THE SIMPLE TRUTH: THE MONOCHROME IN MODERN ART
Book ID/图书代码： 14932920C00007
English Summary/英文概要： The monochrome—a single-color work of art—is highly ambiguous. For some it epitomizes purity and is art reduced to its essence. For others it is just a stunt, the proverbial emperor’s new clothes. Why are monochrome works both so admired and such an easy target of scorn? Why does a monochrome look so simple and yet is so challenging to comprehend? And what is it that drives artists to create such works?
In this illuminating book, Simon Morley unpacks the meanings of the monochrome as it has developed internationally over the twentieth century to today. In doing so, he also explores how artists have understood what they make, how critics variously interpret it, and how art is encountered by viewers.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 单色是指一种单色艺术作品，人们对它的评价是模棱两可的。
对于一些人来说，它是纯洁的缩影，是艺术的本质。而对其他人来说，它只是一个噱头，就像皇帝的新衣。为什么单色作品既如此受人赞赏，又如此容易成为嘲笑的对象？为什么单色看起来如此简单，却又如此难以理解？是什么驱使艺术家创作这样的作品？
在这本具有启发性的书中，西蒙·莫利揭示了单色在二十世纪到今天的国际发展中的意义。在此过程中，他还探索了艺术家如何理解他们的作品，评论家如何对其进行各种解读，以及观众如何接触艺术。（WYL）
Awards/获奖情况：“这本书里有对单色艺术品带来的有趣的材料、光学和哲学挑战的不可或缺的介绍。莫利以如此机智和洞察力写作，任何对当代绘画实践感兴趣的人，无论是专家还是新手，都会觉得这本书很有趣。”——马尔科姆·布尔，牛津大学艺术和思想史教授
“这本书出色地探索了这种看似简单的抽象艺术的错综复杂的形式。”——大卫·巴切洛，艺术家
“An indispensable introduction to the intriguing material, optical, and philosophical challenges posed by the monochrome. Morley writes with such tact and insight that anyone interested in the contemporary practice of painting, whether expert or novice, will find the book a delight.”
-- Malcolm Bull, Professor of Art and the History of Ideas, University of Oxford
“Brilliantly explores the labyrinthine complexities of this apparently simple form of abstract art.”
-- David Batchelor, artist
About the Author/作者介绍： 西蒙·莫利是韩国丹国大学的艺术家和助理教授。他是《墙上的文字：现代艺术中的文字和图像》和《现代艺术的七把钥匙》的作者，也是《崇高》杂志的编辑。Simon Morley is an artist and assistant professor at Dankook University, Republic of Korea. He is the author of Writing on the Wall: Word and Image in Modern Art and Seven Keys to Modern Art, and editor of The Sublime.
Format:HARDCOVER
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