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While the philosophical dimension of painting has long been discussed, a clear case for painting as a form of visual thinking has yet to be made. Traditionally, vanitas still life paintings are considered to raise ontological issues while landscapes direct the mind toward introspection. Grootenboer moves beyond these considerations to focus on what remains unspoken in(...)
The pensive image: Art as a form of thinking
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While the philosophical dimension of painting has long been discussed, a clear case for painting as a form of visual thinking has yet to be made. Traditionally, vanitas still life paintings are considered to raise ontological issues while landscapes direct the mind toward introspection. Grootenboer moves beyond these considerations to focus on what remains unspoken in painting, the implicit and inexpressible that manifests in a quality she calls pensiveness. Different from self-aware or actively desiring images, pensive images are speculative, pointing beyond interpretation. An alternative pictorial category, pensive images stir us away from interpretation and toward a state of suspension where thinking through and with the image can start. In fluid prose, Grootenboer explores various modalities of visual thinking— as the location where thought should be found, as a refuge enabling reflection, and as an encounter that provokes thought. Through these considerations, she demonstrates that artworks serve as models for thought as much as they act as instruments through which thinking can take place. Starting from the premise that painting is itself a type of thinking, ''The pensive image'' argues that art is capable of forming thoughts and shaping concepts in visual terms.
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The 30th anniversary cloth edition brings back into print Dragon's four essays on beauty and commingles them with newly discovered essays by the MacArthur Foundation "genius." Art by Caravaggio, Bellini, Vel zquez, Raphael, Warhol and Mapplethorpe is complemented by Hickey's tributes to Dolly Parton and Richard Pryor, outing of John Rechy's gay novel ''Numbers'', essays(...)
The invisible dragon: essays on beauty and other matters
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The 30th anniversary cloth edition brings back into print Dragon's four essays on beauty and commingles them with newly discovered essays by the MacArthur Foundation "genius." Art by Caravaggio, Bellini, Vel zquez, Raphael, Warhol and Mapplethorpe is complemented by Hickey's tributes to Dolly Parton and Richard Pryor, outing of John Rechy's gay novel ''Numbers'', essays on the art of writing and witty analysis of paintings by Ed Ruscha. An afterword by Hickey's friend and Dragon's editor queers the brash, heterosexual gambler as it situates the creation of Dragon squarely within the AIDS plague. At the time, the book made beauty visible under the looming presence of death and bodily decay. Today, Hickey's prescient diagnosis of the "therapeutic institution" resonates even louder and artists respond by harnessing beauty as a source of meaning and of joy.
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A personal book about material anxiety in creative work, ''The failed painter'' discusses singular and multiple production processes, perfectibility and imperfectability in times of virtual surface, and hunger for authenticity. Writing in the persona of the titular "failed painter," Ian Lynam, author of ''The impossibility of silence: Writing for designers, artists &(...)
The failed painter: Or, Unchained by material anxiety
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A personal book about material anxiety in creative work, ''The failed painter'' discusses singular and multiple production processes, perfectibility and imperfectability in times of virtual surface, and hunger for authenticity. Writing in the persona of the titular "failed painter," Ian Lynam, author of ''The impossibility of silence: Writing for designers, artists & photographers'' (2021), directly addresses design practitioners by calling them to investigate how the material components of their practice are sourced, delving into everything from the labor conditions of manufacturers to the intricate processes of production and distribution. Lynam grounds his investigation in the day-to-day with a collection of essays on design and art spanning culture, race, nation and sheer vandalism. This highly curated yet various assortment of approachable writing on aesthetics touches on space exploration, mercenaries, puberty, instant nostalgia, precarious labor and, of course, zombies.
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Milkyways
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A collection of short essays by artist Camille Henrot (born 1978), ''Milkyways'' explores the ambivalence of motherhood and the process of creation in both art-making and life. Each chapter explores a cosmos of references in literature, comics, art history, psychoanalysis and more—from ancient maternity myths to modern maternity wards; from Marcel Proust to Maggie Nelson(...)
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A collection of short essays by artist Camille Henrot (born 1978), ''Milkyways'' explores the ambivalence of motherhood and the process of creation in both art-making and life. Each chapter explores a cosmos of references in literature, comics, art history, psychoanalysis and more—from ancient maternity myths to modern maternity wards; from Marcel Proust to Maggie Nelson to Hélène Cixous. Accompanied by illustrations of the artist’s work in painting, drawing and sculpture, Henrot’s essays oscillate freely between the personal and the societal, the candid and the complex, the visceral and the mundane. ''Milkyways'' was originally conceived for Republik magazine at the invitation of author Antje Stahl, and was written with Jacob Bromberg, Antje Stahl and Léa Trudel.
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With a focus on labor organizing within the arts and tech industries, ''Software for Artists Book 3'' explores the potential of creating alternative networks of education and challenging the material conditions that prevent us from enacting new realities with dignity and security. When we defy existing models for institution-building, what possibilities for gathering can(...)
