书名：Beatriz Gonzalez: Art Says Things That History Cannot / 比阿特丽斯·冈萨雷斯：艺术言说历史无法言说之事
定价：420.0
ISBN：9783791394022
作者：Lotte Johnson , Diego Chocano
版次：1
出版时间：2026-03

内容提要：

书名：Beatriz González: Art Says Things That History Cannot / 比阿特丽斯·冈萨雷斯：艺术言说历史无法言说之事
作者：Lotte Johnson (Editor), Diego Chocano (Editor)
出版：Prestel，2026年
装帧：精装，304页
语种：英文
尺寸：约 24.0 × 27.5 cm (9.4 × 10.8 in)

这本里程碑式的专著追溯了哥伦比亚艺术家比阿特丽斯·冈萨雷斯六十年来对图像、权力和记忆的大胆激进重构。配合她在欧洲最大规模回顾展，这本展览图录呈现了100多件作品和300幅图像。冈萨雷斯通过解构报纸图像、西方艺术史和宗教圣像，创造了一种大胆、图形化的视觉语言。其早期代表作《西斯卡自杀者》（1965）将悲剧新闻照片转化为充满活力的风格化绘画，而后来的《肯尼迪》（1971）和《室内装饰》（1981）则将家具、壁纸和公共空间转变为政治记忆的载体。冈萨雷斯以讽刺、温柔和反抗的姿态，回应当代艺术家对她跨代影响力的反思贯穿全书，是理解其独特视觉语言的重要著作。

This landmark monograph traces six decades of Colombian artist Beatriz González's bold and radical reimagining of images, power, and memory through expressive satirical painting, sculptural assemblage, and large-scale public interventions. Coinciding with her largest European retrospective to date, this striking exhibition catalog presents more than 100 works and 300 images, capturing a body of work that is urgent, unflinching, and deeply original. González dismantles visual hierarchies by reworking images from newspapers, Western art history, and religious iconography into a bold, graphic language all her own. Her iconic early series of paintings The Sisga Suicides (1965) reinterprets a newspaper photograph of tragedy through vibrant stylization, while later pieces—such as Kennedy (John Fitzgerald... (1971) and Interior Decoration (1981)—transform furniture, wallpaper, and public space into sites of political memory. Across each phase of her career, González addresses recurring violence in Colombia, the legacies of colonialism, and the displacement of Indigenous communities with a blend of satire, tenderness, and defiance. Richly illustrated and rigorously researched, this book situates González's work within the history of Colombia while revealing how profoundly her practice resonates across global contexts. Reflections from contemporary artists punctuate the chapters, underscoring her influence across generations.