Preparing for Darkness. A New Movement in Contemporary Painting (Feat. the oeuvre of Nicola Samorì. Incld. works by Radu Belcin, Adrian Ghenie, Matthias Weischer & more) - Uwe Goldenstein

Name: Preparing for Darkness. A New Movement in Contemporary Painting (Feat. the oeuvre of Nicola Samorì. Incld. works by Radu Belcin, Adrian Ghenie, Matthias Weischer & more) - Uwe Goldenstein
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212 pages, linen hardcover, English / German. Editor: Uwe Goldenstein Texts by Uwe Goldenstein, Lucia Rossi, Antonio M. Coppola, Martin Deppner, Philippe Rey. Feat. the oeuvre of Nicola Samorì. Including works by Radu Belcin, Teodora Axente and Inna Artemova, Daniel Behrendt, Adam Bota, Alin Bozbiciu, Adrian Ghenie, Simone Haack, Maurizio L'Altrella, Daniel Pitín, Flavia Pitis, Sergiu Toma, Richard Wathen, Matthias Weischer. 1700 gr. | 310 x 250 x 28 mm | Paper: Luxo Art Samtoffset "It’s time for a divorce. A divorce from a type of contemporary painting that seems suspended in eternal post-modernity; one that, through a marked lack of painterly skill, can’t seem to reference anything but itself. This state of modern art can be experienced as a “pluriverse” of styles, citations, and allusionswithout a semblance of internal coherence. (...) With this publication, I would like to pose a counter concept. The 15 selected European painters stand as examples of a generation marked by an exceptional intellectual approach to artistic practices. The resulting profound examination of art history, paired with extraordinary artistic skill, can be seen as veritable and imminent, as they each, through their own unique style, offer a real, pictorially comprehensible and perceptible dialogue between past art and their own inscribed emotional world. What unites them is a resurrection of melancholy, which returns to highlight the magical in a viewing experience. In that sense, my chosen metaphor “Preparing for Darkness” is meant to describe both melancholy and status quo, uniting these 15 artists, as unique as they are, into a new movement in contemporary art." Uwe Goldenstein

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Languages:: Published: English
Number of Pages:: 212
Publisher:: Selected Artists Edition
Publication Date:: 2020-10-31

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