Yvealain bois born april 16, 1952 is a professor of art history at the school of historical studies at the institute for advanced study in princeton, new jersey. You might also like to read an interview between bois, andrew mcnamara and rex butler. The essay is taken from his book of 1991, entitled painting as model. Bois is the most influential figure on the way i think and write about architecture. Yve alain bois translated by john shepley what does it mean for a painter to think. I for bois the feeling of the end of art or end of painting is historically determined by industrialization, the birth of photography, and the rise of. I will focus here on a specific claim that of the death of painting, and more spe. The other copies reproduced and exhibited since kleins death, in. Formless a users guide free ebook download as pdf file. It is precisely this task that a close reading of strzemihski and kobros work and theory, which.
Yvealain bois born april 16, 1952 is a professor of art history at the school of historical. Painting as model book by yvealain bois 2 available. I would say that facing yves klein today, we are in the same situation as. Potential for painting will emerge in the conjunctive deconstruction of the.
This text is central to our discussion over the next fortnight. He spoke at a matisse conference in brisbane in at the queensland art gallery, in march. Yvealain bois e um dos teoricos mais importantes da arte do seculo xx. Thap 3432 readings, yvealain bois the task of mourning. An interview with yvealain bois, joseph pulitzer jr. Informed by both structuralism and poststructuralism, these essays by art critic and historian yve alain bois seek to redefine the status of theory in modernist critical discourse. Rubensteins writing is discussed in relation to modern arts rhetoric around the many deaths or ends of painting as a contemporary art. The task of mourning looks at the then current post modern fashion for pronouncing the death of x painting, capitalism, authorship, etc. Provisionality and the impossible task of painting qut. Pdf an interview with yvealain bois, joseph pulitzer jr. Informed by both structuralism and poststructuralism, these essays by art critic andhistorian yve alain bois seek to redefine the status of theory in modernist critical discourse.
Miguel mathus tactility and opticality in contemporary abstract. Pdf this essay examines the profound changes in marianne brandts life and work after her failed attempt to leave germany in the spring of 1933. To set a reading intention, click through to any list item, and look for the panel on the left hand side. A specialist in twentiethcentury european and american art, bois is recognized as an expert on a wide range of artists, from henri matisse and pablo picasso to piet mondrian, barnett newman, and ellsworth kelly. Warning against the uncritical adoption of theoretical fashions and equally against the a priorirejection of all theory, bois argues that theory is best employed in response to the specificdemands of a critical problem. This essay was first published the exhibition catalog endgamereference and simulation in recent painting and sculpture by the institute of contemporary art in boston, fall 1986.