Bøger af Anne Umland

Focuses on the surrealist years of Rene Magritte, creator of some of the 20th centurys most extraordinary images. Bringing together nearly 80 paintings, periodicals and early commercial work, this title offers insight into Magrittes identity as a revolutionary painter and surrealist artist.

Pablo Picassos modest yet revolutionary cardboard and sheet metal Guitar sculptures (1912 and 1914, respectively) bracket an incandescent period of structural, spatial and material experimentation for the artist. This essay incorporates photographs, correspondence, archival records and accounts, providing insights into Picassos practice.

A dancer, designer, puppet maker, sculptor and painter at the heart of the Zurich Dada movement, Taeuber-Arp made Head in the wake of World War I, during a time of profound political and cultural self-questioning. Almost a century later, her witty wooden figure has lost none of its punch as an investigation of art across aesthetic and material boundaries rather than within them.

Each volume in this new series offers an in-depth exploration of one major work in MoMA¿s collection. Through a lively illustrated essay by a MoMA curator that examines the work in detail, the publication delves into aspects of the artist¿s oeuvre and places the work in a broader social and arthistorical context.