
Dialectical Materialism
Aspects of British Sculpture since the 1960s
Ridinghouse (Publisher)
Published on 1. February 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
56 pages
978-1-909932-54-8 (ISBN)
Description
Dialectical Materialism: Aspects of British Sculpture Since the 1960s charts a network of relations linking the work of six sculptors: Anthony Caro, Barry Flanagan, Richard Long, William Turnbull, Rachel Whiteread and Alison Wilding.
Since the 1960s, successive artists and art-critical frameworks have sought to undermine or dispense with traditional media and the boundaries between painting and sculpture, the core disciplines of modern Western art. The artists studied here are united by their commitment to sculpture as a distinct practice, but also to broadening, challenging and redefining the basis of that practice.
In his essay, art historian Jonathan Vernon argues that each of these sculptors has engaged in a realignment of sculptural and material space - in removing sculpture from the disembodied, 'disinterested' spaces of mid-century modernism and returning it to a shared world inhabited by other objects, ourselves and our material interests. From the conflicts that inhere in this space, we may discern the outlines of a new idea of British sculpture since the 1960s - an idea by turns narrative, dramatic and dysfunctional.
Since the 1960s, successive artists and art-critical frameworks have sought to undermine or dispense with traditional media and the boundaries between painting and sculpture, the core disciplines of modern Western art. The artists studied here are united by their commitment to sculpture as a distinct practice, but also to broadening, challenging and redefining the basis of that practice.
In his essay, art historian Jonathan Vernon argues that each of these sculptors has engaged in a realignment of sculptural and material space - in removing sculpture from the disembodied, 'disinterested' spaces of mid-century modernism and returning it to a shared world inhabited by other objects, ourselves and our material interests. From the conflicts that inhere in this space, we may discern the outlines of a new idea of British sculpture since the 1960s - an idea by turns narrative, dramatic and dysfunctional.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
22 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 269 mm
Width: 226 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-909932-54-8 (9781909932548)
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Persons
Dr Jonathan Vernon is an Associate Lecturer at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London and a specialist on Constantin Brancu?i and Cold War-era interpretations of twentieth-century modernism. He was previously a Fellow at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and Contributing Editor at The Burlington Magazine.
Dr Jon Wood is an art historian and curator specialising in modern and contemporary sculpture, and a trustee of the Gabo Trust for Sculpture Conservation. He worked for 20 years at the Henry Moore Institute, running its research programme and organising exhibitions.
Tom Rowland is Managing Director of Karsten Schubert London.
Dr Jon Wood is an art historian and curator specialising in modern and contemporary sculpture, and a trustee of the Gabo Trust for Sculpture Conservation. He worked for 20 years at the Henry Moore Institute, running its research programme and organising exhibitions.
Tom Rowland is Managing Director of Karsten Schubert London.
Content
Preface by Tom Rowland
Introduction by Jon Wood
Dialectical Materialism: Aspects of British Sculpture since the 1960s by Jonathan Vernon
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Introduction by Jon Wood
Dialectical Materialism: Aspects of British Sculpture since the 1960s by Jonathan Vernon
Plates
Select Bibliography
Photo Credits