Becoming CoBrA : Anfänge einer europäischen Kunstbewegung = beginnings of a European art movement / herausgegeben von Christina Bergemann, Inge Herold, Johan Holten.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bergemann, Christina, Editor.

Herold, Inge, 1962- Editor.

Holten, Johan, Editor.

Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Host institution.

Standardized Title:

Becoming CoBrA (Deutscher Kunstverlag)

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Cobra (Association)--History--Exhibitions.

Cobra (Association).

Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--Europe--Exhibitions.

Avant-garde (Aesthetics).

Europe.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

History.

Physical Description:

247 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 28 cm

Other Title:

Anfänge einer europäischen Kunstbewegung

Beginnings of a European art movement

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Deutscher Kunstverlag ; Mannheim : Kunsthalle Mannheim, [2023]

Language Note:

Parallel texts in German and English.

Summary:

CoBrA is considered one of the most influential international avant-garde movements of the twentieth century. The motifs and themes of its art are counterimages to the decisive experience of World War II. They are rooted in questioning and searching for forms of free art that celebrate spontaneous expression intended to introduce a cultural renewal. This publication offers insights into the creative cosmos of CoBrA before its founding. It shows how a network of artists and collectives formed even prior to 1948 whose diversity of motifs and artistic experiments express the rebellion and optimism of a young avant-garde at the dawn of a new era. -- Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

Foreword / Johan Holten

Introduction: After us, liberty? / Christina Bergemann

Becoming CoBrA: Timeline

CoBrA: An avant-garde of peace and war / Mathias Listl

Becoming CoBrA: Denmark / Mathias Listl

"Cobra is a form of art which heads towards childhood...with the means available to adults." / Inge Herold

Becoming CoBrA: Belgium, France, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Sweden, Scotland, Hungary / Inge Herold

Art without borders: liberated forms, living materials, and interdisciplinary experiments before CoBrA / Christina Bergemann

Interpersonal expression: the women artists of CoBrA / Karen Kurczynski

Becoming CoBrA: the Netherlands / Christina Bergemann

List of works

Biographies / Christina Bergemann

Notes:

"This catalogue is published on the occasion of the exhibition ... at the Kunsthalle Mannheim from November 19, 2022 to March 5, 2023"--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

On the occasion of an exhibition held at Kunsthalle Mannheim, November 19, 2022 - March 5, 2023.

ISBN:

9783422990913

3422990917

OCLC:

1354299568

Publisher Number:

9783422990913