Author: Carter, Michael.
Title: Putting a Face on Things: Studies in Imaginary Materials.
Description: Sydney Power Publications / Power Institute of Fine Arts, 1990. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, black & white drawings (some full-page), spine lightly creased, bottom corner rear cover creased, top edge minimally foxed, minor edgewear. 288 pp. Michael Carter takes the idea from Gaston Bachelard of material imagination, that is, to look beyond the physyical form of a piece of art, and how this is transformed into a desirable human image. How does a painted surface become a desirable woman? How are painted pictures of pets infested with pleasing form? Carter teaches fine arts at the University of Sydney. A publication of the Power Institute of Fine Arts and the university. ISBN: 0909952310

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