Bois, Yve-Alain, <br/><br/>
Formless :  a user's guide / 
Yve-Alain Bois, Rosalind E. Krauss. 
 - 296 pages :  illustrations (some colour) ;  29 cm 
<br/><br/> Catalog of an exhibition held May 21-Aug. 26, 1996, at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-287) and index. 
<br/><br/> Preface --  Introduction: The Use Value of "Formless" --  Base Materialism --  Abattoir --  Base Materialism --  Cadaver --  Dialectic --  Entropy --  Figure --  Horizontality --  Gestalt --  Horizontality --  Isotropy --  Jeu Lugubre --  Kitsch --  Liquid Words --  Pulse --  "Moteur!" --  No to. the Informel --  No to. Joseph Beuys --  Olympia --  Part Object --  Pulse --  Entropy --  Qualities (Without) --  Ray Guns --  Sweats of the Hippo --  Threshole --  Uncanny --  Very Slow --  Water Closet --  X Marks the Spot --  Yo-yo --  Zone --  Conclusion: The Destiny of the Informe. 
<br/><br/> Explores the concept of the formless  in twentieth century art. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0942299434 9780942299434 0942299442 9780942299441 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>96049170 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Bataille, Georges--Criticism and interpretation.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Art, Modern--20th century--Exhibitions
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>N6488.F8  / P316813 1997 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>709.04