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Exhibition Review
Sophie Taeuber-Arp: Living Abstraction
02/2022 | 1427 | 164
Pages: 184-188
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Reviewer:
Cooke, Lynne (Cooke, Lynne )
Subjects
artists:
Taeuber-Arp, Sophie
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States
subjects:
Women artists / Swiss art / Modernism / Abstract art / Paintings / Performance art / Tapestries / Sculpture / Design
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Sophie Taeuber-Arp: Living Abstraction Museum of Modern Art, New York 21st November 2021– 12th March 2022 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Guards (marionette for ‘King Stag’), by Sophie Taeuber- Arp. 1918. Metallic paint and oil on wood and metal, height 55.5 cm. (Museum für Gestaltung Zurich; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York).
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2. Verticalhorizontal composition, by Sophie Taeuber- Arp. 1916. Wool on canvas, 50 by 38.5 cm. (Fondazione Marguerite Arp, Locarno; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York).
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3. Circle picture, by Sophie Taeuber-Arp. 1933. Oil on canvas, 74.3 by 119.8 cm. (Kunstmuseum Bern; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York).
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4. Aubette 127 (axonometric drawing of the ‘Five O’Clock’ tearoom in the Aubette, Strasbourg). 1927. Gouache, metallic paint, ink and pencil on diazotype, 123 by 99 cm. (Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York; photograph M. Bertola).
Exhibition Review
The Colours of Nadia
10/2021 | 1423 | 163
Pages: 941-944
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Reviewer:
Mundy, Jennifer (Mundy, Jennifer)
Subjects
artists:
Khodassievitch (Léger), Nadia
artists:
Léger, Fernand
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Musée de l'Annonciade, St-Tropez, France
subjects:
Russian art / French art / Modernism / Politics / Abstract art / Social realism / Communism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Colours of Nadia Musée de l’Annonciade de Saint-Tropez 3rd July–14th November | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Self-portrait, by Nadia Léger. 1948. Oil on canvas, 91.5 by 65 cm. (Private collection; exh. Musée de l’Annonciade de Saint-Tropez).
Attributed works:
11. Still life, by Nadia Léger. 1949. Oil on canvas, 73 by 100 cm. (Private collection; exh. Musée de l’Annonciade de Saint-Tropez).
Exhibition Review
Mondrian and De Stijl
02/2021 | 1415 | 163
Pages: 173-175
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Reviewer:
Wijnia, Lieke (Wijnia, Lieke)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Mondrian, Piet / Rietveld, Gerrit Thomas
museums and institutions:
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
styles:
De Stijl
subjects:
Dutch art / Abstract art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Mondrian and De Stijl By Hans Janssen, Michael White and Marek Wieczorek. 218 pp. incl. 149 col. + 18 b. & w. ills. (Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, 2020), €35. ISBN 978–84–8026–616–1. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
19. Broadway boogie woogie, by Piet Mondrian. 1942–43. Oil on canvas, 127 by 127 cm. (Museum of Modern Art, New York).
Attributed works:
20. Woods near Oele, by Piet Mondrian. 1908. Oil on canvas, 128 by 158 cm. (Kunstmuseum Den Haag; exh. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid).
Book Review
Bridget Riley. A Very Very Person: The Early Years
08/2020 | 1409 | 162
Pages: 723-724
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Reviewer:
Nugent, Isaac (Nugent, Isaac)
Subjects
artists:
Riley, Bridget, London , Great Britain
subjects:
British art / Abstract art
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Bridget Riley. A Very Very Person: The Early Years By Paul Moorhouse. 272 pp. incl. 30 col. + b. & w. ills. (Ridinghouse, London, 2019), £20. ISBN 978–1–909932–50–0. | :
Book Review
Radical Women: Jessica Dismorr and her Contemporaries
07/2020 | 1408 | 162
Pages: 640
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Reviewer:
Portlock, Jonathan (Portlock, Jonathan)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Dismorr, Jessica
museums and institutions:
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Great Britain
subjects:
British art / Women artists / Vorticism / Abstract art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Radical Women: Jessica Dismorr and her Contemporaries By Alicia Foster. 128 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, and Lund Humphries, London, 2019), £35. ISBN 978–1–869827–79–3. | :
Book Review
Francis Picabia Catalogue Raisonné. Edited by Beverley Calté, William A. Camfield, Candace Clements and Arnauld Pierre
09/2019 | 1398 | 161
Pages: 780-781
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Reviewer:
Stark, Trevor (Stark, Trevor)
Subjects
artists:
Picabia, Francis
dates:
1900-1929
styles:
Dada / Orphist / Abstract art / Automata
subjects:
Catalogues raisonnés / French art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Chapeau de Paille?, by Francis Picabia. 1921. Oil, string and card on canvas, 92.3 by 73.5 cm. (Centre Pompidou, Paris; ADAGP Paris).
