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Iris Häussler the Sophie La Rosière project edited by Philip Monk

Catalog Data

Editor:
Monk, Philip 1950-  Search this
Author:
Häussler, Iris 1962- Paintings Selections  Search this
Host institution:
York University (Toronto, Ont.) Art Gallery  Search this
Subject:
Häussler, Iris 1962-  Search this
Haüssler, Iris 1962-  Search this
Physical description:
223 pages illustrations 27 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
2018
Notes:
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Art Gallery of York University from September 14 to December 11, 2016
Contents:
Part I. Introduction / by Philip Monk -- Chronology -- Discovery / by Rui Mateus Amaral -- X-Rays -- House and studio -- Vanité disparue = Vanished vanity / by Gérard Audinet -- Catalogue raisonné -- A letter to Sophie La Rosière / by Iris Häussler -- Part II. Voiler de noir...et alors? = Veiled in black...and then? / by Yan Pélissier -- À la recherche du (petit) monde de Sophie La Rosière / by Catherine Sicot -- Intrapsychic secrets / by Philip Monk -- Installations; Art Gallery of York University; Scrap metal; Daniel Faria Gallery
Summary:
"Since 2009, Iris Häussler has produced the complete oeuvre of unknown French painter Sophie la Rosière who died in 1948. In fact, Häussler has created an artistic persona--a heteronym--through which to channel this fictitious artist's secrets while, at the same time, fabricating a biography for her and an elaborate back story of a hidden erotic liaison that intersects, nonetheless, with real people, historical events, and actual artistic movements. The paintings, though, are merely a kernel within the larger shell of La Rosière's life circumstances, which includes the recreation of her studio, its products and detritus, and also the elements of a forensic investigation that tries to answer the questions, after the paintings' discovery, of why these paintings were abandoned, why they were concealed by a layer of black encaustic, and, ultimately, what secrets they conceal? Following the spirit of the overall project, this book includes a catalogue raisonné of all Sophie la Rosière's 293 works, forensic evidence, expert analyses, and official reports."-- Provided by publisher
Call number:
N6549.H44 A4 2018
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1112200