Julije Knifer : collages for meanders / edited by Cay Sophie Rabinowitz ; essays by Christian Rattemeyer and Zvonko Maković.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rabinowitz, Cay Sophie, editor.

Rattemeyer, Christian, contributor.

Maković, Zvonko, 1947- contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Collage.

Art, Croatian--20th century.

Art, Croatian.

Geometry in art.

Art, Abstract.

Knifer, Julije.

Knifer, Julije--Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

159 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Collages for meanders

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : OSMOS Books, 2022.

Summary:

"Croatian artist Julije Knifer (1924-2004) is recognized as one of the most prominent artists related to concrete art after 1945, as well as a founding member of the 1960s art collective known as the Gorgona Group. Over a career spanning five decades, Knifer developed a singularly restrained practice focusing on the variation of a single visual motif: the meander. Knifer's meanders have been interpreted differently depending on the period in which they appeared: first in the context of geometric abstraction and neo-constructivism of the "New Tendencies" of the 1960s. Today, they are more often understood as a gesture of resistance, with their asceticism and interest in the absurdism of anti-art and the neo avant-garde. This book focuses on a group of collages, produced in the late 1950s and early 1960s, that illustrates the development of the meander motif at a pivotal moment in Knifer's career"-- Amazon.

Contents:

Julije Knifer collages for meanders / Christian Rattemeyer

Untitled collages, 1959-1961 / Julije Knifer

Duration without purpose / Zvonko Maković.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contains:

Knifer, Julije. Works. Selections.

ISBN:

0991660862

9780991660865

OCLC:

1232148734

Publisher Number:

99993833565