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The Simple Truth: The Monochrome in Modern Art

The Simple Truth: The Monochrome in Modern Art


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The monochrome - a single-colour work of art - is highly ambiguous. For some it epitomizes purity, and is art reduced to its essence. For others it is just a stunt, the emperor's new clothes. Why are monochromes so admired, yet such an easy target of scorn? In this illuminating book Simon Morley unpacks the meanings of the monochrome as it developed internationally over the twentieth century to today. In doing so he explores more general questions such as how artists have understood what they make, how critics variously interpret it and how art is encountered by viewers. 'Simon Morley's book brilliantly explores the labyrinthine complexities of this apparently simple form of abstract art.' David Batchelor, artist 'An indispensable introduction to the intriguing material, optical and philosophical challenges posed by the monochrome.' Malcolm Bull, Professor of Art and the History of Ideas, University of Oxford

Table of Contents:
1 Introductions 2 Setting 3 Reception 4 Colour 5 Ground 6 Spiritual 7 Indefinable 8 Nothingness 9 Experiential 10 Zen 11 Material 12 Format 13 Sign 14 Idea 15 Allegorical 16 Expanded Field 17 East-Asia 18 Contemporary 19 Conclusion References

About the Author :
Simon Morley is Assistant Professor at Dankook University, Korea. He is the author of Writing on the Wall: Word and Image in Modern Art (2003) and Seven Keys to Modern Art (2019).

Review :
The idea of the monochrome – an unmodulated plane of a single colour that entirely covers a given surface - is a strange proposition for a painting, or any work of art. And yet its possibilities have preoccupied and beguiled artists for well over a century. Simon Morley’s book brilliantly explores the labyrinthine complexities of this apparently simple form of abstract painting and in the process invites us to visit numerous types of art, made for wildly different purposes, in dozens of different places, and at many different times. An indispensable introduction to the intriguing material, optical and philosophical challenges posed by the monochrome. Simon Morley writes with such tact and insight that anyone interested in the contemporary practice of painting, whether expert or novice, will find the book a delight.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781789142310
  • Publisher: Reaktion Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Reaktion Books
  • Height: 208 mm
  • No of Pages: 344
  • Sub Title: The Monochrome in Modern Art
  • ISBN-10: 1789142318
  • Publisher Date: 16 Nov 2020
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Width: 156 mm


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