Modern Contemporary, bursting with more than 700 illustrations and peppered with insightful texts by curators from the Museum of Modern Art, New York, is the first book to showcase the museum's extensive holdings of contemporary art. Published to accompany the final exhibition in the MoMA2000 series, opening in September 2000, the book -- with a range of illustration that goes well beyond the works in the exhibition -- demonstrates just how actively the museum, celebrated worldwide for its great early modern collection, has ...
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Modern Contemporary, bursting with more than 700 illustrations and peppered with insightful texts by curators from the Museum of Modern Art, New York, is the first book to showcase the museum's extensive holdings of contemporary art. Published to accompany the final exhibition in the MoMA2000 series, opening in September 2000, the book -- with a range of illustration that goes well beyond the works in the exhibition -- demonstrates just how actively the museum, celebrated worldwide for its great early modern collection, has been collecting works from the present and immediate past. Organized roughly chronologically, and punctuated by groups of works that highlight areas of special depth in the collection, these images -- painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, drawing, design, prints, film, and video -- offer countless juxtapositions, sequences, and cross-references to provide a unique panorama of contemporary visual culture. Brief essays suggest a variety of ways to identify key themes, and multiple indexes make the visual information easily accessible.
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Used-Very Good in Very Good jacket. Modern Contemporary, bursting with more than 700 illustrations and peppered with insightful texts by curators from the Museum of Modern Art, New York, is the first book to showcase the museum's extensive holdings of contemporary art. Published to accompany the final exhibition in the MoMA2000 series, opening in September 2000, the book--with a range of illustration that goes well beyond the works in the exhibition--demonstrates just how actively the museum, celebrated worldwide for its great early modern collection, has been collecting works from the present and immediate past. Organized roughly chronologically, and punctuated by groups of works that highlight areas of special depth in the collection, these images--painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, drawing, design, prints, film, and video--offer countless juxtapositions, sequences, and cross-references to provide a unique panorama of contemporary visual culture. Brief essays suggest a variety of ways to identify key themes, and multiple indexes make the visual information easily accessible. Glassine book jacket lightly scuffed. Some yellowing on front and rear endpapers, and first and last pages of text. Spine worn on top and bottom edges. Interior pages in very nice condition.
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VG/VG Minor wear to dj. Some tanning to page edges. White patterned boards with clear printed acetate or plastic dustwrapper with printing 560 pp. 498 color and 180 duotone illustrations. Published in conjunction with the exhibition Open Ends at MoMA from Sept. 28, 2000 to Jan. 30, 2001. "Modern Contemporary is the first publication to address the extensive holdings of contemporary art in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The book covers an international spectrum of art in a variety of mediums all made within the final two decades of the twentieth century. Organized chronologically and encompassing a prime selection of the Museum's recent acquisitions of painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, drawing, design, prints, film, and video, this rich and varied array of art from 1980 until now offers a virtual compendium of the visual culture of our own time." "This lively panorama of stimulating juxtapositions, sequences, and cross references provides more than 550 works of art, the vast majority in full color, demonstrating just how actively the Museum, celebrated worldwide for its incomparable early modern collection, has been acquiring works from the present and the immediate past."--Jacket.
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Like New in Like New jacket. A Museum of Modern Art Book. Modern Contemporary, bursting with more than 700 illustrations and peppered with insightful texts by curators from the Museum of Modern Art, New York, is the first book to showcase the museum's extensive holdings of contemporary art. Published to accompany the final exhibition in the MoMA2000 series, opening in September 2000, the book-with a range of illustration that goes well beyond the works in the exhibition-demonstrates just how actively the museum, celebrated worldwide for its great early modern collection, has been collecting works from the present and immediate past. Organized roughly chronologically, and punctuated by groups of works that highlight areas of special depth in the collection, these images-painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, drawing, design, prints, film, and video-offer countless juxtapositions, sequences, and cross-references to provide a unique panorama of contemporary visual culture. Brief essays suggest a variety of ways to identify key themes, and multiple indexes make the visual information easily accessible. 750 illustrations, 600 in full color, 81/2 x 10". Like new condition. 560pp., index. Solid copy. Clear mylar printed dust jacket. Full refund if not satisfied. (Due, to the large size and/or weight of this book, additional shipping funds may be required. )
