ALFRED KUBIN(DRAWINGS 1897-1909)(精)

出版时间：2008-01-01  出版社：FONTANA/Collins  作者：ANNEGRET HOBERG  

内容概要

Alfred Kubin (1877-1959) created drawings that plumb the depths of the shadow world of the human subconscious, with its unguarded impulses and fears. Though a contemporary and fellow countryman of artist Gustav Klimt and designer Josef Hoffmann, Kubin eschewed the decorative impulses found in their work. Instead, inspired by the art of Francisco Goya, Felicien Rops, Max Klinger, James Ensor, and Edvard Munch, he produced dark, hallucinatory visions of violence and eroticism.    Literature served as an inspiration as well, and Kubin drew from the masterpieces of Edgar Allan Poe, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Nikolai Gogol. In 1908, he wrote and illustrated a bizarre novel called The Other Side.    Most Kubin drawings were rendered on the back of Katasterpapier, or land register paper, which was used for geographical mapping. Kubin’s father was a land surveyor for the Austro-Hungarian monarchy and provided his son with a plentiful supply of the paper he used. It is a heavy and absorbent handmade paper that the artist appreciated because it allowed the ink to fuse with the surface. Kubin insisted that he could not work on traditional smooth, thin paper, and throughout his life he sought this unusual material.     This publication accompanies the exhibition Alfred Kubin  Drawings, 1897-1909, which features more than 100 works on paper by the artist. On view at the Neue Galerie from September 25, 2008, through January 26, 2009, this is the first major Kubin exhibition ever held in the United States, and it focuses on his early, often nightmarish drawings, watercolors, and lithographs. The exhibition is organized by Annegret Hoberg, curator of the Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich.    Essays examine the artist’s early career; his status as a literary figure; and his development of a form of Modernism that ran counter to prevailing trends. The more than 100 illustrations reveal an artist who was able to articulate our darkest nightmares with frightening clarity.

书籍目录

RONALD S. LAUDER AND RENEE PRICEForeword  ANNEGRET HOBERGAlfred KubinThe Early Work up to 1909KLAUS ALBRECHT SCHRODERAlfred Kubin; or, The Cruelty of ImagesPETER ASSMANNArtistic Sources for Another ModernismAlfred Kubin and His Visual WorkANOREAS GEYER "...perhaps I am a writer..."Alfred Kubin as Literary FigureWERNER HOFMANNThe "Other Side" of Modernity OLAF PETERSDemons of DustAlfred Kubin between Viennese Modernism and Conservative RevolutionPlatesChecklistBiographyIndex of NamesPhotograph and Copyright Credits