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Modernist Movements
Women
Pablo Picasso, Max Beckmann, Willem de Kooning
hATJe CAnTz
Text by elisabeth bronfen, siri hustvedt, Michael köhlmeier, richard shiff, uwe M. schneede, Carla
schulz-hoffmann, feridun zaimoglu.
the depictions and roles of women in the paintings of pablo picasso (1881–1973), max Beckmann (1884–1950)
and Willem de Kooning (1904–1997) typically give rise to conversations and presumptions about machismo
and misogyny. of course, these artists’ portrayals of women cannot be dismissed so easily, and in fact all
offer highly nuanced explorations of the theme. this publication explores their depictions of women as more
than painterly projections of male longing and desire, treating them as reflections of social and political conflicts
and upheavals. Contributions from art historians, sociologists and artists approach the figures of
women in these bodies of work from a variety of perspectives: for picasso, as a catalyst for a confrontation
with the artist’s own life and history; for Beckmann, as completely independent themes; and for de Kooning,
as the force that makes artistic expression itself possible.
978-3-7757-3267-3
Hbk, 9.25 x 11.75 in. / 348 pgs / 154 color.
U.S. $75.00 CDn $75.00
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Art of Another Kind: International
Abstraction and the Guggenheim,
1949–1960
GuGGenheIM MuseuM PubLICATIons
Text by Tracey bashkoff, Megan M. fontanella, Joan Marter.
the pioneering artists of the post–World War II era embraced artistic freedom
and gesture-based styles, nontraditional materials and countercultural
references. French art critic michel tapié even declared the existence of “un
art autre” (art of another kind)—an art that entailed a radical break with all
traditional notions of order and composition, in a movement toward something
wholly “other.” this catalogue accompanies the Solomon r. guggenheim
museum exhibition Art of Another Kind: International Abstraction and
the Guggenheim, 1949–1960, which especially highlights works that entered
into the collection during the tenure of then-director James Johnson
Sweeney. Featuring nearly 100 works by Carla accardi, pierre alechinsky,
Karel appel, martin Barré, Harry Bertoia, Louise Bourgeois, alberto Burri,
Sam Francis, grace Hartigan, asger Jorn, Yves Klein, Franz Kline, Willem de
Kooning, Conrad marca-relli, Kenzo okada, Jorge oteiza, Jackson pollock,
ad reinhardt, pierre Soulages, Clyfford Still, antoni tàpies, Jean tinguely,
Cy twombly, takeo Yamaguchi and Zao Wou-Ki, among others, this collection-based
exhibition and publication explore the affinities and differences
between artists working continents apart, in a period of great transition and
rapid creative development. the fully illustrated exhibition catalogue includes
essays by tracey Bashkoff, megan m. Fontanella and Joan marter; an
illustrated chronology; and short biographies of the artists.
978-0-89207-469-3
Clth, 9 x 10 in. / 200 pgs / 137 color.
U.S. $65.00 CDn $65.00
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exHIBItIon SCHeDULe
new York: guggenheim museum, 06/08/12–09/12/12
Bauhaus
Art as Life
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Text by kathleen James-Chakraborty, eva forgas, Catherine Ince, Anja baumhoff, Philipp oswalt, Philip
ursprung, Melissa Trimingham, nicholas fox weber, klaus weber, Lydia Yee, wolfgang Thöner.
