{"product_id":"paul-chan-odysseus-and-the-bathers-hardcover","title":"Paul Chan: Odysseus and the Bathers - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Chan\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist), \u003cb\u003eAlexandra Pappas\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eDimitris Daskalopoulos\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat makes Odysseus such a contemporary character even after 2,000 years? Why is the quality that Homer attributes to him (\u003ci\u003epolytropos\u003c\/i\u003e, which loosely translates as \"cunning\" or \"many-sided\") so evocative of questions that bind art and reason, creativity and ethics, freedom and conformity? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eOdysseus and the Bathers\u003c\/i\u003e documents the 2018 eponymous exhibition by the internationally acclaimed artist Paul Chan (born 1973) at the Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens, Greece. Inspired by the \"polytropic\" nature of Odysseus, Chan has created a body of work he calls \"breathers\" kinetic sculptures that are unlike anything else in contemporary art. An essay by Chan explores the concept and history of \u003ci\u003epolytropos\u003c\/i\u003e and its relationship to what Marcel Duchamp called \"the creative act.\" This book also features an essay by curator Sam Thorne, a conversation between Nikolaos Stampolidis, Director of the Museum of Cycladic Art, and Elina Kountouri, Director of NEON, on the notion of \"polytropism,\" and fragments by the pre-Socratic philosopher Parmenides, newly translated by classicist Alexandra Pappas, which illuminate how Odysseus' \"cunning\" echoes traditions of thinking in ancient philosophy.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.7 x 6.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 19, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769831751968,"sku":"9781943263219","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/04ac561196bf41f8acc49e086a3352e6.webp?v=1780357908","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/paul-chan-odysseus-and-the-bathers-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}