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Amy Sillman faux pas : selected writings and drawings / Amy Sillman ; foreword by Lynne Tillman ; edited by Charlotte Houette, Franc̦ois Lancien-Guilberteau, Benjamin Thorel.

Sillman, Amy, (author.). Tillman, Lynne, (writer of foreword.). Houette, Charlotte, (editor.). Lancien-Guilberteau, François, (editor.). Thorel, Benjamin, (editor.).

Summary:

A key figure in the New York art scene, Amy Sillman is renowned for her singular approach to painting and drawing. Her writings extend a practice that challenges traditions and theoretical frameworks with criticality and humor, and advocates subjectivity: she reevaluates Abstract Expressionism with a queer eye, explores the meanings of color and shape, and discusses in depth the work of other artists--from Delacroix to Maria Lassnig to Laura Owens. In Faux Pas, a collection of her most recent essays, alongside her cartoons and original drawings, art--as personal as it is political--is a practice that responds to today's struggles.

Record details

ISBN: 9782955948651
ISBN: 2955948659
Physical Description: 253 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Publisher: Paris : After 8 Books, [2020]
Copyright: ©2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Includes index of drawings.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Lines, gaps, shapes, strokes, jokes, colors, holes... / Lynne Tillman -- Having a voice: a conversation with Amy Sillman -- On color -- Further notes on shapes -- Meaning of symbols -- More meaning of my symbols (part 2) -- Unpresidented times -- Drawings for the project, DYKWTCA (Do you know where the children are?) -- AbEx and disco balls: in defense of abstract expressionism II -- Notes on the diagram -- Seating charts drawings -- Shit happens: notes on awkwardness -- Rejective verse -- Breakup letter -- Train of thought -- A few remarks on Rachel Harrison's use of color -- Some thoughts on John Chamberlain -- Why Amelie von Wulffen is funny -- Dear Maria Lassnig -- The writings of Carroll Dunham -- Laura Owens -- Delacroix: the sullied enlightenment of the body -- Philip Guston: from garbage cans to God -- Nine innings: notes of a color commentator : on nine works by Louise Fishman.