Abstraction

by Maria Lind and LIND MARIA

An examination of contemporary art's engagement with three modes of abstraction.

This anthology reconsiders crucial aspects of abstraction's resurgence in contemporary art, exploring three equally significant strategies explored in current practice: formal abstraction, economic abstraction, and social abstraction. In the 1960s, movements as diverse as Latin American neo-concretism, op art and "eccentric abstraction" disrupted the homogeneity,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262518368
• ISBN13: 9780262518369
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher