Optic Nerve
- 208 stránek
- 8 hodin čtení
An Argentinian woman obsessed with art conflates personal events from her life in Buenos Aires with fascinating episodes from art history, refracting her personality through the canvases she studies
Maria Gainza Knihy
María Gainza je argentinská autorka, která svými texty proniká do hlubin umění a jeho vztahu k lidské zkušenosti. Její práce, oceňované pro svou analytickou ostrost a poetický styl, zkoumá, jak vizuální umění formuje naše vnímání světa a sebe sama. Gainza se zaměřuje na propletenost historie, paměti a identity v uměleckých dílech, čímž čtenářům nabízí nové pohledy na umělecký svět. Její debut v oblasti beletrie získal uznání kritiky a představuje poutavý vstup do světa jejích literárních zkoumání.
"In the Buenos Aires art world, a master forger has achieved legendary status. Rumored to be a woman, she specializes in canvases by the painter Mariette Lydis, a portraitist of Argentinean high society. But who is this absurdly gifted creator of counterfeits? What motivates her? And what is her link to the community of artists who congregate, night after night, in a strange establishment called the Hotel Melancólico? On the trail of this mysterious forger is our narrator, an art critic and auction house employee through whose hands counterfeit works have passed. As she begins to take on the role of art-world detective, adopting her own methods of deception and manipulation, she warns us 'not to proceed in expectation of names, numbers or dates... My techniques are those of the impressionist.' "-- Amazon.com
