In recent years, critics and curators have pursued fascinating lines of analogy and sympathy between the sculptural oeuvres of Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957) and Richard Serra (born 1939). Foremost among these shared qualities is the awareness of surrounding space both sculptors foster in the viewer, compelling a spatial encounter in which the sculpture resonates well beyond its own formal achievements. Serra and Brancusi also enjoy a mutual fascination with stacking elements, with spreading and concentrating forms and ...
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In recent years, critics and curators have pursued fascinating lines of analogy and sympathy between the sculptural oeuvres of Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957) and Richard Serra (born 1939). Foremost among these shared qualities is the awareness of surrounding space both sculptors foster in the viewer, compelling a spatial encounter in which the sculpture resonates well beyond its own formal achievements. Serra and Brancusi also enjoy a mutual fascination with stacking elements, with spreading and concentrating forms and with stressing weight and material. But the distinctions between their oeuvres are also very telling: where Brancusi plays with the function of the base in his sculptures, making them an integral component of the work, Serra rejects the base altogether and uses the floor, walls and surrounding architecture as part of his enterprise. Constantin Brancusi and Richard Serra: Resting in Time and Space explores this retroactive art-historical conversation by juxtaposing 35 key Brancusis with a selection of Serras from across the artist's career. Key works in marble, bronze, wood and plaster are oriented within the themes outlined above, which position the oeuvres of Brancusi and Serra as the purest and most innovative articulations of abstract sculpture of the past century.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 377572821X. B&W and Color Photographs; 4to 11"-13" tall; 244 pages; 2011 Harje Cantz. Oversized HC/DJ. 1st edition. Tightly bound and fresh in crisp edged and uniformly bright pictorial dust jacket. Small area of discoloration bottom edge of the cover board appears to be binder's flaw. Hint of shelf evidence to jacket edges. Contents clean, bright, and unmarked. Profusely illustrated with B&W and color photographs, including fold out pages of Serra's series Elevational Weights. Handsome copy. NF/NF...Oversize book likely to require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.
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New in Fine Condition jacket. Book Basel, Switzerland 244 pages with 182 illlustrations 80 in color. Still in publisher's shrink-wrap. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from the Fondation Beyeler 22 May-4 September 2011 and the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao Spain 7 October 2011-5 April 2012. Artists' Biographies.
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