Visual art in the period following World War II witnessed landmark transformations. Today, drawing provides a powerful and vigorous device for reexamining the art of that period, and for renewing appreciation of the extraordinary achievements of well-known artists--and for discovering others. Even though the art of these years saw radical departures and shifts, drawing, which is among the most traditional of media, played a crucial and consistent role in the work of a great majority of the most significant artists. Drawing ...
Read More
Visual art in the period following World War II witnessed landmark transformations. Today, drawing provides a powerful and vigorous device for reexamining the art of that period, and for renewing appreciation of the extraordinary achievements of well-known artists--and for discovering others. Even though the art of these years saw radical departures and shifts, drawing, which is among the most traditional of media, played a crucial and consistent role in the work of a great majority of the most significant artists. Drawing from the Modern, 1945-1975 , surveys the drawing of the period through the unparalleled holdings of the drawings collection of The Museum of Modern Art. The postwar period saw the development of Abstract Expressionism in New York, followed by Pop art, Minimal art, and Conceptual art, and the Museum's collection has exceptional strength in these areas. Abstract drawings by Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Barnett Newman open this volume, followed by works by such key figures as Jasper Johns, Ellsworth Kelly and Cy Twombly. Next, drawings by Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg and Andy Warhol signal the arrival of a new figurative art at the forefront of creativity. But reductive and abstract art kept pace, and the Museum's collection offers a breathtaking array of drawings by Carl Andre, Dan Flavin, Eva Hesse, Sol LeWitt, Brice Marden, Agnes Martin, Richard Serra and numerous others. What constitutes "progress" in art is questioned today, and it is no longer possible to see the development of art as a straight line, with synchronicity among places and geographies. But drawing, by its very nature, encourages established understandings to be examined and accepted values to be reappraised. Many of the artists represented here defy easy categorization, including Lee Bontecou, Louise Bourgeois, Vija Celmins, Bruce Conner, Ray Johnson, Jim Nutt and Myron Stout. The resurgence of European art is represented by drawings by Georg Baselitz, Joseph Beuys, Marcel Broodthaers, Piero Manzoni, Henri Michaux, Mario Merz and Sigmar Polke, among others. A number the most important artists working in Latin America in the postwar period are also represented, including Jorge de la Vega, Gego, Le???n Ferrari, H???lio Oiticica and Mira Schendel. While neither the collection nor this volume is encyclopedic, the spirit and achievements of postwar art are distilled and amply celebrated here.
Read Less
Add this copy of Drawing From the Modern, Volume 2: 1945-1975 to cart. $20.00, good condition, Sold by Midtown Scholar Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harrisburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by The Museum of Modern Art, New Yo.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
HARDCOVER Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Oversized.
Add this copy of Drawing From the Modern: 1945-1975 to cart. $21.00, very good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Museum of Modern Art.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
VG+ Color illustrated boards. 228 pp., 5 bw and 160 color plates. "Visual art in the years following the end of World War II witnessed enormous transformations, and drawing-among the most traditional of mediums-provides a powerful device for reexamining the art of this period. Drawing from the Modern, 1945-1975 is the second in a three-volume series surveying 125 years of modern drawing through The Museum of Modern Art's unparalleled collection of works on paper." "Included here is the work of nearly one hundred artists who helped define the role of drawing in postwar art: from Jackson Pollock's fluid, expansive gesture that resulted in some of the most resolutely abstract works in the history of art to the provocative synthesis of writing and drawing seen in Cy Twombly's graffiti-like scrawls and Joseph Beuys's socially and politically charged markings; from the iconic images distilled from cartoons, advertising, and mass media by Pop masters Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein to the use of rational systems to generate elegant and complex works, as seen most notably in the methods employed by Sol LeWitt and Agnes Martin. Despite the radical departures in art from this era, artists continued to turn to this most fundamental of art forms to challenge and invigorate their conception of modernism."--Back of book Published to accompany the exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 29 March to 29 August 2005. Second of a three-part exhibition presenting 125 years of works on paper from the collection of the Museum of Modern Art. Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-226).
Add this copy of Drawing From the Modern, Volume 2: 1945-1975 to cart. $44.53, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by The Museum of Modern Art, New.
Add this copy of Drawing From the Modern, Volume 2: 1945-1975 to cart. $76.26, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by The Museum of Modern Art, New.
Add this copy of Drawing From the Modern, Volume 2: 1945-1975 to cart. $82.34, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Add this copy of Drawing From the Modern, 1945-1975 to cart. $2,470.00, new condition, Sold by BWS Bks rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ferndale, NY, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Distributed Art Pub Inc (Distribution).
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
New. 0870706640. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--228 pp. With 188 ills. (178 col. ). 27 x 22 cm. --with a bonus offer--
