Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Barnas, Maria,

Description

1. 112 p. : ill.; 30 cm

Summary

1. When Willem Sandberg, the newly appointed director of Amsterdam?s Stedelijk Museum, held an exhibition in 1946 in honour of Piet Mondrian, he did something quite remarkable. He placed a Swiss cheese plant next to Mondrian?s paintings. For Sandberg, the aesthetic placement of a plant in the museum made a statement. No longer would the Stedelijk be an elite temple for art; rather, he wanted the public to become accustomed to contemporary art in a familiar, domestic environment. Artist Inge Meijer investigated the vanished and subsequently forgotten vegetation in the museum during the 1945?1983 period for this book, rendering its history once again visible.

Series statement

1. Roma Publication 362

Uniform title

1. ROMA publication ; 362.

Alternative title

1. Plant collection

Subject

1. 20.30 history of art: general
2. Amsterdam (Netherlands). Stedelijk Museum
3. Photography of plants

Owning institution

1. Columbia University Libraries

Note

1. "... the artist Inge Meijrer has very systematically investigated the vanished -- and forgotten -- vegetation in the museum druing the 1945-1983 period and made it visible. Delving into the museum archives, she tracked down a total of 272 photographs containing plants (253 in het Stedelijk and 19 in Museum Fodor)"--Page 4.
2. Includes an interview with Inge Meijer, conducted by Maria Barnas.

Language (note)

1. Text in Dutch with English translation.