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Features fifteen internationally recognized contemporary artists, including Sophie Calle and Edward Burtynsky, whose work, in painting, sculpture, installations, and photography-based media, embodies an essentially idealistic outlook formed of traditional "romanticism", tempered by a strong sense of reality and stubborn optimism in the face of daily adversity and heartbreaking disappointment.
Price: $44.95
Pages: 136
Publisher: D Giles Limited
Imprint: GILES
Publication Date:
12 August 2008
Trim Size: 11.00 X 9.50 in
ISBN: 9781904832515
Format: Paperback
Terrie Sultan is director of The Parrish Art Museum. She was director and chief curator of Blaffer Gallery from 2000–08. She has organized numerous exhibitions, including Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration and James Surls: The Splendora Years, 1977 –1997.
David Pagel is an associate professor of art theory and history at Claremont Graduate University. He writes a regular column for the Los Angeles Times and contributes to major art magazines, including Flash Art, Frieze, and Bomb.
Colin Gardner is professor of Critical Theory and Integrative Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Publications include a monograph on the Czech born British filmmaker and critic, Karel Reisz (2006), part of Manchester University Press’s British Film Makers series.
Nick Flynn is an assistant professor in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Houston. He is the author of Another Bullshit Night in Suck City (2004), which received the PEN/Martha Albrand Award.
Claudia Schmuckli is curator of Blaffer Gallery, before which she was assistant curator at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Past exhibitions include Amy Sillman: Suitors & Strangers (2007), Katrina Moorhead: A Thing Called Early Blur (2007) and Urs Fischer: Mary Poppins (2006), all Blaffer.
David Pagel is an associate professor of art theory and history at Claremont Graduate University. He writes a regular column for the Los Angeles Times and contributes to major art magazines, including Flash Art, Frieze, and Bomb.
Colin Gardner is professor of Critical Theory and Integrative Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Publications include a monograph on the Czech born British filmmaker and critic, Karel Reisz (2006), part of Manchester University Press’s British Film Makers series.
Nick Flynn is an assistant professor in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Houston. He is the author of Another Bullshit Night in Suck City (2004), which received the PEN/Martha Albrand Award.
Claudia Schmuckli is curator of Blaffer Gallery, before which she was assistant curator at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Past exhibitions include Amy Sillman: Suitors & Strangers (2007), Katrina Moorhead: A Thing Called Early Blur (2007) and Urs Fischer: Mary Poppins (2006), all Blaffer.
Acknowledgements byTerrie Sultan
Damaged Romanticism: A Mirror of Modern Emotion by Terrie Sultan
Romanticism’s Aftermath: No Illusions, A Little Desperation, Lots of Imagination by David Pagel
From Her(e) to Eternity: Time, Memory, and Immanence in the “Postmodern” Romance by Colin Gardner
a crystal formed entirely of holes by Nick Flynn
Entries on the Artists
Richard Billingham
Berlinde De Bruyckere
Edward Burtynsky
Sophie Calle
Petah Coyne
Angelo Filomeno
Jesper Just
Mary McCleary
Florian Maier-Aichen
Wangechi Mutu
Anneè Olofsson
Julia Oschatz
David Schnell
Ryan Taber/Cheyenne Weaver
Selected Exhibitions and Publications
Notes on the Contributors
Index
Photography Credits
Damaged Romanticism: A Mirror of Modern Emotion by Terrie Sultan
Romanticism’s Aftermath: No Illusions, A Little Desperation, Lots of Imagination by David Pagel
From Her(e) to Eternity: Time, Memory, and Immanence in the “Postmodern” Romance by Colin Gardner
a crystal formed entirely of holes by Nick Flynn
Entries on the Artists
Richard Billingham
Berlinde De Bruyckere
Edward Burtynsky
Sophie Calle
Petah Coyne
Angelo Filomeno
Jesper Just
Mary McCleary
Florian Maier-Aichen
Wangechi Mutu
Anneè Olofsson
Julia Oschatz
David Schnell
Ryan Taber/Cheyenne Weaver
Selected Exhibitions and Publications
Notes on the Contributors
Index
Photography Credits