222 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 30 cm
Notes:
Published to accompany an exhibition held at Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, January 29 - April 23, 2022
Bibliographic Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-221)
Contents:
Harry Bertoia : sculpting mid-century modern life / Jed Morse -- Bertoia's maximalism / Glenn Adamson -- Between medium and technology : Bertoia's monotypes and the synthesis of art and design / Sydney Skelton Simon -- "The moment of sharing" : Harry Bertoia's large-scale commissions / Marin R. Sullivan -- Introduction to the plates : a few notes on categorization / Marin R. Sullivan -- Plates -- Catalogue of large-scale commissions / Marin R. Sullivan -- Selected chronology -- Selected exhibit history
Summary:
"Accompanies the first US museum retrospective of the artist's career to examine the full scope of his broad, interdisciplinary practice and feature important examples of his furniture, jewelry, monotypes, and diverse sculptural output. Lavishly illustrated, the book offers new scholarly essays as well as a catalog of the artist's numerous large-scale commissions. It questions how and why we distinguish between a chair, a necklace, a screen, and a freestanding sculpture--and what Bertoia's sculptural things, when taken together, say about the fluidity of visual language across culture, both at mid-century and now"-- Provided by publisher