Ellsworth Kelly : black & white
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Ellsworth Kelly : black & white
Hatje Cantz, c2011
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Ellsworth Kelly : Black and white
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Exhibition catalogue
Catalog of the exhibition held at the Haus der Kunst, Munich, Oct. 7, 2011-Jan. 22, 2012, Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Mar. 1-June 24, 2012
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The paintings of Ellsworth Kelly (born 1923) are famous for their hard edges, minimalist abstraction and above all, their bright, vibrant colors. Less known are the black-and-white drawings, collages and paintings that preceded or accompanied many of them, despite the fact that they make up roughly 20 percent of his total output. Ellsworth Kelly: Black & White and the exhibition it accompanies bring together the artist's color-free work for the first time, and offer a fresh take on his long career, emphasizing his use of shape, contrast, texture and his incorporation of such everyday objects as a broken windowpane, a handrail shadow or the leaf of a plant into his abstraction. This catalogue makes clear that the scale of contrast between black and white was key to Kelly's artistic self-discovery and subsequent development, and is crucial to any proper understanding of his oeuvre.
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