Carlos de Laborde-Noguez, Pierre de Ligny Boudreau, Alejandro Jodorowsky

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Drawings Alan Glass

Paris 1954-1962

Beschreibung

Utilising the newly invented ballpoint pen from 1954, Alan Glass used this modest instrument to create remarkably intricate and detailed drawings, in which appearance of inert matter coming alive. There are some in which he used such an abundance of ink that the drawings almost take on the texture of paintings.

Autor

Alan Glass (Montreal , June 30, 1932 - Mexico City , January 16, 2023) was a Canadian plastic artist. He was born in Montreal on June 30, 1932, studied at the École beaux-arts de Montréal between 1949 and 1952 and worked in the studio of Alfred Pellan. He received a scholarship from the French government in 1952 and lived in Paris while traveling through Central Europe and the Middle East. During this time he exhibited at the Galerie Le Terrain Vague, where he met André Breton. From 1968 to 1969 he traveled through India and Nepal, particularly in the state of Sikkim. In 1962 he traveled to Mexico for the first time. In the 1970s, he began living between Mexico and Quebec. Alan Glass died in Mexico City on January 16, 2023, at the age of 90.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Ediciones El Viso
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 337mm x 253mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 2492g
• ISBN-13: 9788412846621
• ISBN-10: 8412846621
• Artikelnr.: 70770159