Edvard Munch. A Poem of Life, Love and Death

Edvard Munch. A Poem of Life, Love and Death, utgiven av Thames & Hudson, sätter Edvard Munchs konst i ett helt nytt perspektiv. Den omfattande boken innehåller mer än 100 olika verk av Munch, inklusive några av hans mest kända målningar och skisser, såväl som mindre kända tryck – dessutom finns exempel på konstnärens oväntade försök till litterär gestaltning! I boken ingår också sju essäer som gräver djupare i Munchs filosofiska och vetenskapliga tänkesätt.

Published to accompany a major exhibition at the Musée d’Orsay, Edvard Munch: A Poem of Life, Love and Death presents about a hundred works—paintings, drawings, prints, and engraved blocks—reflecting the diversity of Munch’s practice. Seven essays explore the artist in his philosophical and scientific milieu and the places that shaped the man and his art, as well as offering a rare glimpse of Munch’s attempts at creative writing. They also examine the historical evolution of his monumental Frieze of Life series and the world-famous Scream. This publication invites readers to revisit the painter’s work in its entirety by following the thread of an ever-inventive pictorial thinking: a vision that is both fundamentally coherent, even obsessive, and at the same time constantly renewed.