Chardin Material

by Ewa Lajer-Burcharth

Adapted from the lecture she delivered at the Institut f r Kunstkritik, St delschule in Frankfurt am Main, Ewa Lajer-Burcharth's essay explores the dimension of self-reflexivity in the work of eighteenth-century French painter, Jean-Sim on Chardin. Focusing on the material aspects of Chardin's practice, Lajer-Burcharth asks: In what ways were Chardin's painterly procedures "his own," and what were the implications of his possessive and personalized...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1934105473
• ISBN13: 9781934105474
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Sternberg Press
• Length: 69 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.7" x 7.3"