Art in Motion: Riding the Paris Metro - Couverture rigide

Pigeat, Anaël

 
9781419761041: Art in Motion: Riding the Paris Metro
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1419761048 ISBN 13 : 9781419761041
Editeur : Abrams, 2022

Synopsis

A rich history and moving look at the accessible, immersive art embedded in the Paris subway systemSubmarine wall decorations, a ceramic declaration of human rights, a stained-glass red hen, a mosaic mouth, an aedicule made of Murano glass. The Paris Métro, the city’s public subway network, has been exhibiting on its walls for over a century, through works imagined by French and foreign artists, punctuating and enhancing the underground travels of Parisians and tourists. Beginning in 1900, architect Hector Guimard was entrusted with creating the subway entrances. Through the style of Art Nouveau, his works embrace the notion of free art-accessible to all, moving, surprising, and ambitious.Today, the subway system still champions this approach of an immersive cultural experience and artistic openness as evidenced by the twenty or so creations selected for Art in Motion. With concise and well-researched texts, Anaël Pigeat introduces us to the artists and gives them a voice. She explains their creative process, pays tribute to the work of the many craftsmen and craftswomen and to the innovations found, and also highlights the numerous constraints entailed by the subway environment. With a contemporary perspective by photographer Philippe Garcia, the book captures the works in their environment, then moves closer to show us the material and the artistic gestures. Each creation carries its own story and its own relationship to the underground: Whether they offer a reinterpretation of existing works or take us down memory lane, lead us into a dream-like world or fit in the framework of an international exchange, these works shine on and imperceptibly change our travels.

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À propos de l?auteur

Anaël Pigeat is an art critic, an editor at large for the Art Newspaper France, a journalist for Paris Match, a columnist for France Culture, as well as an exhibition commissioner and author of exhibition catalogues and books on contemporary design. She holds a master's degree in contemporary arts from the École du Louvre and a master of arts from the Courtauld Institute of Art. Philippe Garcia is a gifted photographer whose talents span the art of still life as well as stage production and reporting. He works for the fashion industry, media, and advertising. He has authored, among other works, the photographs for Christian Louboutin (Rizzoli), Longchamp (La Martinière), Piaget (La Martinière), Pierre Frey: Inspiring Interiors (La Martinière), and Napoléon: A Private View (Abrams).

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

A rich history and moving look at the accessible, immersive art embedded in the Paris subway systemSubmarine wall decorations, a ceramic declaration of human rights, a stained-glass red hen, a mosaic mouth, an aedicule made of Murano glass. The Paris Métro, the city’s public subway network, has been exhibiting on its walls for over a century, through works imagined by French and foreign artists, punctuating and enhancing the underground travels of Parisians and tourists. Beginning in 1900, architect Hector Guimard was entrusted with creating the subway entrances. Through the style of Art Nouveau, his works embrace the notion of free art-accessible to all, moving, surprising, and ambitious.Today, the subway system still champions this approach of an immersive cultural experience and artistic openness as evidenced by the twenty or so creations selected for Art in Motion. With concise and well-researched texts, Anaël Pigeat introduces us to the artists and gives them a voice. She explains their creative process, pays tribute to the work of the many craftsmen and craftswomen and to the innovations found, and also highlights the numerous constraints entailed by the subway environment. With a contemporary perspective by photographer Philippe Garcia, the book captures the works in their environment, then moves closer to show us the material and the artistic gestures. Each creation carries its own story and its own relationship to the underground: Whether they offer a reinterpretation of existing works or take us down memory lane, lead us into a dream-like world or fit in the framework of an international exchange, these works shine on and imperceptibly change our travels.

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Éditeur
Abrams
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1419761048
ISBN 13 
9781419761041
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
160
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
WordUnited GmbH
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