|
Showing 1 - 3 of
3 matches in All Departments
When Andrew Bick goes about his painting, then it is not only in
the spirit of creativity, but also in a rich actualization of art
history. Influenced above all by English Constructivism and System
Art, Bick has found his own style. The starting point of each work
is the grid. It structures the ground upon which Bick makes his
shapes dance. Some lines define boundaries in the painting process,
others are painted over, and sometimes the brush completely departs
from the drawing's guidelines and fills the pictorial space with
the voluminous quality of its color. This creates a multifaceted
interplay between order and freedom, painting and drawing, past and
present. The transitions are hardly noticeable, bringing the
extremes together and captivating the viewer. Languages: English
and German
The Swiss artist Heidi Bucher was a major feminist figure on the
international neoavantgarde art scene, whose work is characterized
by a unique performative, yet material concept of sculpture. As
early as the 1970s Bucher was experimenting with unusual materials
such as latex, breathing life into them. She would pour liquid
rubber onto surfaces and then pull it off again with great physical
force, literally coming to grips with the world of things she
experienced and pressing forward into psychological border zones.
By transforming materials in ways that were as radical as they were
sensual, she explored forms of human existence and how they are
embedded in societal and private power structures. This monograph
presents Bucher's oeuvre from her early days as a student in Zurich
in the 1940s, to her experimental phase in New York and Los Angeles
of the 1960s and 1970s, to her major works of "skinning"
architecture and people, all the way to the pieces she created
during her final years on Lanzarote.
|
Leon Polk Smith: Going Beyond Space
John Koegel, David M. Roche, Sabine Schaschl, Patterson Sims, Brandon Taylor, …
|
R1,286
Discovery Miles 12 860
|
Ships in 12 - 17 working days
|
From today's perspective, Leon Polk Smith's artistic position can
be understood as a "missing link" in art history. His work connects
the European avant-garde with the American abstraction of the
1940s/1950s via references to the paintings of Piet Mondrian.
Smith's pioneering role in the Hard-Edge style and his Shaped
Canvases are in turn achievements that spread from the US to
Europe. With his unique Constellations, Smith became known beyond
the borders of the US. In recent years, his work has gained new
visibility thanks to numerous exhibitions in the US. The solo show
at Museum Haus Konstruktiv in Zurich and the accompanying
publication are intended to contribute to the long overdue new
reception in Europe.
|
You may like...
Loot
Nadine Gordimer
Paperback
(2)
R398
R330
Discovery Miles 3 300
The Gallows
Pfeifer Brown, Travis Cluff, …
Blu-ray disc
R54
Discovery Miles 540
|