Anna Zemánková
By: Anežka Šimková, Terezie Zemánková, eds
Contributors: Art brut connaissance & diffusion (Organization)
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9788074372315; 9788090684201
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Abstract Art; Art brut; Czech Art
Description: "This extraordinary new publication presents a representative selection of Zemánková's drawings, collages, objects and assemblages, accompanied by texts written by experts and researchers including Roger Cardinal, Eva Kotátková, Terezie Zemánková, Manuel Anceau, Pascale Jeanneret and Bruno Decharme. These are not staid scholarly essays; each contributor tries in their own way to understand the inherent mystery of Zemánková's art. Readers are invited to join them on a journey through Zemánková's visionary work."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-293).
Table of contents: title: Flowers of the imaginary / Roger Cardinal; title: Anna / Terezie Zemánková; title: Up from the depths. An essay on the art of Anna Zemánková / Pavel Konečný; title: Selected works 1960-1985; title: Poems for Anna / Pavel Petr, Manuel Anceau, James Brett; title: "that branch looks a lot like that bird," or: constructing a new nature / Eva Koratkova; title: Searching for the roots of the work of Anna Zemánková; title: Indecipherable, or almost ... / Manuel Anceau; title: Anna Zemankova at the collection de l'Art Brut / Pascale Jeanneret; title: Journey to Lausanne / Jenny Hladíková and Jan Hladik; title: The exalted lark / Randall Morris; title: Magic, Anna, Mystery / Bruno Decharme; title: Biography; title: Exhibitions.