Since the late 1980s, Jean-Luc Moulène (b. 1955) has developed a body of work informed by a critical investigation of artistic authorship, addressing such issues as autonomy, immanence, and anarchic politics. Although he is best known for his enigmatic and seductive large-format photographs, Moulène has maintained a parallel exploration of materials and objects—manufactured and found, industrial and organic, intimate and imposing—that he has collectively titled Opus. This book, the first critical study of Moulène's work, brings together leading scholars to examine the artist's diverse aesthetic strategies and interests in the relationships between social and political arenas and systems and orders, including geometry, mathematics, social sciences, and human behavior. Featured essays also examine Moulène's theoretical and playful inquiries into the plasticity of materials and the ways we see and understand both still and moving images.
Distributed for Dia Art Foundation
Exhibition Schedule:Dia:Beacon(12/17/11–12/31/12)
- ISBN10 030018882X
- ISBN13 9780300188820
- Publish Date 12 March 2013
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 30 November 2023
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Yale University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Language English