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Jacqueline Lichtenstein's 'La Tache aveugle' Explores Color and Blindness in Art

publication · 2026-04-23

Jacqueline Lichtenstein, author of the influential 1989 essay 'La Couleur éloquente' on the relationship between painting and rhetoric, has published a new book titled 'La Tache aveugle.' The work confronts the art of color with an art that, in Western tradition, is deprived of color. It continues to explore the connection between art and language. The book was released in 2003 by Flammarion and was reviewed in artpress.

Key facts

  • Jacqueline Lichtenstein wrote 'La Couleur éloquente' in 1989.
  • 'La Couleur éloquente' was published by Flammarion.
  • Her new book is titled 'La Tache aveugle'.
  • The book examines the relationship between color and an art form lacking color.
  • It continues Lichtenstein's exploration of art and language.
  • The book was published in 2003.
  • The review appeared in artpress in December 2003.

Entities

Artists

  • Jacqueline Lichtenstein

Institutions

  • Flammarion
  • artpress

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