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Roman Opalka : painting ∞ [infinity symbol].

Title
Roman Opalka : painting ∞ [infinity symbol].
Publication
  • New York, NY : Dominique Lévy, [2014]
  • ©2014

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Additional Authors
  • Dominique Lévy (Gallery), host institution.
  • Opałka, Roman.
Description
156 pages : illustrations (some color); 34 cm
Summary
Provides an overview of Roman Opałka's (1931-2011) career, spanning more than five decades. In 1965, Opałka began a project that would occupy the entirety of his career, titled 1965/1 [Infinity]. Each painting comprises rows of tiny numbers that progress sequentially from one canvas to the next.
Subject
  • Opałka, Roman
  • Opałka, Roman > Exhibitions
  • Opałka, Roman, 1931-
  • Painting, Polish > 20th century > Exhibitions
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs
Note
  • Catalog of an exhibition held at Dominique Lévy, New York, NY, September 4-October 18, 2014.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The doorway / Dominique Lévy -- Roman Opalka: the fact of persisting / Charles Wylie -- Paradoxes of disappearance: Roan Opalka's univeralism / Loránd Hegyi -- Opalka 1965/1-∞ -- Self-portrraits / Roman Opalka -- 81 preparatory notes for the study of the Opalka-number (81 notes preparatoires a l'etude du nombre Opalka) / Jacques Roubaud -- WOrks before 1965 -- Chronomes / Roman Opalka -- Etudes sur le mouvement (Movement studies) -- Avec Roman: a conversation with Marie-Madeleine Opalka / François Barré.
ISBN
  • 9780986060618
  • 0986060615
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library