Intimate collaborations Kandinsky & Münter, Arp & Taeuber Bibiana K. Obler

Object Details

author

Obler, Bibiana K

Subject

Münter, Gabriele 1877-1962 Criticism and interpretation

M|nter, Gabriele 1877-1962

HMSG copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment.

Contents

Introduction: engendering abstraction -- Münter and Kandinsky -- The masquerade of modern love -- The matter of geist -- Taeuber and Arp -- Privacy and the politics of cross-stitch -- Beyond life

Summary

"This compelling examination of the work and lives of Expressionist artists Wassily Kandinsky and Gabriele Münter and Dadaists Hans Arp and Sophie Taeuber illuminates the roles of gender and the applied arts in abstraction's early days. Both couples, like Expressionism and Dada more generally, strived to transcend the fragmented individualism promoted by capitalism. Through abstraction and by unsettling the boundaries between the decorative and fine arts, they negotiated tensions between the philosophical and commercial aspects of their production. Both pairs were feminist - the women ambitious and the men supportive of their work - but theirs was a feminism that embraced differences between the sexes. This innovative look at the personal relationships of two influential artist couples shows how everyday life - mundane concerns along with spiritual and intellectual endeavors - informed the development of abstraction."--Jacket

2014

Type

Books

Criticism, interpretation, etc

Physical description

xi, 256 pages color illustrations 26 cm

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic

Artist couples

21.86 textile art

Geschlechterrolle

Konstnärspar

Record ID

siris_sil_1117354

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0