{"product_id":"francesco-clemente-9783777435633","title":"Francesco Clemente","description":"\u003cb\u003eCome face to face with Francesco Clemente's fascinating self-portraits.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Italian-American artist Francesco Clemente (b. 1952) is one of the main representatives of the postmodern Transavantgarde and Arte Cifra, the Italian version of Neo-Expressionism. Among his extensive oeuvre, the publication focuses on Clemente's major works series. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Clemente's life spent in Europe, India, and New York has lent a remarkably multifaceted quality to both his art and his character. Indian culture and philosophy as well as the human body are recurring themes rendered in his figurative, Neo-Expressionist style. This volume guides readers through Clemente's pastels, watercolors, gouaches, and printed graphics, including such major series as \u003ci\u003eThe Departure of the Argonaut\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eFrom the Terreiro\u003c\/i\u003e pastels, the \u003ci\u003eAmalfi \u003c\/i\u003ewatercolors, and The \u003ci\u003eTarots\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as his self-portraits, which have a quality all their own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRafael Jablonka\u003c\/b\u003e is a German art dealer, gallerist, and curator. \u003cb\u003eElsy Lahner\u003c\/b\u003e has been the curator for contemporary art at the Albertina Museum in Vienna since 2011. \u003cb\u003eKlaus Albrecht Schröder\u003c\/b\u003e has been the general director of the Albertina Museum in Vienna since 2017.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hirmer Verlag GmbH","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50437981307154,"sku":"9783777435633","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8d8a31b2-c53b-462b-a51b-305ddedf63cd.jpg?v=1729648621","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/francesco-clemente-9783777435633","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}