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Where is the space for dreaming in the twenty-first century? Lofty thoughts, like dreams, are born and live overhead, just as they have been represented in Renaissance paintings and modern cartoons. Ceilings are often repositories of stories, events and otherwise invisible oneiric narratives. Yet environments that inspire innovative thinking are dwindling as our world(...)
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Where is the space for dreaming in the twenty-first century? Lofty thoughts, like dreams, are born and live overhead, just as they have been represented in Renaissance paintings and modern cartoons. Ceilings are often repositories of stories, events and otherwise invisible oneiric narratives. Yet environments that inspire innovative thinking are dwindling as our world(...)
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Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
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August 2019
August 2019
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Ceilings and dreams: the architecture of levity
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Where is the space for dreaming in the twenty-first century? Lofty thoughts, like dreams, are born and live overhead, just as they have been represented in Renaissance paintings and modern cartoons. Ceilings are often repositories of stories, events and otherwise invisible oneiric narratives. Yet environments that inspire innovative thinking are dwindling as our world confronts enormous challenges, and almost all of our thinking, debating and decision-making takes place under endless ceiling grids. Quantitative research establishes that spaces with taller ceilings elicit broader, more creative thoughts. Today, ceilings are usually squat conduits of technology: they have become the blind spot of modern architecture. The twenty essays in this book look across cultures, places and ceilings over time to discover their potential to uplift the human spirit. Not just one building element among many, the ceiling is a key to unlock the architectural imagination.
Ceilings and dreams: the architecture of levity
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Where is the space for dreaming in the twenty-first century? Lofty thoughts, like dreams, are born and live overhead, just as they have been represented in Renaissance paintings and modern cartoons. Ceilings are often repositories of stories, events and otherwise invisible oneiric narratives. Yet environments that inspire innovative thinking are dwindling as our world confronts enormous challenges, and almost all of our thinking, debating and decision-making takes place under endless ceiling grids. Quantitative research establishes that spaces with taller ceilings elicit broader, more creative thoughts. Today, ceilings are usually squat conduits of technology: they have become the blind spot of modern architecture. The twenty essays in this book look across cultures, places and ceilings over time to discover their potential to uplift the human spirit. Not just one building element among many, the ceiling is a key to unlock the architectural imagination.
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August 2019
August 2019
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Architectural Theory
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''How to read architecture'' is based on the fundamental premise that reading and interpreting architecture is something we already do, and that close observation matters. This book enhances this skill so that given an unfamiliar building, you will have the tools to understand it and to be inspired by it. Author Paulette Singley encourages you to misread, closely read,(...)
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''How to read architecture'' is based on the fundamental premise that reading and interpreting architecture is something we already do, and that close observation matters. This book enhances this skill so that given an unfamiliar building, you will have the tools to understand it and to be inspired by it. Author Paulette Singley encourages you to misread, closely read,(...)
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How to read architecture: an introduction to interpreting the the built environment
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''How to read architecture'' is based on the fundamental premise that reading and interpreting architecture is something we already do, and that close observation matters. This book enhances this skill so that given an unfamiliar building, you will have the tools to understand it and to be inspired by it. Author Paulette Singley encourages you to misread, closely read, conventionally read, and unconventionally read architecture to stimulate your creative process. This book explores three essential ways to help you understand architecture: reading a building from the outside-in, from the inside-out, and from the position of out-and-out, or formal, architecture. Using examples and case studies that span a wide range of historical and global precedents, Singley addresses the complex interaction among the ways a building engages its context, addresses its performative exigencies, and operates as an autonomous aesthetic object.
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''How to read architecture'' is based on the fundamental premise that reading and interpreting architecture is something we already do, and that close observation matters. This book enhances this skill so that given an unfamiliar building, you will have the tools to understand it and to be inspired by it. Author Paulette Singley encourages you to misread, closely read, conventionally read, and unconventionally read architecture to stimulate your creative process. This book explores three essential ways to help you understand architecture: reading a building from the outside-in, from the inside-out, and from the position of out-and-out, or formal, architecture. Using examples and case studies that span a wide range of historical and global precedents, Singley addresses the complex interaction among the ways a building engages its context, addresses its performative exigencies, and operates as an autonomous aesthetic object.
