This publication is produced on the occasion of group exhibition of the same title held in Whitechapel Gallery, London from January to April 2015.

It is often assumed that formalist art is disconnected from politics; and that the evolution of this branch of modernism has been restricted to Russia, Europe and North America. This book traces the political and historical journey of geometric abstraction through the century and around the world. Taking Kazimir Malevich's black square as a starting point, paintings, sculptures and photographs map how geometric abstraction evolved in relation to social change, in locations ranging from revolutionary Russia to new wave Brazil, oil boom Dubai and postmodern New York. The exhibition showcases over a hundred of works, spanning painting, sculpture, film and photography, produced between 1915 and 2015 in locations including Beijing, Buenos, Aires, Cairo, Dubai, Mumbai, Palestine, Rio de Janeiro, Tehran and Tel Aviv.

Including plates of art works and artists' biographies.
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Onsite

Location code
EX.UNK.ABS
Language

English

Publication/Creation date

2015

No of pages

287

ISBN / ISSN

9783791365954

No of copies

1

Content type

anthology, 

catalogue

Chapter headings

Adventures of the Black Square: Abstract Art and Society 1915-2015 - Iwona BLAZWICK

Utopia - Iwona BLAZWICK

Architectonics - Iwona BLAZWICK, Magnus AF PETERSENS

Communication - Iwona BLAZWICK

The Everyday - Iwona BLAZWICK, Magnus AF PETERSENS

The Geometric Page - Sophie MCKINLAY

Abstraction at War with Itself - Briony FER

'Crisp Images in a Humid Environment' - Tanya BARSON

The Mercurial Monochrome, or the Nihilation of Geometric Abstraction - Tom MCDONOUGH

Middle Eastern Modernisms: An Anthology

Conformed Bodies - JIANG Jiehong Joshua, 姜節泓

Adventures of the Black Square: Abstract Art and Society 1915–2015
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Adventures of the Black Square: Abstract Art and Society 1915–2015