Exhibition Review
Cut and Paste: 400 Years of Collage Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Modern Two), Edinburgh
09/2019 | 1398 | 161
Pages: 776-779
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Reviewer:
Thompson, Susannah (Thompson, Susannah)
Subjects
artists:
Picasso, Pablo / Gris, Juan / Schwitters, Kurt / Ernst, Max / Agar, Eileen / Höch, Hannah / Heartfield, John / Blake, Peter / Kennard, Peter / Spero, Nancy / Sherman, Cindy / Schneemann, Carolee
artists:
Linder
museums and institutions:
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Great Britain
styles:
Dada / Surrealism / Cubist / Futurism / Abstract art / Pop art / Constructivist / Amateur
subjects:
Collages / Photomontages
Illustrations
Attributed works:
31. Scrapbook, by Mary Watson. 1821. Cut-up newspapers, printed illustrations and handwritten text, sheet 21 by 15 cm. (Manchester Metropolitan University; exh. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
32. Still from Doll clothes, by Cindy Sherman. 1975. 16mm film transferred to video, 2 mins 22 secs. (Courtesy the artist and Metro Pictures, New York; exh. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
33. Pretty girl, by Linder. 1977. Magazine with collage, 24 by 18.5 cm. (Courtesy the artist and Modern Art, London; exh. Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh).
Exhibition Review
Bridget Riley. Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh
09/2019 | 1398 | 161
Pages: 750-753
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Reviewer:
Campbell, Anna (Campbell, Anna)
Subjects
artists:
Riley, Bridget, London , Great Britain
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Great Britain / Hayward Gallery, London, Great Britain
subjects:
British art / Abstract art / Optics / Perception
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Pink landscape, by Bridget Riley. 1960. Oil on canvas, 101.5 by 101.5 cm. (© Bridget Riley 2019; private collection; exh. Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
2. Over, by Bridget Riley. 1966. Emulsion on board, 101.5 by 101.3 cm. (© Bridget Riley 2019; National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh; exh. Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
3. Ra, by Bridget Riley. 1981. Oil on canvas, 240.7 by 205.1 cm. (© Bridget Riley 2019; Iwaki City Art Museum Japan; exh. Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
4. High sky, by Bridget Riley. 1991. Oil on canvas, 165 by 227 cm. (© Bridget Riley 2019; private collection; exh. Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh).
Exhibition Review
Emma Kunz: Visionary Drawings. Muzeum Susch, Zernez
08/2019 | 1397 | 161
Pages: 681-685
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Reviewer:
Mundy, Jennifer (Mundy, Jennifer)
Subjects
artists:
Kunz, Emma
museums and institutions:
Muzeum Susch, Zernez, Switzerland
subjects:
Spirituality / Abstract art
subjects:
Visions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
21. Marigolds polarised, by Emma Kunz. 1953. Photograph. (Courtesy Emma Kunz Zentrum; exh. Muzeum Susch, Zernez).
Attributed works:
22. Work No. 190, by Emma Kunz. Undated. Pencil and crayon on graph paper with brown lines, 100 by 103 cm. (Courtesy Emma Kunz Zentrum; exh. Muzeum Susch, Zernez).
Attributed works:
23. Work 104, by Emma Kunz. Undated. Pencil and crayon on graph paper with brown lines, 59 by 56 cm. (Courtesy Emma Kunz Zentrum; exh. Muzeum Susch, Zernez).
Book Review
Josef Albers: Life and Work
04/2019 | 1393 | 161
Pages: 358
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Reviewer:
Troeller, Jordan (Troeller, Jordan)
Subjects
artists:
Albers, Josef / Albers, Anni
dates:
1900-1999
styles:
Bauhaus / Abstract art / American art
subjects:
Biographies
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Josef Albers: Life and Work By Charles Darwent. | :
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