Giacometti, Leiris et Iliazd : Portraits gravés

Wiesinger, Véronique

Bril, Damien

Fage Editions

<p>The isolate and emaciated figures of Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) speak of the extremes of solitude, but the artist's own social and familial world was populous, composed of a greatly and diversely talented family on a par with the Duchamps. Constellating Alberto's parents and siblings around his work and world view, and basing its thesis upon new research, this volume traces the influence of the family upon the art of its most famous member. It shows how Alberto's father, the painter Giovanni Giacometti, encouraged his son from an early age, and how his brothers assisted him in his art: Diego was his assistant and model, and after Alberto's death, he became famous for his bronze furniture, which is now widely collected and often exhibited; he was responsible for the casting (and sometimes the armature) of Alberto's plaster and clay sculptures, and was reputedly so attuned to his brother's work that he could recall the furrows and ridges of Alberto's figures when they were brought to him for restoration in later years. Bruno, the youngest brother, is among Switzerland's most renowned architects (he designed the Swiss pavilion at the 1952 Venice Biennale); and Alberto's mother and wife, and Silvio, the son of his sister Ottilia, were all indispensable models. Through the lens of this book, Giacometti is revealed as an artist deeply informed and very much supported by his family.</p>

Giacometti

Küster, Ulf.

Martin-Vivier, Pierre-Emanuel

Reference

Hatje Cantz

Mythos Atelier. Künstlerräume von Carl Spitzweg bis Bruce Nauman: Katalogbuch zur Ausstellung in der Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart vom 27.10.2012 bis 10.2.2013

Fleckner, Uwe

Léal, Brigitte

Schmengler, Dagmar

Conzen, Ina

Kornfeld, Eberhard W

Glasmeier, Michael

Strzoda, Hanna

Six, Barbara

Himmelsbach, Anna

Hirmer Verlag GmbH

<p>Perhaps the most preeminent sculptor of the twentieth century, Alberto Giacometti (1901–1966) radically transformed the modern vision of art with his attenuated bronze figures whittled down to the very brink of existence. This substantial monograph supplies a new standard overview of his tremendous achievement. A decade-long labor of love by Véronique Wiesinger, Director of the Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti in Paris, this book emphasizes the sculptor as a thinker, underlining the philosophical (existentialist) drive of his work and its development away from Surrealism. Wiesinger’s account of Giacometti’s career pursues the artist through a series of formal breakthroughs, each of which produces a more succinct statement on existence and the human figure. At more than 300 pages, and with an abundance of color plates, this handsome volume is the essential Giacometti monograph.</p>

Alberto Giacometti: A Retrospective

Arts & Photography

Individual Artists

Ediciones Polígrafa

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