Yves Tanguy & Alexander Calder: Between Surrealism and Abstraction
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Yves Tanguy & Alexander Calder: Between Surrealism and Abstraction Details
In 1942, at the opening of her Art of This Century gallery, Peggy Guggenheim famously demonstrated her equability toward both Surrealist and abstract art by wearing one earring made by Surrealist painter Yves Tanguy and one by abstract sculptor and kinetic artist Alexander Calder. Yet the opposition implied by this act of truce-making perhaps overstates the antimonies between these two modernist masters. Tanguy and Calder shared many friends in Surrealist circles in Paris, and showed work in the same exhibitions throughout the middle of the century. In this beautiful volume, full of color reproductions and important ephemera relating to the artists' shared history, Susan Davidson, Senior Curator of collections and exhibitions at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, elucidates the overlap between these two canonical modernists.
Reviews
If you are an admirer of the work of Yves Tanguy: I suggest that you buy this book soon as prices and availability will no doubt change rapidly. The color reproductions in this volume are amongst the best I have seen in any art book and certainly the best in any book featuring works by Yves Tanguy. There are many surprises throughout this volume and something to be gained from revisiting these pages again and again. The attention to detail in the layout and presentation are first rate. I can't recommend this book highly enough. Enjoy !
