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Laszlo Moholy-Nagy: Biographical Writings
Louis Kaplan
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Description for Laszlo Moholy-Nagy: Biographical Writings
Paperback. Marking the centenary of the birth of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946), this book offers a fresh approach to the Bauhaus artist and theorist's multifaceted life and work - an approach that redefines the very idea of biographical writing. Num Pages: 248 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3810 x 19. Weight in Grams: 399.
Marking the centenary of the birth of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946), this book offers a new approach to the Bauhaus artist and theorist's multifaceted life and work-an approach that redefines the very idea of biographical writing. In Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Louis Kaplan applies the Derridean deconstructivist model of the signature effect to an intellectual biography of a Constructivist artist. Inhabiting the borderline between life and work, the book demonstrates how the signature inscribed by Moholy operates in a double space, interweaving signified object and signifying matter, autobiography and auto-graphy. Through interpretative readings of over twenty ... Read more
Marking the centenary of the birth of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946), this book offers a new approach to the Bauhaus artist and theorist's multifaceted life and work-an approach that redefines the very idea of biographical writing. In Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Louis Kaplan applies the Derridean deconstructivist model of the signature effect to an intellectual biography of a Constructivist artist. Inhabiting the borderline between life and work, the book demonstrates how the signature inscribed by Moholy operates in a double space, interweaving signified object and signifying matter, autobiography and auto-graphy. Through interpretative readings of over twenty ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
Weight
398g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822315926
SKU
V9780822315926
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About Louis Kaplan
Louis Kaplan is Franz Rosenzweig Post-Doctoral Research Fellow for German-Jewish Literature and Cultural History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is author of The Damned Universe of Charles Fort and coauthor of Gumby: The Authorized Biography of the World's Favorite Clayboy.
Reviews for Laszlo Moholy-Nagy: Biographical Writings
This study addresses the question of how to write about the life and work of an artist after the `death of the author' theorized in poststructuralism. I know of no other study that attempts to do with any figure what Kaplan has done with Moholy. It is a work of extraordinary originality and importance. A tour de force. -Gregory Ulmer, ... Read more