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| Modern Art Despite Modernism | 
| Authors: Robert Storr, Glenn Lowry, Balthus, Giorgio De Chirico, Ben Shahn, Francis Bacon, Max Beckmann, Francesco Clemente, Salvador Dali, Lucian Freud, Henri Matisse, Georgia O'keeffe, Gerhard Richter, George Grosz, Glenn D. Lowry
Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1012855
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 248
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.7
Dimensions (in): 12.4 x 9.2 x 1
ISBN: 0870700316
Dewey Decimal Number: 709
EAN: 9780870700316
ASIN: 0870700316
Publication Date: July 15, 2002
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Throughout the 20th century, the evolution of mainstream modernism in the arts has been shadowed and complicated by alternative expressions, intended either to set back the clock or to redirect the stream of progress. Modern Art Despite Modernism explores the anti-modernist impulse as exhibited in painting and sculpture through the social, political, and cultural conflicts of the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. Texts by Robert Storr remind the reader of the strengths of some of this work--paintings and drawings by Otto Dix, Lucian Freud, Francesco Clemente, and even Pablo Picasso--and of the enduring popularity of such artists as Pavel Tchelitchew, whose Hide and Seek, along with Andrew Wyeth's Christina's World, are among the public's favorite pictures. Storr also discusses taste and vulgarity and their implications, both part and present, for institutions like The Museum of Modern Art that are thought of as canon builders. This book was published as the second in a series of three titles, in conjunction with the millennial exhibitions schedule of MoMA2000 at The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
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MODERN ART DESPITE MODERNISM June 1, 2000
19 out of 22 found this review helpful
A superior book and fun to read! In this publication Robert Stoor, Senior Curator of MOMA's Department of Painting and Sculpture, gives an extraordinary account of some carefully chosen examples of the museum's art collection. After viewing the exhibit, I purchased this book primarily because of its stunning assortment of color plates and illustrations. The value of Stoor's commentary, however, becomes quickly apparent. The narrative gives a brief but very revealing insight into most all of the works pictured in the book and adroitly articulates the conflicts, reactions, disparities, and shifting paradigms of modern art - often in conflict with twentieth century modernism. The book walks us through our last century, pausing at all the right places and examining all the right artists. The theme is easy to follow; the book is profoundly instructive.
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