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Book Review

Poisoned Abstraction: Kurt Schwitters between Revolution and Exile

08/2022 | 1433 | 164

Pages: 826-827

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Williamson, Beth (Williamson, Beth)

Subjects

artists:

Schwitters, Kurt

subjects:

German art / Collages / Assemblages

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Poisoned Abstraction: Kurt Schwitters between Revolution and Exile By Graham Bader. 240 pp. incl. 90 col. + 40 b. & w. ills. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2021), £45. ISBN 978–0–300– 25708–3. | :

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Attributed works:

7. Untitled (Merzcolumn), by Kurt Schwitters. c.1923–25. Paper, board, metal, plaster, wood, knit fabric, cow horn, laurel branch, torchier light and other materials on wood, dimensions unknown. Destroyed. (Sprengel Museum, Hanover; © Michael Herling and Aline Gwose).

Exhibition Review

Betye Saar: Call and Response

03/2021 | 1416 | 163

Pages: 286-287

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Reviewer:

Monahan, Anne (Monahan, Anne)

Subjects

artists:

Saar, Betye

dates:

2020-2030

museums and institutions:

Morgan Library and Museum, New York, United States

subjects:

American art / Assemblages / Sketchbooks / Collages / Black people

Reviewed Items

subjects:

Betye Saar: Call and Response Morgan Library and Museum, New York 12th September 2020– 31st January 2021 | :

Illustrations

Attributed works:

21. The edge of ethics, by Betye Saar. 2010. Metal cage, figures, chain, glass bottle and fan coral, 26.7 by 23.5 by 14 cm. (Private collection; courtesy the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles; exh. Morgan Library and Museum, New York).

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22. Sketchbook page for The edge of ethics, 14th January 2010. Ballpoint pen, marker and coloured pencil on paper pasted into sketchbook. (Courtesy the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles; exh. Morgan Library and Museum, New York).

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23. Pocadonia, from the series A Secretary to the Spirits [for Ishmael Reed], by Betye Saar. 1975–78. Collage of cut and torn printed papers and Letraset border tape, with porous point pen, ink wash, watercolour and ink stamps on laminated paperboard, 38.1 by 25.4 cm. (Morgan Library and Museum, New York; photograph Janny Chiu).

Exhibition Review

Picasso and Paper. Royal Academy of Arts, London

04/2020 | 1405 | 162

Pages: 348-350

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Reviewer:

Cowling, Elizabeth (Cowling, Elizabeth)

Subjects

artists:

Picasso, Pablo

dates:

2020-2030

media:

Paper / Collages / Drawings / Bronzes / Assemblages / Oil sketches / Wallpaper / Newspapers

museums and institutions:

Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain / Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, United States

Reviewed Items

museums and institutions:

Picasso and Paper Royal Academy of Arts, London 25th January–13th April | :

Illustrations

Attributed works:

23. Head of a woman, by Pablo Picasso. 4th December 1962. Pencil on cut and folded wove paper, 42 by 26.5 cm. (Musée national Picasso- Paris; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).

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24. Violin, by Pablo Picasso. Autumn 1912. Laid paper, wallpaper, newspaper, wove wrapping paper and glazed black wove paper, cut and pasted onto cardboard, with pencil and charcoal, 65 by 50 cm. (Musée national Picasso- Paris; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).

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25. Women at their toilette, by Pablo Picasso. Winter 1937–38. Collage of cut-out wallpapers with gouache on paper pasted onto canvas, 299 by 448 cm. (Musée national Picasso- Paris; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).

Exhibition Review

Bruce Nauman: Disappearing Acts. Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1, New York

02/2019 | 1391 | 161

Pages: 140-143

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Reviewer:

Cooke, Lynne (Cooke, Lynne)

Subjects

art literature:

Riley, Bridget, London , Great Britain

artists:

Nauman, Bruce

dates:

2010-2019

media:

Videos / Photographs / Ceramics / Assemblages / Drawings / Sculpture / Installations (visual works)

museums and institutions:

Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States / MoMA PS1, New York, United States

places:

United States / New York

subjects:

Exhibitions / Critical Reception / Art literature / Psychology / Philosophy / Literature / Music

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Contrapposto studies, i through vii, by Bruce Nauman. 2015–16. Seven-channel video (© 2018 Bruce Nauman; Museum of Modern Art, New York, and Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation, on permanent loan to the Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel; exh. MoMA PS1, New York).

Attributed works:

2. Still from Green horses, by Bruce Nauman. 1988. Video installation (© 2018 Bruce Nauman; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo NY, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; exh. MoMA PS1, New York).

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4. Wax impressions of the knees of five famous artists, by Bruce Nauman. 1966. Fibreglass and polyester resin, 39.7 by 216.5 by 7 cm. (© 2018 Bruce Nauman; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York).

