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Inventing Abstraction, 1910-1925 : how a radical idea changed modern art / Leah Dickerman ; with contributions by Matthew Affron ... [et al.].

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: New York : Museum of Modern Art : Distributed in the United States and Canada by Artbook/D.A.P., c2012.Description: 376 p., [2] folded plates : col. ill. ; 32 cmISBN:
  • 9780870708282
  • 0870708287
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 709.04
LOC classification:
  • N6494 .A2 D53 2012
Contents:
Inventing abstraction / Leah Dickerman -- Pablo Picasso : the CadaqusÌ experiment / Yve-Alain Bois -- Colors and games : music and abstraction, 1909 to 1912 / David Lang -- Vasily Kandinsky, without words / Leah Dickerman -- Mr. Kupka among verticals / Lanka Tattersall -- On the move / Hubert Damisch -- Abstraction chez Delaunay / Gordon Hughes -- Contrasts of colors, contrasts of words / Matthew Affron -- LoÌpold Survage's paper cinema / Jodi Hauptman -- With color / Rachael Z. Delue -- Francis Picabia : abstraction and sincerity / Michael R. Taylor -- Fernand LgÌer : metallic sensations / Matthew Affron -- Giacomo Balla : the most luminous abstraction / Ester Coen -- Parole in libert Ì/ Jodi Hauptman -- Music, noise, and abstraction / Christoph Cox -- Vorticism : planetary abstraction / Matthew Gale -- Painting stripped bare / David Joselit -- Decoration and abstraction in Bloomsbury / Matthew Affron -- Against the circle / Rachael Z. Delue -- Early Russian abstraction, as such / Masha Chlenova -- 0.10 / Masha Chlenova -- Piet Mondrian : toward the abolition of form / Yve-Alain Bois -- 3 De Stijl models / Yve-Alain Bois -- The spatial object / Maria Gough -- The language of revolution / Maria Gough -- Sense and non-sense / Hal Foster -- Danced abstraction : Rudolf von Laban / Mark Franko -- Danced abstraction : Mary Wigman / Mark Franko -- The color grid / Lanka Tattersall -- The abstract environment / Maria Gough -- Early abstraction in Poland / Jaroslaw Suchan -- White shadows : photograms around 1922 / Susan Laxton -- Rhythmus 21 and the genesis of filmic abstraction / Philippe-Alain Michaud -- The absolute film / Anton Kaes -- Concrete abstraction / Peter Galison -- Abstraction in 1936 : Barr's diagrams / Glenn D. Lowry -- Abstraction in 1936 : Cubism and abstract art at the Museum of Modern Art / Leah Dickerman.
Summary: In 1912, in several European cities, a handful of artists--Vasily Kandinsky, Frantisek Kupka, Francis Picabia, and Robert Delaunay--presented the first abstract pictures to the public. The Inventing Abstraction catalogue, published to accompany an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, celebrates the centennial of this bold new type of artwork. It traces the development of abstraction as it moved through a network of modern artists, sweeping across nations and across media. This richly illustrated publication covers a wide range of artistic production--including paintings, drawings, books, sculptures, film, photography, sound poetry, atonal music, and non-narrative dance--to draw a cross-media portrait of these watershed years. An introductory essay by Leah Dickerman, Curator in the Museum's Department of Painting and Sculpture, is followed by focused studies of key groups of works, events, and critical issues in abstractions early history by renowned scholars from a variety of fields.
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Book Book NMC Library Stacks N6494 .A2 D53 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001271732

Catalog of an exhibition held Dec. 23, 2012-Apr. 15, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Organized by Leah Dickerman.

Inventing abstraction / Leah Dickerman -- Pablo Picasso : the CadaqusÌ experiment / Yve-Alain Bois -- Colors and games : music and abstraction, 1909 to 1912 / David Lang -- Vasily Kandinsky, without words / Leah Dickerman -- Mr. Kupka among verticals / Lanka Tattersall -- On the move / Hubert Damisch -- Abstraction chez Delaunay / Gordon Hughes -- Contrasts of colors, contrasts of words / Matthew Affron -- LoÌpold Survage's paper cinema / Jodi Hauptman -- With color / Rachael Z. Delue -- Francis Picabia : abstraction and sincerity / Michael R. Taylor -- Fernand LgÌer : metallic sensations / Matthew Affron -- Giacomo Balla : the most luminous abstraction / Ester Coen -- Parole in libert Ì/ Jodi Hauptman -- Music, noise, and abstraction / Christoph Cox -- Vorticism : planetary abstraction / Matthew Gale -- Painting stripped bare / David Joselit -- Decoration and abstraction in Bloomsbury / Matthew Affron -- Against the circle / Rachael Z. Delue -- Early Russian abstraction, as such / Masha Chlenova -- 0.10 / Masha Chlenova -- Piet Mondrian : toward the abolition of form / Yve-Alain Bois -- 3 De Stijl models / Yve-Alain Bois -- The spatial object / Maria Gough -- The language of revolution / Maria Gough -- Sense and non-sense / Hal Foster -- Danced abstraction : Rudolf von Laban / Mark Franko -- Danced abstraction : Mary Wigman / Mark Franko -- The color grid / Lanka Tattersall -- The abstract environment / Maria Gough -- Early abstraction in Poland / Jaroslaw Suchan -- White shadows : photograms around 1922 / Susan Laxton -- Rhythmus 21 and the genesis of filmic abstraction / Philippe-Alain Michaud -- The absolute film / Anton Kaes -- Concrete abstraction / Peter Galison -- Abstraction in 1936 : Barr's diagrams / Glenn D. Lowry -- Abstraction in 1936 : Cubism and abstract art at the Museum of Modern Art / Leah Dickerman.

In 1912, in several European cities, a handful of artists--Vasily Kandinsky, Frantisek Kupka, Francis Picabia, and Robert Delaunay--presented the first abstract pictures to the public. The Inventing Abstraction catalogue, published to accompany an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, celebrates the centennial of this bold new type of artwork. It traces the development of abstraction as it moved through a network of modern artists, sweeping across nations and across media. This richly illustrated publication covers a wide range of artistic production--including paintings, drawings, books, sculptures, film, photography, sound poetry, atonal music, and non-narrative dance--to draw a cross-media portrait of these watershed years. An introductory essay by Leah Dickerman, Curator in the Museum's Department of Painting and Sculpture, is followed by focused studies of key groups of works, events, and critical issues in abstractions early history by renowned scholars from a variety of fields.

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