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July 2019
July 2019
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Thinking through material
Thinking through material
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When does the idea for the materiality of an architecture arise? What role does the context and its character play? Does the typology have an effect on the material formulation of buildings? What relevance does the function have for the choice of a material? Is the aging ability of materials taken into account in the design? And can light be understood as material? These(...)
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When does the idea for the materiality of an architecture arise? What role does the context and its character play? Does the typology have an effect on the material formulation of buildings? What relevance does the function have for the choice of a material? Is the aging ability of materials taken into account in the design? And can light be understood as material? These(...)
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Thinking through material
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When does the idea for the materiality of an architecture arise? What role does the context and its character play? Does the typology have an effect on the material formulation of buildings? What relevance does the function have for the choice of a material? Is the aging ability of materials taken into account in the design? And can light be understood as material? These and other questions characterize the process of designing buildings for craftmans. The models and drawings of the designs alternate with the contributions by the architects Andreas Bründler, Piero Bruno and Thomas Kröger and are as readable in connection with them as they are independent of what is written.
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When does the idea for the materiality of an architecture arise? What role does the context and its character play? Does the typology have an effect on the material formulation of buildings? What relevance does the function have for the choice of a material? Is the aging ability of materials taken into account in the design? And can light be understood as material? These and other questions characterize the process of designing buildings for craftmans. The models and drawings of the designs alternate with the contributions by the architects Andreas Bründler, Piero Bruno and Thomas Kröger and are as readable in connection with them as they are independent of what is written.
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December 2018
December 2018
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Materials and Lighting
Materials and Lighting
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The Mother
The Mother
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Inspired by real events and centring on the figure of Pelageya Vlasova -- the "mother" of the title -- and her son Pavel, Gorky's masterpiece describes the brutal life of ordinary Russian factory workers in the years leading to the 1905 Revolution and explores the rise of the proletariat, the role of women in society and the lower classes' struggle for self-affirmation.
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Inspired by real events and centring on the figure of Pelageya Vlasova -- the "mother" of the title -- and her son Pavel, Gorky's masterpiece describes the brutal life of ordinary Russian factory workers in the years leading to the 1905 Revolution and explores the rise of the proletariat, the role of women in society and the lower classes' struggle for self-affirmation.
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The Mother
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Inspired by real events and centring on the figure of Pelageya Vlasova -- the "mother" of the title -- and her son Pavel, Gorky's masterpiece describes the brutal life of ordinary Russian factory workers in the years leading to the 1905 Revolution and explores the rise of the proletariat, the role of women in society and the lower classes' struggle for self-affirmation.
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Inspired by real events and centring on the figure of Pelageya Vlasova -- the "mother" of the title -- and her son Pavel, Gorky's masterpiece describes the brutal life of ordinary Russian factory workers in the years leading to the 1905 Revolution and explores the rise of the proletariat, the role of women in society and the lower classes' struggle for self-affirmation.
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December 2015
December 2015
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Literature and poetry
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La maison brûle. De menace lointaine, la crise du climat est devenue une urgence absolue. Pourquoi n'agit-on pas? Que faut-il faire pour éteindre le feu une fois pour toutes? Naomi Klein défend depuis longtemps le projet d'un New Deal vert, une profonde transformation de l'économie pour combattre de front les bouleversements climatiques et les inégalités sociales. À(...)
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La maison brûle. De menace lointaine, la crise du climat est devenue une urgence absolue. Pourquoi n'agit-on pas? Que faut-il faire pour éteindre le feu une fois pour toutes? Naomi Klein défend depuis longtemps le projet d'un New Deal vert, une profonde transformation de l'économie pour combattre de front les bouleversements climatiques et les inégalités sociales. À(...)
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La maison brûle : plaidoyer pour un New Deal vert
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La maison brûle. De menace lointaine, la crise du climat est devenue une urgence absolue. Pourquoi n'agit-on pas? Que faut-il faire pour éteindre le feu une fois pour toutes? Naomi Klein défend depuis longtemps le projet d'un New Deal vert, une profonde transformation de l'économie pour combattre de front les bouleversements climatiques et les inégalités sociales. À l'heure où montent les eaux et la haine, Klein démontre que seul un programme audacieux et radical pourrait inciter les gens à se battre pour leur vie pendant qu'il est encore temps.
