
Sigismund's Watch
A Tiny Catastrophe
Barbara Loftus(Author)
Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd
Published on 11. October 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
112 pages
978-0-85667-709-0 (ISBN)
Description
Barbara Loftus' figurative paintings and works in other media are known for their exploration of the interface between personal memory and historical events. In her cycle of artworks, "Sigismund's Watch", which takes its subtitle from the writings of the cultural critic Siegfried Kracauer, she reflects on the convergence of public and private life in a study of trans-generational memory. By means of her paintings, bookworks and archival material she focuses on a day long ago in the life of her mother Hildegard during the economically volatile Weimar period in Germany. The work is accompanied by three studies of Loftus' work which identify recurrent themes, imagery and influences.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
48 bw and 21 colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 284 mm
Width: 254 mm
Weight
749 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85667-709-0 (9780856677090)
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Persons
Barbara Loftus is the daughter of a German-Jewish refugee and an Anglo-Irish Communist. She grew up in London and studied art in the 1960s. Since 1970 she has exhibited widely and has taught at a number of art colleges in London and the South of England. She lives in Brighton and is married to the antiquarian bookseller, David Plumtree. Monica Bohm-Duchen is an independent art historian and curator. Esther Leslie Professor in Political Aesthetics at Birkbeck College, University of London.
Content
Prologue
How it was
Re-enactments and briefings
The paintings
Sigismund's Watch: a visual narrative about memory and childhood - Barbara Loftus
Smashing Time: immoral economy - Esther Leslie
Entrapping Space and Time: the art of Barbara Loftus - Monica Bohm-Duchen
Keithstrasse
Acknowledgements
How it was
Re-enactments and briefings
The paintings
Sigismund's Watch: a visual narrative about memory and childhood - Barbara Loftus
Smashing Time: immoral economy - Esther Leslie
Entrapping Space and Time: the art of Barbara Loftus - Monica Bohm-Duchen
Keithstrasse
Acknowledgements