G

by Mertins, Detlef; Jennings, Michael W.; Lindberg, Steven; Christian, Margareta Ingrid

• ISBN13: 9781606060391
• ISBN10: 1606060392
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-12-07
• Publisher: J Paul Getty Museum Pubns

Summary

The Journal G: Material Zur Elementaren Gestaltung Appeared Between 1923 And 1926 And Featured a Unique Combination of Visual Works and Writings by Some of the Most Important Names in European Art and Design. The List of Contributors to the Magazine During Its Short Life Reads Like a Roll Call of the Avant-Garde: It Includes Hans ARP, Walter Benjamin, Naum Gabo, George Grosz, Raoul Hausmann, El Lissitzky, Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, Man Ray, Hans Richter, Tristan Tzara, and Theo Van Doesburg. What This Disparate Group Had in Common Was a Belief in Gestaltung, or "Elemental Form-Creation," Which Placed Emphasis on the Process and the Materials Through Which Cultural Objects are Produced Rather than on any "ISM," Style, or Form. In G, Works of Engineering, Technology, and Popular Culture Took Their Place Alongside Paintings, Films, Poems, and Sculptures, Creating a Complex and Vivid Image of Urban Modernity.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Notes to the Reader	p. 1
Introduction: The G-Group and the European Avant-Garde	p. 3
Contains Graphic Material: El Lissitzky and the Topography of G	p. 21
Toward an Elemental Cinema: Film Aesthetics and Practice in G	p. 53
Architecture, Worldview, and World Image in G	p. 71
	p. 100
	p. 104
	p. 111
	p. 181
	p. 203
Appendix: Contemporary Reflections on G	p. 241
"A Call for Elemental Art"	p. 241
"Concerning the So-Called G Group"	p. 243
"More on Group 'G'"	p. 249
Biographical Notes on the Contributors	p. 252
Text Credits	p. 253
Illustration Credits	p. 257
Index	p. 259
Full-Size Inserts (see inside back cover)
G: Materials for Elemental Form-Creation, no.1(1923)
G: Materials for Elemental Form-Creation, no.2(1923)
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