Frederick Kiesler : galaxies : the multli-paneled constellations

Title
  1. Frederick Kiesler : galaxies : the multli-paneled constellations / Stephanie Buhmann.
Published by
  1. Berlin : The Green Box, [2022]
  2. ©2022
Author
  1. Buhmann, Stephanie

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Additional authors
  1. Kiesler, Frederick.
Description
  1. 375 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits; 25 cm
Summary
  1. Recognized as one of the important avant-garde artists of the 20th Century with roots in Europe and the United States of America, Frederick Kiesler (1890 ? 1965) closely associated with key members of De Stijl, Dada, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism and Pop-Art. He exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art, New York and The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; was represented by two of the most powerful American art dealers of the postwar era, Sidney Janis and Leo Castelli, and was subject of countless magazine and newspaper articles. As a pioneering multi-disciplinary artist, he never belonged to one movement and explored various artforms simultaneously. Besides his well-known endeavors in the fields of architecture, theater and furniture design, he also worked extensively in sculpture, painting, and installation. Among these disciplines, all of which fueled each other, Kiesler?s painted compositions of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, which he had coined Galaxies early on, have long remained the least studied. This publication provides the first in-depth analysis of this extensive body of work, which comprises both single unit compositions and multi-paneled constellations that blur the line between painting, sculpture, and installation when spanning walls, floor and ceiling. By discussing their historic, intellectual, and visual context, Stephanie Buhmann?s well-illustrated text reveals that Kiesler?s Galaxies marked a crucial aspect of his lifelong exploration of space and form and therefore must be understood as one of his most significant achievements. Furthermore, they reflect an artistic vision whose underlying ambition could not be more current. Having witnessed two world wars, Kiesler thought it crucial that his work should serve an enlightened society that was conscious of the threat of divisionism.
Alternative title
  1. Galaxies : the multli-paneled constellations
Subject
  1. Kiesler, Frederick > Criticism and interpretation
  2. Kiesler, Frederick
  3. Criticism and interpretation
Call number
  1. JQE 23-335
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author
  1. Buhmann, Stephanie, author.
Title
  1. Frederick Kiesler : galaxies : the multli-paneled constellations / Stephanie Buhmann.
Publisher
  1. Berlin : The Green Box, [2022]
Copyright date
  1. ©2022
Type of content
  1. still image
  2. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added author
  1. Kiesler, Frederick.
LCCN
  1. 2022911537
Other standard identifier
  1. 9783962160166
ISBN
  1. 9783962160166 (hbk.)
  2. 3962160167
Research call number
  1. JQE 23-335
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