Binding: Paperback
Description: Five contemporary writers respond to Guston's work through imaginative fiction that proves his continual influence on today's creative culture In the short story collection Five Stories for Philip Guston edited by Emmie Francis and Mark Godfrey contemporary writers Christopher Alessandrini Ben Okri Thessaly La Force Lou Stoppard and Audrey Wollen have created new fiction in conversation with Philip Guston (1913 80) and his painting. Christopher Alessandrini's queer drily witty Maverick Road brings us to the contemporary environs of Guston's upstate haven. Ben Okri's Bloodymindedness is a stark portrait of violence and subversion. In Looking Thessaly La Force writes of the lingering power of painting and reputation with a tribute to Guston's exhibition in Venice's Gallerie dell Accademia. Lou Stoppard's courtroom crucible A Verdict is a study in Kafkaesque atmosphere. Audrey Wollen works deftly with a kind of Oulipo constraint exercise Giotto is there but is Guston himself in The Line ? Look for him and he is everywhere.
Title: Five Stories For Philip Guston
Brand: Printed Matter Incorporated
Barcode: 9780894391026
Pages: 156 Pages, 6 Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 1/16/2024
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction