Vasarely : in the labyrinth of modernism / editor, Martin Engler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Engler, Martin, editor.

Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut Frankfurt am Main, host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vasarely, Victor, 1906-1997--Exhibitions.

Vasarely, Victor.

Vasarely, Victor, 1906-1997.

Local Subjects:

Vasarely, Victor, 1906-1997.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

249 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm

Other Title:

In the labyrinth of modernism

Place of Publication:

Vienna : Verlag für moderne Kunst, [2018]

Summary:

Victor Vasarely's artistic oeuvre spans more than six decades. Born in 1906, he experienced, shaped and processed widely differing styles and influences of interbellum and post-war modernism. Today he merits rediscovery as one of the key artist figures of the twentieth century, whose pictorial language is still in use in many areas today. Thanks to the rapid spread of his multiples, Vasarely was omnipresent. Yet his popularity also made them available to the point of tedium. The more successful the artist, the more commonplace his art - which, tragically, led to the loss of its uniqueness. By the time he died in 1997, both his own popularity and that of Op Art had become obsolete. The comprehensive retrospective at the Städel Museum foregrounds Vasarely's painting oeuvre. In the process, we encounter not only a completely different and more complex artist, but also gain a new perspective on twentieth-century modernism.--Städel Museum website.

Notes:

In conjunction with an exhibition held at Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, September 26, 2018 - January 13, 2019.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-244).

Contains:

Vasarely, Victor, 1906-1997. Works. Selections

ISBN:

9783903228597

3903228591

9783941399853

3941399853

9783903228603

3903228605

9783941399846

3941399845

OCLC:

1059473023

Publisher Number:

9783903228597