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RES: La verdad inútil: The Useless Truth
BILINGUAL ENGLISH/SPANISH EDITION
The artist known as RES, born Ra˙l Stolkiner in Argentina in 1957, studied both photography and economics, which influences his work through the idea of an economics of ideas. This first critical anthology of his career gathers nine series of photographs--Where Are They & Magnets, Pardiez! (By God!), Pretty Little Plastic Thingy, DNSCTTH, On Jorge L. Borges, Me-Cactus, Between is Nothing, Hern·n CortÈs' Route, and his latest, Conatus. That most recent and perhaps most intense entry recreates--in detailed costume, makeup, lighting and composition--iconic pieces of western art, widely acknowledged masterpieces by painters such as Velazquez, da Vinci and Picasso. Each portfolio is introduced by a short text key to its interpretation. And how to interpret the title? The Useless Truth refers to art's ability to highlight the irrelevance of information, a truth RES points out is just as useless as any other while it remains locked away in the autonomous field of art.
La verdad inútil, oxÃmoron que da lugar a pensar la fotografÃa como un modelo teórico, alude a las complejas relaciones entre prácticas artÃsticas y prácticas polÃticas.
En más de un sentido, la obra de res formula una articulación entre ambas prácticas que excede las nociones tradicionales de arte polÃtico. El arte puede hacer evidente el carácter erróneo de la verdad; pero esta cualidad resultarÃa inútil, por permanecer encerrada en el campo autónomo del arte. A menos que concibamos la fotografÃa como un modelo de pensamiento. y el pensamiento, acción polÃtica.
El presente volumen articula crÃticamente por primera vez la obra de nueve series fotográficas introducidas por textos breves que aportan algunas claves para su interpretación.
The artist known as RES, born Ra˙l Stolkiner in Argentina in 1957, studied both photography and economics, which influences his work through the idea of an economics of ideas. This first critical anthology of his career gathers nine series of photographs--Where Are They & Magnets, Pardiez! (By God!), Pretty Little Plastic Thingy, DNSCTTH, On Jorge L. Borges, Me-Cactus, Between is Nothing, Hern·n CortÈs' Route, and his latest, Conatus. That most recent and perhaps most intense entry recreates--in detailed costume, makeup, lighting and composition--iconic pieces of western art, widely acknowledged masterpieces by painters such as Velazquez, da Vinci and Picasso. Each portfolio is introduced by a short text key to its interpretation. And how to interpret the title? The Useless Truth refers to art's ability to highlight the irrelevance of information, a truth RES points out is just as useless as any other while it remains locked away in the autonomous field of art.
La verdad inútil, oxÃmoron que da lugar a pensar la fotografÃa como un modelo teórico, alude a las complejas relaciones entre prácticas artÃsticas y prácticas polÃticas.
En más de un sentido, la obra de res formula una articulación entre ambas prácticas que excede las nociones tradicionales de arte polÃtico. El arte puede hacer evidente el carácter erróneo de la verdad; pero esta cualidad resultarÃa inútil, por permanecer encerrada en el campo autónomo del arte. A menos que concibamos la fotografÃa como un modelo de pensamiento. y el pensamiento, acción polÃtica.
El presente volumen articula crÃticamente por primera vez la obra de nueve series fotográficas introducidas por textos breves que aportan algunas claves para su interpretación.
208 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2007
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