The Second Diasporist Manifesto
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: October 28, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780300124569
Subjects: Art styles: c 1960 -; Individual artists; Jewish Studies; Painting & paintings; History; Art & Art Instruction; History - General History; History: World; Criticism; General; Individual Artist; History / General; Jewish - General; Jewish diaspora; Kitaj, R. B; Miscellanea
Description: "This book, a follow up to Kitaj's influential First Diasporist Manifesto (1989), is a personal reflection on the Jewish Question in contemporary art as it is lived and painted and imagined by one of today's most innovative and controversial artists. In 615 distinct propositions that deliberately echo the Commandments of Jewish Law, Kitaj here channels his ideas for a new Diasporist art in a daring stream of consciousness. Including 41 images of the artist's work chosen by him to accompany the text, this beautifully crafted volume is a unique and fascinating look into an artist's unusual life and work."--Publisher's website.