Optic Nerve
- 208 stránok
- 8 hodin čítania
An Argentinian woman obsessed with art conflates personal events from her life in Buenos Aires with fascinating episodes from art history, refracting her personality through the canvases she studies
Maria Gainza Knihy
María Gainza je argentínska autorka, ktorá svojimi textami preniká do hlbín umenia a jeho vzťahu k ľudskej skúsenosti. Jej diela, oceňované pre svoju analytickú ostrosť a poetický štýl, skúmajú, ako vizuálne umenie formuje naše vnímanie sveta a seba samých. Gainza sa zameriava na prepletenosť histórie, pamäte a identity v umeleckých dielach, čím čitateľom ponúka nové pohľady na umelecký svet. Jej debut v oblasti beletrie získal uznanie kritiky a predstavuje pútavý vstup do sveta jej literárnych skúmaní.
"In the Buenos Aires art world, a master forger has achieved legendary status. Rumored to be a woman, she specializes in canvases by the painter Mariette Lydis, a portraitist of Argentinean high society. But who is this absurdly gifted creator of counterfeits? What motivates her? And what is her link to the community of artists who congregate, night after night, in a strange establishment called the Hotel Melancólico? On the trail of this mysterious forger is our narrator, an art critic and auction house employee through whose hands counterfeit works have passed. As she begins to take on the role of art-world detective, adopting her own methods of deception and manipulation, she warns us 'not to proceed in expectation of names, numbers or dates... My techniques are those of the impressionist.' "-- Amazon.com
