Yve-Alain Bois

I was turned onto Mondrian by Yves Saint Laurent's re-interpretationof his paintings as a dress, but I have no idea that Mondrian's body of work was so large! Quite literally hundreds nad hundreds (not even including those lost during WWII) of graphic artworks focusing on the arrangement of lines and colour blocks. Many of these works look very similar, but it is extremely difficult to actually wualify any specific pieces as "better" as they are all so oddly unique. What intrigues me most is show more that none yet have discovered the formulas that Mondrian worked from to arrive at these carefully balanced proportions, which really speaks to his deep understanding of proportion from an intrinsic and organic standpoint. show less

During his expatriate years in France (1948-54), Ellsworth Kelly developed the visual strategies that would make him one of the most important artists of our era. This is most evident in his French drawings, here presented thoroughly for the first time, together with a searching commentary by noted scholar Yve-Alain Bois. In drawing, Kelly evolved four strategies for making art: transfer, chance, modular grid, and monochrome panel. His goal was to develop an alternative to traditional show more composition at once radically inventive and stubbornly personal. This bi-lingual German/English catalog presents an intimate view of the process of artistic conception. show less

The main focus in my owning this book is the intriguing use that Mondrian made of blocks of colour. His classical landscape oils are brilliant. Excellent reference text, although I am not implying that I have any credentials to review the scholarly aspect.

Discusses Ruscha's paintings of single words written in various liquids, and reproduces a selection