Poetry in Painting: Writings on Contemporary Arts and Aesthetics

Hélène Cixous; Marta Segarra; Joana Masó

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2012

Poetry in Painting

Writings on Contemporary Arts and Aesthetics

Hélène Cixous , Marta Segarra and Joana Masó

In the series The Frontiers of Theory

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748647453

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About this book

The first book by Hélène Cixous on painting and the contemporary arts

This collection gathers most of Hélène Cixous' texts devoted to contemporary artists, such as the painter Nancy Spero, the photographer Andres Serrano, the visual artist Roni Horn, the fashion designer Sonia Rykiel and the choreographer Karine Saporta, among others. The artworks belong to different genres and media - photography, painting, installations, film, choreography and fashion design - while the commentaries all deal with some of Hélène Cixous' privileged themes: exile, war, violence (against women) and exclusion, as well as love, memory, beauty and tenderness.

Neither art criticism nor a collection of critical essays, Hélène Cixous responds to these artworks as a poet, reading them as if they were poems. Written between 1985 and 2010, most of these essays are unpublished in English, or published only in rare catalogues or art books.

Key Features

Combines poetic, theoretical and critical writing and Cixous' unique methodology
Addresses an important collection of contemporary artists, including Americans Nancy Spero and Roni Horn, the London artist Maria Chevska, the Cherokee artist Jeffrey Gibson, the filmmaker Ruth Bekermann, the French choreographer Karine Saporta and the French fashion designer Sonia Rykiel.
Treats a range of media and genre: photography, painting, installations, film, choreography, fashion design

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
Sources Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Series Editor’s Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	x
Hélène Cixous, in Art as in Dreams Joana Masó and Marta Segarra Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Paintings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
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3. Ernest’s Imagic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 160
Illustrations
- Other: 8 colour illustrations
Keywords: Literary Studies

eBook

Published: April 4, 2012
ISBN: 9780748647453