The second volume in the series Jean-Francois Lyotard-Writings on Contemporary Art and Artists introduces forty-two poetical reflections and comments on the work of the well-known Californian painter Sam Francis (1923-1994). This new edition reprints the English text, which is no longer available, with the previously unpublished French original on facing pages. In Lyotard's opinion Sam Francis's work pays homage to the visible marvel and bears witness to the visual enigma. Color evokes conflicting feelings in the artist: ...color says to me: 'Come, I am your consolation, I cure your melancholy, love me,' and it says to me: 'Go, I am your deception, traverse me, lose yourself and enough of absent truth.' Lyotard is the first to see through the subtle variety of meanings in Sam Francis's use of color. This edition also reproduces in full color all forty-two paintings discussed by Lyotard.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Leuven University Press
ISBN-13
9789058677815
eBay Product ID (ePID)
104006787
Product Key Features
Book Title
Sam Francis, Lesson of Darkness
Author
Jean-Francois Lyotard
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Genre
Art & Culture
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Jean-Francois Lyotard
Series Title
Jean-Francois Lyotard: Writings on Contemporary Art and Artists