Impressions de Kitaj La Novela Pintada (Inscribed by Kitaj to Colin St John Wilson and MJ Long)

Text in Spanish. Inscribed by Kitaj to Colin St John Wilson MJ Long: “For Sandy and MJ with love,  Kitaj”

Described by its author as “Fiction painting” or “fiction painting,” where words and images complement each other through a game of complicities, correspondences, and mutual reflections, Impresiones de Kitaj (The Painted Novel) is also an extraordinary dialogue between a painter and a novelist. R.B. Kitaj, one of the great painters of our time, reveals for the first time (even the illustrations, specially selected by the artist, frequently underscore the revealing detail) the fascinating plot of his art alongside his life in the vicissitudes and conflicts of his time, while the author of LARVA, Julián Ríos, tries to uncover what lies beyond masks and ghosts, to reveal the enigma of the painted image, and to open eyes to words — “in the beginning was the seeing… and the word.” To this end, three fictional characters sometimes extend the dialogue, introducing a counterpoint and dialectical critique. A totalizing and highly original work, where fiction, critique, autobiography, verbal music, and a mosaic of images come together, Impresiones de Kitaj is a book to “read between the lines and see between the images.” As indicated in its prologue, it opens new perspectives in both literature and the realm of art.

Condition: near fine.