Othoniel

Hardback

Main Details

Title Othoniel
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Catherine Grenier
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:264
Dimensions(mm): Height 300,Width 235
Category/GenreArt and design styles - from c 1960 to now
Individual artists and art monographs
ISBN/Barcode 9788857214214
ClassificationsDewey:700.92
Audience
General
Illustrations Illustrated in colour throughout

Publishing Details

Publisher Skira
Imprint Skira
Publication Date 1 October 2012
Publication Country Italy

Description

The first monograph in English devoted to Jean-Michel Othoniel, this book follows the footsteps of a singular and secretive artist. An artist who has a passion for all sorts of metamorphoses, sublimations and transmutations, Jean-Michel Othoniel (Saint-Etienne, 1964) has a predilection for materials with reversible properties. His first gained recognition with a series of sculptures made of sulfur, exhibited at Documenta IX in Kassel in 1992. He is one of the few artists to combine a rigorous artistic approach with a poetic sensitivity. Possessing a rare ability to make use of the beauty of his materials, this volume follows the evolution of Othoniel's atypical approach. Beyond the seductiveness of form, he creates a world inhabited by dreams and enchantment, but also haunted by suffering and melancholy. The artist, who entered into popular favour with his "Kiosk for Night Birds" for the Palais-Royal-Musee du Louvre metro station in Paris, has exhibited widely and received commissions both in France and abroad.

Author Biography

Catherine Grenier is director of contemporary collections at the Musee National d'Art Moderne in Paris.