BELLAS ARTES

Abstraction shook Western art to its core. In the early part of the 20th century, it refuted the reign of clear, indisputable forms and confronted audiences instead with vivid visual poems devoid of conventional representational imagery and characterized by allegories of emotion and sensation. This radical artistic adventure established new artistic means, as much as narratives. Expression became characterized by shocking juxtapositions of color, light, and line. Artists abandoned the conventions of brush and easel and played with new materials and methods of artistic gesture: commercial paints and housepainter’s brushes, working on unstretched and unprimed canvases, moving the canvas to the floor, and applying paint with hands.

Descubra las obras de arte que se atrevieron a ser diferentes, que arriesgaron reputaciones y que pusieron en peligro carreras profesionales. Las fascinantes historias que hay detrás de la creación, la recepción y el legado de 50 obras transgresoras. Desde Las bañistas (1853), de Gustave Courbet, hasta la Fuente (1917), de Marcel Duchamp, Antropometría sin título (1960), de Yves Klein, La cena (1974-1979), de Judy Chicago, pasando por el Cristo del pis (1987), de Andres Serrano, y El amor está en la papelera (2018), de Banksy, en estas páginas hallará egos enormes, feministas ortodoxas, reclusos superdotados, espiritistas, anticonsumistas, activistas, satíricos y mucho más. Al contar la historia del arte contemporáneo a través de obras que fueron verdaderamente disruptivas y explicar el contexto en el que se creó cada una, este libro pone de relieve la esencia del arte contemporáneo, cuestiona y desafía las expectativas de forma constante. "Todo acto de creación es, ante todo, un acto de destrucción".

Muy pocos profesores de interpretación han logrado desarrollar un método detallado que forme actores verdaderamente creativos: Sanford Meisner, fallecido en 1997, fue uno de ellos. Su técnica toma al artista como materia prima y construye, partiendo de cero, las habilidades que necesita para despuntar en la interpretación. Discípulo y mano derecha de Meisner, William Esper ha transmitido y ampliado su técnica durante décadas, en las que ha sido maestro de intérpretes como John Malkovich, Kim Basinger, William Hurt y Kathy Bates. En Arte y oficio del actor, con la ayuda de Damon DiMarco, uno de sus discípulos, Esper nos sumerge en el aula y nos permite asistir, como un alumno más, a uno de sus fascinantes cursos.

Young has built a strong following both for his fine art and his beautiful homes. In his first book, he invites readers into his world, answering their most-asked questions: “How do I create a uniquely beautiful home?” and “How can I be creative in the approach to my home’s look?”

For Ashe and Leandro, creativity is a way of life that is reflected in everything they design. They have built a star-studded portfolio (clients include Liev Schreiber, Seth Meyers, Naomi Watts, and Rashid Johnson) with their fresh approach to unfussy, high-design spaces. Their interiors favor a quiet beauty, based on simple shapes, asymmetrical details, and a fine patina.

Having a nineteenth-century apartment in Paris steps from the Trocadero and Eiffel Tower is a dream. So is owning an eighteenth-century chateau in the French countryside known as the “Versailles of the fields.” Having both? That’s the dreamy escapism found in designer Corrigan’s new book, which will enchant Francophiles and design lovers alike with its rich trove of ideas for anyone wanting to decorate in a French-inspired style.