| View Larger Image | I Send You this Cadmium Red | Hardcoverby John Berger (Author), John Christie (Author)
| List Price: | $49.95 | |
| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | Actar | | Page Count: | 256 Pages | | Publication Date: | October 15, 2000 | | Sales Rank: | 1,153,823st |
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Product Description
A book of correspondence between two highly talented friends-writer/critic/artist John Berger and filmmaker/artist John Christie-I Send You This Cadmium Red began in concept in February 1997, when Christie mused to Berger: "What could our next project be?" Berger replied: "Just send a color..." Soon after, a painted square of cadmium red crossed the English Channel, from Christie in London to Berger in France, and an amazing conversation began. The accompanying book reveals, in the form of letters, notes, small books, and drawings, their subsequent exchange of ideas on color-an visual odyssey that ranges from Matisse's blue to the blue of Yves Klein; from industrial brown anti-rust paint to Joseph Beuys' Braunkreuz, from mysterious cave paintings to Byzantine gold leaf. Unprecedented and engaging, aesthetically stunning and intellectually enlightening, I Send You This Cadmium Red both explores new 'ways of seeing' and provides a key to understanding the work of these two artists. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 4 reviews)
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Excellent by H. Strasberg (Brooklyn, NY)  5 Stars
January 07, 2009
This book makes a great gift for any artist or designer. The reproductions of the colors are good and the letters philosohizing about colors and art are great. It is such a complete and honest interest in these topics and a joy to read. Good as a coffee table book or one for the bedside. I couldn't put it down.
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Treasured Communication by Zoe (SW, New Mexico) 5 Stars
June 12, 2004
Sometimes a resonant voice leaps off a bookshelf and whispers promises. This book both whispered and sang to me and fulfilled my hunger eyes. I read it, leisurely in one sitting, but I can imagine going back to touch it or rather fondle it, again, and then again. Two voices, not as one, but as a seamless whole is what delighted me in finding "Send me a Cadmium Red" and caused a profound artful ripple in my otherwise quiet day. Colour excites, cadmium red excites twice over and if I could I would gather together my own loose threads and follow the course of these two fine friends and send a single swatch of colour that would stir them to respond.
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The Colors of Communication by Leslie Winakur (San Antonio, TX United States) 5 Stars
May 31, 2001
In this compilation of correspondence between two erudite artist/writers, the reader is allowed to eavesdrop on the communications of John Berger and John Christie. These are two real renaissance men, interested in everything and commenting on all to each other with such intelligence and candor that we are compelled to read further, taking joy in their knowledge of color, art history, bookmaking, and literature. The book is obviously put together with the input of the book artist, with covers and pages you must touch, luscious color, fold-outs, and lovely photographs of the hand written letters, the books, and even the envelopes that traveled between the two men. The insight into their personal lives and their friendship adds an irresistible dimension. This bok is a must for anyone interested in art in any form.
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The Golden Mean by Danilo Rojas (Barcelona , Spain) 5 Stars
March 18, 2001
Like a bee, under vibrating equilibrium and full of gold : thats the emotion felt after reading this colorfull-voices.
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