Abstract Art: A Global History
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Taking a radically new approach to the history of abstract
painting, Pepe Karmel applies a scholarly yet fresh vision to
reconsider the history of abstraction from a global perspective and
to demonstrate that abstraction is embedded in the real world.
Moving beyond the orthodox canonical terrain of abstract art, he
surveys artists from across the globe, examining their work from
the point of view of content rather than form. Previous writers
have approached the history of abstraction as a series of movements
solving a series of formal problems.In contrast, Karmel focuses on
the subject matter of abstract art, showing how artists have used
abstract imagery to express social, cultural and spiritual
experience. An introductory discussion of the work of the early
modern pioneers of abstraction opens up into a completely new
approach to abstract art based around five inclusive themes - the
body, the landscape, the cosmos, architecture, and the repertory of
man-made signs and patterns - each of which has its own chapter.
Starting from a figurative example, Karmel works outwards to
develop a series of narratives that go far beyond the established
figures and movements traditionally associated with abstract
art.Each narrative is complemented by a number of 'featured'
abstract works, which provide an in-depth illustration of the
breadth of Karmel's distinctive vision. A wide-ranging examination
of topics - from embryos to the surface of skin, from vortexes to
waves, planets to star charts, towers to windows - is interwoven
with detailed analysis of works by established figures like Joan
Miro and Jackson Pollock alongside pieces by lesser-known artists
such as Wu Guanzhong, Hilma af Klint and Odili Donald Odita.
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