书名：Forms of Enchantment: Writings on Art and Artists / 迷醉的形式：艺术与艺术家论集

作者：Marina Warner
出版社：Thames & Hudson，2018年
装帧：精装，288页
语种：英文
尺寸：约 16.3 x 23.9 cm
ISBN：978-0-5000-2146-0

简介

本书收录了英国著名作家、批评家玛丽娜·华纳（Marina Warner）的一系列引人入胜的艺术评论文章，展示了她独特的艺术写作方法。华纳认为，最有用的艺术写作应当分享其所探究对象的活力与激情。她通过探索艺术作品背后的故事和象征，捕捉视觉体验，尤其关注女性艺术家的内心世界。

华纳的评论视角主要源自人类学和神话学，而非传统的鉴赏学。她探讨了从十六世纪到二十一世纪的艺术创作，研究对象包括路易丝·布尔乔亚（Louise Bourgeois）、达米恩·赫斯特（Damien Hirst）、保拉·雷戈（Paula Rego）、塔西塔·迪恩（Tacita Dean）和希罗尼穆斯·博斯（Hieronymus Bosch）等艺术家。文章按主题分为四个部分：“在黑暗中游戏”、“感官的身体”、“幽灵技术”和“图像破坏”。

本书带领读者体验与观赏艺术本身同等的阅读享受，探讨了艺术如何发挥变革力量，并满足今天许多原本由宗教集会所满足的社会与伦理需求。该书于2024年3月推出平装版。

An anthology of compelling essays by Marina Warner, one of our pre-eminent writers and critics. Warner argues that art-writing at its most useful should share the dynamism, fluidity and passions of the objects of its enquiry. In this anthology, she captures the visual experience of the work of several artists - with a notable focus on the inner lives of women - through an exploration of the range of stories and symbols to which they allude. Metamorphosis features vividly in the imagery, stories and media of the art that Warner has chosen to write about: in connection with animals in the work of Louise Bourgeois, for instance; with the Catholicism of Damien Hirst; and with performance as a medium of memory and resistance in the installations of Joan Jonas. Rather than drawing on connoisseurship, the author's approach grows principally out of anthropology and mythology. The book is divided into four themed sections: Playing in the Dark, Bodies of Sense, Spectral Technologies, and Iconoclashes. With an introductory essay and illustrations throughout, Warner's writing unites the imagination of artist, writer and reader, creating a reading experience parallel to the intrinsic pleasure of looking at art.