De Coinet, De Guy De Coinet. Editorial Jrp Ringier, Tapa Blanda, Edición 1 En Español

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Mentor to a generation of Californian Conceptualists and performance artists, Guy de Cointet (1934-1983) took language as a material from which to generate drawings, plays and performances. De Cointet collected phrases, words and even single letters from popular culture and literary sources, scripting them as dialogues or props for plays inspired by the writings and compositional methods of Raymond Roussel. In the 1976 play "At Sunrise... A Cry Was Heard," a large painting depicting letters bisected by a white sash provides the dialogue for the lead actress, who recites its jumble of letters as if it were ordinary conversation. His drawings were often created by geometric erasures of found text, leaving behind abstract patterns reminiscent of Concrete art. A formative figure for artists like Mike Kelley and Paul McCarthy during his time at the Otis Art Institute, de Cointet is currently being rediscovered; this monograph offers the first comprehensive overview of his enigmatic and influential work.