{"title":"Richard Hawkins","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRichard Hawkins\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a fascinating exploration of contemporary art through his insightful writings and critical essays. His works, such as \u003cem\u003e\"The Human Face\" and Other Writings on His Drawings\u003c\/em\u003e, delve into the nuances of artistic expression and visual culture, making them essential reading for anyone interested in arts and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect a thoughtful examination of the relationships between image, identity, and creativity, presented with both intellectual rigour and accessible prose. Hawkins’ books provide a compelling lens through which to engage with modern artistic practices and ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-human-face-and-other-writings-on-his-drawings-by-antonin-artaud-9783035802481","title":"\"The Human Face\" and Other Writings on His Drawings","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Human Face and Other Writings on His Drawings\u003c\/em\u003e is the first comprehensive collection in English of Antonin Artaud’s writings on his artworks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe many major exhibitions of Antonin Artaud’s drawings and drawn notebook pages in recent years—at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, Vienna’s Museum Moderner Kunst, and Paris’s Centre Georges Pompidou—have entirely transformed our perception of his work, reorienting it toward the artworks of his final years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume collects all three of Artaud’s major writings on his artworks. “The Human Face” (1947) was written as the catalog text for Artaud’s only gallery exhibition of his drawings during his lifetime, focusing on his approach to making portraits of his friends at the decrepit pavilion in the Paris suburbs where he spent the final year of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Ten years that language is gone” (1947) examines the drawings Artaud made in his notebooks—his main creative medium at the end of his life—and their capacity to electrify his creativity when language failed him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“50 Drawings to assassinate magic” (1948), the residue of an abandoned book of Artaud’s drawings, approaches the act of drawing as part of the weaponry deployed by Artaud at the very end of his life to combat malevolent assaults and attempted acts of assassination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTogether, these three extraordinary texts—pitched between writing and image—project Artaud’s ferocious engagement with the act of drawing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47487606423788,"sku":"9783035802481","price":33.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/389e221dfe6d5734e4a53ce25fb58d92.jpg?v=1775772646"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/richard-hawkins.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}