| Description |
314 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
"Brian Dillon was born in Dublin in 1969. His books include Essayism, The Great Explosion (shortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize), Objects in This Mirror, I Am Sitting in a Room, Sanctuary, Tormented Hope: Nine Hypochondriac Lives (shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize), and In the Dark Room, which won the Irish Book Award for nonfiction. His writing has appeared in The Guardian, The New York Times, London Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement, Bookforum, frieze, and Artforum. He is the UK editor of Cabinet magazine and teaches creative writing at Queen Mary University of London"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-312). |
| Contents |
Essay on Affinity I -- What pitiful bungling scribbles and scrawls -- Third person -- Resolving -- Essay on Affinity II -- Vaguenesses -- Essay on Affinity III -- A bright stellate object, a small angled sphere (on migraine auras) -- Essay on Affinity IV -- Beautiful scenic effects are produced -- Dada serious -- Discordia concors -- Preposterous anthropomorphism -- Essay on Affinity V -- L'autre Mio -- Voracious oddity -- On not getting the credit -- The leaves of the rhododendrons did not stir -- Life is good -- Eaasy on Affinity VI -- Sufficient contortion -- Star time -- Four stars -- Shinning up a doorframe -- A mirror'd be better -- Miraculous! -- Essay on Affinity VII -- Cosmic view -- There are eyes everywhere -- Common martyrs -- A twitch upon the thread -- Essay on affinity VIII -- The charismatics -- For the simple reason is -- Painting the clouds -- Essay on Affinity IX -- What a carve up -- La Prisonniere -- They are all gone into the world of light -- Essay on Affinity X. |
| Subject |
Artists -- Psychology.
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Communication in art.
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Artists -- Psychology.
(OCoLC)fst00817612
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Communication in art. (OCoLC)fst00870103
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Dillon, Brian, 1969- Affinities New York : New York Review Books, [2023] 9781681377278 (DLC) 2022021683 |
| ISBN |
9781681377261 paperback |
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1681377268 paperback |
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9781681377278 electronic book |
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