The power of the avant-garde
Subtitle: now and then
By: edited by Ulrich Bischoff, Katarina Lozo ; coordination: Gunther De Wit, Sarah Theerlynck
Contributors: Palais des beaux-arts (Brussels, Belgium); Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie
Publisher: Lannoo N. V., Uitgeverij
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9789401437660
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Exhibitions; Influence; Art and the war; War in art; Modern Art; Avant-garde (Aesthetics); Themes, motives; History
Other titles: Power of the avant-garde.; Power of the avant-garde. French.; Power of the avant-garde. Dutch.
Description: "In The Power of the Avant-Garde, contemporary artists from different art disciplines enter into dialogue with their colleagues from the historical avant-garde movement.   Luc Tuymans talks about 'Le Grand Cheval' of Raymond Duchamp-Villon; Marlène Dumas describes her passion for Edvard Munch; John Baldessari discusses the genius Marcel Broodthaers. This book makes surprising links, shedding new light on the power and influence of art before, during and after World War I"--Provided by publisher.

"Avant-garde is a concept that stems from both warfare and art. Avant-garde flourished in a society in full transition. Artists anticipate social revolutions. In visual art the heyday of the avant-garde is situated between 1895 and 1920, with the First World War as an international fault line. But how relevant is this pioneering art today? Around 15 leading contemporary artists enter into dialogue with colleagues from the historical avant-garde, from Ensor and Munch to the new movements just after the war. Today's artists often feel a strong affinity with specific avant-garde works of art. Their choice and the dialogue with their own work forces us to look at these key works from modern art in a different light. The power of the avant-garde seems to have plenty more in reserve"--Bozar website.
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at Bozar Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, September 29, 2016-January 22, 2017, and at National Museum in Krakow, March 9-May 28, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references.

In English; additional texts in French and Dutch.
Table of contents: title: The thundering collision and the chocolate grinder : on the double character of art / Ulrich Bischoff; title: The insurgent avant-garde / Javier Arnaldo; title: Committing sacrilege in the 'cubist and Flemish nationalist church' / Kurt de Boodt, Paul Dujardin; title: The avant-garde : from battleground to art term / Matthias Rogg; title: The power of the avant-garde : works/artists : Gerhard Richter ; Olafur Eliasson, Alexander Archipenko ; James Ensor ; Auguste Rodin ; Marcel Odenbach, James Ensor ; Marlene Dumas, Edvard Munch ; Edvard Munch ; Cuno Amiet ; Erich Heckel ; Emil Nolde ; Karl Schmidt-Rottluff ; Gabriele Münter ; Wassily Kandinsky ; Adolf Erbslöh ; Heinrich Campendonk ; August Macke ; Alexej von Jawlensky ; Luigi Russolo ; Giacomo Balla ; Gino Severini ; Umberto Boccioni ; Mario Chiattone ; Antonio Sant'elia ; Jean Cocteau (Jim) ; Julius Evola ; Nadezha Udaltsova ; Alexander Drevin ; Natalia Goncharova ; Mikhail Larionov ; Kazimir Malevich ; Olga Rozanova ; Lyubov Popova ; John Baldessari, Marcel Broodthaers ; Jeff Wall, Franz Kafka ; Koen Vermeule, Léon Spilliaert ; Louise Lawler ; Max Ernst ; Juan Gris ; David Claerbout, Piet Mondrian ; Bogomir Ecker, Fortunato Depero ; Fortunato Depero ; Antonín Procházka ; Georges Rouault ; Alexander Archipenko ; Otto Freundlich ; William Wauer ; Raymond Duchamp-Villon ; Roman Signer, Katarzyna Kobro ; Marijke van Warmerdam, Robert J. Flaherty ; Victor Servranckx ; Marthe Donas ; Prosper de Troyer ; Oscar Jespers ; Paul van Ostaijen & Oscar Jespers ; Paul Joostens ; William Forsythe, Marcel Duchamp ; Marcel Duchamp ; Luc Tuymans, Raymond Duchamp-Villon ; Luc Tuymans ; William Kentridge, Dziga Vertov ; Sean Scully, Fernand Léger ; Fernand Léger ; Blaise Cendrars & Fernand Léger ; Robert Delaunay ; Gustave Buchet ; Ignaz Epper ; Sigrid Hjertén ; Emmy Klinker ; Siegfried von Leth ; Wilhelm Morgner ; Jakob Steinhardt ; Egon Schiele ; Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso ; Albert Weisgerber ; Karl Caspar ; Walter Ophey ; Oskar Kokoschka ; Pablo Picasso ; Willi Baumeister ; Paul Klee ; Walter Gropius & Lyonel Feininger ; Walter Gropius & Adolf Meyer ; Lyonel Feininger ; Mikhail Matyushin ; Rudolf Lutz ; Karl Peter Röhl ; László Moholy-Nagy ; 9 Bauhaus postcards ; Fritz Lang; title: The forerunners; title: Fragment and transparency; title: Die Brücke and Der Blaue Reiter; title: Futurism and the Russian avant-garde; title: Communication; title: The severed thread; title: Between image and symbol; title: Imperilled self-assertion; title: A look at the workshop of the avant-garde; title: The Belgian avant-garde; title: The storm penetrates the city; title: From the cathedral to the Bauhaus; title: The cinematic cathedral : a sketch / Jürgen Müller.