Tekst achterflap

The Grid investigates the many ways in which the grid is exploited in contemporary art. Textile weave, graphic grid, material support, typological system, spatiotemporal framework, computer matrix, narrative and documentary device... the grid emerges as a complex, ambiguous structure evocative of the rational order of science, while simultaneously unlocking hitherto untapped avenues for imagination, intuition and creativity.

This book features artworks by artists from Concrete Art, Minimalism, Optical Art, Conceptual Art, Narrative Art, Performance Art, and Digital Art, including a special focus on Brazilian Contemporary Art.

Artists represented:
Carl Andre, Claudia Andujar, Christian Boltanski, Analívia Cordeiro, Michael Ensdorf, Esther Ferrer, Douglas Huebler, On Kawara, Sherrie Levine, Sol LeWitt, Jacques Lizène, Verena Loewensberg, Vera Molnár, François Morellet, Dennis Oppenheim, Gina Pane, Rosemarie Trockel.

Beschrijving

The Grid investigates the many ways in which the grid is exploited in contemporary art. Textile weave, graphic grid, material support, typological system, spatiotemporal framework, computer matrix, narrative and documentary device... the grid emerges as a complex, ambiguous structure evocative of the rational order of science, while simultaneously unlocking hitherto untapped avenues for imagination, intuition and creativity.

This book features artworks by artists from Concrete Art, Minimalism, Optical Art, Conceptual Art, Narrative Art, Performance Art, and Digital Art, including a special focus on Brazilian Contemporary Art.

Artists represented:
Carl Andre, Claudia Andujar, Christian Boltanski, Analívia Cordeiro, Michael Ensdorf, Esther Ferrer, Douglas Huebler, On Kawara, Sherrie Levine, Sol LeWitt, Jacques Lizène, Verena Loewensberg, Vera Molnár, François Morellet, Dennis Oppenheim, Gina Pane, Rosemarie Trockel.

Slogan/Promotie

The concept of the 'grid' as a material, visual, formal and theoretical structure in the avant-gardes of the 1960s-1980s, with a focus on contemporary art

Details