Melbourne City of Literature
Fizzles: Existentialism and Pop Art Collide
Melbourne Rare Book Week
Event Date:
25 July 2024 12:30 PM to 25 July 2024 01:30 PM
Author / Presenters:
Susan Millard
Event Venue:
Leigh Scott Room, 1st floor, Baillieu Library
Event Organiser:
Archives and Special Collections, The University of Melbourne
Join a discussion by experts around the iconic collaboration between Irish writer Samuel Beckett and American artist Jasper Johns. This beautiful artist book Foirades/Fizzles delves into themes of duality, contradiction, disintegration and the demise of artistic expression. See Fizzles and other Beckett material in the exhibition in the adjacent gallery.
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