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An introductory guide to a prominent and expanding field of study: artists' unique contribution to the art of the moving image in the 20th and early 21st centuries.

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'David is the only person I know who has an encyclopaedic knowledge of – and a passion for – film in all its possibilities' - Steve McQueen
'An authoritative guide' - The Art Newspaper
'A stand-out in terms of understanding the conceptual threads of new cinema with visual art aesthetics and content throughout the century, and an excellent reference' - RoseLee Goldberg

Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. The Attraction of Film
2. ‘The Music of Light’
3. ‘To Discover and To Reveal’ – The Artist’s Documentary
4. The Pleasures of Editing
5. The Conceptual Film and other phenomena
6. The Anti-Film & the Formal Film
7. The Everyday
8. The Individual Voice
9. Sustenance

Artists Film

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    A Paperback / softback by David Curtis, Steve McQueen

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      Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd
      Published 16 September 2021
      ISBN-13 9780500204733
      978-0500204733
      ISBN-10 050020473X
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      Entertainment Film history, theory or criticism

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An introductory guide to a prominent and expanding field of study: artists' unique contribution to the art of the moving image in the 20th and early 21st centuries.

      Trade Review
      'David is the only person I know who has an encyclopaedic knowledge of – and a passion for – film in all its possibilities' - Steve McQueen
      'An authoritative guide' - The Art Newspaper
      'A stand-out in terms of understanding the conceptual threads of new cinema with visual art aesthetics and content throughout the century, and an excellent reference' - RoseLee Goldberg

      Table of Contents
      Preface
      Introduction
      1. The Attraction of Film
      2. ‘The Music of Light’
      3. ‘To Discover and To Reveal’ – The Artist’s Documentary
      4. The Pleasures of Editing
      5. The Conceptual Film and other phenomena
      6. The Anti-Film & the Formal Film
      7. The Everyday
      8. The Individual Voice
      9. Sustenance

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