Othoniel (Hardcover)

The first monograph in English devoted to Jean-Michel Othoniel, this book follows the footsteps of a singular and secretive artist. An artist who has a passion for all sorts of metamorphoses, sublimations and transmutations, "Jean-Michel Othoniel" (Saint-Etienne, 1964) has a predilection for materials with reversible properties. His first gained recognition with a series of sculptures made of sulfur, exhibited at Documenta IX in Kassel in 1992. He is one of the few artists to combine a rigorous artistic approach with a poetic sensitivity. Possessing a rare ability to make use of the beauty of his materials, this volume follows the evolution of Othoniels atypical approach. Beyond the seductiveness of form, he creates a world inhabited by dreams and enchantment, but also haunted by suffering and melancholy. The artist, who entered into popular favour with his Kiosk for Night Birds for the Palais-Royal Musee du Louvre metro station in Paris, has exhibited widely and received commissions both in France and abroad.

General

Imprint:	Skira
Country of origin:	Italy
Release date:	October 2012
First published:	October 2012
Authors:	Catherine Grenier
Dimensions:	300 x 235 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	264
ISBN-13:	978-88-572-1421-4
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > Art styles, 1960 - > General Promotions
LSN:	88-572-1421-4
Barcode:	9788857214214

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