Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Other authors / contributors: | Witkovsky, Matthew S., 1967- editor.
Eliel, Carol S., 1955- editor.
Vail, Karole P. B., editor.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, organizer, host institution.
Art Institute of Chicago, organizer, host institution.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, organizer, host institution.
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| ISBN: | 9780300214796
0300214790
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| Notes: | "Moholy-Nagy: Future Present is published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art."--Title page verso.
Catalog of the exhibition at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, May 27-Sept. 7, 2016, The Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 2, 2016-Jan. 3, 2017, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Feb. 12-June 18, 2017.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Summary: | "The pioneering artist László Moholy-Nagy (1894-1946) worked across a range of art forms including painting, sculpture, photography, graphic design, film, advertising, and theater. This publication, which offers a fresh and extensive examination of his output, accompanies the first major American survey of Moholy's oeuvre in nearly a half century and represents the most extensive English-language book on the artist in thirty years. The catalogue reproduces a vast selection of Moholy's early paintings and photograms, his whimsical photomontages--all of which are reproduced together here for the first time--and late works in Plexiglas. Distinguished scholars offer new insights into his materials and working methods; the relation among writing, administration, and art making in his practice; and his influence on contemporary art. Particular emphasis is given to Moholy's American years and his leadership of the Chicago Bauhaus as well as his reception as a painter"--
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