Anna Moszynska

An exceptionally clear, thorough, and well- illustrated introduction to abstract art since 1900.

Abstract Art

Antony Gormley

This work presents the drawings of the sculptor Antony Gormley. Some of the compositions relate closely to sculptures such as "The Angel of the North", while others form part of a parallel activity such as the earth drawings connected with "Field". This work presents the drawings of the sculptor Antony Gormley. Since the early 1980s drawing has been an essential part of the process whereby he has sought to "negotiate a relationship between the body as a thing and the body as a place". Some of the compositions relate closely to his sculptures, such as "The Angel of the North" (1998), one of the most famous public monuments in the United Kingdom; others form part of a parallel activity such as the earth drawings connected with "Field", his installations of thousands of diminutive clay figures, while those made with his own blood are yet another aspect of his preoccupation with the human form as mediated by his own body.

Antony Gormley Drawing

Tate Britain (Gallery)

Penelope Curtis

Alison Wilding

Carmen Juliá

British artist Alison Wilding's innovative sculptures combine various forms and techniques to defuse and challenge the viewer's expectations.This volume explores over 20 works by the artist and is drawn from Wilding's ambitious display at the Duveen Galleries, Tate Britain, London, 12 November 2013 - 9 February 2014. Each of the five major works on display brings together contrasting materials - from copper and alabaster to rubber and PVC - whilst testing the relationship between scale and weight.Alongside 70 illustrations and an interview between the artist and curator Carmen Julía, a survey text by Anna Moszynska groups the works in relation to the sculptures made by Wilding throughout her over 30-year career.

Vanish & Detail

An exceptionally clear, thorough, and well- illustrated introduction to abstract art since 1900. Since the early years of the twentieth century, Western abstract art has fascinated, outraged, and bewildered audiences. Its path to acceptance within the artistic mainstream was slow. This revised edition traces the origins and evolution of abstract art, placing it in broad cultural context. Well-respected scholar Anna Moszynska examines the pioneering work of Hilma af Klint, Wassily Kandinsky, Kazimir Malevich, and Piet Mondrian alongside the Russian Constructivists, the De Stijl group, and the Bauhaus artists, contrasting European geometric abstraction in the 1930s and ’40s with the emphasis on personal expression after World War II. Op, kinetic, and minimal art of the postwar period is discussed and illustrated in detail, and new chapters bring the account up to date, exploring the crisis in abstraction of the 1980s and its revival—in paint, fabric, sculpture, and installation—in recent decades. The first edition of Abstract Art, published in 1990, was acclaimed by reviewers. Revised with extensive updates, this book includes new chapters on recent trends and offers fully global coverage of art produced in North and South America, Europe, China, Korea, and the Middle East. Now in full color and comprehensively revised, it will serve as the best introduction to abstract art for a new generation.

Abstract Art: Second Edition (World of Art)

Explains how abstract art originated and evolved, discusses major abstract artists and movements, and looks at the current revival of abstract painting

Anna Moszynska

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