Article

The making of Picasso’s ‘Woman in a long dress’

11/2018 | 1388 | 160

Pages: 920-927

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Subjects

art literature:

Kahnweiler, Daniel-Henry / Spies, Werner / Eluard, Paul / Read, Peter / Leiris, Michel / Cocteau, Jean

artists:

Picasso, Pablo / Brassaï / González, Julio / Rousseau, Henri / Maar, Dora / Duncan, David Douglas

collectors and dealers:

Loeb, Pierre

dates:

1900-1949 / 1930-1939 / 1940-1949

media:

Sculpture / Plaster / Bronzes / Assemblages / Metalwork / Photographs / Art objects

subjects:

Spanish sculpture / World War (1939-1945) / Portraits / Self-portraits / Identification / Modernism / Neo-classicism / Kouroi / Visual sources / Casts (sculpture) / Studios (work spaces)

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Woman in a long dress, by Pablo Picasso. Here dated 1941–42. Bronze, 161.3 by 53.7 by 45.7 cm. (Private collection; photograph W.B. Dewey; © DACS London, 2018).

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3. Portrait of the artist’s mother, by Pablo Picasso. 1896. Pastel on paper, 49.8 by 39 cm. (Museu Picasso, Barcelona; Bridgeman Images; © DACS London, 2018).

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4. Portrait of Yadwiga, by Henri Rousseau. 1895. Canvas, 160 by 105 cm. (Musée Picasso, Paris; Bridgeman Images).

Attributed works:

5. Picasso and his stove, rue des Grands Augustins, by Brassaï. 1939. (Private collection / Photo © Christie’s Images; Bridgeman Images).

Attributed works:

6. Picasso’s Head of a bull with an arm from Easter Island, by Brassaï. 1943. Gelatin silver print, 17.7 by 24 cm. (Musée National Picasso, Paris; © DACS London, 2018).

Attributed works:

7. Head of a bull, by Pablo Picasso. 1942. Bicycle saddle and handlebars, 33.5 by 43.5 by 19 cm. (Musée National Picasso, Paris; © DACS London, 2018).

Attributed works:

8. ‘L’Aubade’ and ‘Woman in a long dress’ in Picasso’s rue des Grands Augustins studio, Paris, by Brassaï. 1946. Photograph. (Musée National Picasso, Paris; © DACS London, 2018).

Attributed works:

9. Front steps of La Californie with Picasso and the welder at work, by David Douglas Duncan. 1957. (From D.D. Duncan: Goodbye Picasso, New York 1975, p.65).

Western art unattributed:

2. Female statue, known as the Woman of Auxerre, c.640–630 BC. Limestone, height 75 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).

Article

‘Notre avenir est dans l’air’: flight and Picasso’s Cubist sculpture

07/2016 | 1360 | 158

Pages: 552-561

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Author:

Finlay, John (Finlay, John)

Subjects

artists:

Picasso, Pablo

artists:

Braque, Georges

dates:

1910-1919

subjects:

Sculpture / Cubist

subjects:

Aviation / Influence / Assemblages

Illustrations

Attributed works:

34. The scallop shell: 'Notre avenir est dans l'air', by Pablo Picasso. February-April 1912 (Leonard A. Lauder collection, New York, © Succession Picasso/DACS, London 2016)

Attributed works:

35. Review of Braque's exhibition by Louis Vauxcelles juxtaposed with an article on Wilbur Wright's flight at Le Mans, Gil Blas, 13th November 1908 (Bibliothèque national de France, Paris)

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37. Installation in Picasso's studio at 242 boulevard Raspail, Paris. December 1912 or February 1913 (Musée Picasso, Paris, © Succession Picasso/DACS, London 2016)

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38. Installation in Picasso's studio at 242 boulevard Raspail, Paris. December 1912 or February 1913. Modern photographic print from an original glass negative (Musée Picasso, Paris, © Succession Picasso/DACS, London 2016)

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40. Installation in Picasso's studio at 242 boulevard Raspail, Paris. December 1912 or February 1913 (Musée Picasso, Paris, © Succession Picasso/DACS, London 2016)

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42. 'The Aviator "Pépéte" has just shot down a "taube" with his machine gun' from Kids at War, by Léon Gimpel. 19th September 1915 (Collection Société française de photographie, Paris)

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43. Bottle and guitar, by Pablo Picasso. 1913. Assemblage. Destroyed (© Succession Picasso/DACS, London 2016)

Attributed works:

45. Notre avenir est dans l'air, by Pablo Picasso, 1912 (Musée nationale d'art moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, © Succession Picasso/DACS, London 2016)

Attributed works:

46. Still life with chair caning, by Pablo Picasso. February/April 1912 (Musée Picasso, Paris, © Succession Picasso/DACS, London 2016)

Western art unattributed:

36. Blériot's monoplane exhibited outside the office of Le Matin in Paris, 4th September 1909. Photograph (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris)

Western art unattributed:

39. Orville Wright with his upended glider at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. 1901 (The Library of Congress Prints and Photographic Division, Washington, DC)

Western art unattributed:

41. Petits constructions: Aéroplane-biplane du type Wright. 1910 (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris)

Western art unattributed:

44. Picasso in his studio in rue Schoelcher, Paris, with Man leaning on a table in progress. 1915-16 (Musée Picasso, Paris, © Succession Picasso/DACS, London 2016)

Exhibition Review

Art and Black Los Angeles 1960–1980. Los Angeles, New York and Williamstown

04/2013 | 1321 | 155

Pages: 293-294

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Reviewer:

Craft, Catherine (Craft, Catherine)

Subjects

dates:

2010-2019

dates:

1960-1979

museums and institutions:

Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, United States / Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, United States / MoMA PS1, New York, United States

places:

Williamstown / United States / New York / Los Angeles

subjects:

Reviews / Exhibitions / Modern Art / African American / Social history / Politics / Assemblages

Illustrations

Attributed works:

100. Untitled (Assemblage), by Noah Purifoy. 1967. Mixed media, 167.6 by 99.1 by 20.3 cm. (Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; exh MoMA PS1, New York).