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novembre 2023
Software for artists book: School(s) for poetic computation
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With a focus on labor organizing within the arts and tech industries, ''Software for Artists Book 3'' explores the potential of creating alternative networks of education and challenging the material conditions that prevent us from enacting new realities with dignity and security. When we defy existing models for institution-building, what possibilities for gathering can materialize and what kinds of learning and unlearning can we practice together? Released alongside Pioneer Works’ eighth ''Software for Artists Day'' and the School for Poetic Computation’s 10th anniversary in November 2023, the book convenes educators, labor organizers and artists exploring experimental learning initiatives to be in solidarity and conversation with each other.
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Conférence d'artiste, danse-conférence, performance narrative, lecture performée, les vocables ne manquent pas, depuis quelques années, pour designer les nouveaux régimes de présence du corps dans l'art contemporain, des régimes élaborés dans un rapport étroit avec le langage et ses diverses formes d'exposition. Ce livre est une tentative d'exploration critique de ce(...)
Quand le discours se fait geste : Regards croisés sur la conférence-performance
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Conférence d'artiste, danse-conférence, performance narrative, lecture performée, les vocables ne manquent pas, depuis quelques années, pour designer les nouveaux régimes de présence du corps dans l'art contemporain, des régimes élaborés dans un rapport étroit avec le langage et ses diverses formes d'exposition. Ce livre est une tentative d'exploration critique de ce champ transdisciplinaire et hybride, à un moment historique marqué autant par le « storytelling », la « post-vérité » et les « faits alternatifs » que par l'investissement de plus en plus incontournable de l'art dans le marché de la connaissance. Comment peut-on comprendre la place de la performativité au sein de l'espace discursif élargi de l'art contemporain ? Quels sont les nouveaux rapports et les nouvelles configurations que cet espace engendre entre le corps et le langage, entre la pratique et la théorie ? Dans quelle mesure peut-on rendre compte d'un geste qui, bien que fait de mots, semble résister au discours ?
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Geologic listening
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Author Sukhdev Sandhu and filmmaker Deborah Stratman explore critical debates around the Anthropocene, monumentality, and the politics of audibility by turning to geology as an experimental pedagogy and an archive. Drawing on speculative fiction and forensic non-fiction, contributors extend Stratman’s long standing engagement with the politics of landscape and,(...)
Geologic listening
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Author Sukhdev Sandhu and filmmaker Deborah Stratman explore critical debates around the Anthropocene, monumentality, and the politics of audibility by turning to geology as an experimental pedagogy and an archive. Drawing on speculative fiction and forensic non-fiction, contributors extend Stratman’s long standing engagement with the politics of landscape and, collectively, ask, How can we begin to formulate a progressive politics—or even a vision of the future—by listening to the Earth?
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The question posed by the title of this book seems even more relevant for young artists today than it did in 2020, when it was first published in French. Presented as a manual, the book shares a number of tips and tricks that have enabled art professionals to progress in the period after their studies. The short, often ironic and sometimes even humorous instructions(...)
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avril 2024
How to survive after art school? Comment survivre après l'école d'art ?
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The question posed by the title of this book seems even more relevant for young artists today than it did in 2020, when it was first published in French. Presented as a manual, the book shares a number of tips and tricks that have enabled art professionals to progress in the period after their studies. The short, often ironic and sometimes even humorous instructions written in the imperative mood provide pieces of the answer to the big question./ Cet ouvrage partage un ensemble de combines, trucs et astuces qui ont permis à des travailleurs et travailleuses du milieu de l’art de s’en sortir après l’école. Ces courtes consignes rédigées à l’impératif présent nous livrent, non sans ironie, quelques éléments de réponse à cette grande question : comment survivre après l’école d’art?
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Archipelagic effects
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"Archipelagic affects" explores how art residencies nurture effective spaces to study the tangible and intangible cultural, historical, and geopolitical connections between different island countries. Conceived by Yornel J. Martínez Elías, researcher Emily Shin-Jie Lee, and in collaboration with Taiwanese novelist Huang Chong-Kai, the book interweaves visual and textual(...)
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juillet 2024
Archipelagic effects
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"Archipelagic affects" explores how art residencies nurture effective spaces to study the tangible and intangible cultural, historical, and geopolitical connections between different island countries. Conceived by Yornel J. Martínez Elías, researcher Emily Shin-Jie Lee, and in collaboration with Taiwanese novelist Huang Chong-Kai, the book interweaves visual and textual materials created in different time-spaces. Together, they form a shared travelogue that documents how cultures and worlds cross paths through an art residency experience.
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In "The Aquarium is a Listening Glass", nine short, non-linear stories—set amid scientific archives, underwater research stations, natural history museums, national aquaria and oceanic infrastructure—evoke the glass as a listening device to present singular relationships between humans and fish that would otherwise go unheard. In this paradigm shift, design plays a(...)
The aquarium is a listening glass
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In "The Aquarium is a Listening Glass", nine short, non-linear stories—set amid scientific archives, underwater research stations, natural history museums, national aquaria and oceanic infrastructure—evoke the glass as a listening device to present singular relationships between humans and fish that would otherwise go unheard. In this paradigm shift, design plays a fundamental role in conceiving the object (and the book) as a sensory device to glimpse new forms of mediation, to generate alliances, and also to promote the potential for a thriving and vital world.
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