In 1997 Belgian artist Francis Alys (b. 1959) created a performance work called "The Loop for InSITE", a biennial group exhibition held in Tijuana, Mexico. Addressing the idea of international borders and the contemporary ease/unease of global travel, Alys' contribution was a journey that started in Tijuana and ended in the nearby border town of San Diego - never, however, cros...(展开全部)

In 1997 Belgian artist Francis Alys (b. 1959) created a performance work called "The Loop for InSITE", a biennial group exhibition held in Tijuana, Mexico. Addressing the idea of international borders and the contemporary ease/unease of global travel, Alys' contribution was a journey that started in Tijuana and ended in the nearby border town of San Diego - never, however, cros...(展开全部)

Francis Bacon, one of the greatest painters of the twentieth century, speaks openly to his close friend Archimbaud about his life and art. The interviews took place in Bacon's studio just before his death in 1992. Francis Bacon was a self-taught painter and yet went on to become one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century, his startling studies of distorted figures in ...(展开全部)

Gilles Deleuze was one of the most influential and revolutionary philosophers of the 20th century. Francis Bacon is widely regarded as one of the most radical painters of the 20th century. This title presents a deep engagement with Bacon's work and the nature of art. Deleuze analyses the distinctive innovations that came to mark Bacon's style: the isolation of the figure, the v...(展开全部)

Francis Bacon was one of most elusive and enigmatic creative geniuses of the 20th century. However much his avowed aim was to simplify both himself and his art, he remained a deeply complex person. Bacon was keenly aware of this underlying contradiction, and whether talking or painting, strove consciously towards absolute clarity and simplicity, calling himself ‘simply complica...(展开全部)

Translated and with an Introduction by Daniel W. Smith Afterword by Tom Conley Gilles Deleuze had several paintings by Francis Bacon hanging in his Paris apartment, and the painter’s method and style as well as his motifs of seriality, difference, and repetition influenced Deleuze’s work. This first English translation shows us one of the most original and important French p...(展开全部)

Translated and with an Introduction by Daniel W. Smith Afterword by Tom Conley Gilles Deleuze had several paintings by Francis Bacon hanging in his Paris apartment, and the painter’s method and style as well as his motifs of seriality, difference, and repetition influenced Deleuze’s work. This first English translation shows us one of the most original and important French p...(展开全部)

Gilles Deleuze was one of the most influential and revolutionary philosophers of the 20th century. Francis Bacon is widely regarded as one of the most radical painters of the 20th century. This title presents a deep engagement with Bacon's work and the nature of art. Deleuze analyses the distinctive innovations that came to mark Bacon's style: the isolation of the figure, the v...(展开全部)

作者簡介 強納森．利特爾　Jonathan Littell 法裔美籍，1967年生於紐約，出身19世紀末由俄羅斯移民至美國的猶太家庭，是作家羅伯特‧利特爾（Robert Littell）的兒子。兒時於巴黎成長，後赴美國就讀耶魯大學。利特爾家族從未直接遭遇歐洲猶太人的命運，但強納森‧利特爾仍在猶太人的歷史包袱下成長，因此，猶太人的際遇亦成為其創作靈感來源。 於耶魯求學三年之後，他在聯合國安排下赴巴爾幹半島進行飢餓救援行動，七年時間足跡遍及波士尼亞與赫塞哥維納、車臣共和國、阿富汗、剛果、俄羅斯。2001 年時，他決定全心投入寫作。39歲撰寫的《善心女神》（Les Bienveillantes） 一書，榮獲2006年度龔古爾文學獎和2006年度法蘭西學院小說大獎，至今已累積百萬本銷售量。他在2006年兩次入籍法國失敗後，最後終於在2007年拜該小說之賜取得...(展开全部)

作者簡介 強納森．利特爾　Jonathan Littell 法裔美籍，1967年生於紐約，出身19世紀末由俄羅斯移民至美國的猶太家庭，是作家羅伯特‧利特爾（Robert Littell）的兒子。兒時於巴黎成長，後赴美國就讀耶魯大學。利特爾家族從未直接遭遇歐洲猶太人的命運，但強納森‧利特爾仍在猶太人的歷史包袱下成長，因此，猶太人的際遇亦成為其創作靈感來源。 於耶魯求學三年之後，他在聯合國安排下赴巴爾幹半島進行飢餓救援行動，七年時間足跡遍及波士尼亞與赫塞哥維納、車臣共和國、阿富汗、剛果、俄羅斯。2001 年時，他決定全心投入寫作。39歲撰寫的《善心女神》（Les Bienveillantes） 一書，榮獲2006年度龔古爾文學獎和2006年度法蘭西學院小說大獎，至今已累積百萬本銷售量。他在2006年兩次入籍法國失敗後，最後終於在2007年拜該小說之賜取得...(展开全部)