CONSTRUCTING MODERNITY; THE ART & CAREER OF NAUM GABO.

Hammer, Martin and Christina Lodder. [Naum Gabo,

ISBN 10: 0300076886 / ISBN 13: 9780300076882

Published by New Haven, CT and London: Yale University Press, 2000., 2000

About this Item

Presumed first edition (no direct edition/printing statement provided). 528 pages. Hardcover: H 27.25cm x L 22.25cm. Dust jacket rubbed; bumping and nicks at edges; 2.5cm tear/crease at front panel's bottom left. Black boards. Text block's top edge foxed. Light foxing to several initial and rear leaves; interior pages overall remain clean. Binding retains some crispness. Please note that this thick book has an approximate shipping weight of 5.25 pounds (2.38 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. ISBN 0300076886.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: CONSTRUCTING MODERNITY; THE ART & CAREER OF NAUM GABO.
• Publisher: New Haven, CT and London: Yale University Press, 2000.
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300076886
• ISBN 13: 9780300076882
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art

About this title

Synopsis

Gabo was one of the inventors of constructed sculpture which arose out of cubism to be one of the major means of sculpture in the twentieth century. Gabo's adoption of metal, glass, plexiglass, and plastic in stereometric constructions made space and light his real medium. Gabo's study of engineering, art and art history equipped him to consider the arts and sciences together. As Gabo refused to accept that art was subservient to politics, his time in revolutionary Russia was limited. But the conflict of art and ideology made him a perceptive and articulate theorist. He had increasing recognition in the West up to the late '60s. Since then much has been publicized on Russian artists who stayed after the Revolution (including Malevich, Tatlin, Lissitzky, Rodchenko, etc.) and Gabo has been shamefully neglected. He is due for reassessment.'

Much of his sculpture resides in museum in the US.

About the Author

Martin Hammer is senior lecturer in the Department of Fine Art at the University of Edinburgh. Christina Lodder is professor, School of Art History, University of St. Andrews. She is the author of Russian Constructivism (ISBN 0 300 03406 7, pb. #19.95), published by Yale University Press.