» y «Arte sin territorio»–, la propuesta de este libro es hacer un repaso de los enfoques, tanto de los teóricos como de los artistas más relevantes en la actualidad, frente al viejo problema de la relación entre el arte y la política, desde después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial hasta nuestros días, para poder revisar el debate en el contexto de un mundo saturado de imágenes. No se trata de revisar las prácticas artísticas de los «modernos» desde una...

INSIGHTS INTO CHANGES OF MENTALITY AND PHILOSOPHY. HOW DO THE OBJECTS IN A STILL LIFE REFLECT THE CUSTOMS, IDEAS AND ASPIRATIONS OF THE TIME? THIS IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WHICH NORBERT SCHNEIDER ASKS IN THIS BOOK. THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES AND THE 17TH CENTURY WAS WITHOUT DOUBT THE HEYDAY OF THE STILL LIFE. IT IS AN ART FORM WHICH GIVES US VALUABLE INSIGHTS INTO CHANGES OF MENTALITY AND PHILOSOPHY AS WELL AS PEOPLE'S NOTIONS OF DEATH. STILL LIFES CHART THE HISTORY OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES AND THEIR ACCEPTANCE AS WELL AS THE GRADUAL REPLACEMENT OF THE MEDIAEVAL CONCEPT OF THE...