Andy Warhol (Tate Introductions) /anglais

Cette introduction vivante raconte l'histoire en constante évolution de l'art abstrait, retraçant son histoire du début des années 1900 jusqu'à nos jours. Emergeant des mouvements occidentaux comme le cubisme et l'expressionnisme, l'art abstrait est rapidement devenu un phénomène mondial qui a changé le visage de l'art moderne et contemporain. L'abstrait, pour de nombreux artistes, offre de nouvelles façons de comprendre le monde qui nous entoure. Stéphanie Straine démystifie le travail de plus de soixante-dix artistes innovants du monde entier de Vassily Kandinsky à Emma Kunz et Rana Begum, redonnant leur place aux artistes femmes bien souvent oubliées. Une section de référence comprend une chronologie des principales expositions, des suggestions de lectures complémentaires, un glossaire des termes artistiques ainsi qu'un index.

This book is the first monograph devoted to Massinissa Selmani. Most of his work since 2009 is grouped around his central practice of drawing. The artist refers to his works as 'drawn forms', and they involve a subtle balance between staging, architecture and their surrounding spaces. Made up of drawings, installations, sculptures and short animations, they depict scenes often inspired by current events, to which Massinissa Selmani adds supernatural, absurd or mysterious features. Reality becomes imaginary, possible narratives are challenged and ambiguity overrides certainty. The audience is thus free to create its own interpretation of a work in which fiction and reality mingle, creating a new reality. Massinissa Selmani (born in 1980 in Algiers) has received numerous awards, including a special mention from the Jury at the Venice Biennale in 2015. He is nominated for the Marcel Duchamp Prize 2023.