
Rhythm and Geometry
Constructivist Art in Britain Since 1951
Sainsbury Centre (Publisher)
Published on 15. December 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-9161336-8-6 (ISBN)
Description
Rhythm and Geometry: Constructivist art in Britain since 1951 celebrates the dynamic abstract and constructed art made and exhibited in Britain over a seventy-year period. Including constructed reliefs and sculpture, kinetic and participatory art, painting and printmaking, the publication explains the dialogue and collaboration between artists working in radical ways across the generations to continually reinvent Constructivist art.
Rhythm and Geometry is drawn from the collection at the Sainsbury Centre, University of East Anglia.
Featured artists include Robert Adams, Rana Begum, Charles Biederman, Lygia Clark, Natalie Dower, Stephen Gilbert, Adrian Heath, Anthony Hill, Kenneth Martin, Mary Martin, Victor Pasmore, Jean Spencer, Takis, Victor Vasarely, Mary Webb, Stephen Willats, Gillian Wise and Li Yuan-Chia.
Rhythm and Geometry is drawn from the collection at the Sainsbury Centre, University of East Anglia.
Featured artists include Robert Adams, Rana Begum, Charles Biederman, Lygia Clark, Natalie Dower, Stephen Gilbert, Adrian Heath, Anthony Hill, Kenneth Martin, Mary Martin, Victor Pasmore, Jean Spencer, Takis, Victor Vasarely, Mary Webb, Stephen Willats, Gillian Wise and Li Yuan-Chia.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 207 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
556 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-9161336-8-6 (9781916133686)
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Persons
Tania Moore is the Joyce and Michael Morris Chief Curator at the Sainsbury Centre. Calvin Winner is Head of Collections at the Sainsbury Centre. Jon Wood is a writer and curator specialising in modern and contemporary sculpture. Recent publications include: William Turnbull (2022), Bill Woodrow & Richard Deacon - A Democratic Process (2021), Sean Scully (2020), Contemporary Sculpture: Artists' Writings and Interviews (2020), and Sculpture and Film (2018). He is a trustee of the Gabo Trust. Andrew Bick is an artist, curator and writer who researches Systems and Constructionism.