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The radical use of chance in 20th century art / Denis Lejeune.
- Title
- The radical use of chance in 20th century art / Denis Lejeune.
- Author
- Lejeune, Denis.
- Publication
- Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2012.
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- Description
- 275 p. : ill. (some col.); 23 cm.
- Summary
- "To many, chance and art are antagonistic terms. But a number of 20th century artists have turned this notion on its head by attempting to create artworks based on randomness. Among those, three in particular articulated a well-argued and thorough theory of the radical use of chance in art: André Breton (writer), John Cage (composer) and François Morellet (visual artist). The implications of such a move away from established aesthetics are far-reaching, as much in conceptual as in practical terms, as this book hopes to make clear. Of paramount importance in this coincidentia oppositorum is the suggested possibility of a correlation between the artistic use of chance and a system of thought itself organised around chance. Indeed placing randomness at the centre of one’s art may have deeper philosophical consequences than just on the aesthetical level"--Provided by publisher.
- Series Statement
- Faux titre ; 366
- Uniform Title
- Faux titre ; no. 366.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Language (note)
- Includes interviews in French.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 9789042034396 (pbk.)
- 9042034394 (pbk.)
- 9789401207263 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- 9401207267 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- OCLC
- 772965530
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library