Feelings : soft art / editor, Loren Olson.

Contributor(s):

Olson, Loren [editor.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Skira Rizzoli, 2015.Description: 194 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cmISBN:

9780847845798
0847845796

Other title:

Soft art

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

709.051 OLS

Summary: The first in an exciting new series, this book is an intimate exploration of contemporary art today. Focused on material qualities and the feelings evoked by a work, this thematic approach returns to the basic pleasure of experiencing art. An easy, evocative look at artists and their projects, this heavily illustrated publication features hands-on insight from within the art world and without. Drawing on hundreds of new paintings, sculptures, photographs, and other practices, extended essays develop common threads. Brief texts and interviews reveal the making of soft works and artists\' relationships with the materials they use. Other contributions celebrate instinctual reactions to art across all mediums. The publication includes original works created exclusively for \'Soft Art\'.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	709.051 OLS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Checked out	30/06/2020	39002100622746

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Combining the pop culture allure of Pharell with the art world utility of P2 and Cream , this zine-like title takes an intimate, hands-on approach to contemporary art. Feelings: Soft Art is a more beautiful, useful alternative to a biennial or survey book, with an appeal that extends to the worlds of art, fashion, streetwear, and design.

A visually arresting collection of new works by emerging artists and celebrated names, united around a simple premise.

The first in an exciting new series, this book is an intimate exploration of contemporary art today. Focused on material qualities and the feelings evoked by a work, this thematic approach returns to the basic pleasure of experiencing art. An easy, evocative look at artists and their projects, this heavily illustrated publication features hands-on insight from within the art world and without. Drawing on hundreds of new paintings, sculptures, photographs, and other practices, extended essays develop common threads. Brief texts and interviews reveal the making of soft works and artists\' relationships with the materials they use. Other contributions celebrate instinctual reactions to art across all mediums. The publication includes original works created exclusively for \'Soft Art\'.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Tracey Emin is a writer and artist.

Wayne Koestenbaum is an American poet and cultural critic. He received a B.A. from Harvard University, an M.A. from Johns Hopkins University, and a Ph.D. from Princeton University. His previous titles include Humiliation, My 1980s , Best-selling Jewish Porn Films , and Stranger with Blue Mosaic Background .

Andrea K. Scott writes for the New Yorker.

Asher Penn is an artist and publisher.

John Onians, BA PhD FSA is Professor Emeritus of World Art at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. His recent book is Neuroarthistory .