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Peter Panyoczki: Surface and Beneath

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Peter Panyoczki: Surface and Beneath explores the work of an artist whose practice is deeply shaped by mobility and the paradoxes of communication. Rejecting both pure conceptual and figurative art, Panyoczki interrogates art as a medium itself, focusing on its visibility and the tensions between presence and absence. This monograph presents a comprehensive investigation of his work over the past thirteen years through diverse analytical perspectives.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This book is ideal for readers interested in contemporary art theory and those keen to understand the nuanced position of 1980s artists challenging traditional art categories. It will appeal to scholars, art students, and enthusiasts of cultural criticism within the arts.

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Peter Panyoczki is at home on two continents and thus his life is that of a perpetual emigrant. He belongs to the 1980s generation of artists who polemically rejected conceptual art yet did not simply return to figurative art. This monograph presents his work, investigating it from various aspects in a series of very different contributions.

An artist between continents and cultures.

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Peter Panyoczki is a person permanently on the move, which is also reflected in his work that is permeated by signs of presence during absence. He belongs to the 1980s generation of artists who polemically rejected conceptual art yet did not simply return to figurative art. Instead, they have a conceptual interest in the question of art as a medium: art is perceived as a medium when its visibility is put to the test.

His work expresses the paradox of communication that refuses to reveal itself by providing information of what it is made of. It is pleasantly free of morality, while at the same time it does not avoid the tension created by self-irony and a socially reflected "cultural criticism."

Peter Panyoczki: Surface and Beneath presents his work of the past 13 years, investigating it from various aspects in a series of very different contributions.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783716518229

Publisher: Benteli Verlag

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 October 2016

Country: Switzerland

Imprint: Benteli Verlag

Illustration: Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 240.0mm

Height: 280.0mm

Weight: 1440g

Pages: 238

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