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Allan Kaprow : Malerei 1946-1957, eine Werkschau = painting 1946-1957, a survey

Title
Allan Kaprow : Malerei 1946-1957, eine Werkschau = painting 1946-1957, a survey / edited by Andreas Baur, Johannes Kaufmann ; texts, Andreas Baur, Philip Ursprung ; translation, Chelsea Leventhal.
Author
Kaprow, Allan
Publication
  • Esslingen am Neckar : Villa Merkel ; Köln : Snoeck Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, [2017]
  • ©2017

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Additional Authors
  • Baur, Andreas
  • Kaufmann, Johannes, 1962-
  • Ursprung, Philip
  • Leventhal, Chelsea
  • Kaprow, Allan.
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Description
151 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits, photographs; 29 cm
Summary
Allan Kaprow (1927-2006) founded the art form of the happening at the end of the 1950s. His environments are considered as milestones in recent art history. However, he began his artistic career as a painter. This publication focuses for the first time on the paintings created between 1946 and 1957. The pictorial spaces are burst open. In the rhythmically charged works, particularly in the action collages, the canvas becomes a combat zone. In hindsight, it seems clear that the happenings and environments were only a step away...
Uniform Title
  • Paintings. Selections
  • Allan Kaprow (Galerie der Stadt Esslingen)
  • Allan Kaprow (Galerie der Stadt Esslingen). English.
Alternative Title
  • Paintings.
  • Allan Kaprow : painting 1946-1957, a survey
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Exhibition catalogs.
  • Illustrated works.
  • Essays.
Note
  • Catalog of an exhibition held at the Villa Merkel, Galerien der Stadt Esslingen am Neckar, Esslingen am Neckar, Germany, March 19-May 28, 2017.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Language (note)
  • Parallel texts in German and English.
ISBN
  • 9783864422027
  • 3864422027
LCCN
9783864422027
OCLC
  • on1001429972
  • 1001429972
  • SCSB-8990392
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries