Claude and Francois-Xavier Lalanne : Nature Transformed
Regular price £24.95A beautifully illustrated, concise critical analysis of the art, careers, and reception of the husband-wife team of artists known as Les Lalanne
Francois-Xavier (1927-2008) and Claude (1925-2019) Lalanne were a husband-wife team of artists who created inventive and often surprising works that have been widely admired and collected since the 1960s. This book presents a carefully selected group of sculptures that focus on a shared preoccupation of the artists: the transformation of natural forms to serve new purposes, such as Francois-Xavier's giant grasshopper sculpture that opens into a bar and Claude's bench made of galvanized metal branches and vines such that it remains as much a forest as a place to sit.
Critical analysis explores the full breadth of the artists' careers; considers the complex issues of reception and categorization of their work; and prompts a reevaluation of the place their art occupies in the context of art museums, all while encouraging readers to consider relationships among nature, art, and their own encounters with both.
Details
- Author: Kathleen M. Morris, curator of decorative arts at the Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA.
- Paperback: 128 pages
- Date published: November 2021
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9780300250848
- Product Dimensions: 26.7 x 22.9 cm
