Monday, March 26, 2012

Annotated Bibliography of Carl Andre





144 Magnesium Square New York (1969)

Annotated Bibliography for Carl Andre:

Serota, Nicholas 1978, Carl Andre, Syon Print, England
              This book is a review of Andre's exhibition in the Whitchapel Art Gallery, London. Although this review was written con-currently with the exhibit, the authors insight into Andre's career and personal life is applicable. The review outlines the contexts, themes and inspirations for Andre's work and includes photographs of the exhibit, along side artist sketches. This book summarises Andre's career until the late 1970s.  

Colpitt, Frances 2002, Abstract Art in the late twentieth Century, University Press, Cambridge
              This collection of essays, is divided into three sections; Pre-Abstraction, Abstraction and Abstractive artists. These essays written by a selection of art critics outline the historical context of their preferred period. The last section on Abstract artists relates strongly to Andre as it explains the connection of abstraction to minimalism.
               
Page, Suzanne 1990, un choix d’art Minimal, Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
             This extract from an art journal is translated from French into English. The extract begins with the interview of an art critic. Although this journal extract does not focus primarliy on Carl Andre it incorporates the leading minimal artists of the time including Andre. The brief interview outlines the definition of Minimal art and discusses Abstraction as a form of minimalism.

Moszynska, Anna 1990, Abstract Art, Thames and Hudson ltd, Singapore
             This Art history "novel" runs through important events in the development of abstract art. Andre features predominatly as a founder of the minimalist group, who gained their inspiration from the abstractive artists. Moszynska outlines Andre's career and his contributions to the minimal movement.


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