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Abstraction Geometry Painting: Selected Geometric Abstract Painting in America Since 1945
Looks at works by Albers, Kelly, Stella and Marden, and discusses their approach to art
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First published September 1, 1989
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Michael Auping
65 books2 followersMichael Auping is chief curator at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas.
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February 5, 2019
180416: i have to thank anne at the u bookstore for finding this book, got if first at the library, read, returned, thought i would never see it again!
this is an exhibition catalogue (buffalo, miami, milwaukee, yale) from 1989, with essay by auping. large format, great reproductions, useful essay. but then you have to really like this sort of abstract and geometric work. you can compare it (ad reinhardt, frank stella) to the spiritual/philosophical aspirations of american abstract expressionists (barnett newman, mark rothko), with colour field, with scale, and to the other end of the continuum with popular artists (andy warhol, roy lichtenstein), interpreting the common, inescapable, popular environment...
there is the argument all art is somehow 'narrative' for humans, obvious in portraits, in depictions of human activity, in telling religious fables or figures, but also such in 'landscapes' that could now be seen as art, rather than where you worked as farmer until you could live separately in towns for example, and could gaze at, could appreciate its aesthetic quality. this abstract and geometric, i find the furthest evolution towards the purely human aesthetic forms, narratives as the most extreme 'abstraction' from any given world. to look at lines, at squares, at circles- for me this is great example of 'pure' art that has no 'purpose' (kant). i like the purity. i like the sharp edges. i like the geometric forms. i like the very human creation of images not found in nature of any sort, found only in the human mind...
but then, one of my favourite artworks is 'white on white' by kazimir malevich..
this is an exhibition catalogue (buffalo, miami, milwaukee, yale) from 1989, with essay by auping. large format, great reproductions, useful essay. but then you have to really like this sort of abstract and geometric work. you can compare it (ad reinhardt, frank stella) to the spiritual/philosophical aspirations of american abstract expressionists (barnett newman, mark rothko), with colour field, with scale, and to the other end of the continuum with popular artists (andy warhol, roy lichtenstein), interpreting the common, inescapable, popular environment...
there is the argument all art is somehow 'narrative' for humans, obvious in portraits, in depictions of human activity, in telling religious fables or figures, but also such in 'landscapes' that could now be seen as art, rather than where you worked as farmer until you could live separately in towns for example, and could gaze at, could appreciate its aesthetic quality. this abstract and geometric, i find the furthest evolution towards the purely human aesthetic forms, narratives as the most extreme 'abstraction' from any given world. to look at lines, at squares, at circles- for me this is great example of 'pure' art that has no 'purpose' (kant). i like the purity. i like the sharp edges. i like the geometric forms. i like the very human creation of images not found in nature of any sort, found only in the human mind...
but then, one of my favourite artworks is 'white on white' by kazimir malevich..
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