Poetry and Time

Max Neumann is a German artist who has worked with many poets over the years to create a visual vocabulary that is dark, compulsive, and forceful. His paintings have accompanied the work of Cees Nooteboom, Seamus Heaney, Fernando Pessoa, and László Krasznahorkai, among many others. In Poetry and Time, Neumann's haunting images are accompanied by a lyrical and penetrating text from poet Joachim Sartorius, who explores the realities of transience and mortality at the center of poems and considers examples from Dickinson, Rilke, and Shakespeare. Sartorius' ruminations complement Neumann's series of thirty poignant paintings, making this volume an extraordinarily rare and exquisite book.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 72 pages
\n Publication date: 02 July 2019
\n Publisher: Seagull Books London Ltd
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For nearly half a century, the German artist Max Neumann has dedicated himself to the creation, refinement, and elaboration of a visual language that is dark, compulsive, and forceful. A lifelong collaborator, Neumann's paintings have accompanied the work of numerous renowned writers, including Cees Nooteboom, Seamus Heaney, Fernando Pessoa, and László Krasznahorkai.

In his book "Poetry and Time," Neumann's haunting images are accompanied by a lyrical and insightful text by poet Joachim Sartorius. Sartorius observes that a certain silence lies at the core of poems, stating, "They know what it is they do, but do not say it." He delves into this mystery, exploring examples from Dickinson, Rilke, and Shakespeare, among others, and examines the realities of transience and mortality at the center of poems. Sartorius's ruminations beautifully complement Neumann's series of thirty poignant paintings, making this volume an extraordinarily rare and exquisite treasure.

\n Weight: 408g\n
Dimension: 224 x 223 x 12 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780857426550\n \n