Essays On Assemblage
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
A landmark publication from one of the world's most prestigious cultural institutions, Essays on Assemblage presents a rigorous and illuminating collection of critical writings dedicated to one of the twentieth century's most dynamic and transgressive art forms. The volume chronicles the rise of assemblage — the practice of constructing art from found objects, discarded materials, and everyday ephemera — tracing its roots from the Dadaist provocations of the early 1900s through to its flourishing in the postwar avant-garde movements of Europe and America. Published by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, this anthology gathers scholarly perspectives that argue for assemblage's central role in dismantling the boundaries between high art and the material world. The essays illuminate how artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Kurt Schwitters, and Joseph Cornell transformed refuse into resonant cultural statements, challenging assumptions about beauty, value, and authorship. Written with the intellectual authority of MoMA's curatorial tradition, the collection instructs readers in the formal and conceptual vocabulary necessary to appreciate this often misunderstood medium — leaving one to wonder where the art object ends and the world it consumes begins.
Author: John Elderfield
Format: Hardback
Genre: Essays
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
A landmark publication from one of the world's most prestigious cultural institutions, Essays on Assemblage presents a rigorous and illuminating collection of critical writings dedicated to one of the twentieth century's most dynamic and transgressive art forms. The volume chronicles the rise of assemblage — the practice of constructing art from found objects, discarded materials, and everyday ephemera — tracing its roots from the Dadaist provocations of the early 1900s through to its flourishing in the postwar avant-garde movements of Europe and America. Published by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, this anthology gathers scholarly perspectives that argue for assemblage's central role in dismantling the boundaries between high art and the material world. The essays illuminate how artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Kurt Schwitters, and Joseph Cornell transformed refuse into resonant cultural statements, challenging assumptions about beauty, value, and authorship. Written with the intellectual authority of MoMA's curatorial tradition, the collection instructs readers in the formal and conceptual vocabulary necessary to appreciate this often misunderstood medium — leaving one to wonder where the art object ends and the world it consumes begins.