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Clemente's art, which lays bare his obsessions with sex, self, and spirituality and explores them with a constantly surprising range of intense color and formal invention, stands in bracing, deeply pleasurable opposition to the desiccated, design-bound, theory-driven work that has dominated so much art of the last 25 years. Art historian James Elkins has described making graduate students copy, stroke for stroke, works by Monet and other painters, to give them a feel for "What Painting Is" (as he titled his recent book). Clemente raises the stakes a notch, demonstrating what painting might be, if we were to allow ourselves to be drenched in its myriad possibilities. --Peggy Moorman
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Book Description Softcover, 178 pages; in Italian and English; very good condition; except slight backwards curl to book at left edge; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra. Seller Inventory # FrClUm65
Book Description flessibile. Condition: Ottimo (Fine). 178 p., f.to cm 28x29, brossura, illustrazioni a colori. Come nuovo, copertina con lievi segni del tempo. Book. Seller Inventory # BC_4014
Book Description Condition: Fine. Book is in Used-LikeNew condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear. Seller Inventory # 8842209171-2-2
Book Description Illustrated Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 180pp, profusely 153 color and 7 b&w illustrations. Text in Italian and English. With an exhibition checklist, biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the comprehensive catalogue published in conjunction with a 1999 Galleria D'Arte Moderna Di Bologna exhibition of one hundred and fifty-three drawings, watercolors, and pastels executed by Francesco Clemente between 1980 and 1998. In addition to lovely color reproductions of each of the works on paper, it features a lengthy transcribed interview with the artist by Francesco Pellizzi, and curator Danilo Eccher. A most handsome example additionally BOLDLY INSCRIBED "Thank You! / Francesco Clemente / Bologna 29 Maggio 1999" on the day of the Museum opening in pencil across the title page. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inscribed and Dated by the Artist. Artist Monograph. Seller Inventory # 024002