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Perl, Jed; Braeuer Dam, Susan

 
9782851173188: Calder: Chess Knightmares
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ISBN 10: 2851173189 ISBN 13: 9782851173188
Editorial: Editions Cahiers d'Art, 2025

Sinopsis

A sumptuous compendium of Alexander Calder’s chess works, with ephemera and archival materials

This handsome volume celebrates Alexander Calder’s fascination with the game of chess. It comprises two parts: the first presents The Knightmares Portfolio, an approximation of an unrealized publication conceived in 1944 but never published. It comprises 46 chess drawings by Calder inscribed with titles, alternate titles and puns by Duchamp, Mary Reynolds and Calder. The second part of the book features scholarly and experimental texts from Alexander S. C. Rower and Jed Pearl, exploring such topics as Calder’s relationship with Marcel Duchamp (who was famously obsessed with chess) and his involvement in the 1944 exhibition The Imagery of Chess at Julien Levy Gallery. Archival documentation, ephemera and reproductions of Calder’s chess sets―including photographs of each chess piece and related works on paper―are also featured. A detailed chronology by Susan Brauer Dam completes this rich corpus.

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Acerca del autor

Alexander S. C. Rower is the grandson of the artist, founder and president of the Calder Foundation. Since 1987, Rower has documented more than 22,000 works by Calder and established an extensive archive dedicated to all aspects of the artist’s career. He has curated and collaborated on over 100 Calder exhibitions worldwide.

Jed Perl was the art critic for The New Republic for twenty years and a contributing editor to Vogue for a decade. He is currently a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books. Among his many books are Calder: The Conquest of Time, Magicians and Charlatans, Antoine’s Alphabet, New Art City, and Paris Without End. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and teaches at the New School in New York.

Susan Braeuer Dam is Director of Research and Publications for the Calder Foundation.

De la contraportada

Chess Knightmares is a cycle of nearly four dozen unbridled drawings by Calder of wild chess scenarios, created in 1944. Bawdy female knights, conspiring bishops, and misbehaving queens engage clueless rooks, lewd pawns, and mating kings. They unleash an otherwise regulated game into frenzied conflicts of immorality, with executions and sexual mishaps.
Calder's chess pieces have kicked off all constraints. They move any way they like. They pose, preen and prance across the chess board, giddily engaging i

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Editorial
Editions Cahiers d'Art
Año de publicación
2025
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
2851173189
ISBN 13 
9782851173188
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
216
Editor
Rower Alexander S. C.
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