The Lure of the Biographical
On the (Self-) Representation of Artists Published by Valiz.
By Sandra Kisters. In The Lure of the Biographical, Sandra Kisters focuses on the relationship between an artwork and the personal image of an artist. Published with vis--vis.
An artists biography can be a potent source of inspiration and mythology, and this book explores how artists use their biographical image in order to make a name for themselves, and how other partiessuch as critics, art historians and art dealersmake connections between personal lives and bodies of work, and for what purpose. Through detailed case studies of the biographies and oeuvres of Auguste Rodin, Georgia OKeeffe and Francis Bacon, The Lure of the Biographical explores what mechanisms and strategies are at play in creating an artists image, and, in addition, proposes a model for research into questions of artistic self-representation.
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