La maison brûle : plaidoyer pour un New Deal vert
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La maison brûle. De menace lointaine, la crise du climat est devenue une urgence absolue. Pourquoi n'agit-on pas? Que faut-il faire pour éteindre le feu une fois pour toutes? Naomi Klein défend depuis longtemps le projet d'un New Deal vert, une profonde transformation de l'économie pour combattre de front les bouleversements climatiques et les inégalités sociales. À l'heure où montent les eaux et la haine, Klein démontre que seul un programme audacieux et radical pourrait inciter les gens à se battre pour leur vie pendant qu'il est encore temps.
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October 2019
October 2019
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Green Architecture
Green Architecture
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De la plus-value dans l’art
De la plus-value dans l’art
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Ces deux essais du théoricien et critique allemand Diedrich Diederichsen abordent la question du marché de l'art, de son explosion spéculative et de ce qui le relie aux évolutions structurelles du capitalisme tardif. Il revient sur les catégories marxiennes de "plus-value" et de "production" afin d'interroger le processus singulier de constitution de la valeur des oeuvres(...)
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Ces deux essais du théoricien et critique allemand Diedrich Diederichsen abordent la question du marché de l'art, de son explosion spéculative et de ce qui le relie aux évolutions structurelles du capitalisme tardif. Il revient sur les catégories marxiennes de "plus-value" et de "production" afin d'interroger le processus singulier de constitution de la valeur des oeuvres(...)
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De la plus-value dans l’art
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Ces deux essais du théoricien et critique allemand Diedrich Diederichsen abordent la question du marché de l'art, de son explosion spéculative et de ce qui le relie aux évolutions structurelles du capitalisme tardif. Il revient sur les catégories marxiennes de "plus-value" et de "production" afin d'interroger le processus singulier de constitution de la valeur des oeuvres d'art. En s'inscrivant dans le sillage des analyses développées par la Théorie critique, Diederichsen propose une réflexion particulièrement décapante et stimulante sur la création artistique contemporaine, sur ce qui la relie et la différencie des gestes avant-gardistes et modernistes, ainsi que sur les industries culturelles.
De la plus-value dans l’art
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Ces deux essais du théoricien et critique allemand Diedrich Diederichsen abordent la question du marché de l'art, de son explosion spéculative et de ce qui le relie aux évolutions structurelles du capitalisme tardif. Il revient sur les catégories marxiennes de "plus-value" et de "production" afin d'interroger le processus singulier de constitution de la valeur des oeuvres d'art. En s'inscrivant dans le sillage des analyses développées par la Théorie critique, Diederichsen propose une réflexion particulièrement décapante et stimulante sur la création artistique contemporaine, sur ce qui la relie et la différencie des gestes avant-gardistes et modernistes, ainsi que sur les industries culturelles.
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September 2019
September 2019
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Art Theory
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Caliban et la sorcière
Caliban et la sorcière
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Silvia Federici revisite ce moment particulier de l'histoire qu'est la transition entre le féodalisme et le capitalisme, en y introduisant la perspective propre à l'histoire des femmes. Elle nous invite à réfléchir aux rapports d'exploitation et de domination, à la lumière des bouleversements introduits à l'issue du Moyen Âge. Un monde nouveau naissait, privatisant les(...)
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Silvia Federici revisite ce moment particulier de l'histoire qu'est la transition entre le féodalisme et le capitalisme, en y introduisant la perspective propre à l'histoire des femmes. Elle nous invite à réfléchir aux rapports d'exploitation et de domination, à la lumière des bouleversements introduits à l'issue du Moyen Âge. Un monde nouveau naissait, privatisant les(...)
