Constant, New Babylon, Aan ons de vrijheid. English
Notes:
Exhibition catalog. On the occasion of an exhibition held at Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, May 28 - September 25, 2016, in collaboration with the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, where the exhibition--in different form--took place October 21, 2015 - February 29, 2016. The exhibition Constant: Space + color, from Cobra to New Babylon, 28 May-25 September 2016 was hosted concurrently by the Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Preface / Trudy van der Horst. Biography of Constant : Amsterdam, 1920-Utrecht, 2005 / Laura Stamps -- Constant's New Babylon and De Stijl / Willemijn Stokvis -- Extreme hospitality / Mark Wigley -- Performing the common city : on the crossroads of art, politics, and public life / Pascal Gielen -- The topsy-turvy as utopian architecture / Rem Koolhaas and Pascal Gielen discuss Constant -- Constant--New Babylon. To us, liberty / Laura Stamps -- Cobra--War & revolution : 1948-1951 -- Towards a "synthesis of arts" : 1951-1956 -- A world without borders : 1956-1958 -- New Babylon in progress : 1958-1969 -- New Babylon--Destruction & confusion : 1969-1974 -- Another city for another life : 1959 / Constant -- Lecture at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London : 1963 / Constant -- New Babylon--Ten years on : 1980 / Constant -- Biography of Constant : Amsterdam, 1920-Utrecht, 2005 / Trudy van der Horst.
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