Moholy-Nagy : future present
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Moholy-Nagy : future present
Art Institute of Chicago , Distributed by Yale University Press, c2016
- : hardcover
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Exhibition catalogue
Catalogue of the exhibition held at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, May 27-Sept. 7, 2016; Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 2, 2016-Jan. 3, 2017; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Feb. 12-June 18, 2017
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
An unprecedented study of an important 20th-century artist and his diverse body of work This exceptional book offers a fresh and extensive examination of the work of pioneering artist Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946). The first major American survey of his oeuvre in nearly a half century and the most extensive English-language book on the artist in thirty years, the catalogue offers an integrated presentation of Moholy's production across a range of art forms including painting, sculpture, photography, graphic design, film, advertising, and theater. Distinguished scholars offer new insights into Moholy's materials and working methods; the relation among writing, administration, and art making in his practice; and his influence on contemporary art. Particular emphasis is given to Moholy's American years and his leadership of the Chicago Bauhaus as well as his reception as a painter. Over 300 works are illustrated in color, including the artist's early paintings and photograms, his whimsical photomontages---all of which are reproduced together here for the first time---and late works in Plexiglas.
Beautifully designed and produced, with a PVC plastic jacket printed on the inside and a foil stamped casewrap, the book is a marvelous tribute to this phenomenally innovative artist.
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