Curtis, Penelope, author.

The pliable plane : the wall as surface in sculpture and architecture, 1945-75 / Penelope Curtis.

First edition.

[England] : Mack, [2022]
©2022

143 pages : illustrations (color and black and white) ; 24 cm

"In 'The Pliable Plane', Penelope Curtis traces the ways sculpture infiltrated architecture over the post-war period, identifiying the wall as a particular locus of intersection. Studying a series of diverse examples including bomb shelters, caves, war memorials, and public buildings, Curtis considers overlooked spaces and surfaces of coalescence in place of familiar pairings or dichotomies. This lucid history encompasses the wartime development of materials sucah as concrete, the discovery of the Lascaux Caves, the rise of relief art, and figures including Henry Moore, Anni Albers, Jorge Oteiza, Constantino Nivola, and Jacques Tati. Moving from the curves of Moore's war-time drawings through the bold surfaces of Marcel Breuer and Paul Rudolph and on to the optical shine of mid-town Manhattan and Minimalism, 'The Pliable Plane' suggest a more elastic way of thinking about the wall, understanding it as a surface as much as support, and arguing that this very pliability is central to the entwined development of both sculpture and architecure in the twentieth century"-- Bookjacket.

1913620840 (paperback)
9781913620844 (paperback)

Walls.
Walls in art.
Sculpture.
Art, Modern 20th century.
Murs.
Murs dans l'art.
Art 20e siècle.
walls.
Art, Modern

Location: Library main 317014
Call No.: 317014
Copy: 1
Status: Available