Full Description
In this insightful collection, one of Spain's most influential artists, Antoni Tapies, reflects on art, life, and politics. A companion to A Personal Memoir (2010), this volume includes essays published in Catalan in six separate books between 1970 and 1999 (The Practice of Art, Art against Aesthetic, Reality as Art, For a Modern and Progressive Art, The Value of Art, Art and Its Places) together with previously uncollected articles, lectures, and other texts. In these essays Tapies reflects on the social role of art and the artist, discusses the influences on his art, and describes his political and artistic views.
Contents
And So Said Antoni Tapies Serge GuilbautIntroductionThe Practice of ArtArt against AestheticReality as ArtFor a Modern and Progressive ArtThe Value of ArtArt and Its PlacesAppendixIndex
