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Matt Mullican : rubbings : catalogue, 1984-2016

Title: Matt Mullican : rubbings : catalogue, 1984-2016 / edited by Dieter Schwarz ; [translation, Fiona Elliott].
Author: Mullican, Matt, 1951-
Publication: Zurich : JRP/Ringier ; Winterthur : Kunstmuseum Winterthur, ©2016.

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Description

39 pages, 298 pages in various pagings : illustrations (chiefly color); 24 cm

Summary

One of Matt Mullican's central and most consequential inventions, the so-called "Rubbings," are a kind of "frottages," a technique the artist uses to produce specific pictures.0From the beginning of his career, Mullican looked for pictures that would not be paintings; thus, he used banners, the traditional carriers of signs, posters, and, in 1984, he realized his first "Rubbing." He used a cardboard plate on which the canvas was placed; by rubbing with an oil stick the cardboard reliefs, forms became visible on the canvas. This way, Mullican was able to transfer complex representations onto canvas; the result is a picture of something that is not present, it is a form of copy. The cardboard plates may be used for other works and so the imagery can reappear in different configurations. Each "Rubbing" is a single work and at the same time a reproduction, like a print, part of a sequence which contains picture elements from different sources. 0Following the "Rubbings" from 1984 to recent times, it becomes visible that they represent the motives and themes the artist worked with over the years. The sequence of the "Rubbings" appears therefore like a diary of Mullican's work. 0The book presents a catalogue of the "Rubbings" on canvas from 1984 to 2016. It comprises around 500 works, documented by images and catalogue entries.

Alternative Title

Rubbings

Subject

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

On the occasion of an exhibition held at Kunstmuseum Winterthur, June 12 - October 16, 2016; Kunsthalle Vogelmann, Städtische Museen Heilbronn, November 6, 2016 - February 19, 2017.

Language (note)

Parallel texts in English and German.

Call Number

JQE 17-923

ISBN

9783037644614
3037644613

LCCN

9783037644614

OCLC

952322721

Author

Mullican, Matt, 1951-

Title

Matt Mullican : rubbings : catalogue, 1984-2016 / edited by Dieter Schwarz ; [translation, Fiona Elliott].

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Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Language

Parallel texts in English and German.

Chronological Term

1900-2099

Added Author

Schwarz, Dieter, 1953-

Elliott, Fiona, 1951-

Kunstmuseum Winterthur.

Kunsthalle Vogelmann.

Städtische Museen Heilbronn.

Other Standard Identifier

9783037644614

Research Call Number

JQE 17-923

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