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Artpress2 Issue 14: What Artists Read

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The 14th issue of artpress2, titled 'Que lisent les artistes ?' (What Do Artists Read?), features a series of contributions where contemporary artists discuss their reading habits and literary influences. The issue includes texts by or about Élisabeth Ballet on Jack Kerouac, Gilles Barbier on Luke Rhinehart, Daniel Buren on Daniel Heller-Roazen, Pascal Convert on Paul Nothomb, Patrick Corillon on Italo Calvino, Béatrice Cussol on Monique Wittig, Marc Desgrandchamps on Patrick Modiano, Bernard Dufour on Pierre Guyotat, Malacchi Farrell on Michel Foucault and Noam Chomsky, Gloria Friedmann on Klaus Mann and Paul Murray, Gérard Garouste on Roland Barthes, Valérie Jouve on Michel Foucault, Bertrand Lavier on Marguerite Duras and Alain Robbe-Grillet, Jean Le Gac on Didier Blonde, Annette Messager on Le Dictionnaire, Stéphane Pencréac'h on Stephen King, Éric Rondepierre on Jorge Luis Borges, François Rouan on Jean-Jacques Milner, Tatiana Trouvé on Dino Buzzati, Jacques Villeglé on Sigmund Freud and Marcel Proust, and Raphaël Zarka on Roger Caillois. The issue also includes an editorial and a foreword. Published on August 20, 2010, by artpress.

Key facts

  • Issue 14 of artpress2 is titled 'Que lisent les artistes ?'
  • Features 20 artists discussing their literary influences
  • Includes contributions from Élisabeth Ballet, Gilles Barbier, Daniel Buren, Pascal Convert, Patrick Corillon, Béatrice Cussol, Marc Desgrandchamps, Bernard Dufour, Malacchi Farrell, Gloria Friedmann, Gérard Garouste, Valérie Jouve, Bertrand Lavier, Jean Le Gac, Annette Messager, Stéphane Pencréac'h, Éric Rondepierre, François Rouan, Tatiana Trouvé, Jacques Villeglé, and Raphaël Zarka
  • Authors discussed include Jack Kerouac, Luke Rhinehart, Daniel Heller-Roazen, Paul Nothomb, Italo Calvino, Monique Wittig, Patrick Modiano, Pierre Guyotat, Michel Foucault, Noam Chomsky, Klaus Mann, Paul Murray, Roland Barthes, Marguerite Duras, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Didier Blonde, Le Dictionnaire, Stephen King, Jorge Luis Borges, Jean-Jacques Milner, Dino Buzzati, Sigmund Freud, Marcel Proust, and Roger Caillois
  • Published by artpress on August 20, 2010

Entities

Artists

  • Élisabeth Ballet
  • Gilles Barbier
  • Daniel Buren
  • Pascal Convert
  • Patrick Corillon
  • Béatrice Cussol
  • Marc Desgrandchamps
  • Bernard Dufour
  • Malacchi Farrell
  • Gloria Friedmann
  • Gérard Garouste
  • Valérie Jouve
  • Bertrand Lavier
  • Jean Le Gac
  • Annette Messager
  • Stéphane Pencréac'h
  • Éric Rondepierre
  • François Rouan
  • Tatiana Trouvé
  • Jacques Villeglé
  • Raphaël Zarka
  • Jack Kerouac
  • Luke Rhinehart
  • Daniel Heller-Roazen
  • Paul Nothomb
  • Italo Calvino
  • Monique Wittig
  • Patrick Modiano
  • Pierre Guyotat
  • Michel Foucault
  • Noam Chomsky
  • Klaus Mann
  • Paul Murray
  • Roland Barthes
  • Marguerite Duras
  • Alain Robbe-Grillet
  • Didier Blonde
  • Stephen King
  • Jorge Luis Borges
  • Jean-Jacques Milner
  • Dino Buzzati
  • Sigmund Freud
  • Marcel Proust
  • Roger Caillois

Institutions

  • artpress

Sources