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Published for the first time as a stand - alone volume and newly translated, this edition, part of the David Zwirner Books ekphrasis series, aims to introduce a wider audience to one of Proust's most important pieces on art.

The Exhibition prepared for the Museum's anniversary by the State Hermitage Modern Art Department jointly with the National Centre for Contemporary Arts, focuses on the functioning of ekphrasis in modern video.

The talk will be followed by an exercise in Ekphrasis in the CCS Bard Galleries, in the form of three short contributions which will form an integral part of Pierce's work «The Artist Talks».

Published for the first time as a stand - alone volume and newly translated, this edition, part of the David Zwirner Books ekphrasis series, aims to introduce a wider audience to one of Proust's most important and influential works in Western literature.

As the inaugural publication in David Zwirner Books» new Ekphrasis reader series, Ramblings of a Wannabe Painter sets a perfect tone for the books to come.

As the inaugural publication in David Zwirner Books's new ekphrasis reader series, Ramblings of a Wannabe Painter sets a perfect tone for the books to come.

Mar's furies dance their own ekphrasis with the lavishness of an Art Deco canopy and the geometric glitch of a Coogi sweater.

Frame Narration and Ekphrasis Paul Auster frequently employs two particular literary techniques which, when combined, turn his novels into multi-layered stories with internal echoes and reverberations.

Since Homer, poets have turned towards ekphrasis to approach works of art — the artwork functioning as a muse, or as a means by which the poet can critically examine something outside of the artwork, using it as an entry point.

We'll discuss traditional ekphrasis and explore more contemporary visions of it too — seeing how far we can stretch its definition.

We love one of his more traditional graphic design projects, too: this book design, which won a Merit accolade in the ISTD's Rhetoric of Ekphrasis brief.

It begins with the father, and explores the path of the son who has initiated the innovative ekphrasis series with titles like Pissing Figures 1280 — 2014 by Jean - Claude Lebensztejn and Ramblings of a Wannabe Painter by Paul Gaugin, discussed below.

Published as a part of David Zwirner Books's series on ekphrasis, Ramblings of a Wannabe Painter offers an unfiltered look into the provocative mind of Paul Gauguin.

With an emphasis on writing that isn't academic in the traditional sense, but compelling as prose, and more concerned with subject matter than historical reference, ekphrasis invites a broader and more varied audience to participate in discussions about the arts.

It's easy to get pleasantly lost among the many references and source materials as the conversation slips around, from the moments in films Wylie has translated into paintings (alongside Tarantino, Werner Herzog is a favourite) to Proust's interest in the concept of ekphrasis, art about other art forms.

Paintings and prints frequently carry particular meaning within Petzold's films, as examples of the ancient tradition of ekphrasis, probably none more so than in Phoenix's immediate predecessor Barbara (2012) with its conspicuous Rembrandt print, but likewise in much earlier works like Die Beischlafdiebin (The Sex Thief, 1998) with a Gerard Richter on the wall — another artist conspicuously engaged with multiple forms of peculiarly German afterness.4

The tactic Proust deploys is a succession of extraordinarily close readings of the paintings, in language so luminous that the text easily embodies the series» title, ekphrasis, or the translation of visual art into poetry, often through objective description.

From the Ekphrasis Claude Gillot series Inspired by Claude Gillot Les Deux Carrosses Signed lower right

Lucas Zwirner is editorial director at David Zwirner Books, where he recently began the ekphrasis series, dedicated to publishing short texts on visual culture by artists and writers, rarely available in English.

Shahar Marcus, Participating in «Ekphrasis», the 250th Anniversiary of the State Harmitage Museum group exhibition, St. Petersburg, Russia

The Greeks had a concept of ekphrasis,... read more... «Catherine Murphy questions our relationship to the commonplace»

«On November 28, 2014, the Ekphrasis exhibition was opened in the General Staff building, organized by the State Hermitage Museum as part of its 250th anniversary jointly with the National Centre for Contemporary Arts, with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.»

Five different sections: The Egoist, The Blind Man, Two to Tango, For the Time Being and La Madeleine, plus the occasional appearance of The Double Dealer and Ekphrasis, comprise the Rules of the Game, which are the same in each issue.

«Ekphrasis» is traditionally defined as the literary representation of a work of visual art.

Today, ekphrasis is more openly interpreted as one art form, whether it be writing, visual art, music, or film, being used to define and describe another art form, in order to bring to the audience the experiential and visceral impact of the subject.

The ekphrasis series is specially dedicated to publishing out - of - print, rare, and newly commissioned texts as accessible paperback volumes.

Dedicated to publishing rare, out - of - print, and newly commissioned texts as accessible paperback volumes the ekphrasis series is part of David Zwirner Books's ongoing effort to publish new and surprising pieces of writing on visual culture.

Books in the ekphrasis series remind us, with refreshing energy, why so many people have dedicated their lives to art.

David Zwirner Books is pleased to present the ekphrasis series, specially dedicated to publishing rare, out - of - print, and newly commissioned texts as accessible paperback volumes.