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Forms of Enchantment - Writings on Art & Artists (Hardcover)
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Forms of Enchantment - Writings on Art & Artists (Hardcover)
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Art-writing at its most useful should share the dynamism, fluidity
and passions of the objects of its enquiry, argues Marina Warner.
In this new anthology of some of her most compelling work, she
captures the visual experience of the work of several artists -
with a notable focus on the inner lives of women - through an
exploration of the range of stories and symbols to which they
allude. Metamorphosis features vividly in the imagery, stories and
media of the art that Warner has chosen to write about: in
connection with animals in the work of Louise Bourgeois, for
instance; with the Catholicism of Damien Hirst; and with
performance as a medium of memory and resistance in the
installations of Joan Jonas. Rather than drawing on
connoisseurship, the author's approach grows principally out of
anthropology and mythology. She argues that art and aesthetics
increasingly fulfil a magical social function - a principle that
runs through these writings to give the collection a quality that
is polemical as well as coherent. With an introductory essay and
illustrations throughout, Marina Warner investigates how artists
noted for their treatment of disturbing, uncanny material have
reached beyond the visible, to express interior states. Truly
inspiring, her writing unites the imagination of artist, writer and
reader, creating a reading experience parallel to the intrinsic
pleasure of looking at art.
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