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Title: NEW FORMATIONS
CZECH AVANT-GARDE ART AND MODERN GLASS FROM THE ROY AND MARY CULLEN COLLECTION
By: Karel Srp, Lenka Bydzovska, Alison de Lima Greene
Format: Hardback

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ISBN 10: 0300169965
ISBN 13: 9780300169966
Publisher: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date: 29 November, 2011
Pages: 320
Description: Focuses on the tradition of Czech glass art and its technical and artistic innovations. This title brings the various facets of Czech artistic output together to demonstrate the contributions of Czech artists in the 20th century.
Synopsis: In 1928 Czech artistis Jindrich Styrsky and Toyen published the Artificielismus (Artificialism) manifesto, calling for "new formations" in contemporary art. The term aptly reflects the spirit of adventure that Houston philanthropists Roy and Mary Cullen brought to forming a comprehensive collection devoted to the radical developments of Czech art in the first decades of the twentieth century. New Formations: Czech Avant-Garde Art and Modern Glass from the Roy and Mary Cullen Collection profiles this endeavor, highlighting more than 150 examples from this extraordinary collection, which encompasses paintings, drawings, prints, collages, photographs, artist-produced books, and rare examples of modern glass. Generously illustrated with over 350 full-color plates, this catalogue highlights the major figures of the Czech avant-garde, including Josef Sima, Karel Teige, Jindrich Styrsky, and Toyen, among many others.Scholars Karel Srp and Lenka Bydzovska bring to light the complex evolution and artistic exchanges of this era, which saw the emergence of the uniquely Czech movements of Devetsil, Poetism, and Artificialism, as well as these artists' engagements with Surrealism and other major intellectual currents of the time. Particular attention is given to artists' publications, and a number of period texts have been translated for this catalogue as well. The authors also place the Czech avant-garde in a larger historical context, as World War II and cold war shifts in the political landscape doomed many of these artists to decades of obscurity and exile. In addition, the publication features an extended interview with Roy and Mary Cullen conducted by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, curator Alison de Lima Greene and an insightful essay by Jan Mergl, an expert in Bohemian glass, discussing the stylistic and technical evolution of modern Czech glass reflected by works in the Cullen collection.
Illustrations: 357 color + 9 b-w illus.
Publication: US
Imprint: Yale University Press
Returns: Returnable
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