Lead in Modern and Contemporary Art

List of Figures
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements

Introduction: To Be Continued... Silvia Bottinelli (Tufts University, USA) and Sharon Hecker (independent scholar)
1. A Most Insidious Poison Taking Advantage of our Necessities: A Brief Historical Introduction to Lead and Lead Poisoning, Christian Warren (Brooklyn College - The City University of New York, USA)
2. Lead's Historic Transformations, Spike Bucklow (University of Cambridge, UK)
3. In the Backyard at Burcroft: Henry Moore's Experiments in Lead, Rowan Bailey (University of Huddersfield, UK)
4. The Weakness of Lead: Materiality and Modern American Sculpture, Marin R. Sullivan (Harry Bertoia Foundation & Cheekwood Estate and Gardens, USA)
5. Due Process: Richard Serra's Early Splash/Cast Works, Jeffrey Weiss (The Institute of Fine Arts, USA)
6. Exorbitant Matter: Materiality According to Lynda Benglis, Luke Naessens (Princeton University, USA)
7. Lead in the Lexicon of Gilberto Zorio's Sculpture, Elizabeth Mangini (California College of the Arts, USA)
8. The Stopping Power of Lead: Luciano Fabro, Giuseppe Penone, and Marisa Merz, Sharon Hecker (independent scholar)
9. "Mankind needs some lead so as to be somewhat heavier": Beuys, Alchemy, and Duchamp, Claudia Mesch (Arizona State University, USA)
10. A Conversation with Remo Salvadori, Sharon Hecker (independent scholar) and Silvia Bottinellii (Tufts University, USA)
Critical Introduction by Rosalind McKever (Victoria and Albert Museum, UK)
11. Two Views of Anselm Kiefer: In the Studio and In the Museum
Kiefer Speaks About Lead with Karl Ove Knausgaard
Loaded Lead: Anselm Kiefer in the Collection of the Israel Museum, Sharon Tager and Adina Kamien (The Israel Museum, Jerusalem)
12. Anthony Caro: Lead and Wood Sculptures. 1980-1989, Karen Wilkin (independent scholar)
13. The New British Sculpture and the Poetics and Pragmatics of Lead, Jon Wood (independent scholar)
14. Organizing Against an Invisible Threat. Lead According to Futurefarmers and Mel Chin, Silvia Bottinelli (Tufts University, USA)
15. An Interview with Daniela Rivera: The weight of lead and painting beyond the surface, Silvia Bottinelli (Tufts University, USA) and Sharon Hecker (independent scholar)
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