Shape of light
Subtitle: 100 years of photography and abstract art
By: edited by Simon Baker and Emmanuelle de l'Ecotais with Shoair Mavlian ; with contributions by Sarah Allen [and four others]
Contributors: Tate Modern (Gallery)
Publisher: D.A.P./Tate; Distributed Art Publishers (DAP)
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781942884316
Subjects: Abstract Art; Art and photography; Exhibitions; Abstract Photography
Other titles: 100 years of photography and abstract art; One hundred years of photography and abstract art
Description: The accompanying catalogue to the first major exhibition to consider the relationship between the photographic medium and the history of abstraction in the twentieth century, on display at London's Tate Modern.The exhibition catalogue will be arranged in a broadly chronological way to tell the story of photography and its relationship with abstraction from around 1915 to the present day, and will include historic works in a variety of media from painting and sculpture to montage and kinetic installations. Beginning with the works of cubism and vorticism, the catalogue then highlights the key contributions of Bauhaus, constructivist and surrealist artists of the 1920's and 1930's. It then moves into the 'subjective photography' of the 1940's and 1950's, exploring the global scope of this movement through works by artists from Latin America and Asia, before considering the impacts of photography of abstract expressionism, op art and minimalism in Europe and the US. Bringing together iconic as well as rarely seen works, Photography and Abstract Art explores the development of photography in relation to abstract art, tracing the key moments of innovation in new techniques and practice.
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at Tate Modern, London, May 3-September 16, 2018.

Exhibition dates on the Tate Modern website: 2 May-14 October 2018.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-217) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1910-1940: in search of a new reality  -- Emmanuelle de l'Ecotais; title: 1940-1960: photography's sense of abstraction  -- Simon Baker; title: 1960-1980: control, order and disorder  -- Shoair Mavlian; title: 1980-now: surfaces and impressions -- Emma Lewis.