Book Description
Throughout the 20th century, the evolution of mainstream modernism in the arts has been shadowed and complicated by alternative expressions, intended either to set back the clock or to redirect the stream of progress. Modern Art Despite Modernism explores the anti-modernist impulse as exhibited in painting and sculpture through the social, political, and cultural conflicts of the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. Texts by Robert Storr remind the reader of the strengths of some of this work--paintings and drawings by Otto Dix, Lucian Freud, Francesco Clemente, and even Pablo Picasso--and of the enduring popularity of such artists as Pavel Tchelitchew, whose Hide and Seek, along with Andrew Wyeth's Christina's World, are among the public's favorite pictures. Storr also discusses taste and vulgarity and their implications, both part and present, for institutions like The Museum of Modern Art that are thought of as canon builders. This book was published as the second in a series of three titles, in conjunction with the millennial exhibitions schedule of MoMA2000 at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Essay by Robert Storr.Foreword by Glenn D. Lowry.
About the Author
Robert Storr is Senior Curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture of The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Modern Art Despite Modernism FROM THE PUBLISHER
A Museum of Modern Art Book Throughout the 20th century, the evolution of mainstream modernism in the arts has been shadowed and complicated by alternative expressions, intended either to set back the clock or to redirect the stream of "progress." This book, published in conjunction with the second of three cycles of millennial exhibitions (MoMA2000) at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, explores the anti-modernist impulse as exhibited in painting and sculpture through the social, political, and cultural conflicts of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Curator Robert Storr reminds the reader of the strengths of some of this work-by Otto Dix, Lucien Freud, Francesco Clemente, and even Pablo Picasso-and of the enduring popularity of such artists as Pavel Tchelitchew, whose Hide and Seek, along with Andrew Wyeth's Christina's World, are among the public's favorite pictures. Storr also discusses taste and vulgarity and their implications, both past and present, for institutions like The Museum of Modern Art that are thought of as canon-builders. More than 200 illustrations in full color, 9 x 12"
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Booknews
Published in conjunction with an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, this volume explores the antimodernist impulse and, in so doing, presents a new vision of the complexities of modern art. In an in-depth study, Storr (senior curator in the Museum's department of painting and sculpture) traces the development of what he calls the anti-avant-garde, from its first appearance in European art after World War I through the reemergence of figuration in international work of the 1980s. In so doing, he discusses (among other topics) social, political and historical forces; how artists crossed the boundaries between modernism and the anti-avant-garde; changing notions of taste and the reception of avant-garde art in the U.S. Contains 198 illustrations, 172 of which are in color. Oversize: 9.25x12. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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