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Niki de Saint Phalle (Hardcover)
Zurcher Kunstgesellschaft, Kunsthaus Zurich, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt; Text written by Christoph Becker, Bice Curiger, …
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R1,055
Discovery Miles 10 550
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Her sensual Nanas-buxom, colorful female figures laid the
foundation for her international success beyond the art world: Niki
de Saint Phalle. But the self-taught artist's creative spectrum is
much broader, and her unconventional oeuvre, ranging from painting
and drawing to assemblages, performances, theatre, film, and
architecture, is more subversive and critical of society than is
widely assumed. Based on her efforts to process her own feelings,
she addressed social and political issues, critically questioning
institutions and role models in ways that are as relevant today as
they have ever been. The exhibition and the publication shed new
light on the artist's exceptional personality and uncover the
wide-ranging oeuvre of the popular outsider-that is always
surprising and eccentric, emotional, dark and brutal, humorous and
cheerful.
Ottilie W. Roederstein, born to German parents in Zurich in 1859,
was one of the leading painters in the German-speaking world during
her lifetime. She also enjoyed early recognition in Paris. As one
of the few women of her time, she successfully dedicated her entire
life to art and led an unconventional but respected existence in
Germany together with her partner, the gynecologist Elisabeth H.
Winterhalter. Although Roederstein's early work adhered to the
conventions of the academy, the painter increasingly opened herself
up to other currents in her more mature work and in the 1920s found
her way to an austere, objective visual vocabulary. Despite her
international reputation as a portraitist and painter of still
lifes, Roederstein fell into oblivion almost immediately after her
death in 1937. Now, after several decades, the Kunsthaus Zürich
and the Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main are presenting the
first monographic show of her work, accompanied by this
comprehensive catalogue. EXHIBITIONS: Zurich Art Gallery December
4, 2020–April 5, 2021 Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main May
19–September 6, 2021
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Matisse - Metamorphoses (Paperback)
Kunsthaus Zurich; Contributions by Sandra Gianfreda, Claudine Grammont, Gaku Kondo, Bärbel Küster, …
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R1,054
Discovery Miles 10 540
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Henri Matisse (1869-1954) is adored worldwide as a revolutionary
painter and loved for his collages, or papiers découpés, the
icons of his late work. His paintings and drawings for a long time
overshadowed his achievements as a sculptor. Yet his Back Series,
four bas-reliefs showing a nude, created between 1908 and 1930, are
widely recognised as a milestone in modern sculpture. Starting out
from the naturalistic depiction, Matisse gradually transformed it
to reach a radically abstracted figure. Each of the four original
plaster casts represents a decisive moment of this artistic
process. This transformative process has parallels in Matisse's
painting and drawing. Published in conjunction with a major
exhibition at Kunsthaus Zürich marking the artist's 150th
anniversary, this is the first book to explore the relation between
metamorphosis and feedback in both main fields of the artist's
work. Documents of his diverse sources of inspiration for his
sculptures - photographs of nudes, examples from African and
ancient art - as well as images featuring Matisse at work as
sculptor, round out this volume. It is a welcome addition to any
art library, highlighting the llesser known side of this modern
master. Text in French.
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Matisse - Metamorphoses (Paperback)
Kunsthaus Zurich; Contributions by Sandra Gianfreda, Claudine Grammont, Gaku Kondo, Bärbel Küster, …
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R1,055
Discovery Miles 10 550
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Henri Matisse (1869-1954) is adored worldwide as a revolutionary
painter and loved for his collages, or papiers découpés, the
icons of his late work. His paintings and drawings for a long time
overshadowed his achievements as a sculptor. Yet his Back Series,
four bas-reliefs showing a nude, created between 1908 and 1930, are
widely recognised as a milestone in modern sculpture. Starting out
from the naturalistic depiction, Matisse gradually transformed it
to reach a radically abstracted figure. Each of the four original
plaster casts represents a decisive moment of this artistic
process. This transformative process has parallels in Matisse's
painting and drawing. Published in conjunction with a major
exhibition at Kunsthaus Zürich marking the artist's 150th
anniversary, this is the first book to explore the relation between
metamorphosis and feedback in both main fields of the artist's
work. Documents of his diverse sources of inspiration for his
sculptures - photographs of nudes, examples from African and
ancient art - as well as images featuring Matisse at work as
sculptor, round out this volume. It is a welcome addition to any
art library, highlighting the lesser known side of this modern
master.
Ottilie W. Roederstein, born to German parents in Zurich in 1859,
was one of the leading painters in the German-speaking world during
her lifetime. She also enjoyed early recognition in Paris. As one
of the few women of her time, she successfully dedicated her entire
life to art and led an unconventional but respected existence in
Germany together with her partner, the gynecologist Elisabeth H.
Winterhalter. Although Roederstein's early work adhered to the
conventions of the academy, the painter increasingly opened herself
up to other currents in her more mature work and in the 1920s found
her way to an austere, objective visual vocabulary. Despite her
international reputation as a portraitist and painter of still
lifes, Roederstein fell into oblivion almost immediately after her
death in 1937. Now, after several decades, the Kunsthaus Zürich
and the Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main are presenting the
first monographic show of her work, accompanied by this
comprehensive catalogue. EXHIBITIONS: Zurich Art Gallery December
4, 2020–April 5, 2021 Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main May
19–September 6, 2021
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's move from Dresden to Berlin in 1911 marked
a turning point in his art. Under the influence of the most modern
metropolis in Europe, during the years between 1912 and 1915 the
artist created works whose exaggerated and condensed styl e could
be regarded as a true metaphor for the attitude to life during the
early years of the twentieth century. During this time of rapid
change the capital of the German Empire promised progress and
countless opportunities, but also danger and profound e xistential
fear. The city was not only the centre of industry, which continued
to grow unchecked, but also of increasing motorised traffic and,
with three million inhabitants, it was the biggest "city of
tenement blocks" in Europe. But Berlin was also the metropolis of
the arts, of hedonism, prostitution and accordingly of a sexuality
that could be lived to the full as never before. Berlin vibrated
with challenging energy and intellectual challenges. In this
melting pot of opportunities and risks Kirchner c reated pictures
of breathless, existential directness which he launched unerringly
at the conventions of the Wilhelminian age. The main area of focus
of the publication will lie on this dialectic and the resulting
tension. It will reproduce Kirchner's grea test masterpieces, and
in order to demonstrate the profound changes in his style, a
representative selection of his early works from Dresden will also
be shown alongside the paintings, drawing s and prints from the
time in Berlin.
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