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Donald Judd

Nicholas Serota; Donald Judd; Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany); Tate Modern (Gallery); Offentliche Kunstsammlung Basel

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Other editions: Softcover - 2004

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Vision: 50 Years of British Creativity

Nicholas Serota; David Hockney; Michael Craig-Martin; Melvyn Bragg; Martin Harrison; David Sylvester; Christopher Frayling

The second half of the twentieth century has seen British artists, architects, and designers assuming a central role on the world stage. Starting in the years of reconstruction after the war, the young began to challenge accepted artistic values, looking at popular culture for their inspiration; the iconoclasm of the Pop movement has continued to be one of the most vital ingredients of the British art scene. In the year-by-year record that this book provides, the work of newcomers making their first impact is seen alongside that of outstanding artists in their maturity, with connections and contradictions across the entire visual scene -- from architecture, interior design, furniture, and the decorative arts to painting, sculpture, and graphic art. Pictures and text explore the many factors that contributed to the special character of British art. The unique system of artists teaching in art schools, the worlds of fashion and pop music, political and social developments: the response of the best artists to these influences has always been original and questioning and has opened new avenues for future development. The book is organized by decade, and the achievements of each are highlighted by statements from a distinguished group of artists, designers, collectors, and critics who have themselves made a significant contribution to each decade. Encouragement, challenge, and opposition have all provided stimulus for creative talents that have been able to override the changes of taste and fashion. The book features the work of more than 250 artists, from Henry Moore, David Hockney, Francis Bacon, and Lucian Freud to James Stirling, Richard Rogers, Neville Brody, and Damien Hint. Thepublication is also a celebration of the first fifty years of Thames and Hudson -- founded by Walter Neurath in 1949 -- and the role that the publishing house has played in educating the public and supporting the arts during this period.

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Experience or Interpretation: The Dilemma of Museums of Modern Art

Nicholas Serota

How do we see art? How is it displayed? One hundred years ago, art was displayed in a way intended to educate. Galleries reflected the curator's view of history at the expense of differing viewpoints. Today, not only do museums and galleries celebrate these differences of expression, they also welcome the collaboration of living artists, both in displaying art and providing a 'home' for artists' work, promoting an active dialogue between the present and the past. In an age where culture is more voraciously consumed by a wider public than ever before, galleries and museums are no longer just repositories. They are sites of experience where the mind is often engaged as much as the eye. This is the first coherent historical account of the changing attitudes to the way art is presented in the modern museum of art. Nicholas Serota examines the relationship between the artist, the public and the curator. He takes us into the artist's studio, itself a paradigm of display, and then on a knowledgeable and wide-ranging international tour of museums, galleries and installations. With authority and insight, he provides an expert view of the ways we can expect art to be displayed in the twenty-first century.

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Views from Abroad: American Realities European Perspectives on American Art 3

Nicholas Serota; Sandy Nairne; Adam D. Weinberg

A series of exhibitions and accompanying catalogues organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Views from Abroad examines the complex artistic crosscurrents between Europe and America in 20th-century art. This latest volume, subtitled American Realities, highlights a wide range of masterworks from the Whitney's Permanent Collection. Exploring the themes of allegory, symbolism, and narrative as central to American art, it also reconsiders the relationship of these themes to abstraction. Essays reexamine the legacy of modern and contemporary American art, explicitly focusing on radical approaches to the depiction of people and places.Views from Abroad: American Realities is curated by Nicholas Serota, director of the Tate Gallery, London, and Sandy Nairne, director of Public and Regional Services at the Tate, in collaboration with Adam D. Weinberg, curator of the Permanent Collection at the Whitney Museum. The fully illustrated book contains an introduction by Weinberg and essays by Serota and Nairne along with contributions by several well-known British authors.The exhibition is on view at the Whitney Museum from June to October 1997. It will be presented at the Tate Gallery after the completion of its new facilities.

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Fernand Leger: Zeichnungen, Bilder, Zyklen, 1930-1955

Nicholas Serota; Fernand Leger; Ina Conzen

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Julian Schnabel: Paintings, 1975-1987

Nicholas Serota; Julian Schnabel; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Whitney Museum of American Art; Joanna Skipwith; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Whitechapel Art Gallery

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Julian Schnabel: Paintings, 1975-1986, Whitechapel, 19 September-26 October 1986

Nicholas Serota; Julian Schnabel; Joanna Skipwith; Centre Georges Pompidou; Whitechapel Art Gallery

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Baselitz, Paintings 1960-83

Nicholas Serota; Georg Baselitz; Mark Francis; Kunsthalle Basel; Whitechapel Art Gallery; Amsterdam (Netherlands)

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Philip Guston: Paintings 1969-1980

Nicholas Serota; Philip Guston; Whitechapel Art Gallery

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A New Spirit in Painting

Nicholas Serota; Christos M. Joachimides; Norman Rosenthal; Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)

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British Sculpture in the Twentieth Century

Nicholas Serota; Sandy Nairne; Whitechapel Art Gallery

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Max Beckmann: The Triptychs an Exhibition Organised by the Whitechapel Art Gallery in Association with the Arts Council of Great Britain, 13 November 1980-11 January 1981

Nicholas Serota; Max Beckmann; Arts Council of Great Britain; Whitechapel Art Gallery; Amsterdam (Netherlands)

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Eva Hesse: Sculpture [catalog of an Exhibition Held At] Whitechapel Art Gallery, Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller, Kestner-Gesellschaft

Nicholas Serota; Eva Hesse; Kestner-Gesellschaft; Whitechapel Art Gallery; Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller

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David Bomberg: The Later Years

Nicholas Serota; David Bomberg; Whitechapel Art Gallery; Jennifer Brook

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13p0sE, Eleven Artists Working in Berlin: K.P. Brehmer, Gunter Brus, Johannes Grutzke ... 10 November-22 December 1978, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London

Nicholas Serota; Christos M. Joachimides; Mark Francis; Whitechapel Art Gallery

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