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Per Kirkeby

Paintings and Sculpture

Format: Hardback
Publisher: Yale University Press, United States
Published: 27th Nov 2012
Dimensions: w 229mm h 229mm d 2mm
Weight: 907g
ISBN-10: 0300181221
ISBN-13: 9780300181227
Barcode No: 9780300181227
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Synopsis
Per Kirkeby (b. 1938) is Scandinavia's most highly acclaimed artist since August Strindberg and Asger Jorn. His early training as a geologist is evident in his richly layered canvases, which are structured like geological strata, constantly in flux, expressing movement and change over time. His striking bronze sculptures of fragmented body parts, reminiscent of Rodin, are similarly based in a deep dialogue with nature. Per Kirkeby: Paintings and Sculpture is an essential introduction to the work of this important contemporary artist, who also is a filmmaker, writer, and poet. Klaus Ottmann provides an overview of Kirkeby's career, from his early association with Minimalism and the Fluxus movement in the 1960s to his recent work, which marries the poetic and metaphysical to the scientific investigation of object matter. This handsome book also features an interview by Dorothy Kosinski with the artist that highlights his unique approach. Published in association with the Phillips Collection Exhibition Schedule: The Phillips Collection(10/06/12-01/06/13) Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine(03/26/13-06/30/13)

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"This well-wrought introduction to the Danish painter and sculptor affords sound passage into Kirkeby's stirring but often oblique world."-Publishers Weekly * Publishers Weekly * "Wild energy is unshackled in Per Kirkeby's paintings: earthquakes, infernos, uprooted trees. . . . his paintings suggest a geological layering of time, of ancient unseen forces at work. . . . and his sculptures look yanked from the earth's core."-Dana Jennings, New York Times -- Dana Jennings * The New York TImes *