Iris Häussler: the Sophie La Rosière project

"Since 2009, Iris Häussler has produced the complete oeuvre of unknown French painter Sophie la Rosière who died in 1948. In fact, Häussler has created an artistic persona--a heteronym--through which to channel this fictitious artist's secrets while, at the same time, fabricating a biograp...

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Weitere Verfasser: Monk, Philip 1950- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
French
Veröffentlicht: Toronto Art Gallery of York University 2018
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Zusammenfassung:"Since 2009, Iris Häussler has produced the complete oeuvre of unknown French painter Sophie la Rosière who died in 1948. In fact, Häussler has created an artistic persona--a heteronym--through which to channel this fictitious artist's secrets while, at the same time, fabricating a biography for her and an elaborate back story of a hidden erotic liaison that intersects, nonetheless, with real people, historical events, and actual artistic movements. The paintings, though, are merely a kernel within the larger shell of La Rosière's life circumstances, which includes the recreation of her studio, its products and detritus, and also the elements of a forensic investigation that tries to answer the questions, after the paintings' discovery, of why these paintings were abandoned, why they were concealed by a layer of black encaustic, and, ultimately, what secrets they conceal? Following the spirit of the overall project, this book includes a catalogue raisonné of all Sophie la Rosière's 293 works, forensic evidence, expert analyses, and official reports."--
Beschreibung:Texte engl., teilw. franz. ; Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Art Gallery of York University from September 14 to December 11, 2016
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Beschreibung:pages cm Illustrationen
ISBN:9780921972730
0921972733