Rhythm and Geometry: Constructivist art in Britain since 1951

Wood, Jon/ Bick, Andrew

ISBN 10: 1916133681 / ISBN 13: 9781916133686

Published by Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, 2021

160 pages. 10.39x8.27x0.63 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # zk1916133681

Synopsis:

Rhythm and Geometry: Constructivist art in Britain since 1951 celebrates the dynamic abstract and constructed art made and exhibited in Britain over a seventy-year period. Including constructed reliefs and sculpture, kinetic and participatory art, painting and printmaking, the publication explains the dialogue and collaboration between artists working in radical ways across the generations to continually reinvent Constructivist art.

Rhythm and Geometry is drawn from the collection at the Sainsbury Centre, University of East Anglia.

Featured artists include Robert Adams, Rana Begum, Charles Biederman, Lygia Clark, Natalie Dower, Stephen Gilbert, Adrian Heath, Anthony Hill, Kenneth Martin, Mary Martin, Victor Pasmore, Jean Spencer, Takis, Victor Vasarely, Mary Webb, Stephen Willats, Gillian Wise and Li Yuan-Chia.

About the Author: Tania Moore is the Joyce and Michael Morris Chief Curator at the Sainsbury Centre.

Calvin Winner is Head of Collections at the Sainsbury Centre.

Jon Wood is a writer and curator specialising in modern and contemporary sculpture. Recent publications include: William Turnbull (2022), Bill Woodrow & Richard Deacon – A Democratic Process (2021), Sean Scully (2020), Contemporary Sculpture: Artists’ Writings and Interviews (2020), and Sculpture and Film (2018). He is a trustee of the Gabo Trust.

Andrew Bick is an artist, curator and writer who researches Systems and Constructionism.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Rhythm and Geometry: Constructivist art in ...
Publisher: Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
Publication Date: 2021
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Brand New