Isabelle Cornaro : The Fascination with the Material and the Aversion to it

Isabelle Cornaro

ISBN 10: 3858818712 / ISBN 13: 9783858818713

Published by Scheidegger & Spiess, 2023

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Neuware - Isabelle Cornaro, born in 1974 and based in Paris and Geneva, holds degrees in art history and visual arts. She has a strong interest in experimental cinema and devotes herself to the narrative, symbolic, or economic origins of things. In her work she almost assumes an anthropologist's manner to investigate people's seemingly fixated attachment to often emotionally charged, even fetishized objects, creating large stage installations or short movies. On Words is a collection of interviews with leading contemporary women artists. In conversation with Julie Enckell Julliard, Federica Martini, and Sarah Burkhalter, they speak about the sources from which they draw inspiration, themes in their work, and their view of the world. The series brings together a wide range of viewpoints and adds a new narrative to polyphonic art history as told by those who actively shape it.; Die in Paris und Genf lebende Künstlerin Isabelle Cornaro, geboren 1974, ausgebildete Kunsthistorikerin mit ausgeprägtem Interesse für experimentelles Kino, widmet sich dem narrativen, symbolischen oder wirtschaftlichen Ursprung von Dingen. Mit einem gleichsam anthropologischen Fokus greift sie in ihren Werken die wie eine Fixierung anmutende Bindung der Menschen an oft emotional aufgeladene, ja fetischisierte Objekte auf und bearbeitet das Thema in grossen Theaterinstallationen oder kurzen Filmen. On Words ist eine Sammlung von Interviews mit führenden Künstlerinnen der zeitgenössischen Kunstszene. Im Gespräch mit Julie Enckell Julliard, Federica Martini und Sarah Burkhalter geben sie Auskunft zu den Quellen, aus denen sie schöpfen, zu ihren Themen und ihrer Sicht auf die Welt. Die Summe der Standpunkte, die in den Bänden der Reihe zusammengeführt werden, fügt der polyfonen Kunstgeschichte ein weiteres Narrativ hinzu - erzählt von denen, die sie aktiv mitgestalten.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Isabelle Cornaro : The Fascination with the Material and the Aversion to it
• Publisher: Scheidegger & Spiess
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3858818712
• ISBN 13: 9783858818713
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 153W x 105H x 6D millimeters 153 millimeters width by 105 millimeters height by 6 millimeters depth
• Weight: 96 grams

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Synopsis

• The interview sheds light on many different aspects of Cornaro’s art and deepens the understanding of the different facets in her work
• Isabelle Cornaro's work has been shown at major international art spaces, such as the Musée d'Art moderne and the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, and the Sculpture Center in New York
• By women artists for art students: Female artists give personal insight into their work, their experiences, and the meaning behind their art
• Each volume in the On Word series offers an interview in the artist’s native language along with a full English translation
• Text in English and French

Isabelle Cornaro, based in Paris and Geneva, holds degrees in art history and visual arts. She has a strong interest in experimental cinema and devotes herself to the narrative, symbolic, and economic origins of things. In her work she assumes an anthropologist-type manner to investigate people’s seemingly fixated attachment to emotionally charged, even fetishized objects, creating large stage installations and short movies.

This book is part of the new On Words series that presents conversations with contemporary women artists. Through them, readers come to understand the sources from which they draw inspiration, the themes in their work, and their view of the world. Edited by Julie Enckell, Federica Martini, and Sarah Burkhalter and bringing together a wide range of viewpoints, the On Words series adds a new narrative to polyphonic art history as told by those who actively shape it.

Text in English and French.

About the Author

Julie Enckell is an art historian and a director at HEAD―Genève, where she heads the Cultural Development Department.
Federica Martini is an art historian and curator and heads the Visual Arts department at EDHEA in Sierre, Switzerland. She is also a visiting scholar at London’s University of the Arts.
Sarah Burkhalter is an art historian and head of the Antenne romande of the Swiss Institute for Art Research (SIK-ISEA) in Lausanne and a member of SIK-ISEA’s board.