Bøger udgivet af Museum of Modern Art

"Published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Diego Rivera: Murals for the Museum of Modern Art' ... at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, November 13, 2011-May 14, 2012"--T.p. verso.

A feminist, activist, video and performance pioneer, Sanja Ivekovic (born Zagreb, 1949) produced works of crosscultural resonance that range from Conceptual photomontages to video, installation and performance. This title presents an overview of the artist's projects from the early 1970s to 2010 in various mediums.

Investigates the ways in which some of the innovative contemporary artists are working with sound today.

Looks at The Museum of Modern Arts holdings of American art made between 1915 and 1950, and considers the cultural preoccupations of a rapidly changing American society in the first half of the 20th century.

Paul Cezanne, whom Pablo Picasso called the father of us all, is widely considered to be 20th-century modernisms presiding genius. This essay accompanies each work, illuminating its significance and placing it in its historical moment in the development of modern art.

Beginning in mid-1940s, under the aegis of Alfred H Barr, Jr, works by then little-known American artists including Pollock, de Kooning, Smith, Arshile Gorky and Adolph Gottlieb began to enter the Museum of Modern Art's collection. This book celebrates the Museum's holdings from this epochal moment in the history of art and the institution.

Frederick Wiseman has made films that together form a monumental chronicle of late twentieth-century institutional and cultural life. This title provides a comprehensive overview of Wiseman's work (including projects for theatre and opera), featuring original essays by a variety of writers, critics, filmmakers and actors, and by Wiseman himself.

Considers the broad spectrum of influential German films made between the world wars. This title investigates important themes in films from this period, including the portrayal of women and the role of sound.

Examines the beginnings of Onos extensive career, demonstrating her pioneering role in visual art, performance and music during the 1960s and early 1970s. This book includes an introduction written by a guest scholar, artwork descriptions and key figures from the time. It also features exhibition dedicated exclusively to the artists work.

Explores the individual accomplishments and parallel developments of two of the foremost practitioners of avantgarde photography in Europe and Latin America. This book traces their artistic development from the early 1930s, when the two met in Berlin at the Bauhaus. It also examines the careers of these two influential artists.

Hurry Up and Wait.

Examines the 20th-century transformation of the kitchen through the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, featuring a wide variety of design objects, architectural plans, posters, archival photographs and artworks ranging from the iconic Frankfurt Kitchen, massproduced for German public housing estates in the aftermath ofWorldWar I.

An award-winning illustrator ("Along a Long Road") paints a colorful portrait of a young boy and his architect grandfather, both named Frank, and their visit the The Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Full color.

Formed by Harvey S Shipley Miller, the Judith Rothschild Foundation's trustee, the Museum of Modern Art comprises over 2,500 works on paper by more than 650 artists and was conceived to be the widest possible cross-section of contemporary drawing. This title brings together approximately 250 works from the Foundation's drawings.

By interrogating the most basic ideas of narrative and reality and rejecting classical cinematic ideals, Dutch artist Aernout Miks creates works that are rich in allusion but subversive of codes. This title explores Miks work and process. It discusses the creative aspects of Miks installations that extend the traditional boundaries of media.

Explores the important artists represented in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, and guides readers through various artists' memorable achievements.

Since its birth in the first half of the 19th century, photography has offered extraordinary possibilities of isolating works of art for study and pleasure. This title examines the intersections between photography and sculpture. It explores how one medium has become implicated in the understanding of the other.

Formed by Harvey S Shipley Miller, trustee of the Judith Rothschild Foundation, and given to MoMA in 2005, The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection was conceived to be a broad survey of contemporary drawing practice. This catalogue raisonne presents the collection as a whole.

A selection of art - historical and critical texts by many Latin American thinkers. It traces Venezuela's struggle toward modernity and toward a successful, autonomous identity on the international cultural scene.

Part of the "MoMA Artist Series", this book explores the works of Roy Lichtenstein. It features works which are accompanied by a short essay that places the work in its historical moment in the development of modern art and the artists own life.

Jackson Pollock, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns each made a tremendous impact on modern art in the 20th century. As pioneers of revolutionary movements such as Abstract Expressionism and Pop art, they are key figures in the postwar transitions that brought American art to the forefront of the international scene. These latest volumes in the MoMA Artist Series, which explores important artists and favourite works in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, guide readers through a dozen of each artist's most memorable achievements. A short and lively essay by Carolyn Lanchner, a former curator of painting and sculpture at the Museum, accompanies each work, illuminating its significance and placing it in its historical moment in the development of modern art and the artist's own life. These books provide a unique overview of the individuals who shaped the development of American art since mid-century and are excellent resources for readers interested in the stories behind the masterpieces of the modern canon.

Part of the "MoMA Artist Series", this book explores Robert Rauschenberg works. It features works which are accompanied by a short essay that places the work in its historical moment in the development of modern art and the artists own life.

At the core of The Museum of Modern Art¿s new building in Midtown Manhattan are dramatic and expansive new galleries devoted to showcasing the Museum¿s world-famous collection of international contemporary art. Contemporary Highlights presents this impressive collection in a portable size. This new handbook features curators¿ selections of the most significant artworks of the past twenty-five years. Interweaving 250 highlights from the Museum¿s seven curatorial departments ¿ architecture and design, drawing, film, media, painting and sculpture, photography and prints, and illustrated books ¿ this volume presents a broadly chronological overview of the innovative, provocative and always fascinating art of the past quarter century. Each work is presented on its own page in full colour, and each is accompanied by a brief and accessible essay outlining the work¿s significance. As a companion to MoMA Highlights or on its own, Contemporary Highlights is an indispensable publication for those interested in contemporary art and the collection of The Museum of Modern Art.