Infinite Possibilities : Serial Imagery in 20th-Century Drawings

by Chavez, Anja

• ISBN13: 9780974489810
• ISBN10: 0974489816
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-31
• Publisher: Univ of Washington Pr

Summary

Infinite Possibilitiesoffers new perspectives on the phenomenon of seriality in the medium of drawings and the visual arts. It includes drawings from the 1960s to the present by 29 artists from Japan, South America, the United States, and Europe. Whether looking at serial images in historical, political, mathematical, philosophical, or theoretical perspectives, Infinite Possibilities is a remarkable discourse on a fundamental aspect of contemporary artistic creativity. The artists included range from the emerging to the canonical; among them are Jennifer Bartlett, Jasper Johns, Ellsworth Kelly, Sol LeWitt, Robert Mangold, Gloria Ortiz-Hernandez, Richard Serra, and Tony Smith.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments	vi
David Mickenberg
Introduction	viii
Anja Chavez
Ad Infinitum: Boredom and the Play of Imagination	1	(14)
Nicolas De Warren
One Day After Another: Seriality and the Stuttering Word	15	(10)
Prudence Peiffer
Pure Art, Pure Science: The Politics of Serial Drawings in the 1960s	25	(12)
John J. Curley
The Double Life of Serial Drawing	37	(9)
Gabrielle Gopinath
Notes	46	(5)
Plates	51	(66)
Checklist	117	(6)
Photograph Credits and Copyright	123