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9781861891754

Ad Reinhardt

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  • ISBN13:

    9781861891754

  • ISBN10:

    186189175X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-01-01
  • Publisher: Reaktion Books
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Summary

What determines who the great masters of art are? All too often, the political seeps into cultural conversations, and the result is a historical record riddled with holes. One of the most glaring omissions from the generally recognized canon of American art is Ad Reinhardt (191367). An American artist who had significant ties to the American Communist movement and leftist political organizations, Reinhardt and his contributions to modern art have been largely pushed out of the spotlight. But now in this unprecedented in-depth study of his life and work, Michael Corris returns Reinhardt to his rightful place in American art and culture. A pioneering avant-garde artist with fierce political beliefs, Reinhardt immersed himself in the vibrant left-wing political and cultural circles of the 1930s and '40s, only to find himself marginalized by the social and cultural conservatism that arose in postwar America. Corris examines Reinhardt's art in this historical context, tracking the development of his entire oeuvre, ranging from his abstract paintings to his popular graphic artwork, which took the form of reproductions and cartoons. At the heart of the book, however, are numerous illustrations of Reinhardt's paintings, public installations, and cartoonsmany never before publishedand the artist's own writings.Ad Reinhardtalso evaluates Reinhardt's role in the art world, including his influence on younger artists who created successive avant-garde movements, such as minimal and conceptual art. A comprehensive examination of a less-heralded American master,Ad Reinhardtis a fascinating portrait of an artist whose political radicalism infused his art with a poignant resonance that stretches, through this rediscovery, into the present.

Author Biography

Michael Corris, an artist and writer on art, is Senior Research Fellow in the History of Art & Design at Kingston University. He was a member of the Conceptual art group Art & Language in New York in the 1970s.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction: 'Starting over at the beginning'
'Every person is a special kind of artist'
Cartoons and Communists'Hack'Public Art and Public MediaComrade CubistThe Origins of 'Art-as-Art'Comrade Ad
'Painting-Reason' and 'Picture-Purpose'Abstract Art for Society's Sake
The Inconsolable Polymath
Collage as Destruction'Painting is more than the scum of its pots': Beyond Formalism
The Intellectual Gift of the Post-Historic Artist'Blue in art is blue
Red in art is red
Yellow in art is yellow
Dark gray in art is not dark gray': Aesthetics and Indeterminacy
'How to make Modern Art in America: Fifteen Years Later
'Perfection and the End of Art
Neither Secular nor Sacred
Systems of Strife
'An Invasion of the Ultimate'Jamming
Rules
Convictions
Realignment
'Every Dogma has its Day'
'The re-reformation of formalism'
'A dark flame, fog forming in the unformed': Responsive Eyes
Unfinished Business
The Success of Failure
Reinhardt and the Art of the Sixties
Empty Devices, Dead Diagrams and Invisible Spectacles
Trailer
Political Art and Political Power
Scepticism
The Artist as Citizen
Art and Resistance
Reinhardt's Difficult Freedom Appendix
References
Bibliography
Artist's Chronology
Acknowledgements
Index
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