Gego : the architecture of an artist / edited by Ulrike Groos, Philip Kurtz, Stefanie Reisinger and Kerstin Thomas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gego, artist.

Contributor:

Groos, Ulrike, editor.

Kurz, Philip, editor.

Reisinger, Stefanie, editor.

Thomas, Kerstin, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gego--Exhibitions.

Gego.

Art, Venezuelan--20th century--Exhibitions.

Art, Venezuelan.

Drawing, Venezuelan--20th century--Exhibitions.

Drawing, Venezuelan.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

219 pages : chiefly illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 27 cm

Distribution:

United Kingdom : Central Books, [2022]

Place of Publication:

Leipzig : Spector Books, [2022]

Summary:

The artist Gego studied architecture and engineering at the TH Stuttgart (Institute of Technology) from 1932 to 1938, before she was forced to emigrate to Venezuela because of her Jewish roots. In 1956, when she began working as an artist, she wrote to her former professor Paul Bonatz: "Even though I may have been lost to architecture and was unable to master life through it, it has shaped me, certainly to some extent. Even unhappy loves are of great value and have their effect." A few years later, MoMA in New York purchased its first piece by the artist. Today, Gego is one of the best-known artists in Latin America. Conceptual as well as practical considerations of architecture and space-forming processes have always remained at the heart of her artistic exploration. Her method of design has been influenced, above all, by material, technical, aesthetic, and urbanistic questions. This book is published in conjunction with the exhibit Gego. The Architecture of an Artist, which presents a permanent loan of 100 works from the Fundación Gego at the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart with a special focus on the artist's graphic work. -- Cover.

Contents:

Forward / Ulrike Groos, Philip Kurz, Kerstin Thomas

Gego. The Architecture of an Artist / Stefanie Reisinger

Gego's Sense of the Elsewhere / Maristella Casciato

Gego in Caracas / Hannia Ǵomez

Gertrude Goldschmidt inter artes- Sonia Sanoja's Dance Performance Cuerdas, simple medida (Coreogego) / Sabine Mainberger

Gego's Curriculum (1932-1938) / Stefanie Resinger

Two Sides of the Same Coin. The TH Stuttgart and the Bauhaus

Stroke-Harching-Parallel Lines

"Taller Gego."

Notes:

"This catalog is published in conjunction with the exhibition Gego. The architecture of an artist, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, 19 February - 10 July 2022." -- title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

On the occasion of an exhibition held at the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, February 19 - July 10, 2022.

ISBN:

9783959055628

3959055625

OCLC:

1314286755