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Item Details
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THE TARGET
ALAIN ROBBE-GRILLET, JASPER JOHNS |
| By: |
Alain Robbe-Grillet, Jasper Johns, Ben Stoltzfus (Trans) |
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Hardback |
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£46.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0838640842 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780838640845 |
| Publisher: |
ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITY PRESSES |
| Pages: |
115 |
| Description: |
A study of Pop art and metafiction which highlights the relationship between Alain Robbe-Grillet, a French novelist and cinematographer, and Jasper Johns, a renowned artist. This book shows how Johns's targets and Robbe-Grillet's writing subvert social codes and the observer's expectations in order to produce unexpected perceptions. |
| Synopsis: |
"The Target" is an interarts study of Pop art and metafiction. It highlights the relationship between Alain Robbe-Grillet, an internationally acclaimed French new novelist and cinematographer, and Jasper Johns, an internationally renowned artist. Robbe-Grillet wrote "The Target," an introduction to the catalog for the Johns 1978 exhibition in Paris - an introduction in the guise of fiction - that was generated by the works in the show. Fifty-six of the works illustrate the translation of Robbe-Grillet's narrative. Eight additional illustrations in color accompany the essay that analyzes Johns's targets and numbers and Robbe-Grillet's "target." The accompanying essay addresses topics such as self-reflexivity, topologies, chaos theory, and the social function of art. The book shows how Johns's targets and Robbe-Grillet's writing subvert social codes and the observer's expectations in order to produce new and unexpected perceptions of reality. Illustrated. Ben Stoltzfus is a retired professor of Comparative Literature and Creative Writing from the University of California, Riverside. |
| Illustrations: |
50 black & white illustrations, 8 colour illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,U.S. |
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Non-returnable |
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