Konkrete Kunst in Europa Nach 1945/Concrete Art in Europe After 1945

by Hatje Cantz Publishers

• ISBN13: 9783775711913
• ISBN10: 3775711910
• Edition: Bilingual
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-03-01
• Publisher: Distributed Art Pub Inc

Summary

For over three decades, Peter C. Ruppert and his wife Rosemarie assembled a private collection of some 245 artworks which vividly document the development and spread of Concrete Art throughout Europe from 1945 to the present. The year 1945 marked the political turning point brought about by the cessation of war; with regard to art it meant different things to different nations. To be sure, Concrete Art was not hindered by Europe's borders, and is encountered in America, for example, as Hard Edge painting, Color Field painting and Minimal Art. Yet the conscious focus on Europe reveals a wide and fertile terrain.

Table of Contents

Grussworte zur Eroffnung des Museums/ Greetings on the occasion of the inauguration of the Museum	p. 6
Bekenntnis zur Klarheit--Uber die Sammlung Peter C. Ruppert/ Allegiance to clarity--The Peter C. Ruppert Collection	p. 13
Interview mit dem Sammler Peter C. Ruppert/ Interview with the collector Peter C. Ruppert	p. 33
Stille Orte der Geometrie/ Quiet abodes of geometry	p. 70
"Kind ohne Namen?"--Zur Entwicklung und Terminologie der konkreten Kunst in der Schweiz/ "Child Without a Name?"--On the development and terminology of Concrete Art in Switzerland	p. 84
Hauptstadt: Paris/ Capitale: Paris/ Capital: Paris	p. 122
Konkrete Kunst in Deutschland in der Sammlung Ruppert--Ein Streiflicht/ Concrete Art of Germany in the Ruppert Collection--A brief survey	p. 166
Uber "ureigene Mittel und Gesetzmassigkeiten" in der konkreten Kunst in Europa nach 1945/ On "innate means and laws" in the Concrete Art in Europe after 1945	p. 228
Die europaweite Ausbreitung der konkreten Kunst nach 1945/ The spread of Concrete Art in Europe after 1945	p. 262
Verzeichnis der Werke/Catalogue of Works	p. 343
Biografien/Biographies	p. 364
Fotonachweis/Photo Credits	p. 426
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