В погоне за искусством

by Martin Gayford

Новая книга английского историка искусства и художественного критика Мартина Гейфорда (род. 1952), автора сборников интервью с Дэвидом Хокни и Люсьеном Фрейдом, исследований о британской живописи 1960–1980-х годов, Ван Гоге и Микеланджело, представляет собой увлекательный искусствоведческий травелог: в ней собраны рассказы о своеобразных паломничествах к святыням классического и современного искусства. Доказывая тезис о том, что любое художественное произведение, а великое — особенно, может быть в полной мере воспринято и прочувствовано только воочию (не в репродукции), Гейфорд делится своими впечатлениями о поездках в Дордонь для осмотра палеолитической пещеры Лез-Эзи, в Тируваннамалай, центр индийского культа Шивы, в музей минималистской скульптуры в городке Марфа (Техас), а также о встречах с художниками — Ансельмом Кифером, Мариной Абрамович, Робертом Раушенбергом и другими — у них в мастерских.

216 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2022

About the author

Martin Gayford is an art critic and art historian. He studied philosophy at the University of Cambridge, and art history at the Courtauld Institute of Art at the University of London. Over three decades, he has written prolifically about art and music in a series of major biographies, as well as contributing regularly to newspapers, magazines and exhibition catalogues. In parallel with his career as an art historian, he was art critic of The Spectator magazine and The Sunday Telegraph newspaper before becoming Chief Art Critic for the international television network, Bloomberg News. He has been a regular contributor to the British journal of art criticism, Modern Painters.

His books include a study of Van Gogh and Gauguin in Arles, The Yellow House: Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Nine Turbulent Weeks in Arles (Little Brown, 2006), which was published in Britain and the USA to critical acclaim, and has been translated, to date, into five languages; Constable in Love: Love, Landscape, Money and the Making of a Great Painter (Penguin, 2009), a study of John Constable’s romance with Maria Bicknell and their lives between 1809 and 1816; and A Bigger Message: Conversations with David Hockney (Thames and Hudson, 2011).

Reviews

[Alexia Budagova · Rating 4 out of 5]

“the cheapest way to travel is reading a book”
this is totally about this book

I truly enjoyed reading this book and discovering masterpieces of art I had never encountered before. It opened up a world of beauty and inspiration that felt both enriching and deeply personal.

My absolute favorite was the work of Constantin Brâncuși — there is something in his art that speaks directly to my soul. His creations evoke a sense of purity and emotion that I find incredibly moving.

I would be happy if, one day, my future child finds this book on the shelf and reads it. It is truly worth it.