Marcelin Pleynet
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Marcelin Pleynet was born in Lyon
, France
in 1933. Writer, essayist, poet, he was Managing Editor of the influential magazine Tel Quel
from 1962 to 1982, and co-edits the journal L'Infini
(Gallimard) with Philippe Sollers
. He was Professor of Aesthetics at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts in Paris
from 1987 to 1998. He has published numerous monographs on 20th-century art, notably Situation de l’art moderne: Paris-New York (in association with William Rubin), Henri Matisse, Robert Motherwell: La vérité en peinture, Les Modernes et la tradition, Les États-Units de la peinture and L’art abstrait. He has also published books of poetry and the novel Prise d’otage, and an edition of Giorgione et les deux Vénus.
Lyon
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, France
France
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in 1933. Writer, essayist, poet, he was Managing Editor of the influential magazine Tel Quel
Tel Quel
Tel Quel was an avant-garde magazine for literature, founded in 1960 in Paris by Philippe Sollers and Jean-Edern Hallier.-Overview:...
from 1962 to 1982, and co-edits the journal L'Infini
L'Infini
L'Infini is a French journal for literature, founded in 1983 in Paris by Philippe Sollers as a follow up of the magazine Tel Quel.The magazine was first published by Éditions Denoël but later on by Gallimard....
(Gallimard) with Philippe Sollers
Philippe Sollers
Philippe Sollers is a French writer and critic. In 1960 he founded the avant garde journal Tel Quel , published by Seuil, which ran until 1982...
. He was Professor of Aesthetics at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
from 1987 to 1998. He has published numerous monographs on 20th-century art, notably Situation de l’art moderne: Paris-New York (in association with William Rubin), Henri Matisse, Robert Motherwell: La vérité en peinture, Les Modernes et la tradition, Les États-Units de la peinture and L’art abstrait. He has also published books of poetry and the novel Prise d’otage, and an edition of Giorgione et les deux Vénus.
Essays
- Le savoir-vivre, Gallimard, 2006
- Alechinsky le pinceau voyageur, Gallimard, 2002
- Rothko et la France, L'épure Eds, 1999
- Rimbaud en son temps, Gallimard, 2005
- Judit Reigl, L'insolite-Adam Biro, 2001
- Les voyageurs de l'an 2000, Gallimard, 2000
- Poésie et "révolution", la révolution du style, Pleins Feux Eds, 2000
- Chardin - Le sentiment et l'esprit du temps, L'épure Eds, 1999
- Rothko et la France, L'épure Eds, 1999
- Notes sur le motif suivi de La Dogana, Dumerchez Naoum, 1998
- Lautréamont, Seuil, 1998
- L'homme habite poétiquement, Actes Sud, 1998
- Une saison, Dumerchez Naoum, 1996
- Henri Matisse, Gallimard, 1993
- Les modernes et la tradition, Gallimard, 1990
- L'Art abstrait, tome 5 (avec Michel Ragon), Adrien Maeght, 1988
- New-York Series, les sculptures en cire de Félix Rozen, galerie Gary, Paris, 1979/88
- Les Etats-Unis de la peinture, Seuil, 1986
- Fenêtre sur le Japon, exhibition of Félix Rozen, Central color Paris, 1986
- La place de Félix Rozen dans l'art contemporain (Situation pièce, Centre d'Action Culturelle, Saint Brieux, text read by the author), 1984
- Painting and System, Univ of Chicago, 1984
- Modernism-Modernity and the Philosophy of History, NSCAD Univ Press, 1983/2004
Poetry
- Le Pontos, Gallimard, 2002
- Premières poésies, Cadex, 1988
- Fragments du choeur - vers et proses, Denoël, 1984
- Le propre du temps, Gallimard, 1995
- Stanze, Seuil, 1973
Novels
- Prise d'otage, Gallimard 1986
- La vie à deux ou à trois, Gallimard, 1992