Bauhaus: Art as Life explores the diverse artistic production and turbulent 14-year history of the modern world’s
most famous art school. accompanying the biggest Bauhaus exhibition in the United Kingdom in more than 40
years, this catalogue features a rich array of painting, sculpture, design, architecture, film, photography, textiles,
ceramics, theatre and installation, ranging from the school’s expressionist beginnings to its pioneering utopian
model of uniting art and technology in order to change society in the aftermath of the First World War. exemplary
works from such Bauhaus masters as Josef and anni albers, marianne Brandt, marcel Breuer, Walter
gropius, Johannes Itten, Wassily Kandinsky, paul Klee, Hannes meyer, László moholy-nagy, Ludwig mies van
der rohe and gunta Stölzl are presented alongside works by lesser-known artist masters and Bauhaus students.
through a range of specially commissioned essays, Bauhaus traces the life of the school from its founding by
Walter gropius in Weimar in 1919 to its relocation to its newly built campus in Dessau in 1925 under the direction
of gropius and then Hannes meyer, and finally its brief period in Berlin, under the leadership of Ludwig
mies van der rohe and through its dramatic closure in 1933 by the nazis. the catalogue also includes a series of
original writings by Bauhaus artists, drawn from previously published texts and personal correspondence.
978-3-86335-163-2
Hbk, 8.25 x 11.75 in. / 272 pgs / 250 color.
U.S. $49.95 CDn $49.95
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Fresh Widow: The
Window in Art Since
Matisse and Duchamp
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foreword by Marion Ackermann. Text by elke
bippus, Ina blom, erich franz, rune Gade, et al.
Leon Battista alberti’s 1435 treatise De pictura influenced
generations of painters by suggesting that a
painting should be approached as an open window.
By the twentieth century, the window had transformed
into a motif that would test the limits of painting.
With his 1920 “Fresh Widow”—a replica of a French
window with panes covered in black leather—marcel
Duchamp postulated a farewell to illusionist painting.
this publication presents the development of window
painting by artists such as robert Delaunay, Henri
matisse, marcel Duchamp, rené magritte, ellsworth
Kelly, eva Hesse, gerhard richter and many others.
978-3-7757-3293-2
Hbk, 7.25 x 9.75 in. / 288 pgs / 180 color.
U.S. $60.00 CDn $60.00
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exHIBItIon SCHeDULe:
London, england: Barbican Centre, 05/03/12–08/12/12
Russian Avant-Garde
New World Experience
sILvAnA edITorIALe
edited by Giuseppe barbieri, silvia burini.
Russian Avant-Garde offers a single-volume overview
of an avant-garde that can legitimately claim to have
reinvented everyday life in the Soviet era. Bringing
together more than 80 russian masterpieces from
museums in Ivanovo, Kostroma, Yaroslavl and tula,
the emphasis of this book’s previously unpublished
and untranslated essays is on new perspectives and
interpretations, with a focus on the russian school
of expressionism (goncharova, Filonov, Kandinsky)
and Constructivism (malevich, tatlin, rodchenko).
these works are examined alongside one of the
most important collections of russian icons to be
found in Western europe, as well as a collection of
russian propaganda textiles.
978-88-366-2210-8
pbk, 9.5 x 11 in. / 168 pgs / 133 color / 13 b&w.
U.S. $40.00 CDn $40.00
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ArT hIsTorY hIGhLIGhTs
Women of the Avant-
Garde 1920–1940
LouIsIAnA MuseuM of Modern ArT
edited by Michael Juul holm, Mette Marcus, kirsten
degel, Jeanne rank. foreword by Poul erik Tøjner
and Marion Ackerman. Introduction by Mette Marcus
and kirsten degel. Text by ruth hemus.
Women of the Avant-Garde 1920–1940 presents eight
female artists who made major contributions to Dada,
Surrealism, Constructivism and other european
avant-gardes of the modernist era: Claude Cahun,
Sonia Delaunay, germaine Dulac, Florence Henri,
Hannah Höch, Katarzyna Kobro, Dora maar and Sophie
taeuber-arp. the artists are constellated in relation
to one another across five themed sections that
illuminate the nature of their respective innovations:
“Composing Color,” “Constructing Space,” “Different
rules,” “new Identities” and “another reality.”
978-87-92877-00-0
Hbk, 8.5 x 10.25 in. / 128 pgs / 150 color / 100 b&w.
U.S. $35.00 CDn $35.00
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