Revolution in the making : abstract sculpture by women, 1947-2016 / Contributions by Emily Rothrum, Elizabeth A. T. Smith, Jenni Sorkin, Anne M. Wagner ; organized and edited by Paul Schimmel, Jenni Sorkin.

"The catalogue accompanies the most comprehensive exhibition of postwar abstract sculpture by women artists. Revolution in the Making traces the ways in which women artists deftly transformed the language of sculpture. The volume seeks to identify the multiple strains of proto-feminist practices, ch...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Hauser Wirth & Schimmel (Host institution)
Other Authors: Rothrum, Emily (Writer of added commentary)
Smith, Elizabeth A. T., 1958- (Writer of added commentary)
Sorkin, Jenni (Writer of added commentary, Editor)
Wagner, Anne Middleton, 1949- (Writer of added commentary)
Schimmel, Paul (Editor)
Language:Ewondo
Published: Milan : Skira ; [New York] : Hauser & Wirth, [2016]
Subjects:
Sculpture, Abstract > Exhibitions.
Women sculptors > Exhibitions.
Sculpture, Modern > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Sculpture, Modern > 21st century > Exhibitions.
Sculpture abstraite > Expositions.
Scultpure > 20e siècle > Expositions.
Sculpture > 21e siècle > Expositions.
Sculptrices > Expositions.
Sculpture, Abstract.
Sculpture, Modern.
Women sculptors.
ART / History / Contemporary (1945-)
ART / Sculpture & Installation.
ART / Subjects & Themes.
1900-2099
Exhibition catalogs.
Genre:
Exhibitions.
Expositions.
Exhibition catalogs.
Physical Description:256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 33 cm
Variant Title:
Abstract sculpture by women, 1947-2016
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Preface / Iwan and Manuela Wirth
  • Foreword / Paul Schimmel and Jenni Sorkin
  • Acknowledgments / Paul Schimmel
  • "What can be done, what I must learn, what there is to do...": process, materials, and narrative in the 1950s / Elizabeth A.T. Smith
  • Ruth Asawa, Lee Bontecou, Louise Bourgeois, Claire Falkenstein, Louise Nevelson
  • What women do, or The poetics of sculpture / Anne M. Wagner
  • Magdalena Abakanowicz, Lynda Benglis, Heidi Bucher, Gego, Françoise Grossen, Eva Hesse, Sheila Hicks, Yayoi Kusama, Mira Schendel, Michelle Stuart, Hannah Wilke, Jackie Winsor
  • Five propositions on abstract sculpture / Jenni Sorkin
  • Isa Genzken, Cristina Iglesias, Liz Larner, Anna Maria Maiolino, Marisa Merz, Senga Nengudi, Lygia Pape, Ursula von Rydingsvard
  • Phyllida Barlow, Karla Black, Abigail DeVille, Sonia Gomes, Rachel Khedoori, Lara Schnitger, Shinique Smith, Jessica Stockholder, Kaari Upson
  • Exhibition checklist
  • Artists' biographies and selected bibliographies / Emily Rothrum
  • Selected group exhibitions / Emily Rothrum.