题 目：The Making of Rodin / 罗丹的制作

作 者：Nabila Abdel Nabi

出 版：TATE，2021

装 帧：精装，192页

语 种：英语

尺 寸：19*25.4 cm

与关于罗丹的新探讨一致，这本插图精美的精装展览图录聚焦于这位艺术家对石膏这一在他的创作过程中至关重要的材料的运用，同时也展现出了他对于创作从未完成且一直在转变的雕塑的兴趣。

一系列易碎、充满实验性的独特作品因它们共同的白色而被聚集于这本图录中，与罗丹一些代表作的另类方面、他的一系列素描和水彩画——它们的流动性与确定的形态与他的雕塑作品行云流水的表面有关——一起在书中得到探索。本书中的诸多新论文里包含来自雕塑家菲莉达·巴洛的独家贡献，这些论文将为我们揭示罗丹的创作方式、模型的重要性与摄影在他的创作中有着怎样的功能。有史以来第一次，罗丹被真正作为现代雕塑之父来呈现，其影响力是无可争辩且持续不断的。

奥古斯特·罗丹 (1840–1917) 是一位激进的雕塑家，他那与众不同的增长、聚拢工业化生产和成系列的复制方式对古典雕塑传统进行了挑战，并在艺术史中留下了一个鲜明的转折。尽管罗丹以他的青铜和大理石雕塑而闻名，他的天才之处在于模型制作之中，巧妙地用如粘土和石膏这样容易操作的材料来捕捉动态、情绪、光影和音量。他所储存的一些身体部位的石膏模型让他能够不断地试验、探索各种组合与姿势。与他的前辈们不同，他完成的作品中蕴含着创作过程的蛛丝马迹，从而挑战来传统的美学观念。

“多么罕见啊，一本被偶然发现的、宝贵却已经有些古旧的书——一个值得被珍藏的发现。我们惊觉罗丹思想与触觉间的联系一如既往的令人惊叹：石膏那苍白却饱含深意的力量被封藏于这一页页强有力的影像记录中，而这一切都被有效存档于这本内容饱满、装帧精美的精装书籍中。”

——菲莉达·巴洛，知名英国雕塑家

“这是献给二十一世纪的罗丹：激进，创新，势不可挡。”——Achim Borchardt-Hume, 泰特现代美术馆的展览和项目主管。

Nabila Abdel Nabi是泰特现代美术馆的国际艺术策展人。

Achim Borchardt-Hume是泰特现代美术馆的展览和项目主管。

In line with new thinking around Rodin, this beautifully illustrated book focuses specifically on the artist’s use of plaster, a material which was crucial to his process, but also demonstrates his interest in creating sculptures that are never finished, always becoming

Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) was a radical sculptor whose unorthodox approach to multiplication, assemblage, industrial production, and serial repetition challenged classical sculptural traditions and provided a definitive break in the history of art. Although he was best known for his bronze and marble sculptures, Rodin’s genius was as a modeler who captured movement, emotion, light, and volume in pliable materials such as clay and plaster. A stockpile of plaster body parts allowed him to experiment and explore infinite groupings and poses. Unlike his predecessors, his finished works include traces of their creation, challenging conventional conceptions of beauty. In line with new thinking around Rodin, this beautifully illustrated book focuses specifically on the artist’s use of plaster, a material which was crucial to his process, but also demonstrates his interest in creating sculptures that are never finished, always becoming.

United by the whiteness of their material, an array of fragile, experimental, and unique pieces will be explored alongside alternative aspects of some of Rodin’s signature works, and a selection of the artist’s drawings and watercolors—the fluidity and definitive form of which bear relation to the liquid surface of his sculptures. Including an exclusive contribution from sculptor Phyllida Barlow, newly commissioned texts will shed light on Rodin’s way of working, the importance of modeling, and the role of photography in his work. For the first time, Rodin is truly presented as the father of modern sculpture, with an influence that is indisputable and ongoing.