Attributed works:

98. Installation view of Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles 1960-1980 at MoMA PS1, New York, 2012. In foreground: Place for Nature, by Maren Hassinger. 2011. Mixed-media installation, dimensions variable. (Courtesy of the artist). In corner: Only love saves the day, by Senga Nengudi, 2011. Nylon and sand, dimensions variable. (Courtesy of the artist and Thomas Erben Gallery, New York). At right: The wine leading the wine, by David Hammons. c.1969. Body print on paper, 101.6 by 122.6 cm. (Hudgins Family Collection, New York; photograph by Matthew Septimus).

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99. Installation view of Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles 1960-1980 at MoMA PS1, New York, 2012. Left to right: Lynch fragments, by Melvin Edwards (1963-66; welded steel, dimensions and collections variable); The lifted X, by Melvin Edwards (1965; steel, 165.1 by 114.3 by 55.9 cm.; Museum of Modern Art, New York); Birmingham totem, by Charles White (1964; ink and charcoal on paper, 181.5 by 101.8 cm.; High Museum of Art, Atlanta); and Black pope (Sandwich board man), by Charles White (1973; oil wash on board, 166.4 by 125.7 cm.; Museum of Modern Art, New York). (Photograph by Matthew Septimus).

Publication Received

Looking for Bruce Conner

10/2012 | 1315 | 154

Pages: 722

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Reviewer:

Boaden, James (Boaden, James)

Subjects

artists:

Conner, Bruce

dates:

1950-1999 / 1990-2009

subjects:

American (United States of America) / American sculpture (United States of America) / Films (motion pictures) / Drawings / Printmaking / Prints / Assemblages

Exhibition Review

Glasnost. London

06/2010 | 1287 | 152

Pages: 425-426

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Reviewer:

Blood, Anne (Blood, Anne)

Subjects

dates:

2010-2019 / 1980-1989

places:

London / England

print:

Soviet art

private galleries:

Haunch of Venison, London, Great Britain

subjects:

Reviews / Exhibitions / Soviet art / Russian painting / Russian sculpture / Installations (visual works) / Assemblages / Soviet

subjects:

Socialism

Reviewed Items

subjects:

Glasnost: Soviet Non-Conformist Art from the 1980s | institution: Haunch of Venison

Illustrations

Attributed works:

74. Sleep quietly or rest in peace, by Maria Konstantinov. 1989. Mixed media, 118.1 by 142.3 by 17.7 cm. (Courtesy of Gallerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, and Diehl + Gallery One, Moscow; exh. Haunch of Venison, London).

Attributed works:

75. Dukat, by Eduard Gorokhosky. 1987. Canvas, 81 by 100 cm. (Courtesy of Gallerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, and Diehl + Gallery One, Moscow; exh. Haunch of Venison, London).

Attributed works:

76. Bitsa, by Eduard Gorokhosky. 1987. Canvas, 81 by 100 cm. (Courtesy of Gallerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, and Diehl + Gallery One, Moscow; exh. Haunch of Venison, London).

Exhibition Review

Crash: Homage to J.G. Ballard. London

04/2010 | 1285 | 152

Pages: 262-263

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Reviewer:

Griffin, Christopher (Griffin, Christopher)

Subjects

art literature:

Ballard, J.G.

dates:

2010-2019

places:

London / England

print:

Ballard, J.G.

print:

Contemporary art

private galleries:

Gagosian Gallery, London, Great Britain

subjects:

Reviews / Exhibitions / Authors / Influence / Paintings / Sculpture / Installations (visual works) / Assemblages / Digital art

Reviewed Items

subjects:

Crash: Homage to J.G. Ballard | institution: Gagosian Gallery

Illustrations

Attributed works:

60. Self-portrait of you + me (Jayne Mansfield), by Douglas Gordon. 2007. Smoke, wax and mirror, 103 by 92.7 by 6.3 cm. (framed). (Courtesy of the artist; exh. Gagosian Gallery, London).

Attributed works:

61. Le canapé bleu, by Paul Delvaux. 1967. Canvas, 140 by 180 cm. (Private collection; exh. Gagosian Gallery, London).

Attributed works:

62. Hers is a lush situation, by Richard Hamilton. 1958. Oil, cellulose, metal foil and collage on panel, 81.3 by 121.9 cm. (Pallant House Gallery, Chichester; exh. Gagosian Gallery, London).

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