Three Cases of Value Reflection: Ponge, Whitten, Banksy

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Three Cases of Value Reflection: Ponge, Whitten, Banksy
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Isabelle Graw
SeriesSternberg Press / Institut fur Kunstkritik series
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:64
Dimensions(mm): Height 188,Width 122
Category/GenreLiterature - history and criticism
Philosophy - aesthetics
ISBN/Barcode 9783956795251
Audience
General
Illustrations 3 B&W ILLUS.

Publishing Details

Publisher Sternberg Press
Imprint Sternberg Press
Publication Date 25 May 2021
Publication Country United States

Description

Examinations of Francis Ponge's texts on Jean Fautrier's "Hostage Paintings," Jack Whitten's Memorial Paintings, and Banksy's auction stunt Love is in the Bin.This book contains three case studies on very different artists, analyzing their work through their respective historical contexts- the writer Francis Ponge (1899-1988) and his seminal text on Jean Fautrier's "Hostage Paintings" from 1943; visual artist Jack Whitten's (1939-2018) Memorial Paintings and Banksy's notorious auction stunt Love is in the Bin from 2018. Examining all three artistic propositions from a value-theoretical point of view, Graw finds Ponge's text on Fautrier to be "doubly materialist" insofar as it (seemingly) reveals its own material conditions while simultaneously grasping the specific materiality of Fautrier's paintings; suggests that the indications of value in Whitten's painting to be more indirect; and reveals Banksy's value reflections to have a very different generational thrust. Gaw shows that Ponge's text is full of value-reflexive insights but that Ponge himself is an ambivalent figure. She finds that the dedication of Whitten's paintings inscribes them in a system of exchange. And, finally, the deliberate aesthetic meagerness of Banksy's Love Is in the Bin points to an emptiness at the heart of value. Institut f r Kunstkritik series

Author Biography

Isabelle Graw (Frankfurt am Main/Berlin) is Professor of Art Theory and Art History at the Staatliche Hochschule f r bildende K nste-St delschule, Frankfurt am Main. In 1990 Graw and Stefan Germer founded the quarterly magazine Texte zur Kunst. In 2003, Graw and Daniel Birnbaum founded the Institut f r Kunstkritik at the St delschule.