Screen LibraryLygia Clark : the abandonment of art, 1948-1988 /
"The Museum of Modern Art presents a major retrospective devoted to the art of Lygia Clark (Brazilian, 1920-1988), the first comprehensive exhibition in North America of her work. Lygia Clark: The Abandonment of Art, 1948-1988 comprises nearly 300 works made between the late 1940s and her death...
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The Museum of Modern Art,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | [2014] |
| Literature type: | Book |
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| Summary: |
"The Museum of Modern Art presents a major retrospective devoted to the art of Lygia Clark (Brazilian, 1920-1988), the first comprehensive exhibition in North America of her work. Lygia Clark: The Abandonment of Art, 1948-1988 comprises nearly 300 works made between the late 1940s and her death in 1988. Drawn from public and private collections, including MoMA's own, this survey is organized around three key themes: abstraction, Neo-Concretism, and the 'abandonment' of art. Each of these axes anchors a significant concept or a constellation of works that mark a definitive step in Clark's car |
| Item Description: | Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, May 10-Aug. 24, 2014. |
| Carrier Form: | 336 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-332) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780870708909 (hardback) : 0870708902 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | N6659 |
| CLC: | J177.71-28 |
| Call Number: | J177.71-28/B985 |
| Contents: |
Lygia Clark : a space open to time / Lygia Clark : if you hold a stone / Lygia Clark : writing revelations, surrendering authorship / Writings by Lygia Clark, 1956-1959 -- Ceci n'est pas un mur : the architecture of organic lines / Writings by Lygia Clark, 1960-1963 -- Lygia Clark and the problem of art / Writings by Lygia Clark, 1968-mid 1980s -- Lygia Clark : at the border of art / Of hands and gloves / Affective ge |