An edition of Objects of desire (1997)

Objects of desire

the modern still life

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An edition of Objects of desire (1997)

Objects of desire

the modern still life

Objects of Desire : The Modern Still Life is an incisive exploration of the still life genre as artists have rediscovered and reshaped it in the twentieth century.

The innovative purpose of so much of the art of these years has led to a sense of the period as quite hostile to older aesthetic conventions, many of which were widely attacked and abandoned; yet from the century's first decade to the present day, from Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse through to Cindy Sherman and Charles Ray, artists of many schools have made of the still life a vital opportunity for invention. In an astute and elegant essay, Margit Rowell, Chief Curator of Drawings at The Museum of Modern Art, explains the specific qualities that have made the genre so attractive to artists, and so enduring.

Questioning the common perception of the still life as a minor form, a perception that has haunted it over its roughly 400-year history, Rowell shows that still life paintings and sculptures offer a unique index not only of their makers' interests and formal concerns, but of their times.

Objects of Desire: The Modern Still Life is published to accompany the exhibition of the same name at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, in the spring of 1997. Tracing the still life through styles and periods from the beginning of the century to its end, the book includes a lavish plate section that makes its own eloquent argument for the genre's fascination and vitality.

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Language
English
Pages
231

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Objects of Desire
December 31, 1998, National Touring Exhibitions (Hayward Gallery)
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Objects of desire: the modern still life
1997, Museum of Modern Art, Distributed by H.N. Abrams
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Cover of: Objects of desire
Objects of desire: the modern still life
1997, Museum of Modern Art, Hayward Gallery
in English - Hayward Gallery ed.

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-227).
Catalog of an exhibition of the same name at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, May 25-Aug. 26, 1997, and the Hayward Gallery, London, Oct. 9, 1997-Jan. 4, 1998.
Errata slip inserted.

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Other Titles
Modern still life

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
704.9/435/09040747471
Library of Congress
N8251.S3 R69 1997, N8251.S3R69 1997

The Physical Object

Pagination
231 p. :
Number of pages
231

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1021239M
Internet Archive
objectsofdesirem0000rowe
ISBN 10
087070110X, 0870701118, 0810961725
LCCN
96080496
OCLC/WorldCat
37186005
Library Thing
1247436
Goodreads
845237
7283545
1822466

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