Full Description
This is a children's art book for grown-ups. In everyday language it shows how to explain to children what to look for and how to enjoy works from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.How to Talk to Children about Modern Art examines 30 fascinating works by modern and contemporary artists, from Gustav Klimt's Kiss of 1907 to Tim Noble and Sue Webster's British Wildlife of 2000, in galleries around the world. The book gives examples of the kinds of observations and questions a child might ask about the works, and provides straightforward answers. 'The sculptor forgot to give her ears!' 'That can't have taken long to make!' 'Why wrap up a building?' 'Why make a painting look like an old wall?' The book demystifies art appreciation and reveals that the simplest questions can be among the most pertinent. There is plenty that will stimulate children's interest in art and enlighten grown-ups too.
Contents
The Kiss (1907-08) - Gustav KlimtThe Piano (1909) - Frantisek KupkaThe Conversation (1909-12) - Henri MatisseSleeping Muse (1910) - Constantin BrancusiNude Descending Stairs No. 2 (1912) - Marcel DuchampThe Crucifixion (1930) - Pablo PicassoThe Human Condition (1933) - Rene Magritte (National Gallery, Washington DC)Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening (1944) - Salvador DaliParc des Princes (1952) - Nicholas de StaelWoman I (1950-2) - Willem de Kooning (MoMA, New York)Pintura (Painting) (1955) - Antoni TapiesThe Whiteness of the Whale (1957) - Sam Francis (Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo NY)Pilgrim (1960) - Robert RauschenbergLe Manteau (Coat )1962 - Etienne-MartinBus Riders (1962) - George Segal (Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC)A Bigger Splash (1967) - David Hockney (Tate, London)Thira (1979-80) - Brice MardenChapter (1981) - Robert RymanLarge Interior, W11 (after Watteau) (1981-3) - Lucien FreudFive Mountains Not to Climb On (1984) - Wolfgang LaibCamouflage Joseph Beuys (1986) - Andy WarholRabbit (1986) - Jeff Koons (Sonnabend Gallery, New York)Vanitas (1987) - Jana SterbakTour aux Figures (Tower of Figures) 1983-8 - Jean DubuffetOdessa Monument (1989-2003) - Christian BoltanskiWrapped Reichstag (1995) - Christo and Jean-Claude727 (1996) - Takashi Murakami (MoMA, New York)Maman (Mother) 1999 (cast 2003) - Louise Borgeouis (National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa)Lui (Him) 2001 - Maurizio CattelanBritish Wildlife (2000) - Tim Noble and Sue Webster
