The concept of formlessness was reintroduced by the cultural theorists rosalind krauss and yves alain bois in, when they used batailles notion of. A users guide by yve alain bois what really kraiss krauss about the smithson piece, however, is not the logic of the carefully deployed mirrorswhich she never discussesbut the tired thematics of the mirror as simulacrum, the metaphysics of. Chair of the department of history of art and architecture 200205. Krauss, annette michelson, yve alain bois, benjamin h. Pdf an interview with yvealain bois, joseph pulitzer jr. Though the brazilian artist was acclaimed in her own country, she remained marginal in the art world all her life. Yve is a masculine or feminine given name, which is related to yvonne and yves, and may be used as a shortened form of yvain or yvette. Youre an art historian who openly, even provocatively, declares himself to be a formalist and who still makes value judgementswho says that. Each book addresses a body of work by an artist of the postwar period who has altered our understanding of art in significant ways and prompted a critical literature that is sophisticated and sustained. Warning against the uncritical adoption of theoretical fashions and equally against the a priorirejection of all theory, bois argues that theory is best employed in response to the specificdemands of a critical problem.
They chart its persistence within a history of modernism that has always repressed it in the interest of privileging formal mastery, and they assess its destiny within current artistic production. Krauss, university professor at columbia university and an editor and cofounder of october magazine, is the author. I know of no other artist whose oeuvre a curator could find more difficult to present than that of lygia clark 192088. History is filled with incredible, innovative artists and almost as fascinating. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Marc rated it really liked it jul 31, the dirty word is a word exposing its impropriety, but, rather than doing it by moving toward some desired proper name, it exposes what is not proper and unclean about the proper name, exposing the transposition every name, by itself, is already, the transposition betraying. Yvealain bois s most popular book is art since 1900. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Curatorauthors rosalind krauss and yve alain bois wish to redefine the boundaries of modernism and put that redefinition to use in a shakeup of the art world that will redeal modernisms cards.
The rehumanization of art and literature mit press so completely reshuffles the deck of the antimodernist rappel a iordre sweeping through all cultural practices in europe in the 1920s and 30sfrom picassos neoclassicism and matisses nice period to socialist. Lygia clark by bois, yvealain artforum international. A users guide, yve alain bois and rosalind krauss present a rich and compelling panorama of the formless. Marty, john hallmark neff, annemarie schimmel, and helen tworkov consider how rapture resonates both in a cultural context and within the experience of a single human being. October yvealain bois, rosalind krauss a users guide to. Informed by both structuralism and poststructuralism, these essays by art critic and historian yve alain bois seek to redefine the status of theory in modernist critical discourse. Entropy entropy, according to the second law of thermodynamics, is krausd leads all matter and energy inevitably into an increasing state of. Yvealain bois has 51 books on goodreads with 2796 ratings.
A founder of the french journal macula, bois is currently a professor in the school of historical studies at the institute for advanced study, princeton, nj rosalind e. Yve alain bois translated by john shepley what does it mean for a painter to think. An interview with yvealain bois andrew mcnamara and rex butler mcnamara, andrew e. This essay was first published the exhibition catalog endgamereference and simulation in recent painting and sculpture by the institute of contemporary art in boston, fall 1986. Yve alain bois, wendy doniger, kenneth frampton, martin e. Both of his degrees were supervised under roland barthes career academic. Yvealain bois department of history of art and architecture. To explain entropy he asks his reader to imagine a sandbox filled. Yve alain bois, michel feher, hal foster, and eyal weizman discuss forensic architecture, the practice of treating common elements of our built environment as entry points through which to.
Mondrian and the theory of architecture yve alain bois. View lecture slides 04 metamorphosis of axonometry yve alain bois from arc 102 at university of arizona. Download 8page essay on 1906 by yve alain bois and matisses notes of a painter by roger benjamin 2020. Bois reflects about the contextualist art criticism, points out. Speculative research, the kind that is fundamental to the advancement of human understanding of the world of nature and of humanity, is not a product that can be made to order. Along the way, he gives the reader background on some of the drawing types architects have used. Yvealain bois born april 16, 1952 is a professor of art history at the school of historical studies at the institute for advanced study in princeton, new jersey. Nowadays it is the imaginary path followed by the eye and the varying perceptions of an object that depend on how it appears to the eye. Yvealain bois studied at the ecole des hautes etudes under the guidance of roland barthes and hubert damisch. Youre an art historian who openly, even provocatively. Rosalind krauss with yvealain bois the brooklyn rail. Buchloh, hal foster, denis hollier, and mignon nixon, editors broodthaers, edited by benjamin h. Bois reflects about the contextualist art criticism, points out academic.
Ad reinhardt yves alain bois read free online d0wnload epub. Pdf recognized for reviving the polemic about formalism, art critic and historian yvealain bois discusses in this interview important issues. Yve alain bois studied at the ecole des hautes etudes under the guidance of roland barthes and hubert damisch. A founder of the french journal macula, bois is currently a professor in the school of historical studies at the institute for advanced study, princeton, nj. Warning against the uncritical adoption of theoretical fashions and equally against the a priori rejection of all theory, bois argues that theory is best employed in.
Informed by both structuralism and poststructuralism, these essays by art critic andhistorian yve alain bois seek to redefine the status of theory in modernist critical discourse. Cultural analysiscultural activism, edited by douglas crimp aberrations, by jurgis baltrus. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. A users guide to entropy yve alain bois and rosalind krauss entropy. October files is a series of inexpensive paperback books edited by the editors of october journal. Ill start with, actually, the first line of your book where you say, incited by over a decade of disgust at the spectacle of meretricious art called installation, this book was made possible by, which is followed by the acknowledgments. Yve alain bois is associate professor of art history at the johns hopkins university. Institute for advanced study einstein drive princeton, nj 08540. A specialist in twentiethcentury european and american art, bois is recognized as an expert on a wide range of artists, from henri matisse and pablo picasso to. Bois addresses how the axonometric drawing, a drawing in which one can see three sides of a building or object simultaneously at true scale, reemerged in the early twentieth century. Pdf mondrian and the theory of architecture yve alain. Interview with yvealain bois july 2nd, 2005 in his office. Linkpage citation devin fores realism after modernism. He has published a number of essays on twentieth century art, architecture, and criticism and is currently working on mon drians neoplastic years and on a history of axonometric perspective.
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