Matta in America : paintings and drawings of the 1940s / exhibition curators, Elizabeth A.T. Smith, Colette Dartnall ; essays by Elizabeth A.T. Smith and Colette Dartnall, William Rubin.

Main entry:

Matta, 1912-2002.

Title & Author:

Matta in America : paintings and drawings of the 1940s / exhibition curators, Elizabeth A.T. Smith, Colette Dartnall ; essays by Elizabeth A.T. Smith and Colette Dartnall, William Rubin.

Publication:

Description:

88 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Exhibition held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Sept. 30, 2001-Jan. 6, 2002, Miami Art Museum, Florida, Mar. 22-June 2, 2002, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, July 13-Oct. 20, 2002.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 82-86).
"Crushed Jewels, Air, Even Laughter": Matta in the 1940s / Elizabeth A.T. Smith and Colette Dartnall -- A Personal Note on Matta in America / William Rubin -- Plates.

Summary:

This catalogue focuses on work produced by the Chilean-born artist Roberto Sebastian Matta from 1939-1948 when he lived in exile in New York. Matta, who has spent most of his life living and working in Europe, occupies a unique and pivotal place in the history of American art of this period. Of all the surrealists in exile in New York during these years, Matta formed the closest links with American artists of his own generation and served as a catalytic force in communicating ideas about surrealist processes and relating to the development of a new language of abstract painting. Matta in America includes full-color illustrations of approximately twenty paintings and twenty drawings made during the artist's American sojourn. An essay tracing the development in the 1940s of Matta's work and highlighting his interactions with other artists of the period is complemented by an essay by art historian William Rubin. Originally written for the Centre Georges Pompidous's 1985 Matta monograph, Rubin's essential text, "Matta in the United States: A Personal Note," has never before been published in English.

ISBN:

0933856717
9780933856714

Subject:

Matta, 1912-2002 Exhibitions.
Matta Echaurren, Roberto Sebastián, 1911- Expositions.
Matta, 1912-2002

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition publications.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Smith, Elizabeth A. T., 1958-
Dartnall, Colette.
Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Miami Art Museum.
Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, Ill.)

Holdings:

Location: Library photo collection 277858
Call No.: PHCON2002:0016:093:035
Status: Available

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