Art Appreciation Lecture Series 2014 Realism to Surrealism: European art and culture 1848-1936
Space, Time, and Movement in Modern Sculpture Michael Hill
20/21 August 2014
Lecture summary:
An examination of reconceptualization of sculpture in the early twentieth century, away from the human figure and towards the abstract ideas of space, time, and movement. The lecture will focus on the work of Umberto Boccioni, Naum Gabo, and Antoine Pevsner.
Slide list:
Phil Price, Morpheus, 2009, private collection
Marcel Duchamp, Nude Descending a Stair, 1912
Giacomo Balla, Dynamism of a Dog on Leash, 1912
Umberto Boccioni (1882-1916), Charge of the Lancers, Private Collection, 1915
Boccioni, Dynamism of the Cyclist, 1912, private collection
*Boccioni, Development of a bottle in Space, bronze, 1912, MOMA New York
*Boccioni, Unique forms of Continuity in Space, 1913, Bronze, MOMA New York
Boccioni, Head, plaster, 1912
Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964), Woman with Fan, timber, metal, and glass 1914, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Vladimir Tatlin (1885-1953), Corner Relief, 1915
Naum Gabo (1890-1977), Head of a Woman, celluloid and metal, 1917
Naum Gabo, Head, Steel, 1917, Tate Gallery London
*Gabo, Column, plastic, 1923, Guggenheim Museum, New York
Gabo, Construction through a Plane, plastic, 1937, National Gallery of Scotland
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Gabo, Translucent Variation on Spheric Theme, plastic, 1937 original and 1951 reconstruction, Guggenheim, New York
Antoine Pevsner (1886-1962), Developable Column, Brass and bronze, 1942, MOMA New York
Pevsner, World, copper and steel, 1947, Pompidou Paris
*Pevsner, Model for an Airport, bronze, 1935, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Reference:
Rosalind Krauss, Passages in Modern Sculpture, MIT Press, 1981
Umberto Boccioni, “Futurist Manifesto on Sculpture” (1912) – in H. Chipp, Theories and Documents on Modern Art
Naum Gabo and Antoine Pevsner, “The Realist Manifesto” (1920) – in C. Harrison and P. Wood, Art in Theory, 1900-2000
Naum Gabo, “Sculpture: Carving and Construction in Space” (1937) in Chipp, Theories and Documents on Modern Art
Boccioni, Development of a bottle in Space, bronze, 1912, MOMA New York
Boccioni, Unique forms of Continuity in Space, 1913, Bronze, MOMA New York
Gabo, Column, plastic, 1923, Gugenheim Museum, New York
Pevsner, Model for an Airport, bronze, 1935, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam