Francis Picabia : our heads are round so our thoughts can change direction / Anne Umland and Cathérine Hug ; with essays by George Baker [and 12 others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Umland, Anne, author.

Hug, Catherine, 1976- author.

Contributor:

Picabia, Francis, 1879-1953, artist.

Baker, George (George Thomas), 1970- writer of essay.

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution, issuing body.

Kunsthaus Zürich, host institution, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Picabia, Francis, 1879-1953--Exhibitions.

Picabia, Francis.

Picabia, Francis, 1879-1953.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

368 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : The Museum of Modern Art, New York ; Zürich : Kunsthaus Zürich, 2016.

Summary:

Among the great modern artists of the past century, Picabia is one of the most elusive, given his extreme eclecticism and persistent acts of self-contradiction. Though known as a Dadaist, Picabia's ongoing stylistic shifts, from Impressionism to radical abstraction, from mechanical imagery to pseudo-classicism, and from photo-based realism to art informel remain to be assessed in depth. Similarly, the breadth of his practice, which encompassed poetry, film and performance is under-recognized. Each makes him a figure relevant for contemporary artists, while the career as a whole challenges familiar narratives of modernism. Francis Picabia presents over 100 paintings, complemented by works on paper, publications, and film. Featuring some 500 illustrations and 14 essays, it examines the full range of Picabia's oeuvre.

Contents:

Foreword / Glenn D. Lowry and Christoph Becker

Acknowledgments / Anne Umland and Cathérine Hug

Francis Picabia: an introduction / Anne Umland

Francis Picabia, once removed / Gordon Hughes

The body after cubism / George Baker

War, exile, and the machine / Adrian Sudhalter

"I'm feeling somewhat better" / Juri Steiner

Picabia's worldliness / Briony Fer

Relâche and the music hall / Carole Boulbès

Francis "Funny Guy" Picabia and Entr'acte / Jean-Jacques Lebel

Art = Sun = Destruction / Aurélie Verdier

The secret recesses of Picabia's transparencies / Masha Chlenova

More powerful, more simple, more human painting / Bernard Marcadé

Francis Picabia's "war" / Michèle C. Cone

Painting, poetry, and impudent correspondence / Carole Boulbès

"The sacrilege of the points": Francis Picabia's quasi-monochromes and the return of dada / Arnauld Pierre

Jokes and their relation to modern art: Picabia's painting / David Joselit

Picabia after Picabia / Cathérine Hug

Pharamousse, funny guy, Picabia the loser: the life of Francis Picabia / Rachel Silveri

Checklist of the exhibition / Natalie Depêcher with Talia Kwartler.

Notes:

Published in conjunction with the exhibition held at the Kunsthaus Zürich, June 3-September 25, 2016, and at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, November 20, 2016-March 19, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-364).

ISBN:

9781633450035

1633450031

OCLC:

933720177