Less is a bore : maximalist art & design / editor, Jenelle Porter ; organized by Jenelle Porter, guest curator, with Jeffrey De Blois, assistant curator.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Porter, Jenelle, curator, editor, writer of added commentary.

Goldin, Amy, writer of added commentary.

Auther, Elissa, writer of added commentary.

De Blois, Jeffrey, curator.

Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston, Mass.), host institution.

Class of 1953 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decoration and ornament in art.

Decoration and ornament in art--Exhibitions.

Decorative arts--Exhibitions.

Decorative arts.

Color in design.

Art and design.

Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954. Works--Selections.

Matisse, Henri.

Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Design.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Less is a bore : maximalist art and design

Maximalist art & design

Maximalist art and design

Place of Publication:

Boston : Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, [2019]

Summary:

"Less Is a Bore: Maximalist Art & Design' is a multigenerational survey of strategies of pattern and decoration in art and design. Borrowing its ethos from Robert Venturi's infamous retort to Mies van der Rohe's modernist edict "less is more", it includes works that privilege decoration and maximalism over modernism's "ornament as crime" philosophy. The catalog begins in the 1970s with artists who sought to rattle the dominance of modernism and minimalism, such as those affiliated with Pattern & Decoration. 'Less Is a Bore' includes experiments in patterning by Sanford Biggers, Jasper Johns and Miriam Schapiro; the transgressive sculpture and furniture of Lucas Samaras and Ettore Sottsass; and the installations of Polly Apfelbaum, Nathalie du Pasquier and Virgil Marti. Also included are works by Roger Brown, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Jeffrey Gibson, Valerie Jaudon, Joyce Kozloff, Robert Kushner, Ellen Lesperance, Sol LeWitt, Howardena Pindell, Lari Pittman, Pae White and Betty Woodman, among others"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Maximalism now! / Jenelle Porter

Matisse and decoration: the late cut-outs / Amy Goldin

Warhol, wallpaper, and contemporary installation art / Elissa Auther.

Notes:

"This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition Less is a bore: maximalist art & design at The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, June 26-September 22, 2019"--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.

ISBN:

9780997253849

0997253843

OCLC:

1089221617