Hiding Making - Showing Creation: The Studio from Turner to Tacita Dean
edited by Rachel Esner, Sandra Kisters and Ann-Sophie Lehmann
Amsterdam University Press, 2013 eISBN: 978-90-485-1824-1 | Paper: 978-90-8964-507-4 Library of Congress Classification N8520.H53 2013
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
The artist, at least according to Honoré de Balzac, is at work when he seems to be at rest; his labor is not labor but repose. This observation provides a model for modern artists and their relationship to both their place of work—the studio—and what they do there. Examining the complex relationship between process, product, artistic identity, and the artist’s studio—in all its various manifestations—the contributors to this volume consider the dichotomy between conceptual and material aspects of art production. The essays here also explore the studio as a form of inspiration, meaning, function, and medium, from the nineteenth century up to the present.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Rachel Esner is assistant professor of art of the modern period at University of Amsterdam. Sandra Kisters is assistant professor of art history at the University of Utrecht. Ann-Sophie Lehmann is associate professor of theatre, film, and television studies at the University of Utrecht.
REVIEWS
"[A] valuable collection of case studies. . . . Recommended."
PART I
Introduction: Old and New Studio Topoi in the Nineteenth Century Sandra Kisters
1. Studio Matters: Materials, Instruments and Artistic Processes Monika Wagner
2. Jean-Léon Gérôme, His Badger and His Studio Matthias Krüger
3. Showing Making in Courbet’s The Painter’s Studio Petra Ten-Doesschate Chu
4. Making and Creating. The Painted Palette in Late Nineteenth-Century Dutch Painting Terry Van Druten
5. 14, rue de La Rochefoucauld. The Partial Eclipse of Gustave Moreau Maarten Liefooghe
6. The Artist as Centerpiece. The Image of the Artist in Studio Photographs of the Nineteenth Century Mayken Jonkman
PART II
Introduction: Forms and Functions of the Studio from the Twentieth Century to Today Rachel Esner
7. The Studio as Mediator Frank Reijnders
8. Accrochage in Architecture: Photographic Representations of Theo van Doesburg’s Studios and Paintings Matthias Noell
9. Studio, Storage, Legend. The Work of Hiding in Tacita Dean’s Section Cinema (Homage to Marcel Broodthaers) Beatrice Von Bismarck
10. The Empty Studio: Bruce Nauman’s Studio Films Eric de Bruyn
11. Home Improvement and Studio Stupor. On Gregor Schneider’s (Dead) House ur Wouter Davidts
12. Staging the Studio: Enacting Artful Realities through Digital Photography Sarah de Rijcke
Epilogue: “Good Art Theory Must Smell of the Studio” Ann-Sophie Lehmann
Hiding Making - Showing Creation: The Studio from Turner to Tacita Dean
edited by Rachel Esner, Sandra Kisters and Ann-Sophie Lehmann
Amsterdam University Press, 2013 eISBN: 978-90-485-1824-1 Paper: 978-90-8964-507-4
The artist, at least according to Honoré de Balzac, is at work when he seems to be at rest; his labor is not labor but repose. This observation provides a model for modern artists and their relationship to both their place of work—the studio—and what they do there. Examining the complex relationship between process, product, artistic identity, and the artist’s studio—in all its various manifestations—the contributors to this volume consider the dichotomy between conceptual and material aspects of art production. The essays here also explore the studio as a form of inspiration, meaning, function, and medium, from the nineteenth century up to the present.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Rachel Esner is assistant professor of art of the modern period at University of Amsterdam. Sandra Kisters is assistant professor of art history at the University of Utrecht. Ann-Sophie Lehmann is associate professor of theatre, film, and television studies at the University of Utrecht.
REVIEWS
"[A] valuable collection of case studies. . . . Recommended."
PART I
Introduction: Old and New Studio Topoi in the Nineteenth Century Sandra Kisters
1. Studio Matters: Materials, Instruments and Artistic Processes Monika Wagner
2. Jean-Léon Gérôme, His Badger and His Studio Matthias Krüger
3. Showing Making in Courbet’s The Painter’s Studio Petra Ten-Doesschate Chu
4. Making and Creating. The Painted Palette in Late Nineteenth-Century Dutch Painting Terry Van Druten
5. 14, rue de La Rochefoucauld. The Partial Eclipse of Gustave Moreau Maarten Liefooghe
6. The Artist as Centerpiece. The Image of the Artist in Studio Photographs of the Nineteenth Century Mayken Jonkman
PART II
Introduction: Forms and Functions of the Studio from the Twentieth Century to Today Rachel Esner
7. The Studio as Mediator Frank Reijnders
8. Accrochage in Architecture: Photographic Representations of Theo van Doesburg’s Studios and Paintings Matthias Noell
9. Studio, Storage, Legend. The Work of Hiding in Tacita Dean’s Section Cinema (Homage to Marcel Broodthaers) Beatrice Von Bismarck
10. The Empty Studio: Bruce Nauman’s Studio Films Eric de Bruyn
11. Home Improvement and Studio Stupor. On Gregor Schneider’s (Dead) House ur Wouter Davidts
12. Staging the Studio: Enacting Artful Realities through Digital Photography Sarah de Rijcke
Epilogue: “Good Art Theory Must Smell of the Studio” Ann-Sophie Lehmann
Index
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