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Tomma Abts / edited by James Rondeau and Lekha Hileman Waitoller ; with contributions by James Rondeau, Kate Nesin, and Juliane Rebentisch ; accompanying an exhibition organized by Lizzie Carey-Thomas, James Rondeau, and Lekha Hileman Waitoller

Material Type Books
Edition First edition
Publication Chicago, Illinois : Art Institute of Chicago , 2018
Size pages cm
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Laboratory Y723.3/R 66
01929268

9780300233872

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Notes Summary: "With a rigorous approach and self-imposed limitations to both scale and composition, Tomma Abts (b. 1967) has reinvigorated painterly abstraction and its relevance within contemporary art. Using a fixed canvas size and a vertical format, Abts deploys basic formal elements such as arcs, circles, planes, and stripes to create powerful works that are at once subtle and eccentric. This extraordinary book, designed in collaboration with the artist herself, is a substantial and deeply insightful treatment of her career to date and features sixty works made over the past decade. Essays not only contextualize Abts's work within an art-historical framework of methods, process, and style, but also examine her paintings' philosophical and psychological dimensions and their embodiment of a creative process that transcends the specifics of any particular work. The beautifully designed and illustrated exhibition catalogue examines both the art-historical framework of Tomma Abts's painting as well as its deep phil
"Tomma Abts was published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title organized by the Art Institute of Chicago and the Serpentine Galleries."
Includes bibliographical references and index
Authors Rondeau, James editor
Waitoller, Lekha Hileman editor
Art Institute of Chicago host institution
Subjects LCSH:Abts, Tomma, 1967- -- Exhibitions  All Subject Search
LCSH:Painting, Abstract -- Germany -- Exhibitions  All Subject Search
FREE:ART / Individual Artists / Monographs. bisacsh
FREE:ART / History / Contemporary (1945-). bisacsh
FREE:ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General. bisacsh
Classification LCC:ND588.A25
DC23:759.3
ID TT40057844
ISBN 9780300233872

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