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No book on the emergence of Los Angeles, today a metropolis of more
than four million people, has been more influential or elusive than
this volume by Anton Wagner. Originally published in German in 1935
as Los Angeles: Werden, Leben und Gestalt der Zweimillionenstadt in
Sudkalifornien, it is one of the earliest geographical
investigations of a city understood as a series of layered
landscapes. Wagner demonstrated that despite its geographical
disadvantages, Los Angeles grew rapidly into a dominant urban
region, bolstered by agriculture, real estate development,
transportation infrastructure, tourism, the oil and automobile
industries, and the film business. Although widely reviewed upon
its initial publication, his book was largely forgotten until
reintroduced by architectural historian Reyner Banham in his 1971
classic Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies. This
definitive translation is annotated by Edward Dimendberg and
preceded by his substantial introduction, which traces Wagner's
biography and intellectual formation in 1930s Germany and
contextualizes his work among that of other geographers. It is an
essential work for students, scholars, and curious readers
interested in urban geography and the rise of Los Angeles as a
global metropolis.
Kurt Schwitters was a major protagonist in the histories of modern
art and literature, whose response to the contradictions of modern
life rivals that of Marcel Duchamp in its importance for artists
working today. His celebrated Merz pictures--collaged and assembled
from the scrap materials of popular culture and the debris of the
studio, such as newspaper clippings, wood, cardboard, fabric, and
paint--reflect a lifelong interest in collection, fragmentation,
and abstraction, techniques he also applied to language and graphic
design. As the first anthology in English of the critical and
theoretical writings of this influential artist, Myself and My Aims
makes the case for Schwitters as one of the most creative thinkers
of his generation. Including material that has never before been
published, this volume presents the full range of his prolific
writing on the art and attitudes of his time, joining existing
translations of his children's stories, poetry, and fiction to give
new readers unprecedented access to his literary imagination. With
an accessible introduction by Megan R. Luke and elegant English
translations by Timothy Grundy, this book will prove an exceptional
resource for artists, scholars, and enthusiasts of his art.
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