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MoMA at NGV : 130 years of modern and contemporary art

2018
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Since opening to the public in 1929, New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has amassed one of the most significant collections of modern and contemporary art in the world. The major exhibition MoMA at NGV: 130 Years of Modern and Contemporary Art, presented at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, provides a unique survey of more than 200 iconic worksin the MoMA collection.This beautifully illustrated publication features insightful essays by curators Samantha Friedman (MoMA), Juliet Kinchin (MoMA) and Miranda Wallace (NGV), which together consider 130 years of radical artistic innovation. MoMA at NGV sheds light on art, design and architecture from the late nineteenth century to the present day, as well as on the many forces that have shaped the art world throughout this period.
Main title:
MoMA at NGV : 130 years of modern and contemporary art / essays by Samantha Friedman, Juliet Kinchin & Miranda Wallace.
Imprint:
Melbourne, Australia : National Gallery of Victoria ; New York : Museum of Modern Art, 2018.
Collation:
xvii, 237 pages : coloured illustrations ; 31 cm.
Notes:
Published for the exhibition: MoMA at NGV, held at NGV International, St Kilda Rd, Melbourne, 9 June - 7 October 2018.
Contents:
Introduction_currents / Samantha Friedman -- Arcadia and Metropolis / Miranda Wallace -- The Machinery of the Modern World / Juliet Kinchin -- A New Unity / Juliet Kinchin -- Inner and Outer Worlds / Samantha Friedman -- Art as Action / Samantha Friedman -- Things as They Are / Juliet Kinchin -- Immense Encylopedia / Miranda Wallace -- Flight Patterns / Miranda Wallace -- Notes -- List of Works.
ISBN:
9781925432473
Dewey class:
700.4112
Language:
English
BRN:
341608
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