{"product_id":"bill-beckley-and-narrative-art-the-word-image-riddle-and-the-aesthetics-of-beauty-hardcover","title":"Bill Beckley and Narrative Art: The Word-Image Riddle and the Aesthetics of Beauty - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Carrier\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books)), \u003cb\u003eAndrea Viliani\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books))\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book traces the evolution of Bill Beckley's work through a selection of over 100 works, with critical texts and a conversation with the artist.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBill Beckley is an American conceptual artist and one of the first artists to use photography as a means of artistic expression. In the early 1970s he was part of a loose-knit group of conceptual artists that used images and fictional texts in a form that came to be known as Narrative Art. \"I was basically writing a story and taking pictures at the same time. The text evolved with the photos,\" he says. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the 1980s he experimented with various materials and his work became more sculptural and pictorial. By the end of the decade, he had found a way to integrate these materials with photography, and this integration became a very important aspect of all his works. In 2019 he produced the \u003ci\u003eNeapolitan Holidays\u003c\/i\u003e series, inspired by cards dated between 1915 and 1972, sent to or from Naples, Italy. The artist responded to the text on the postcard with an email or a text message--an old postcard receiving a response, sometimes even after a hundred years.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Carrier \u003c\/b\u003eis a former professor of philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University, and Champney Family Professor at Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Institute of Art in Ohio. \u003cb\u003eAndrea Viliani \u003c\/b\u003eis an art historian and curator and director of the Museum of Civilizations in Rome. He was formerly the head and curator of the Castello di Rivoli Research Institute.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.8 x 12.7 x 10.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 21, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47477775106226,"sku":"9788892822696","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/27c10be25f9728c9a92da0ab57537355.webp?v=1779207949","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/bill-beckley-and-narrative-art-the-word-image-riddle-and-the-aesthetics-of-beauty-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}