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ESSE 114 – Abstractions

$15.50

9×11.5″

128 pages

Bilingual: French-English

What makes, or doesn’t make, abstraction today? Long confined to formalist and self-referential imperatives, abstraction has gradually freed itself from the yoke of modernism to rediscover its evocative power. This dossier proposes to turn away from the dogma of Abstraction as a historical genre to consider its various plastic and semantic avenues. In this invitation to enter into abstraction, we propose to re-establish the dialogue between content and form, between the political and the poetic, in order to discuss works that evoke reality in a different way. Whether we identify them as abstract, non-figurative or non-objective, these works do tell us a story.

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Esse arts + opinions, published three times a year by Les éditions Esse, is a contemporary art magazine covering a wide range of art practices, including visual arts, performance arts, and digital arts, and all forms of socially engaged, site-specific, and performative intervention. It favours analyses that address art in relation to its context. Les éditions Esse regularly confirms its mandate to publish a socially engaged magazine by addressing ethical reflections and the major changes that result.

Each issue includes a thematic section complemented by a portfolio of artworks, a section of critical articles, columns, reviews of exhibitions or events, and a section presenting the activities of its advertising partners.

From time to time, Les éditions Esse also publishes books covering different art issues.