Dancers On A Plane: Cage · Cunningham · Johns
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the crossroads of music, dance, and visual art, three of the twentieth century's most radical creative minds — John Cage, Merce Cunningham, and Jasper Johns — forged a collaboration that permanently altered the landscape of modern art. Dancers on a Plane: Cage · Cunningham · Johns is a landmark exhibition catalogue published by the Anthony d'Offay Gallery in 1989, presenting the profound artistic and personal bonds shared by these three giants, with a central essay by Susan Sontag titled In Memory of their Feelings, accompanied by critical contributions from Richard Francis, Mark Rosenthal, Anne Seymour, David Sylvester, and David Vaughan. Sontag's characteristically incisive and lyrical prose illuminates the philosophical underpinnings of this legendary creative trinity — Cage's chance-based musical compositions, Cunningham's revolutionary choreography freed from narrative, and Johns's iconic, object-laden paintings — revealing how each artist's practice was invisibly yet indelibly shaped by the others. The volume stands as both a critical document and a testament to the power of artistic kinship, raising the question: where does one artist's vision end and another's begin?
Author: Susan Sontag
Format: Paperback
Published: 1989, Anthony d'Offay Gallery
Genre: The arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the crossroads of music, dance, and visual art, three of the twentieth century's most radical creative minds — John Cage, Merce Cunningham, and Jasper Johns — forged a collaboration that permanently altered the landscape of modern art. Dancers on a Plane: Cage · Cunningham · Johns is a landmark exhibition catalogue published by the Anthony d'Offay Gallery in 1989, presenting the profound artistic and personal bonds shared by these three giants, with a central essay by Susan Sontag titled In Memory of their Feelings, accompanied by critical contributions from Richard Francis, Mark Rosenthal, Anne Seymour, David Sylvester, and David Vaughan. Sontag's characteristically incisive and lyrical prose illuminates the philosophical underpinnings of this legendary creative trinity — Cage's chance-based musical compositions, Cunningham's revolutionary choreography freed from narrative, and Johns's iconic, object-laden paintings — revealing how each artist's practice was invisibly yet indelibly shaped by the others. The volume stands as both a critical document and a testament to the power of artistic kinship, raising the question: where does one artist's vision end and another's begin?