Monochromes : from Malevich to the present / essays, Barbara Rose ... [et al.] ; artworks, Abakanowicz ... [et al.] ; edited by Valeria Varas, Raul Rispa.

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Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2006.Description: 240 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cmISBN:

9780520249370 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0520249372 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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DDC classification:

709.04 ROS

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	709.04 ROS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100359075

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The first comprehensive study of the modern history of monochrome art, Monochromes traces the development of single-color artwork--painting, sculpture, photography, video, and installations--up to the present. With almost 160 full-color reproductions, this stunning book examines fundamental aesthetic issues raised by the monochrome in a historical context. The authors ask whether the monochrome is the last and most radical phase of abstract painting or instead a point of departure for installations and environments. Among the many artists featured in this book are Alexander Rodchenko, Georgia O'Keeffe, Lucio Fontana, Yves Klein, Ad Reinhardt, Frank Stella, Andy Warhol, Robert Irwin, and Isamu Noguchi. The book includes writings on the monochrome by twenty-six artists, from Kasimir Malevich to Warhol, and from Carl Andre, Reinhardt, and Donald Judd to Ben Nicholson, Robert Ryman, and Anish Kapoor. In an engaging essay, Barbara Rose deftly surveys the divergent complex issues raised by the monochrome.

Additional Essays by Gladys Fabre, Christopher K. Ho, and Vincenzo Trione. Edited by Valerie Varas and Paula Rispa

Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, June 15-Sept. 6, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-233) and indexes.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Editors' Note (p. 7)
The Monochrome: from Object to Installation Preface (p. 8)
Pre-Malevich Monochromes and Chronology (p. 11)
Monochrome Artworks (p. 20)
The Meanings of Monochrome (p. 21)
Monochromes of Light in Time and Space: Color as Becoming. From Suprematism to Polish Unism, from Group Zero to Opalka (p. 89)
Modernism, Minimalism and Monochrome: the Monochrome's Future and Past (p. 119)
Icons of Silence (p. 143)
Chroma: Passages through Color (p. 177)
Introduction (p. 178)
Selected extracts from artists' written work
Malevich (p. 180)
Rodchenko (p. 181)
Arp (p. 184)
Fontana (p. 184)
Manzoni (p. 186)
Klein (p. 189)
Burri (p. 193)
Tapies (p. 194)
O'Keeffe (p. 196)
Warhol (p. 198)
Arman (p. 198)
Andre (p. 200)
Reinhardt (p. 202)
Judd (p. 204)
Kelly (p. 206)
Venet (p. 209)
Scully (p. 210)
Nicholson (p. 212)
Ryman (p. 213)
Rueda (p. 214)
Bonalumi (p. 216)
West (p. 216)
Irwin (p. 217)
Bianchi (p. 219)
Kapoor (p. 220)
Abakanowicz (p. 221)
Notes on the Essays (p. 224)
Artists' Biographies: Key Dates (p. 227)
Bibliography (p. 231)
Indexes (p. 234)
Sources and Acknowledgments (p. 238)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Barbara Rose is the author of American Art since 1900, and Autocritique: Essays on Art and Anti-Art, as well as monographs on Ad Reinhardt, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Claes Oldenburg, and Lee Krasner among others. Gladys Fabre is an art historian and curator. Christopher K. Ho is a professor at the Rhode Island School of Design. Vincenzo Trione is Professor of Contemporary Art at the University of Naples. Valerie Varas is a specialist in visual arts. Paula Rispa is an expert in contemporary arts and architecture.