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Caliban et la sorcière
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Silvia Federici revisite ce moment particulier de l'histoire qu'est la transition entre le féodalisme et le capitalisme, en y introduisant la perspective propre à l'histoire des femmes. Elle nous invite à réfléchir aux rapports d'exploitation et de domination, à la lumière des bouleversements introduits à l'issue du Moyen Âge. Un monde nouveau naissait, privatisant les biens autrefois collectifs, transformant les rapports de travail et les relations de genre. Ce nouveau monde, où des millions d'esclaves ont posé les fondations du capitalisme moderne, est aussi le résultat d'un asservissement systématique des femmes. La transition vers le capitalisme faisait de la modernité une affaire de discipline. Discipline des corps féminins dévolus à la reproduction, consumés sur les bûchers comme autant de signaux terrifiants, torturés pour laisser voir leur mécanique intime, anéantis socialement. Discipline des corps d'esclaves, servis au mouvement d'accaparement des ressources du Nouveau Monde pour la fortune de l'ancien. Le capitalisme contemporain présente des similitudes avec son violent passé. Ce qu'on a décrit comme barbarie et dont aurait su triompher le siècle de la raison est constitutif de ce mode de production : l'esclavage et l'anéantissement des femmes n'étaient pas fortuits, mais une nécessité à l'accumulation de richesse.
Caliban et la sorcière
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Silvia Federici revisite ce moment particulier de l'histoire qu'est la transition entre le féodalisme et le capitalisme, en y introduisant la perspective propre à l'histoire des femmes. Elle nous invite à réfléchir aux rapports d'exploitation et de domination, à la lumière des bouleversements introduits à l'issue du Moyen Âge. Un monde nouveau naissait, privatisant les biens autrefois collectifs, transformant les rapports de travail et les relations de genre. Ce nouveau monde, où des millions d'esclaves ont posé les fondations du capitalisme moderne, est aussi le résultat d'un asservissement systématique des femmes. La transition vers le capitalisme faisait de la modernité une affaire de discipline. Discipline des corps féminins dévolus à la reproduction, consumés sur les bûchers comme autant de signaux terrifiants, torturés pour laisser voir leur mécanique intime, anéantis socialement. Discipline des corps d'esclaves, servis au mouvement d'accaparement des ressources du Nouveau Monde pour la fortune de l'ancien. Le capitalisme contemporain présente des similitudes avec son violent passé. Ce qu'on a décrit comme barbarie et dont aurait su triompher le siècle de la raison est constitutif de ce mode de production : l'esclavage et l'anéantissement des femmes n'étaient pas fortuits, mais une nécessité à l'accumulation de richesse.
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March 2017
March 2017
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Critical Theory
Critical Theory
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In the 1930s the Russian avant-garde project was declared alien and harmful to the work of building socialism, and much of it ended up in storage. For many years thereafter, socialist realism was the established style in the country. Only in the second half of the 1950s did artists of the new generation get the chance to see works by the heroes of the avant-garde,(...)
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In the 1930s the Russian avant-garde project was declared alien and harmful to the work of building socialism, and much of it ended up in storage. For many years thereafter, socialist realism was the established style in the country. Only in the second half of the 1950s did artists of the new generation get the chance to see works by the heroes of the avant-garde,(...)
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Russian Avant-garde: Pioneers and direct descendants
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In the 1930s the Russian avant-garde project was declared alien and harmful to the work of building socialism, and much of it ended up in storage. For many years thereafter, socialist realism was the established style in the country. Only in the second half of the 1950s did artists of the new generation get the chance to see works by the heroes of the avant-garde, igniting a new phase in the development of the original ideas of Malevich, Tatlin and El Lissitzky.
Russian Avant-garde: Pioneers and direct descendants
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In the 1930s the Russian avant-garde project was declared alien and harmful to the work of building socialism, and much of it ended up in storage. For many years thereafter, socialist realism was the established style in the country. Only in the second half of the 1950s did artists of the new generation get the chance to see works by the heroes of the avant-garde, igniting a new phase in the development of the original ideas of Malevich, Tatlin and El Lissitzky.
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October 2019
October 2019
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Current Exhibitions
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Collecting writings from artists, theorists and artist residency facilitators, “Contemporary Artist Residencies” examines the present role of the residency for artists and the international art ecosystem. With a range of discussions on the continuously evolving role of residencies in our political and historical moment, the book also examines residencies’ varied attempts(...)
