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Sophie Taeuber-Arp : living abstraction / edited by Anne Umland and Walburga Krupp with Charlotte Healy ; additional contributions by Laura Braverman [and 14 others].

Fine Arts Library N7153.T33 A4 2021
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Umland, Anne, editor.
Krupp, Walburga, editor.
Healy, Charlotte, editor.
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution.
Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, host institution.
Tate Modern (Gallery), host institution.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Taeuber-Arp, Sophie, 1889-1943--Exhibitions.
Taeuber-Arp, Sophie.
Taeuber-Arp, Sophie, 1889-1943.
Art, Abstract--20th century--Exhibitions.
Art, Abstract.
Art, Abstract--Switzerland--Exhibitions.
Decorative arts--20th century--Exhibitions.
Decorative arts.
Switzerland.
Genre:
Exhibition catalogs.
Physical Description:
351 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Other Title:
Living abstraction
Place of Publication:
New York : The Museum of Modern Art, [2021]
Summary:
"Published to accompany the first retrospective of Sophie Taeuber-Arp's work in the United States in 40 years, Sophie Taeuber-Arp: Living Abstraction presents a comprehensive survey of this multifaceted innovator's wide-ranging body of work and establishes unequivocally her place in the pantheon of 20th-century abstract art. Taeuber-Arp's background in the applied arts and dance, her involvement in the Zurich Dada movement, and her projects for architectural spaces were essential to her development of a uniquely versatile and vibrant abstract vocabulary. Through her artistic output and various professional alliances, Taeuber-Arp consistently challenged the historically constructed boundaries separating fine art from craft and design. This richly illustrated catalogue explores the artist's interdisciplinary and cross-pollinating approach to abstraction through some four hundred works, including textiles, beadwork, polychrome marionettes, architectural and interior designs, stained-glass windows, works on paper, paintings, and relief sculptures." -- Publisher's description
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Applied Arts, 1915-29
Beautiful, Perfect Things: Sophie Taeuber-Arp's Early Applied-Arts Career / Walburga Krupp
The Many Dimensions of Sophie Taeuber-Arp's Beaded Bags / T'ai Smith
Activating Form: The Ball Costumes / Natalia Sidlina
Plates
ch. 2 Dada, 1916-20
The Choreographic Imaginary: Between Expressionist Dance and Visual Abstraction / Mark Franko
Interplay of the Arts on Stage: The King Stag Marionettes and Stage Sets / Medea Hoch
Object, Mask, Abstraction: The Heads / Leah Dickerman
ch. 3 Architecture and Interiors, 1926-35
Color as Material: The Strasbourg Interiors / Michael White
The Art of Modern Living: Architecture and Interiors from Clamart to Berlin / Juliet Kinchin
Between Portfolio and Archive: The Presentation Album / Jana Teuscher
ch. 4 Abstraction and Artists' Groups, 1929-39
Balancing Act / Briony Fer
Abstraction in Two and Three Dimensions / Eva Reifert
Safeguarding Abstraction: The Journal Plastique / Adrian Sudhalter
ch. 5 Landscapes and Cityscapes, 1921-42
Sophie Taeuber-Arp's Camera Peripatetica / Maria Gough
ch. 6 Art in Wartime, 1939-43
Drawing without End / Jodi Hauptman
Planning and Precision: Sophie Taeuber-Arp's Working Methods / Annie Wilker
Chronology / Walburga Krupp
Checklist of the Exhibition / Walburga Krupp.
Notes:
Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at Kunstmuseum Basel, 19th March-20th June 2021; Tate Modern, London, 13th July-17th October 2021; and The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 21st November 2021-12th March 2022.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 340-344) and index.
Contains:
Taeuber-Arp, Sophie, 1889-1943. Works. Selections.
ISBN:
9781633451070
1633451070
OCLC:
1233311074
Publisher Number:
MoMA 2481

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