{"product_id":"material-imagination-isbn-9781119328575","title":"Material Imagination","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaterial Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e examines the interrelated concepts of matter, materialism, and materiality in postwar European art, from 1946-1972.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a unique perspective on European art by prioritizing material dimensions over concept or context, while also paying attention to theoretical and historical concerns\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores artists’ methods and materials in order to better understand the social and cultural environments in which their works of art were made\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDemonstrates how materials can be harnessed to affect the critical interpretation of artwork\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together exceptional illustrations and new research in eight essays by art historians and scholars\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 Material Imagination: Art in Europe, 1946–72 8\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNatalie Adamson and Steven Harris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 Black Flowers Blossom: Bachelard, Soulages and the Material Imaginary of Abstract Painting 22\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNatalie Adamson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 Materialism and Intersubjectivity in Cobra 44\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKaren Kurczynski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 Makeshift Wholes: Interiority and Texture in Postwar British Design 66\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlex Kitnick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 Materializing Modernism in Postwar Italy: Fausto Melotti, Gio Ponti, and the 1961 88\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEsposizione Internazionale del Lavoro Marin R. Sullivan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 L’Optique Moderne: Daniel Spoerri’s ‘Optical Readymades’ 112\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJill Carrick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 Terrain vague: Ben Vautier and the Ecole de Nice 140\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnna Dezeuze\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8 ‘Not Yet’ Materialized: Carlfriedrich Claus’s ‘Talking Papers’ 164\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSarah E. James\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9 The Longevity of Roman Opałka 188\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlistair Rider\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 209\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Natalie Adamson\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in Art History at the University of St Andrews, and was Deputy Editor of Art History from 2012 to 2017. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eAcademics, Pompiers, Official Artists and the Arrière-Garde: Defining Modern and Traditional in France, 1900-1960\u003c\/i\u003e (2009) and \u003ci\u003ePainting, Politics, and the Struggle for the École de Paris, 1944-1964\u003c\/i\u003e (2009). She currently holds a two-year Major Research Fellowship from the Leverhulme Trust for a book project provisionally entitled \u003ci\u003ePierre Soulages: Radical Abstraction. \u003c\/i\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Steven Harris\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in History of Art, Design and Visual Culture at the University of Alberta. He is the author of articles on surrealism, postwar abstraction, and Fluxus, and the book \u003ci\u003eSurrealist Art and Thought in the 1930's: Art, Politics and the Psyche\u003c\/i\u003e (2004). His current research project, \u003ci\u003eThe Poetics of Disenchantment,\u003c\/i\u003e investigates both the surrealist movement in the postwar period, and how surrealist ideas and values were taken up or challenged by postwar European collectives like Cobra, the College of 'Pataphysics, and the Situationist International.      \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e Material Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e examines the interrelated concepts of matter, materialism, and materiality in postwar European art, from 1946 to 1972. In the postwar period, European artistic experiment prioritized material dimensions over concept or context. The eight essays in this volume bring together new research and exceptional illustrations to provide a unique perspective on this period, while also paying attention to broader theoretical and historical concerns. The essays explore artists' methods and materials in order to understand better the social and cultural environments in which their works of art were made. Taken together, these essays demonstrate how an emphasis on materials can affect artistic thinking and imagination and lead to a richer and more diverse framework for critical interpretation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989582823653,"sku":"NP9781119328575","price":41.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119328575.jpg?v=1761784689","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/material-imagination-isbn-9781119328575","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}