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Collecting writings from artists, theorists and artist residency facilitators, “Contemporary Artist Residencies” examines the present role of the residency for artists and the international art ecosystem. With a range of discussions on the continuously evolving role of residencies in our political and historical moment, the book also examines residencies’ varied attempts(...)
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Contemporary artist residencies: reclaiming time and space
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Collecting writings from artists, theorists and artist residency facilitators, “Contemporary Artist Residencies” examines the present role of the residency for artists and the international art ecosystem. With a range of discussions on the continuously evolving role of residencies in our political and historical moment, the book also examines residencies’ varied attempts at “reclaiming time and space” for artistic practice while serving as nodes for collaboration, research, and critical thinking—not to mention a crucial and sought-after means of promoting artists’ career development and the international circulation of their work. The book features contributions by Pascal Gielen, Livia Alexander, Nathalie Anglès, Helmut Batista and Taru Elfving, among others. The latest of Valiz’s “Antennae” series of books designed by Metahaven, “Contemporary Artist Residencies” helps to fill the surprising gap in books about how and why residencies function in today’s art world.
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Collecting writings from artists, theorists and artist residency facilitators, “Contemporary Artist Residencies” examines the present role of the residency for artists and the international art ecosystem. With a range of discussions on the continuously evolving role of residencies in our political and historical moment, the book also examines residencies’ varied attempts at “reclaiming time and space” for artistic practice while serving as nodes for collaboration, research, and critical thinking—not to mention a crucial and sought-after means of promoting artists’ career development and the international circulation of their work. The book features contributions by Pascal Gielen, Livia Alexander, Nathalie Anglès, Helmut Batista and Taru Elfving, among others. The latest of Valiz’s “Antennae” series of books designed by Metahaven, “Contemporary Artist Residencies” helps to fill the surprising gap in books about how and why residencies function in today’s art world.
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June 2019
June 2019
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Art Theory
Art Theory
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With a rigorous approach and self-imposed limitations to both scale and composition, Tomma Abts (b. 1967) has reinvigorated painterly abstraction and its relevance within contemporary art. Using a fixed canvas size and a vertical format, Abts deploys basic formal elements such as arcs, circles, planes, and stripes to create powerful works that are at once subtle and(...)
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With a rigorous approach and self-imposed limitations to both scale and composition, Tomma Abts (b. 1967) has reinvigorated painterly abstraction and its relevance within contemporary art. Using a fixed canvas size and a vertical format, Abts deploys basic formal elements such as arcs, circles, planes, and stripes to create powerful works that are at once subtle and(...)
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With a rigorous approach and self-imposed limitations to both scale and composition, Tomma Abts (b. 1967) has reinvigorated painterly abstraction and its relevance within contemporary art. Using a fixed canvas size and a vertical format, Abts deploys basic formal elements such as arcs, circles, planes, and stripes to create powerful works that are at once subtle and eccentric. This extraordinary book, designed in collaboration with the artist herself, is a substantial and deeply insightful treatment of her career to date and features sixty works made over the past decade. Essays not only contextualize Abts’s work within an art-historical framework of methods, process, and style, but also examine her paintings’ philosophical and psychological dimensions and their embodiment of a creative process that transcends the specifics of any particular work.
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With a rigorous approach and self-imposed limitations to both scale and composition, Tomma Abts (b. 1967) has reinvigorated painterly abstraction and its relevance within contemporary art. Using a fixed canvas size and a vertical format, Abts deploys basic formal elements such as arcs, circles, planes, and stripes to create powerful works that are at once subtle and eccentric. This extraordinary book, designed in collaboration with the artist herself, is a substantial and deeply insightful treatment of her career to date and features sixty works made over the past decade. Essays not only contextualize Abts’s work within an art-historical framework of methods, process, and style, but also examine her paintings’ philosophical and psychological dimensions and their embodiment of a creative process that transcends the specifics of any particular work.
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August 2018
August 2018
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Contemporary Art Monographs
Contemporary Art Monographs
