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ART AND POLITICS OF ASGER JORN, THE. The Avant-Garde Won’t Give Up
Author: Kurczynski, Karen
Country: England
Language: English
Year Published: 2014
No. of pages: 261
Illustrations: 16 Color Illustrations. 54 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 10” x 7”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 9781409431978
Biblio/Bio: Bibl.
Code: 6994
Price: $125.00
A leading figure of the postward avant-garde, Danish artist Asger Jorn has long been recognzed for his founding contributions to the Cobra and Situationist International movements - yet art historical scholarship on Jorn has been sparse, particularly in English. This study corrects that imbalance, offering a synthetic account of the essential phases of this prolific artist’s career. it addresses his works in various media alongside his extensive writings and his collaborations with various artists’ groups from the 1940s through the mid-1960s. The author reframes our understanding of the 1950s away from the Abstract Expressionist focus on individual expression, toward a more open-ended conception of art as a public engagement with contemporary culture and politics. Extensively researched and profusely illustrated.
ART GOES UNDERGROUND. Art in the Stockholm Metro
Author: Göran Söderstrom, ed
Country: Sweden
Language: English
Year Published: 1988
No. of pages: 298
Illustrations: 225 Color Illustrations. 158 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Clothbound
Size: 10”x 8 1/2”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 9185500402
Biblio/Bio: Bibl. Index.
Code: 0548
Price: $49.50
A very interesting and exciting book on metro-art dealing with every aspect from a brief technical description of a metro, its architecture, competitions for artists, public art to Overview of Stations with Artistic Decoration, etc.
ART IN SWEDEN. Leaving the Empty Cube: Contemporary Swedish Art
Author: Engblom, Sören
Country: Sweden
Language: English
Year Published: 1998
No. of pages: 135
Illustrations: 37 Color Illustrations. 13 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 8 1/2”x 5”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 9152005003
Biblio/Bio: Index.
Code: 3495
Price: $42.50
In this panoramic survey of contemporary Swedish art, Sören Engblom, from a vantage point at the heart of the Swedish art world, introduces the reader to the most controversial and exciting art and artists of recent years. His account is based on conversations with artists, critics and museum professionals as well as studies of art criticism and reviews in the media. The book also contains a presentation of art colleges, art funding, art publications and the leading exhibition locations in Sweden.
ASCHENBRENNER, LENNART PAINTINGS PRINTS 1965-84 / MÅLNINGAR GRAFIK 1965-84 2 volumes.
Author: Ekbom, Torsten, Claes Hylinger
Country: Sweden
Language: Swedish/English
Year Published: 1985
No. of pages: 144
Illustrations: 56 Color Illustrations. 23 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 11”x8 1/2”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 9197075310
Biblio/Bio: Bio. Cat. of exh. Bibl.
Code: 0679
Price: $45.00
A beautifully bound and assembled book on a large selection of abstract paintings and constructions by Lennart Aschenbrenner.
ASGER JORN’S WRITINGS ON ART & ARCHITECTURE, 1938-1958. Fraternite Avant Tout
Author: Baumeister, Ruth, ed.
Country:
Language: English
Year Published: 2013
No. of pages: 304
Illustrations: 130 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 9 1/2” x 7”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 9789064507601
Biblio/Bio: Bio.
Code: 1070
Price: $85.00
The Danish artist Asger Jorn (1914–1973) was active in the Høst, CoBrA and the Situationist International groups. The numerous leaflets, exhibition catalogues, interviews, articles and books he wrote throughout his career attest to his urge to provoke debate at all levels. Fraternité Avant Tout gathers Jorn’s writings on art and architecture, translated into English for the first time. Asger Jorn’s statement “In the beginning was the image” represents both the starting point for discussions with his contemporaries and also the key element in his overall philosophy. After more than half a century, his groundbreaking theory on image creation coupled with his Marxist political convictions are strikingly fresh and apposite. His arguments on the image and imagery, not only as a medium for artistic imagination and aesthetic articulation but also as a critical instrument for progress in human life, strike immediate resonances today when image based popular cultures and technologies exert an undeniable influence on our own society. Jorn’s writings also shed new light on the origin and development of the Situationist movement’s theory of architecture and urbanism. (This is especially pertinent in the context of recent scholarly work on the Situationist International, in which Jorn is often characterized as being only concerned with art matters.) This critical introduction to Jorn’s philosophy on the relationship between art and architecture sets a context for a contemporary audience to fully appreciate how his thought and writing evolved.