Frances Guerin Livres

The innovative use of light in 1920s German silent cinema serves as a crucial lens through which to explore the cultural shifts of Weimar Germany. Frances Guerin examines how electric light in films like Schatten, Variete, Metropolis, and Der Golem reflects both the excitement and anxieties of modernity. By focusing on light as a narrative and thematic device, the book challenges traditional interpretations of German cinema's role in the political instability leading to Nazism, thereby redefining German film scholarship.

Jacqueline Humphries has redefined abstraction over the past thirty years, pushing beyond modernism and Abstract Expressionism through her innovative painting techniques. Her work invites viewers to engage in multifaceted ways, prompting fresh perspectives on art. Frances Guerin's insightful analysis highlights how Humphries has reshaped the conventions of abstract painting, positioning it as a vital element of contemporary visual culture, showcasing the artist's mastery and relevance in the twenty-first century.

Frances Guerin argues that painters select grey to respond to a key question of modernist art: What is painting? Presenting an impressive range of canonical paintings across centuries, this book is a treatise on color that allows us to see something entirely new in familiar paintings and encourages our appreciation for the innovation and dynamism of the color grey--