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Degas : a strange new beauty / Jody Hauptman ; with essays by Carol Armstrong [and 11 others].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : The Museum of Modern Art, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781633450059
  • 1633450058
Other title:
  • Strange new beauty
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction / Jodi Hauptman -- An anarchist in art : Degas and the monotype / Richard Kendall -- Degas in the dark / Carol Armstrong -- Indelible ink : Degas's methods and materials / Karl Buchberg and Laura Neufeld -- Plates -- The singular multiple / Stephanie O'Rourke -- Defined by light / Kimberly Schenck -- Darkness and the light of lamps / Hollis Clayson -- On smoke / Samantha Friedman -- An "anti-spectacular" art / Kathryn Brown -- Stockings and mirrors / Raisa Rexer -- Movement and landscape / Jonas Beyer -- Frieze of dancers / Jill DeVonyar.
Summary: "Edgar Degas is best known as a chronicler of the ballet, yet his work in monotype reveals his restless experimentation. In the mid-1870s, Degas was introduced to the monotype process -- drawing in ink on a metal plate that was then run through a press. Captivated by the monotype's potential, he embraced it with enthusiasm, taking the medium to radical ends. He expanded the possibilities of drawing, created surfaces with heightened tactility, and invented new means for new subjects, from dancers in motion to the radiance of electric light, from women in intimate settings to meteorological effects in nature. With his monotypes, Degas is at his most modern, capturing the spirit of urban life, depicting the body in new ways, and exploring abstraction. Published to accompany an exhibition at MoMA, this richly illustrated catalogue presents approximately 120 monotypes and some 60 related works in other mediums. Texts by curators, scholars, and conservators explore the creative potency of Degas's rarely seen monotypes and highlight their impact on his wider practice." -- Publisher's description
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A towering figure in 19th-century art, Degas is best known as a painter and chronicler of the ballet. In the 1870s, during an era of enthusiasm for experimental printmaking, Degas was introduced to the monotype process - drawing in black ink on a metal plate that was then run through a press, typically resulting in a single print. Captivated by the medium's potential, Degas made more than 300 monotypes during two discrete bursts of activity, from the mid-1870s to the mid-1880s, and again during the early 1890s. Taking the medium to new and radical heights, the artist abandoned the academic drawing style of his youth, inventing a new repertoire of mark-making that included wiping, scratching, abrading, finger printing and rendering via removal. Frequently, he used monotypes as a starting point from which an image could be reworked, revised, and re-crafted, often with pastel. Degas explored a variety of subject matter in these works, including scenes of modern life; harshly illuminated café singers; ballet dancers onstage, backstage, or in rehearsal; the life of the brothel; intimate moments at the bath; and landscapes. Degas's engagement with monotype had broad consequences for his work in other mediums; repetition and transformation, mirroring and reversal - all essential to Degas's work in monotype - was an ongoing logic of his work in drawing, painting, and pastel. Published to accompany an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, this richly illustrated catalogue presents approximately 180 monotypes along with some 50 related works, including paintings, drawings, pastels, sketchbooks and prints. Essays and case studies by curators, scholars and conservators explore the creative potency of Degas's rarely seen monotypes, and highlight their impact on his wider practice.

Published in conjunction with the exhibition Edgar Degas: a strange new beauty, at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, March 26 - July 24, 2016, organized by Jodi Hauptman, Senior Curator, Department of Drawings and Prints, with Richard Kendall.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-238).

Introduction / Jodi Hauptman -- An anarchist in art : Degas and the monotype / Richard Kendall -- Degas in the dark / Carol Armstrong -- Indelible ink : Degas's methods and materials / Karl Buchberg and Laura Neufeld -- Plates -- The singular multiple / Stephanie O'Rourke -- Defined by light / Kimberly Schenck -- Darkness and the light of lamps / Hollis Clayson -- On smoke / Samantha Friedman -- An "anti-spectacular" art / Kathryn Brown -- Stockings and mirrors / Raisa Rexer -- Movement and landscape / Jonas Beyer -- Frieze of dancers / Jill DeVonyar.

"Edgar Degas is best known as a chronicler of the ballet, yet his work in monotype reveals his restless experimentation. In the mid-1870s, Degas was introduced to the monotype process -- drawing in ink on a metal plate that was then run through a press. Captivated by the monotype's potential, he embraced it with enthusiasm, taking the medium to radical ends. He expanded the possibilities of drawing, created surfaces with heightened tactility, and invented new means for new subjects, from dancers in motion to the radiance of electric light, from women in intimate settings to meteorological effects in nature. With his monotypes, Degas is at his most modern, capturing the spirit of urban life, depicting the body in new ways, and exploring abstraction. Published to accompany an exhibition at MoMA, this richly illustrated catalogue presents approximately 120 monotypes and some 60 related works in other mediums. Texts by curators, scholars, and conservators explore the creative potency of Degas's rarely seen monotypes and highlight their impact on his wider practice." -- Publisher's description

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