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Title:
Revolution in the making : abstract sculpture by women, 1947-2016 / Contributions by Emily Rothrum, Elizabeth A.T. Smith, Jenni Sorkin, Anne M. Wagner ; organized and edited by Paul Schimmel, Jenni Sorkin.
Author:
Rothrum, Emily, writer of added commentary.

Smith, Elizabeth A. T., 1958- writer of added commentary.

Sorkin, Jenni, writer of added commentary, editor.

Wagner, Anne Middleton, 1949- writer of added commentary.

Schimmel, Paul, editor.

Hauser Wirth & Schimmel, host institution.
Publication Information:
Milan : Skira ; [New York] : Hauser & Wirth, [2016]

New York, NY : Rizzoli International Publications, Inc.
Call Number:
NB198.5.A2 R4 2016
Abstract:
"The catalogue accompanies the most comprehensive exhibition of postwar abstract sculpture by women artists. Revolution in the Making traces the ways in which women artists deftly transformed the language of sculpture. The volume seeks to identify the multiple strains of proto-feminist practices, characterized by abstraction and repetition, which rejected the singularity of the masterwork. Divided into four sections, the book will feature approximately thirty artists and nearly 100 works in total: the postwar era (the late 1950s) including such historically important predecessors as Ruth Asawa, Lee Bontecou, Louise Bourgeois, Claire Falkenstein, and Louise Nevelson; the 1960s and 1970s, highlighting a generation of post-minimalist artists who ignited a revolution in their use of process-oriented materials and methods; the 1980s and 1990s, the period that moved beyond singular, three-dimensional objects toward architectonic works characterized by repetition, structure, and design; and post-2000 works by artists who created installation-based environments, embracing domestic materials and craft as an embedded discourse."--Publisher's description.
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ISBN:
9788857230658
Physical Description:
256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 33 cm.
General Note:
Artists represented: Magdalena Abakanowicz, Ruth Asawa, Phyllida Barlow, Lynda Benglis, Karla Black, Lee Bontecou, Louise Bourgeois, Heidi Bucher, Abigail Deville, Claire Falkenstein, Gego, Isa Genzken, Sonia Gomes, Françoise Grossen, Eva Hesse, Sheila Hicks, Cristina Iglesias, Rachel Khedoori, Yayoi Kusama, Liz Larner, Anna Maria Maiolino, Marisa Merz, Senga Nengudi, Louise Nevelson, Lygia Pape, Mira Schendel, Lara Schnitger, Shinique Smith, Jessica Stockholder, Michelle Stuart, Kaari Upson, Ursula Von Rydingsvard, Hannah Wilke, Jackie Winsor.
Contents:
"What can be done, what I must learn, what there is to do ... ": process, materials, and narrative in the 1950s / Ruth Asawa, Lee Bontecou, Louise Bourgeois, Claire Falkenstein, Louise Nevelson -- What women do, or The poetics of sculpture / Magdalena Abakanowicz, Lynda Benglis, Heidi Bucher, Gego, Françoise Grossen, Eva Hesse, Sheila Hicks, Yayoi Kusama, Mira Schendel, Michelle Stuart, Hannah Wilke, Jackie Winsor -- Five propositions on abstract sculpture / Isa Genzken, Cristina Iglesias, Liz Larner, Anna Maria Maiolino, Marisa Merz, Senga Nengudi, Lygia Pape, Ursula von Rydingsvard -- Phyllida Barlow, Karla Black, Abigail DeVille, Sonia Gomes, Rachel Khedoori, Lara Schnitger, Shinique Smith, Jessica Stockholder, Kaari Upson --
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