Gil J Wolman

Gil Joseph Wolman (7 September 1929, Paris – 3 July 1995, Paris) was a French filmmaker, artist, poet and writer. His work encompassed painting, poetry and film-making. He was a member of Isidore Isou's avant-garde Lettrist movement in the early 1950s, then becoming a central figure in the Lettrist International.

Works

• The Anticoncept, 1952, 60 min. Film.
• Wolman's sound poetry on UbuWeb

Publications

• Joseph Wolman, Les inhumations, suivi de Peinture dépeinte, Paris: Allia, 1995, 240 pp. [1]

Catalogues

• Gil J Wolman: art scotch 1963, eds. Sandro Ricaldone and Yan Ciret, Livorno: Galleria Peccolo, 2006, 39 pp. Catalogue. (Italian)/(French)
• Gil J Wolman. Sóc immortal i estic viu, ed. Clara Plasencia, Barcelona: MACBA, 2010. Incl. Frédéric Acquaviva, "Wolman, al descobert", pp 10-43; "Wolman, al descubierto", pp 146-166. [2]. Exhibition. (Catalan)/(Spanish)
  • Gil J Wolman. I Am Immortal and Alive, Barcelona: MACBA, 2010. Incl. Frédéric Acquaviva, "Wolman in the Open", pp 10-43. [3] (English)

Links

• Biography and works on Beinecke Postwar Culture
• Wikipedia