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Moholy-Nagy: future present

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    Future Moholy-Nagy Present

Abstract

"The pioneering artist László Moholy-Nagy (1894-1946) worked across a range of art forms including painting, sculpture, photography, graphic design, film, advertising, and theater. This publication, which offers a fresh and extensive examination of his output, accompanies the first major American survey of Moholy's oeuvre in nearly a half century and represents the most extensive English-language book on the artist in thirty years. The catalogue reproduces a vast selection of Moholy's early paintings and photograms, his whimsical photomontages--all of which are reproduced together here for the first time--and late works in plexiglas. Distinguished scholars offer new insights into his materials and working methods; the relation among writing, administration, and art making in his practice; and his influence on contemporary art. Particular emphasis is given to Moholy's American years and his leadership of the Chicago Bauhaus as well as his reception as a painter"

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    Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, ©2016

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    • 9780300214796
    • 0300214790

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    • "Moholy-Nagy: Future Present is published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York May 27-September 7, 2016. - The Art Institute of Chicago October 2, 2016-January 3, 2017. - Los Angeles County Museum of Art February 12-June 18 2017.
    • Includes bibliographical references and index

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