The Crisis of Modern Art and Contemporary
Figurative Expressionism Painting

Szeto Lap & Jin Guantao

Preface
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I
A Dialogue Between Art and Philosophy
The Crisis of Modern Art - Its Loss of Communicability
Does Artistic Truth Exist?
In Search of a New Direction
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II
Research on Figurative Expressionism Painting
Painting as an Intellectual Pursuit
Re-thinking the Principles of Phenomenological Painting
A Comparison Between the Art of Alberto Giacometti and Chinese Art
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III
The Artists
Trouble Moderne - André Derain and His Artistic World
Alberto Giacometti
Interview with Avigdor Arikha
The Choice of Sam Szafran
The Theme of Man - Interview with Raymond Mason
The Conscience of Time - The Art of Henri Cartier-Bresson
The Road to Subjective Reality - Paintings of Antonio López Gracía
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IV
Selection of Works

Avigdor Arikha Piero Guccione Philippe Pradalié

Jean-Michel Bacquet Dominique Gutherz Philippe Roman

Balthus Jacques Hartmann Jean-Baptiste Sécheret

Henri Cartier-Bresson Fred-André Holzer Sam Szafran

Tibor Csernus Jean Leyris Szeto Lap

Jean-François Debord Antonio López Gracía Jean-Max Toubeau

André Derain Luis Marsans Jacques Truphémus

Pierre Edouard Raymond Mason Xavier Valls

Pierre Faure Giorgio Morandi

Alberto Giacometti Zoran Music

Preface Ą@
I	A Dialogue Between Art and Philosophy The Crisis of Modern Art - Its Loss of Communicability Does Artistic Truth Exist? In Search of a New Direction Ą@
II	Research on Figurative Expressionism Painting Painting as an Intellectual Pursuit Re-thinking the Principles of Phenomenological Painting A Comparison Between the Art of Alberto Giacometti and Chinese Art Ą@
III	The Artists Trouble Moderne - André Derain and His Artistic World Alberto Giacometti Interview with Avigdor Arikha The Choice of Sam Szafran The Theme of Man - Interview with Raymond Mason The Conscience of Time - The Art of Henri Cartier-Bresson The Road to Subjective Reality - Paintings of Antonio López Gracía Ą@
IV	Selection of Works

Avigdor Arikha	Piero Guccione	Philippe Pradalié
Jean-Michel Bacquet	Dominique Gutherz	Philippe Roman
Balthus	Jacques Hartmann	Jean-Baptiste Sécheret
Henri Cartier-Bresson	Fred-André Holzer	Sam Szafran
Tibor Csernus	Jean Leyris	Szeto Lap
Jean-François Debord	Antonio López Gracía	Jean-Max Toubeau
André Derain	Luis Marsans	Jacques Truphémus
Pierre Edouard	Raymond Mason	Xavier Valls
Pierre Faure	Giorgio Morandi
Alberto Giacometti	Zoran Music