Opus 1
Subtitle: the artist's beginnings
By: edited by Koen Brams, Ulrike Lindmayr, Dirk Pültau
Series: Roma Publications -- 252; ROMA publication -- 252.
Publisher: Roma Publications
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Arnhem
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9789491843457
Subjects: Art; Philosophy; Aesthetics; Modern Art; History; Artists
Other titles: Opus one; Artist's beginnings
Description: Whenever we set out to tackle an artist's oeuvre we generally try to trace the "decisive moments" - the turning points, the interruptions, the final work. There is one "key moment", however, that seems virtually to guarantee the ultimate understanding of the oeuvre - its beginning, its Opus 1. It is not without some justification that the inception of the oeuvre or artistic activity is surrounded by myth and mystification. As will appear time and time again in this book, the oeuvre and the Opus 1 are "constructions". Whatever one regards as the oeuvre and whichever Opus 1 is pointed out, those choices are always based on a predetermined and well-defined image of the artist's production.
Notes: Title from colophon.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Art historical perspectives; title: pt. 2. Artists' perspectives.