"Adventures of the Black Square: Abstract Art and Society 1915-2015"

In many respects, it is the and that carries the biggest load in that subtitle. Since the first iterations of modern abstract art, its relation to society has been a matter of urgent debate. Preserving intentionality as an implicit criterion of selection, the show detours around Meyer Schapiro'...

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Published in:Artforum international 2015-04, Vol.53 (8), p.246-247
Main Author: Rich, Sarah K
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Abstract painting
Art exhibits
Art, Modern
Artists
Exhibitions
Intentionality
Malevich, Kazimir
Malevich, Kazimir Severinovich
Modern art
Modernism (Art)
Painting, Abstract
Society
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Summary:In many respects, it is the and that carries the biggest load in that subtitle. Since the first iterations of modern abstract art, its relation to society has been a matter of urgent debate. Preserving intentionality as an implicit criterion of selection, the show detours around Meyer Schapiro's famous (and admittedly hard to demonstrate) argument that even the antisocial desire for autonomy in much abstract art bears the imprint of modern social conditions (such as alienation).
ISSN:1086-7058