So, and, if, but : writings 1970-2012 / Richard Deacon ; edited by Dieter Schwarz.
"The foremost interest of the sculptor Richard Deacon (born 1949 in Bangor, Wales) is in his material as a substance and, above all, its malleability. He uses these materials, such as steel, plastic, resin, glass, clay, copper, stone and aluminum, as manifestations of expression, "as is th...
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Düsseldorf :
Richter
[2014]
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| Edition: | English edition. |
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| Summary: | "The foremost interest of the sculptor Richard Deacon (born 1949 in Bangor, Wales) is in his material as a substance and, above all, its malleability. He uses these materials, such as steel, plastic, resin, glass, clay, copper, stone and aluminum, as manifestations of expression, "as is the act of the work itself that concludes the undertaking." Along with these unusual forms-biomorphic-like volumes, convoluted serpentine delineations and dynamic entwinements-from the end of the 1990s the artist produced ceramic pieces finished in a great variety of glazes, thus combining painting and sculpture. What constantly fascinates him-besides his coming to grips with the form, the structure and the material-is the intellectual link to his work. He thus wrote many texts that are here assembled in this publication for the first time: notes from his student days, transcriptions of actual dialogues and situations, personal views in retrospect, spontaneous memos of production processes, contributions to the catalogues of artist friends and memories of people who played a role in his biography, among other things. The reader is not only given a fragmentary insight into the mental world of the artist, but can directly recapitulate how Deacon became a sculptor."--Publisher's website. |
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| Physical Description: | 367 pages : illustrations (some colour), portrait ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 394126365X 9783941263659 |