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Throughout the history of art, drawing has always represented the most profound and true expression of artists' visions, the final frontier to prove the depth of their talent. This book is an exploration of several of Colombia's most representative artists' pencil work. In most cases, these sketches are the most basic yet crucial point of an artistic idea that is later completed in another medium—paint, marble, photography, or a computer. A lo largo de toda la historia del arte, el dibujo representa la expresión más profunda y verdadera del artista, la frontera final para probar la...

"ARTE Y POSTFORDISMO. Notas desde la Fábrica Transparente" es un ensayo que propone una reflexión sobre el arte a través de su relación con las formas del trabajo surgidas del orden económico contemporáneo. Partiendo de un ejemplo que es a la vez metáfora de los desplazamientos aparecidos en esa relación -una teatralizada fábrica con paredes de cristal y suelos de parquet que la marca Volkswagen inauguró en Dresde en 2001-, el autor esboza un escenario de mutaciones e interrogantes con los que lidia simultáneamente el espacio artístico y el pensamiento político. Un trayecto que...

On a rainy day, Alicia Patapam falls into her storybook and has to find her way out safely, without messing up the way the stories turn out.

A stunning presentation of works by contemporary Chinese artists, from the collection of the Swiss diplomat Uli Sigg, one of the worlds most influential collectors of Chinese contemporary art. This book reflects on the current state of art in China today through a selection of over 50 works by different artists produced between 1986 and 2006 a period of enormous economic and social change in the country with worldwide implications. This book shows Chinese avant-garde art against the backdrop of Chinas radical social and economic changes. Many of the works reveal the tension between current...