Details the liberal, progressive, and visionary art of the group abstraction-création.
A journey to the art capital of the 1930s: Paris. The avant-garde group abstraction-création and its fifty or so members were an inspiration to the art world with their clear lines and kaleidoscopic experiments with form. Leading figures of abstraction joined together to support artistic freedom and oppose the rise of fascism, before modernism shifted its gravitational centre to New York. This visually superlative volume combines highlights of abstract art with carefully integrated contemporary perspectives, offering an introduction to the group, impressions of Paris in the 1930s, and a visual treasure trove.
The book includes art by Hans (Jean) Arp, Willi Baumeister, Alexander Calder, Robert Delaunay, Theo van Doesburg, Otto Freundlich, Naum Gabo, Albert Gleizes, Jean Gorin, Jean Hélion, Barbara Hepworth, Auguste Herbin, Mainie Jellett, László Moholy-Nagy, Piet Mondrian, Marlow Moss, Wladyslaw Strzeminski, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Georges Vantongerloo, Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart, Rana Begum, Angela Bulloch, Daniel Buren, Imi Knoebel, Timo Nasseri, Kai Schiemenz, and Beat Zoderer, among others.
A journey to the art capital of the 1930s: Paris. The avant-garde group abstraction-création and its fifty or so members were an inspiration to the art world with their clear lines and kaleidoscopic experiments with form. Leading figures of abstraction joined together to support artistic freedom and oppose the rise of fascism, before modernism shifted its gravitational centre to New York. This visually superlative volume combines highlights of abstract art with carefully integrated contemporary perspectives, offering an introduction to the group, impressions of Paris in the 1930s, and a visual treasure trove.
The book includes art by Hans (Jean) Arp, Willi Baumeister, Alexander Calder, Robert Delaunay, Theo van Doesburg, Otto Freundlich, Naum Gabo, Albert Gleizes, Jean Gorin, Jean Hélion, Barbara Hepworth, Auguste Herbin, Mainie Jellett, László Moholy-Nagy, Piet Mondrian, Marlow Moss, Wladyslaw Strzeminski, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Georges Vantongerloo, Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart, Rana Begum, Angela Bulloch, Daniel Buren, Imi Knoebel, Timo Nasseri, Kai Schiemenz, and Beat Zoderer, among others.
240 pages | 189 color plates | 6.69 x 9.45 | © 2025
Art: Art--General Studies, European Art
History: European History
Table of Contents
Preface
Julia Wallner
“No One Can Determine in Advance What Art Will Be Like in the Future”: The Artists’ Association Abstraction-Création
Astrid von Asten
The Exhibition L’Art d’aujourd’hui, Paris, 1925: Reassessing a Milestone
Isabelle Ewig
An Almanac for Abstract Art: Abstraction-Création. Art non-figuratif, 1932–36
Sylvie Kyeck
Dynamic Networks
Jana Teuscher
On Abstract Art
Hans | Jean Arp
Jean Arp: On Figurative, Abstract, and Concrete Art
Isabelle Ewig
Réalités Nouvelles, Paris, 1939
Cécile Bargues
Be Color! Contemporary Concepts of the Autonomous Work of Art
Julia Wallner
Works and Documents in the Exhibition
Supplement
Artists of Abstraction-Création
Contemporary Artists
Julia Wallner
“No One Can Determine in Advance What Art Will Be Like in the Future”: The Artists’ Association Abstraction-Création
Astrid von Asten
The Exhibition L’Art d’aujourd’hui, Paris, 1925: Reassessing a Milestone
Isabelle Ewig
An Almanac for Abstract Art: Abstraction-Création. Art non-figuratif, 1932–36
Sylvie Kyeck
Dynamic Networks
Jana Teuscher
On Abstract Art
Hans | Jean Arp
Jean Arp: On Figurative, Abstract, and Concrete Art
Isabelle Ewig
Réalités Nouvelles, Paris, 1939
Cécile Bargues
Be Color! Contemporary Concepts of the Autonomous Work of Art
Julia Wallner
Works and Documents in the Exhibition
Supplement
Artists of Abstraction-Création
Contemporary Artists