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Kurt Schwitters
Megan R. Luke
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Description for Kurt Schwitters
Hardcover. German artist Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948) is best known for his pioneering work in fusing collage and abstraction, the two most transformative innovations of twentieth-century art. This book tells the story of the work produced by the aging, isolated artist under the Nazi regime and during his years in exile. Num Pages: 352 pages, 22 color plates, 98 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; ACXD; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 263 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1078.
German artist Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948) is best known for his pioneering work in fusing collage and abstraction, the two most transformative innovations of twentieth-century art. Considered the father of installation art, Schwitters was also a theorist, a Dadaist, and a writer whose influence extends from Robert Rauschenberg and Eva Hesse to Thomas Hirschhorn. But while his early experiments in collage and installation from the interwar period have garnered much critical acclaim, his later work has generally been ignored. In the first book to fill this gap, Megan R. Luke tells the fascinating, even moving story of the work produced by ... Read more
German artist Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948) is best known for his pioneering work in fusing collage and abstraction, the two most transformative innovations of twentieth-century art. Considered the father of installation art, Schwitters was also a theorist, a Dadaist, and a writer whose influence extends from Robert Rauschenberg and Eva Hesse to Thomas Hirschhorn. But while his early experiments in collage and installation from the interwar period have garnered much critical acclaim, his later work has generally been ignored. In the first book to fill this gap, Megan R. Luke tells the fascinating, even moving story of the work produced by ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226085180
SKU
V9780226085180
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About Megan R. Luke
Megan R. Luke is assistant professor of art history at the University of Southern California.
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