{"title":"Barbara Fédier","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"oracles-artists-calling-cards","title":"Oracles: Artists' Calling Cards","description":"\u003cp class=\"x1yc453h xma8rkl xgoqxah xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 x1xobyvs x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw xcy5tzr x1ht4adc xnvauns x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e“The soul is such an intangible thing, so often useless and sometimes so embarrassing, that its loss occasioned me slightly less emotion than if, while out for a walk, I had left behind my visiting card.” (Charles Baudelaire, \u003cem\u003eThe Generous Gambler\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x1yc453h xma8rkl xgoqxah xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 x1xobyvs x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw xcy5tzr x1ht4adc xnvauns x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x1yc453h xma8rkl xgoqxah xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 x1xobyvs x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw xcy5tzr x1ht4adc xnvauns x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWith this quote in mind, Patrick Frey embarked on a research project spanning three centuries of ephemera. Featuring 123 cards belonging to painters, sculptors, photographers, architects, graphic designers, and art historians, this materially abundant volume is the culmination of extensive iconographic research. Accompanied by an interactive platform hosted on Patrick Frey’s website, it invites readers to delve deeper into the history and visual language of these tiny multiples.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x1yc453h xma8rkl xgoqxah xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 x1xobyvs x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw xcy5tzr x1ht4adc xnvauns x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x1yc453h xma8rkl xgoqxah xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 x1xobyvs x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw xcy5tzr x1ht4adc xnvauns x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFar more than simple professional identifiers, calling cards reveal how artists chose to present themselves to their professional circles, offering glimpses into their public personas and their distinctive ways of “being-in-the-world”. Facsimile cards are loosely inserted throughout the volume, transforming the book into a kind of manually-assembled oracle. \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTogether, they trace not only the graphic evolution of the artist’s calling card, but also, more broadly, offer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a new way\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of looking at\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e the history of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e art, from Francisco\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Goya to Richard\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Prince.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Metabooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54057206415699,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1068\/8898\/6963\/files\/Oracles.png?v=1782055024"}],"url":"https:\/\/metabooks.art\/collections\/barbara-fedier.oembed","provider":"Metabooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}