Kirkeby, Per: THE ARTIST AS POLYHISTOR. The Intellectual Superstructure in the Work of Per Kirkeby

Author: Morell, Lars
Country: Denmark
Language: English
Year Published: 2005
No. of pages: 293
Illustrations: 89 Color Illustrations. 61 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 10”x 7 1/2”
Weight: 4.00
ISBN: 8779341543
Biblio/Bio: Bibl.
Code: 5810

Price: $95.00

The expressionist, Per Kirkeby (b. 1938) is one of Denmark’s greatest living artists. His works can be seen in the Fine Arts Museum, San Francisco, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Achland Art Museum at the University of North Carolina, and Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York among many museum collections around the world. This book represents not only a chronological cross-section, moving from Kirkeby’s earliest to his most recent work, but also cuts across the forms of expression, from drawing and painting to film, sculpture, architecture, and literature, with the focus being the connection between art and science in the work of Kirkeby. With 150 handsome illustrations, chiefly in colour, and a wide-ranging but clearly written text, this volume will appeal equally to the general reader and the specialist in contemporary art.