Claude and Francois-Xavier Lalanne - Nature Transformed (Paperback)

A beautifully illustrated, concise critical analysis of the art, careers, and reception of the husband-wife team of artists known as Les Lalanne Francois-Xavier (1927-2008) and Claude (1925-2019) Lalanne were a husband-wife team of artists who created inventive and often surprising works that have been widely admired and collected since the 1960s. This book presents a carefully selected group of sculptures that focus on a shared preoccupation of the artists: the transformation of natural forms to serve new purposes, such as Francois-Xavier's giant grasshopper sculpture that opens into a bar and Claude's bench made of galvanized metal branches and vines such that it remains as much a forest as a place to sit. Critical analysis explores the full breadth of the artists' careers; considers the complex issues of reception and categorization of their work; and prompts a reevaluation of the place their art occupies in the context of art museums, all while encouraging readers to consider relationships among nature, art, and their own encounters with both. Distributed for the Clark Art Institute Exhibition Schedule: Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA (May 8-October 31, 2021)

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2021
Authors:	Kathleen M. Morris
Dimensions:	229 x 267 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	128
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-25084-8
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Exhibition catalogues and specific collections Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > Art styles, 1960 - > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Individual artists > General Promotions
LSN:	0-300-25084-3
Barcode:	9780300250848

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