Autumn 2009 Catalogue 4 pdfing:1 - Yale University Press

Joaquín Torres-García, Fourteenth Street, 1920. Courtesy CDS Gallery, New York.Nexus New YorkLatin/American Artists inthe Modern MetropolisDeborah CullenWith essays by Elvis Fuentes,Michele Greet, KatherineManthorne, Katy Rogers,Antonio Saborit, Cecilia deTorres and James WechslerBetween 1900 and 1942,New York City was the site ofextraordinary creative exchange where artists could share ideas ina global context. The swiftly-changing urban landscape beforeand between the World Wars inspired the erosion of artisticboundaries and fostered a new climate of modernistexperimentation. Nexus New York focuses on key artists from theCaribbean and Latin America who entered into dynamic culturaland social dialogues with the American-based avant-garde andparticipated in the development of a new modern discourse.ExhibitionEl Museo del Barrio, New York, 17/10/09 – 28/2/10Deborah Cullen is Director of Curatorial Programs atEl Museo del Barrio, New York.Book is bilingual English/SpanishPublished in association with El Museo del Barrio, New YorkOctober 272 pp. 254x203mm. 30 b/w + 60 colour illus.Paper ISBN 978-0-300-15896-0 £35.00*Translation rights: El Museo del Barrio, New YorkAmericanModernism atthe Art Instituteof ChicagoWorld War I to 1955Judith A. BarterWith Sarah E. Kelly, DeniseMahoney, Ellen E. Robertsand Brandon K. RuudThe first publication to focus on the Art Institute’soutstanding collection of American modernism, this volumeincludes over 175 important paintings, sculptures, decorativeartobjects and works on paper made in North Americabetween World War I and 1955. Together they fully reflect thehistory of American art in these decades, including examplesof early modernism, Social Realism, Surrealism and AbstractExpressionism. Among the paintings are such iconic works asHopper’s Nighthawks and Wood’s American Gothic, along withnotable pieces by Davis, De Kooning, Hartley, Lawrence,Marin, O’Keeffe, Pollock and Sheeler. Among the sculptorsrepresented are Calder, Cornell and Noguchi. Spectaculardecorative artwork by the Eameses, Grotell, Neutra, Saarinen,F. L. Wright and Zeisel are also featured.Judith A. Barter is the Field-McCormick Chair and Curator ofAmerican Art at the Art Institute of Chicago. She is theeditor of Apostles of Beauty (see page 36).Distributed for the Art Institute of ChicagoJanuary 376 pp. 305x241mm. 140 b/w + 250 colour illus.ISBN 978-0-300-11738-7 £55.00*Translation rights: The Art Institute of Chicago, ChicagoArt 59JoaquínTorres-GarcíaConstructingAbstraction with WoodMari Carmen Ramírez,Margit Rowell andCecilia de TorresJoaquín Torres-García(1874–1949) is one of themost influential artists to have emerged from Latin Americain the early 20th century. This handsome catalogue focuses onTorres-García’s wood constructions and accompanies the firstexhibition held in North America of these works and the firstsolo exhibition of the artist in the United States in overforty years.Exhibition scheduleThe Menil Collection, 24/9/09 – 3/1/10San Diego Museum of Art, 21/2/10 – 15/5/10Mari Carmen Ramírez is the Wortham Curator of LatinAmerican Art and director of the International Center forthe Arts of the Americas at The Museum of Fine Arts,Houston. Margit Rowell is an independent curator living inParis. Cecilia de Torres is internationally recognised as theleading authority of the work of Joaquín Torres-García.Distributed for The Menil CollectionOctober 256 pp. 292x228mm. 200 b/w + colour illus.ISBN 978-0-300-15401-6 £45.00*Translation rights: The Menil Foundation Inc, HoustonReinventing RitualContemporary Art andDesign for Jewish LifeDaniel BelascoContributions by Arnold M. Eisen,Julie Lasky, Danya Ruttenbergand Tamar RubinA guidebook to current trends incontemporary Jewish art anddesign, Reinventing Ritual providesan unprecedented look at the work and thought ofcontemporary artists as they respond to the needs andpractices of traditional culture. Illustrated with new art fromIsrael, Europe and the Americas, this publication features bothtraditional and avant-garde sculpture, textiles, architecture,metalwork and ceramics by leading artists.Daniel Belasco surveys trends in Jewish ritual art; Julie Laskyprovides a discussion of recycling and social consciousness inJewish design; Danya Ruttenberg offers a perspective on theimpulse ‘to concretise the encounter with the Divine’;Arnold M. Eisen writes a commentary on ritual in Jewish life;and Tamar Rubin contributes an illustrated timeline.Daniel Belasco is the Henry J. Leir Assistant Curator atThe Jewish Museum.Exhibition scheduleThe Jewish Museum, New York, 13/9/09 – 7/2/10Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, 22/4/10 – 28/9/10Published in association with The Jewish MuseumOctober 176 pp. 254x178mm. 10 b/w + 93 colour illus.ISBN 978-0-300-14682-0 £28.00