Title: Rustic Cubism
Description: "In Rustic Cubism, Bruce Adams tells the story of Moly-Sabata, an art colony founded in the Rhone Valley during the height of French modernism by Cubist pioneer Albert Gleizes. Following his social and spiritual agenda of earthly labor and a Celtic-medievalist view of Christianity, Gleizes' disciples worked to fuse Cubism with a revival of ancient agrarian, artisanal traditions. The most important and committed member of this experimental commune was ceramicist Anne Dangar (1885-1951)." "Rustic Cubism places Dangar at the heart of Moly-Sabata's alternative art movement - one that, in its nostalgic present, attempted to construct a culture based on the distant past. Generously illustrated with photographs of the art and social milieu of the period, this captivating and original narrative makes a considerable contribution to our understanding of French modernism and early twentieth-century cultural politics as well as of the life of a most talented and intriguing female artist."--Jacket.
Subjects: Artist colonies, Biography, Cubism, Influences, Potters, France, colonies, Influence, Gleizes, Albert,
Places: Australia, France, Sablons
People: Albert Gleizes (1881-1953), Anne Dangar (d. 1951)