Xul Solar
Visions and Revelations
Yale University Press
Published on 28. February 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
268 pages
978-0-300-11711-0 (ISBN)
Description
In 1949, Jorge Luis Borges characterized the art of Alejandro Xul Solar (1887--1963) as both "monumental and delicate at the same time, like a blend of invention and rigor, of ambition and modesty." This beautiful book brings together approximately 150 works of art, books, documents, and manuscripts from Xul Solar's personal archive as well as from public and private collections, providing the first in-depth study of this fascinating artist, one of the most influential in Latin American avant-garde art.
Essays by a distinguished team of scholars explore the following ideas about Xul Solar's work: the artificial languages conceived by the artist; the occult visions relating to his art; the artist's connection with music; and the relationship between the artist and Jorge Luis Borges. The book also includes an artistic and biographical chronology.
Bilingual (Spanish/English)
Distributed for MALBA-Coleccion Costantini, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires
Exhibition Schedule:
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (January 29 -- April 16, 2006)
Essays by a distinguished team of scholars explore the following ideas about Xul Solar's work: the artificial languages conceived by the artist; the occult visions relating to his art; the artist's connection with music; and the relationship between the artist and Jorge Luis Borges. The book also includes an artistic and biographical chronology.
Bilingual (Spanish/English)
Distributed for MALBA-Coleccion Costantini, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires
Exhibition Schedule:
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (January 29 -- April 16, 2006)
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
5 b-w + 139 color illus.
Dimensions
Height: 273 mm
Width: 229 mm
Weight
1270 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-11711-0 (9780300117110)
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Persons
Patricia M. Artundo is professor at the Universidad de Buenos Aires. Jorge Schwartz is Professor of Spanish-American Literature at the Universidade de Sao Paulo. Daniel E. Nelson is an independent art historian. Cintia Cristia is an independent scholar, specializing in music and musicology. Maria Lucia Bastos Kern is professor at the Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Rio Grande do Sul. Annick Louis is Maitre de Conferences at the Universite de Reims, France.