In Giacometti’s Studio
Category: Books,Arts & Photography,Individual Artists
In Giacometti’s Studio Details
Review “Insightful . . . [and] highly personal, . . . [Peppiatt’s] vivid account brings to life one of the most consequential spaces in 20th century art history.”—Stephen May, ARTnews (Stephen May ARTnews)"This elegantly produced homage with handsome black-and-white photos will enlighten, inform, and earn an approving nod from the Giacometti faithful, as well as readers interested in mid-20th-century Parisian culture."—Russell T. Clement, Library Journal (Russell T. Clement Library Journal) Read more About the Author Michael Peppiatt is a leading authority on Giacometti and Francis Bacon. He is the author of, among many works, Alberto Giacometti in Postwar Paris and Francis Bacon in the 1950s. Read more
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The text is not bad, but the real jewels are the photos (nicely reproduced at the right scale) of the most famous, broken-down studio in postwar Paris. This tiny, hovel, a wreck of a space, which Giacometti moved into as a poor young artist and never left, has a grandeur and mystery that the text and photos seem to covey well. The book is proof that some of the most significant art of the 20th century was produced in one of its humblest spaces. He never traded up. There is a lesson here for all artists-- not the working mechanics of the studio, but the purity of it. Peppiatt's text is best when Giacometti's voice appears -- albeit from previously published documents-- and then the book is simply thrilling.
