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Jean-Claude Lebensztejn is a French art historian, critic, and honorary professor of the University of Paris 1 Panth�on-Sorbonne. His interests range from the art of the eighteenth and twentieth centuries, to film, music, human animality, and more generally, the question of frontiers and boundaries. In addition to his �tudes c�zanniennes (2006) and a scholarly edition of fifty-three of C�zanne's letters (2011), Lebensztejn has recently published D�placements, a collection of his essays concerned with questioning norms of taste and aesthetic values, as well as a translation of Lao Tzu, a study of Pygmalion, a conversation with Malcolm Morley. His most recent book on transgression in the works of Franz Kafka, Marquis de Sade, and Comte de Lautr�amont was published in 2017. Jeff Nagy is a translator, critic, and historian of technology based in Palo Alto, California. His research focuses on networks pre- and post-Internet and the development of digital labor.
The books in the series seem designed to slip into your back pocket -- slim, spartan, and compact, sporting uniform covers consisting solely of typeface in black or white, with a matching horizontal bar across the top, against a solid color.--Thomas Micchelli Hyperallergic . . . amusing, memorable books. . .--Jonathon Sturgeon Artnet ...[Lebensztejn] elegantly reveals how artists have repeatedly used our queasiness in the face of bodily functions to transgress narrow-minded cultural norms.--Alexxa Gotthardt Artsy The book, in a rangy, fluent translation from Jeff Nagy, is a record of what Lebensztejn calls our diuretic fantasies --of the lore and lust surrounding urine, sacred and profane.--Dan Piepenbring The New Yorker A curious journey through art history and one that's worth the trip.--Hrag Varnatnian Hyperallergic
Morpho
Simplified Forms: Anatomy for Artists...
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