Art of another kind : international abstraction and the Guggenheim, 1949-1960
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Art of another kind : international abstraction and the Guggenheim, 1949-1960
Guggenheim Museum Publications, c2012
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Exhibition catalogue
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, June 8-Sept. 12, 2012
Exhibitors: Carla Accardi, Yaacov Agam, Pierre Alechinsky ... [et al.]
Includes bibliographical references
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Pioneering artists in the post-World War II era alternatively embraced artistic freedom and gesture-based styles, nontraditional materials and countercultural references. French art critic Michel Tapie even declared the existence of un art autre (art of another kind) - 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 Louise Bourgeois, Alberto Burri, Asger Jorn, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Pierre Soulages, Antoni Tapies and Zao Wou-Ki, among others, this collection-based exhibition explores the affinities and differences between artists working continents apart in a period of great transition and rapid creative development. This fully illustrated exhibition catalogue includes essays by Tracey Bashkoff, Megan M. Fontanella, and Joan Marter; an illustrated chronology; and short biographies of the artists.
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