Description: The first comprehensive study of the modern history of monochrome art, Monochromes traces the development of single-color artwork--painting, sculpture, photography, video, and installations--up to the present. With almost 160 full-color reproductions, this stunning book examines fundamental aesthetic issues raised by the monochrome in a historical context. The authors ask whether the monochrome is the last and most radical phase of abstract painting or instead a point of departure for installations and environments. Among the many artists featured in this book are Alexander Rodchenko, Georgia O'Keeffe, Lucio Fontana, Yves Klein, Ad Reinhardt, Frank Stella, Andy Warhol, Robert Irwin, and Isamu Noguchi. The book includes writings on the monochrome by twenty-six artists, from Kasimir Malevich to Warhol, and from Carl Andre, Reinhardt, and Donald Judd to Ben Nicholson, Robert Ryman, and Anish Kapoor. In an engaging essay, Barbara Rose deftly surveys the divergent complex issues raised by the monochrome.
Additional Essays by Gladys Fabre, Christopher K. Ho, and Vincenzo Trione. Edited by Valerie Varas and Paula Rispa

Author: Barbara Rose

Binding: Paperback

Dewey Decimal Number: 709.0400744999

EAN: 9780520249370

ISBN: 0520249372

Label: University of California Press

Language: English

Manufacturer: University of California Press

Number of Items: 1

Number of Pages: 240

Product Group: Book

Publication Date: 2006-10-18

Publisher: University of California Press

Studio: University of California Press

Title: Monochromes: From Malevich to the Present (Ahmanson-Murphy Fine Arts Books)


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