Sophie Taeuber-Arp : living abstraction / edited by Anne Umland and Walburga Krupp with Charlotte Healy ; additional contributions by Laura Braverman [and 14 others].
Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at Kunstmuseum Basel, 19th March-20th June 2021; Tate Modern, London, 13th July-17th October 2021; and The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 21st November 2021-12th March 2022. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Directors' foreword / Glenn D. Lowry, Josef Helfenstein, Frances Morris -- Acknowledgments / Anne Umland, Walburga Krupp, Eva Reifert, Natalia Sidlina -- Sophie Taeuber-Arp: an introduction / Anne Umland, Walburga Krupp -- Applied arts, 1915-29. Beautiful, perfect things: Sophie Taeuber-Arp;s early applied-arts career / Walburga Krupp -- The many dimensions of Sophie Taeuber-Arp's beaded bags / T'ai Smith -- Activating form: the ball costumes / Natalia Sidlina -- Dada, 1916-20. The choreographic imaginary: between expressionist dance and visual abstraction / Mark Franko -- Interplay of the arts on stage: the King Stag marionettes and stage sets / Medea Hoch -- Object, mask, abstraction: the heads / Leah Dickerman -- Architecture and interiors, 1926-35. Color as material: the Strasbourg interiors / Michael White -- The art of modern living: architecture and interiors from Clamart to Berlin / Juliet Kinchin -- Between portfolio and archive: the Presentation album / Jana Teuscher -- Abstraction and artists' groups, 1929-39. Balancing act / Briony Fer -- Abstraction in two and three dimensions / Eva Reifert -- Safeguarding abstraction: the journal Plastique / Adrian Sudhalter -- Landscapes and cityscapes, 1921-42. Sophie Taeuber-Arp's camera peripatetica / Maria Gough -- Art in wartime, 1939-43. Drawing without end / Jodi Hauptman -- Planning and precision: Sophie Taeuber-Arp's working methods / Annie Wilker -- Chronology / Laura Braverman, Walburga Krupp -- Checklist of the exhibition / Charlotte Healy, Annie Wilker, Walburga Krupp -- Selected bibliography / Charlotte Healy.
Summary:
"Published to accompany the first retrospective of Sophie Taeuber-Arp's work in the United States in 40 years, Sophie Taeuber-Arp: Living Abstraction presents a comprehensive survey of this multifaceted innovator's wide-ranging body of work and establishes unequivocally her place in the pantheon of 20th-century abstract art. Taeuber-Arp's background in the applied arts and dance, her involvement in the Zurich Dada movement, and her projects for architectural spaces were essential to her development of a uniquely versatile and vibrant abstract vocabulary. Through her artistic output and various professional alliances, Taeuber-Arp consistently challenged the historically constructed boundaries separating fine art from craft and design. This richly illustrated catalogue explores the artist's interdisciplinary and cross-pollinating approach to abstraction through some four hundred works, including textiles, beadwork, polychrome marionettes, architectural and interior designs, stained-glass windows, works on paper, paintings, and relief sculptures." -- Publisher's description
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.