{"product_id":"claude-and-francois-xavier-lalanne-kathleen-m-morris-9780300250848","title":"Claude and Francois-Xavier Lalanne: Nature Transformed","description":"\u003cb\u003eA beautifully illustrated, concise critical analysis of the art, careers, and reception of the husband-wife team of artists known as Les Lalanne\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fran輟is-Xavier (1927-2008) and Claude (1925-2019) Lalanne were a husband-wife team of artists who created inventive and often surprising works that have been widely admired and collected since the 1960s. This book presents a carefully selected group of sculptures that focus on a shared preoccupation of the artists: the transformation of natural forms to serve new purposes, such as Fran輟is-Xavier's giant grasshopper sculpture that opens into a bar and Claude's bench made of galvanized metal branches and vines such that it remains as much a forest as a place to sit. Critical analysis explores the full breadth of the artists' careers; considers the complex issues of reception and categorization of their work; and prompts a reevaluation of the place their art occupies in the context of art museums, all while encouraging readers to consider relationships among nature, art, and their own encounters with both. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDistributed for the Clark Art Institute \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExhibition Schedule: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eClark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e (May 8-October 31, 2021)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathleen M. Morris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300250843\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300250848\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Clark Art Institute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/21\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.50h x 8.80w x 0.40d","brand":"Kathleen M. Morris","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044652216575,"sku":"9780300250848","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_436375de-e3ab-400e-85de-a2aa2b8f38b8.jpg?v=1684974089","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/claude-and-francois-xavier-lalanne-kathleen-m-morris-9780300250848","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}