BOOKSHELF Check out these recent studies of the aforementioned artists and their practices: Part of the Wexner Center for the Arts series, Mark Bradford is the first major book on the artist and features images and essays examining the social and
aesthetic significance of his work.
There is no pictorial or
aesthetic significance of the work's construction.
Not exact matches
Not only its
aesthetic value, which is apparent in the power
of its expression, in the depth
of its sensitivity, and in its monumental structure; but also its content — the bold and colossal struggle with the ancient, and at the same time always new, human problem
of the meaning
of suffering — all this puts the
work, in its universal
significance, in a class with Dante's Divine Comedy and Goethe's Faust.8
Although a great deal
of research and
work is necessary to determine the
aesthetic and historical
significance of this current display, we may be assured that the so - far - generated polemics regarding its place and meaning have laid the foundation for its enduring
significance not only in Iran but also worldwide.
Calling attention to a series
of works that have not yet been fully appreciated for their true
significance in the artist's development, «Philip Guston: Painter, 1957 — 1967» explores a decade in which Guston confronted
aesthetic concerns
of the New York School, questioning modes
of image making and what it means to paint abstractly.
Including over sixty
works, many
of which have never before been shown in the United States, the retrospective provides a fresh and in - depth examination
of the evolution
of the artist's
aesthetic and illustrates the
significance of his contributions to the field
of postwar painting.
A text that is almost entirely, rather than only momentarily, diagnostic in orientation is Barbara Rose's excellent, and unfortunately little remembered, «The Value
of Didactic Art»
of 1967, which ambitiously lays out the terms
of a particular shift where
works of art — those inheritors
of the precedent
of Duchamp's unassisted readymade — began to derive their value and
significance from visually presenting a particular argument, rather than by engaging the viewer in primarily
aesthetic terms, which this didactic art rendered at best marginal or incidental.
This publication aims not to draw out any notion
of influence or direct correlation between these bodies
of work, but rather to elucidate a resonance between two artists who both engage transformative processes to invest the humblest
of everyday materials with deep
aesthetic significance.
«Ancestors
of Congo Square» proves to be a seminal
work in the field
of African art, and students, scholars, African enthusiasts and the general public alike will enjoy this book both for its educational
significance as well as its
aesthetic value.
In Glass scale model, the rocks have autobiographical
significance, as Tuerlinckx collected them over time, but they also contain formal
significance, as shapes, colors and textures that contribute to an
aesthetic appreciation
of the
work.
International Curitiba's Biennal complete 20 years and open their activities on 31 August, have a premise «As art
works remain while themes / titles are forgotten, this edition
of the Curitiba Biennial will focus on the selection
of art
works that could represent an
aesthetic experience
of significance to the city».
That said, the
significance of Akerman's
work for the present moment is not merely a formal or medial matter, but is strongly connected to her programmatic interrogation
of issues that concern biography, gender, identity, and memory, all
of which are framed against the backdrop
of her groundbreaking exploration
of the
aesthetic of everyday life.