Reseña del libro "Julian Schnabel (en Inglés)"
Now available in an unlimited edition, this monograph features Schnabel’s work in all media: huge paintings with everyday materials, sculptures that transpose pictorial forms into space, movies that paint portraits of unconventional heroes, or a Venetian palace in New York. The best opportunity to experience his art outside of meeting it in person.“His greatest book, and yes, it is his book, because it was edited in close collaboration with the artist. It, too, is “larger than life”... Schnabel’s paintings celebrate painting, they are a feast of colors, connections, and references, and above all of freedom.”Neue Zurcher ZeitungLife on the Big CanvasMeet the full range of Julian Schnabel’s workJulian Schnabel makes art out of life, finding his materials in the fabric of the everyday. He uses broken plates as an improbable picture ground; he paints on velvet, market stall covers, army tarps, kabuki theater backdrops, and boxing ring floors, found surfaces that lend their own rich history to the artist’s exploration. A figurehead for the return of painting after his overnight success with a first New York solo show in 1979, he has since worked in a wide variety of media: making sculptures that transpose his pictorial forms into space as raw, seemingly time-worn artifacts; directing award-winning movies that paint portraits of artists and other subtly heroic figures; and even building his own dream of a Venetian palace in New York. “I want my life to be in my work, crushed into my painting like a pressed car. If it’s not, my work is just some stuff,” Schnabel has said, and this urgency permeates his oeuvre no matter what means or media the artist chooses.Now available in a popular edition, the complete range of Schnabel’s work is portrayed in unprecedented depth in this TASCHEN monograph, made in dialog with the artist. The texts were contributed by friends and collaborators: Laurie Anderson draws an intimate portrait of Schnabel; in three essays by curators and art historians, Eric de Chassey discusses the paintings, Bonnie Clearwater the sculpture, and Max Hollein the site-specific work; Donatien Grau writes on the Palazzo Chupi, the artist’s extravagant home in New York’s West Village; while the novelist Daniel Kehlmann explores his cinematic oeuvre. This edition allows you to study the surfaces and artistic gestures and actions, offering the most generous opportunity to experience Schnabel’s art outside of meeting it in person. La vida en gran formato Descubra todas las facetas creativas de Julian Schnabel Julian Schnabel convierte la vida en arte y encuentra los asuntos de sus obras en el tejido de lo cotidiano. Utiliza platos rotos como soporte inesperado para sus cuadros y pinta sobre terciopelo, cubiertas de puestos de mercado, fondos de teatro kabuki, lonas militares y de cuadrilateros de boxeo: materiales encontrados que aportan su propia historia a la exploracion del artista. Tras el exito fulgurante de su primera exposicion individual en Nueva York en 1979, que lo convirtio en el abanderado del regreso de la pintura, trabajo con todo tipo de medios: realizo esculturas que trasponen sus pinturas al espacio tridimensional como artefactos en bruto, aparentemente desgastados por el paso del tiempo; dirigio peliculas premiadas que retratan a artistas y otras figuras sutilmente heroicas, e incluso hizo realidad su sueno de construir un palacio veneciano en Nueva York. ´Quiero que mi vida este en mi obra, comprimida en mi pintura como un coche prensado. De lo contrario, mi trabajo solo son cosas´, ha dicho Schnabel, y esta urgencia impregna su obra sin importar que soportes o medios elija. Esta monografía de TASCHEN, realizada en estrecha colaboración con el artista, esta ahora disponible en una edición popular que presenta la rica variedad de la obra de Schnabel con una profundidad sin precedentes. Completan el volumen textos de amigos y colaboradores: Laurie Anderson elabora una semblanza intima de Schnabel; en tres ensayos de comisarios e historiadores del arte, eric de Chassey analiza la pintura, Bonnie Clearwater la escultura y Max Hollein sus obras in situ; Donatien Grau escribe sobre el Palazzo Chupi, la extravagante casa del artista en el West Village de Nueva York, y el novelista Daniel Kehlmann explora su obra cinematográfica. Esta edición le permitirá estudiar las superficies y las acciones y gestos artísticos de Schnabel, y le dara la oportunidad de sentir su arte de un modo que solo experimentarlo en persona puede superar.
