On line : drawing through the twentieth century /
Cornelia Butler, Catherine de Zegher.
- New York : London : Museum of Modern Art ; Thames & Hudson [distributor], 2010.
- 228 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Published to accompany the exhibition held at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 21 Nov. 2010 - 7 Feb. 2011.
Includes bibliographical references.
Surface tension -- A century under the sign of line: drawing and its extension (1910-2010) / Catherine de Zegher -- Line extension -- Walkaround time: drawing and dance in the twentieth century / Cornelia H. Butler -- Confluence.
On Line: Drawing through the Twentieth Century explores a radical transformation of drawing that began over a century ago and continues as a vital impulse in art today. In a revolutionary departure from traditional ideas of drawing, and from the reliance on paper as the medium\'s fundamental support, artists have pushed the line of drawing into real space, expanding its relationship to gesture and form and invigorating its links with painting and sculpture, photography and film, and, particularly notably, dance and performance. Through works by over 100 artists, and through essays by Cornelia Butler and Catherine de Zegher that illuminate both broad themes and individual practices, On Line presents a groundbreaking history of an art form. The great, recognized art movements, from Cubism and Futurism at the beginning of the twentieth century through Abstract Expressionism, Neo-Concretism, arte povera, Conceptualism, and many other approaches up to the diverse present, are shown from a new perspective, and are joined by a host of less familiar artworks that properly claim a place in this differently defined field.
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Drawing--20th century--Exhibitions. Line (Art)--Exhibitions.