"In this remarkably imaginative collection of texts and fragments, David Batchelor has mined modern culture to extract deep seams of colour-thought. Like any great collection of things, it draws together the widest range of sources from Melville to Matisse to Wittgenstein to Johnny Cash to completely transform the way we think about how colour works in art and beyond." Briony Fer , Professor of History of Art, University College London
David Batchelor is an artist and writer who has exhibited widely in
Europe and America. Senior Tutor in Critical Theory in the
Department of Curating Contemporary Art at the Royal College of
Art, London, he is a frequent contributor to such journals as
Artforum and Frieze and the author of Minimalism and
Chromophobia.
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David Batchelor is an artist and writer who has exhibited widely in
Europe and America. Senior Tutor in Critical Theory in the
Department of Curating Contemporary Art at the Royal College of
Art, London, he is a frequent contributor to such journals as
Artforum and Frieze and the author of Minimalism and
Chromophobia.
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"In this remarkably imaginative collection of texts and fragments, David Batchelor has mined modern culture to extract deep seams of colour-thought. Like any great collection of things, it draws together the widest range of sources from Melville to Matisse to Wittgenstein to Johnny Cash to completely transform the way we think about how colour works in art and beyond." Briony Fer , Professor of History of Art, University College London
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