Since the fifteenth century, tarot cards have remained a source
of wonder and fascination for those seeking to divine the future.
Drawing the card depicting the coveted wheel of fortune is believed
to foretell favorable events, but turn over the tower or death card
and adversity may be headed your way. Mysterious, rich in
symbolism, and hinting at the arcane, tarot cards also display
considerable artistry and visual appeal." "In "Francesco Clemente:
The Tarots," Clemente uniquely reinterprets the deck with a
star-studded group of unexpected subjects. Presented here are the
seventy-eight watercolors that make up the artist's tarot card
series. Begun in 2008, the paintings include family and friends and
reflect important personal relationships. Since 1981, Clemente has
been a resident of New York and many of the paintings--including
the twenty-two cards of the higher arcana--depict New Yorkers,
making this series, in the artist's words, "my portrait of the
city." Among the personalities whose likenesses are included this
series are Salman Rushdie, Fran Lebowitz, Jasper Johns, Philip
Glass, Diane von Furstenberg, Colm Toibin, and Scarlett Johansson.
Clemente has always had a keen interest in the spiritual, and the
book also includes twelve self-portraits representing each of the
twelve apostles. Rounding out the extensive illustrations are
essays by Max Seidel, Marzia Faietti, Antonio Natali, and Francesco
Pellizzi examining the series. Clemente is among the most
recognized and established contemporary artists in America today,
and this book--created to accompany an exhibition at the Uffizi
Gallery in Florence--makes his most recent work available to
readers for the first time.
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