Play and the artist's creative process : the work of Philip Guston and Eduardo Paolozzi / Elly Thomas
- Author
- Thomas, Elly (Artist)
- Published
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
- Physical Description
- xiv, 184 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Series
- Contents
- Introduction: ageing play -- Kits and building blocks -- Creative battles -- Eduardo Paolozzi's playgrounds: contradictions in art and play -- Shuffle/spin/stack: emergent narrative -- Absurd processes.
- Summary
- "Play and the Artist's Creative Process explores a continuity between childhood play and adult creativity. The volume examines how an understanding of play can shed new light on processes that recur in the work of Philip Guston and Eduardo Paolozzi. Both artists' distinctive engagement with popular culture is seen as connected to the play materials available in the landscapes of their individual childhoods. Animating or toying with material to produce the unforeseen outcome is explored as the central force at work in the artists' processes. By engaging with a range of play theories, the book shows how the artists' studio methods can be understood in terms of game strategies"--
- Subject(s)
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9781138054257 (hardback : alk. paper)
1138054259
1315114585
9781315114583 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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