{"product_id":"to-lose-your-head-idols-catalonia-in-venice-9788494423444","title":"TO LOSE YOUR HEAD (IDOLS) – Catalonia in Venice","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor their 2019 Venice Biennale pavilion, Catalonia presented an exhibition exploring the life of public statues and reflecting on the capacity of artworks to possess agency. The project considers the often-intense relationship that forms between humans and statues, focusing on fifteen such works from around Catalonia. At times celebrated, vandalized, protected, or destroyed, figurative sculptures have a strange capacity to inspire intense emotions, to make one “lose their head.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The collective artist book, \u003ci\u003eTo Lose Your Head (Idols)\u003c\/i\u003e, includes written and artistic reflections on the exhibition’s theme, exploring the idea of artistic agency as it analyses the passions that are sparked when dealing with figurative sculpture. Pedro Azara, an architect, archaeologist, and professor of aesthetics, explores the perception of images as living entities. Looking at the deep reverence and radical iconoclastic urges inspired by works of public art, he considers how the Western artistic tradition might still be deeply animist. Six contemporary Catalan artists—David Bestué, Lúa Coderch, Lola Lasurt, Daniela Ortiz, Perejaume, and Francesc Torres—take on this question from the perspective of artistic practice, creating works and essays in response to Azara. The publication includes documentation of the exhibition and provides information on accompanying works by playwright Marcel Borràs, architect Tiziano Schürch, and filmmaker Albert García-Alzórriz, in collaboration with poet Gabriel Ventura.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRO  \u003cbr\u003eWHEN STATUES MADE US LOSE OUR HEADS... Pedro Azara\u003cbr\u003e1)    THE VANITY OF IMAGES \/ Pedro Azara\u003cbr\u003eThe Tentacles Of Art\u003cbr\u003eSensitive Manifestation\u003cbr\u003eThe Necessary Destruction Of Images\u003cbr\u003eCommon Sense\u003cbr\u003eDisturbance\u003cbr\u003eThe Golden Calf\u003cbr\u003eThe Deity And Its Image\u003cbr\u003eIconoclasm And Idolatry \u003cbr\u003eThe Paradox Of Iconoclasm\u003cbr\u003eThe Image Of The Prophet\u003cbr\u003eA Question Of Image\u003cbr\u003eArtistic Heritage\u003cbr\u003eArtistic Attack\u003cbr\u003eCreation V. Destruction\u003cbr\u003eAnd The Statues Want To Die\u003cbr\u003eBIBLIOGRAPHY\u003cbr\u003e2)    THE ARTISTS AT WORK \u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e Llorenç Bonet and Joana Teixidor\u003cbr\u003eTHE LOSS OF A HEAD, THREE FINGERS FROM ONE HAND, A NOSE AND ONE LEG\u003cbr\u003e Francesc Torres\u003cbr\u003eSTANDING\u003cbr\u003eDaniela Ortiz\u003cbr\u003e             FORM AND TIME\u003cbr\u003eDavid Bestué\u003cbr\u003eRHYTHM EXERCISE (on the monument to Francesc Layret) \/\u003cbr\u003eLola Lasurt\u003cbr\u003eOF IMAGES AND PEDESTALS\u003cbr\u003ePerejaume \u003cbr\u003e             BELLY\u003cbr\u003eLúa Coderch\u003cbr\u003e3)    THE EXHIBITION \u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION Pedro Azara\u003cbr\u003eEYES\/ EYES\/ EYES\/ EYES\u003cbr\u003eAlbert García-Alzórriz\u003cbr\u003e             CRACKS\u003cbr\u003eGarbriel Ventura\u003cbr\u003eEXPRESS YOURSELF MACHINE\u003cbr\u003eMarcel Borràs\u003cbr\u003eEXHIBITION DESIGN  \u003cbr\u003eTiziano Schürch\u003cbr\u003e“BIOGRAPHIES” OF PUBLIC SCULPTURES IN CATALONIA (1978-2018) \u003cbr\u003ePedro Azara and Dolors Magallón\u003cbr\u003eParticipants\u003cbr\u003eINTRO  \u003cbr\u003eWHEN STATUES MADE US LOSE OUR HEADS... Pedro Azara\u003cbr\u003e1)    THE VANITY OF IMAGES \/ Pedro Azara\u003cbr\u003eThe Tentacles Of Art\u003cbr\u003eSensitive Manifestation\u003cbr\u003eThe Necessary Destruction Of Images\u003cbr\u003eCommon Sense\u003cbr\u003eDisturbance\u003cbr\u003eThe Golden Calf\u003cbr\u003eThe Deity And Its Image\u003cbr\u003eIconoclasm And Idolatry \u003cbr\u003eThe Paradox Of Iconoclasm\u003cbr\u003eThe Image Of The Prophet\u003cbr\u003eA Question Of Image\u003cbr\u003eArtistic Heritage\u003cbr\u003eArtistic Attack\u003cbr\u003eCreation V. Destruction\u003cbr\u003eAnd The Statues Want To Die\u003cbr\u003eBIBLIOGRAPHY\u003cbr\u003e2)    THE ARTISTS AT WORK \u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e Llorenç Bonet and Joana Teixidor\u003cbr\u003eTHE LOSS OF A HEAD, THREE FINGERS FROM ONE HAND, A NOSE AND ONE LEG\u003cbr\u003e Francesc Torres\u003cbr\u003eSTANDING\u003cbr\u003eDaniela Ortiz\u003cbr\u003e             FORM AND TIME\u003cbr\u003eDavid Bestué\u003cbr\u003eRHYTHM EXERCISE (on the monument to Francesc Layret) \/\u003cbr\u003eLola Lasurt\u003cbr\u003eOF IMAGES AND PEDESTALS\u003cbr\u003ePerejaume \u003cbr\u003e             BELLY\u003cbr\u003eLúa Coderch\u003cbr\u003e3)    THE EXHIBITION \u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION Pedro Azara\u003cbr\u003eEYES\/ EYES\/ EYES\/ EYES\u003cbr\u003eAlbert García-Alzórriz\u003cbr\u003e             CRACKS\u003cbr\u003eGarbriel Ventura\u003cbr\u003eEXPRESS YOURSELF MACHINE\u003cbr\u003eMarcel Borràs\u003cbr\u003eEXHIBITION DESIGN  \u003cbr\u003eTiziano Schürch\u003cbr\u003e“BIOGRAPHIES” OF PUBLIC SCULPTURES IN CATALONIA (1978-2018) \u003cbr\u003ePedro Azara and Dolors Magallón\u003cbr\u003eParticipants","brand":"Editorial Tenov S.L.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51046898139479,"sku":"9788494423444","price":25.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9788494423444.jpg?v=1750969472","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/to-lose-your-head-idols-catalonia-in-venice-9788494423444","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}