Published on the occasion of the exhibition organized by and held at the Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Z|rich, Switzerland, February 9, 2023-May 7, 2023. Four full-page portrait photographs of Leon Polk Smith on pages preceding title page, following colophon, and verso of cover. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
[Colophon] Preface and acknowledgements / David M. Roche -- Leon Polk Smith: short chronology ; The Leon Polk Smith Foundation: history and acknowledgments / Leon Polk Smith Foundation, John Koegel, Chairman, Patterson Sims, President -- Going beyond space: Leon Polk Smith im Museum Haus Konstruktiv = Leon Polk Smith at Museum Haus Konstruktiv / Sabine Schaschl -- Leon Polk Smith und Europa = Leon Polk Smith and Europe / Brandon Taylor -- Leon Polk Smith / Margit Weinberg Staber -- Leon Polk Smith: schockt noch immer = Leon Polk Smith: still shocking / David M. Roche -- Anhang = Appendix: Werke in der ausstellung = Works on display ; Leon Polk Smith: kurzbiografie = Leon Polk Smith: short chronology ; Autor:innen = Authors -- [Colophon]
Summary:
"Leon Polk Smith: Going Beyond Space Text by John Koegel, David M. Roche, Sabine Schaschl, Patterson Sims, Brandon Taylor, Margit Weinberg Staber. Revisiting the artistic legacy of a pioneering figure in hard-edge abstraction From today's perspective, the dynamic, geometric abstractions of Leon Polk Smith (1906-96) stand out as a missing link in art history. His work connects the European avant-garde with American Abstract Expressionism via his transformations of Mondrian's legacy. Smith's pioneering role in the hard-edge style and his shaped canvases represent key developments in painting: departing from the rectangular canvas allowed Smith to conceive new interrelations between his two-color compositions and their spatial context. His Constellations series, created between 1967 and 1975, marks the high point of his career, and won him artistic acclaim beyond the US. Alongside early compositions from the 1940s and multipart shaped canvases, Leon Polk Smith: Going Beyond Space features collages, prints, reliefs and painted objects and proposes a new reception of Smith's decades-spanning oeuvre."-- Provided by publisher.
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Indexed in the Native American Artists Resource Collection Online, Billie Jane Baguley Library and Archives, Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, at the artist name level (June 8, 2023) http://5019.sydneyplus.com/Heard_Museum_ArgusNET_Final/Portal.aspx
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.