{"product_id":"gauguin-metamorphoses-hardcover","title":"Gauguin: Metamorphoses - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Gauguin\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist), \u003cb\u003eStarr Figura\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Childs\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books))\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGauguin: Metamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e explores the remarkable relationship between Paul Gauguin's rare and extraordinary prints and transfer drawings, and his better-known paintings and sculptures in wood and ceramic. Created in several discrete bursts of activity from 1889 until his death in 1903, these remarkable works on paper reflect Gauguin's experiments with a range of media, from radically primitive woodcuts that extend from the sculptural gouging of his carved wood reliefs, to jewel-like watercolor monotypes and large mysterious transfer drawings. Gauguin's creative process often involved repeating and recombining key motifs from one image to another, allowing them to metamorphose over time and across mediums. Printmaking in particular provided him with many new and fertile possibilities for transposing his imagery. Though Gauguin is best known as a pioneer of modernist painting, this publication reveals a lesser-known but arguably even more innovative aspect of his practice. Richly illustrated with more than 200 works, \u003ci\u003eGauguin: Metamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e explores the artist's radically experimental approach to techniques and demonstrates how his engagement with media other than painting--including sculpture, printmaking and drawing--ignited his creativity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePainter, printmaker, sculptor and ceramicist, \u003cb\u003ePaul Gauguin\u003c\/b\u003e (1848-1903) left his job as a stockbroker in Paris for a peripatetic life traveling to Martinique, Brittany, Arles, Tahiti and, finally, the Marquesas Islands. After exhibiting with the Impressionists in Paris and acting as a leading voice in the Pont-Aven group, Gauguin's efforts to achieve a primitive expression proved highly influential for the next generation of artists.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStarr Figura\u003c\/strong\u003e is a curator with the Department of Drawings and Prints at The Museum of Modern Art, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth Childs\u003c\/strong\u003e is Department Chair of Art History and Archaeology at Washington University in St. Louis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHal Foster\u003c\/strong\u003e is an American art critic, historian and Guggenheim Fellow; he has taught at contemporary art and theory at Cornell University and Princeton University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eErika Mosier\u003c\/strong\u003e is an associate conservator at The Museum of Modern Art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLotte Johnson\u003c\/strong\u003e is a curatorial assistant with the Department of Drawings and Prints at The Museum of Modern Art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 10.7 x 9.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e PROSE (2015)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42690062778431,"sku":"9780870709050","price":72.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/4fd998b27039eb128f97ce036f7237be.webp?v=1764987691","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/gauguin-metamorphoses-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}