Briony Fer. Inventing Abstraction, 1910-1925, ArtForum, June 2013
November 5, 2013 “The Infinite Line, Re-making Art After Modernism” by Briony Fer https://abstractioninaction.com/contexts/contemporary/book-the-infinite-line-re-making-art-after-modernism-by-briony-fer/Few episodes in the History of Art attract so many origin myths as the history of abstraction. As a plotline, it’s hard to beat—an intoxicating, utopian rhetoric of a revolutionary new beginning through art—and ever more entrenched now…
Briony Fer. The Infinite Line, Re-making Art After Modernism, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2004
November 5, 2013 “On Abstract Art” by Briony Fer https://abstractioninaction.com/contexts/modern/book-on-abstract-art-by-briony-fer/This landmark book offers a radical reinterpretation of the innovative art of the late 1950s and 1960s. Examining the work of major artists of the period—including Mark Rothko, Piero Manzoni, Agnes Martin, Dan Flavin, Eva Hesse, Blinky Palermo, and Louise Bourgeois—Briony Fer focuses on the overriding tendency toward repetition and seriality that occurred at the moment of modernism’s decline, gained ground in its aftermath, and continues to shape much of the art seen today.
On Abstract Art, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1997 (2008)
November 5, 2013Many people are intrigued by the abstract work of artists like Mondrian and Jackson Pollock yet find it difficult to explain why. In this timely and original book, Briony Fer introduces abstract painting and sculpture of the twentieth century and explores new ways to think about abstract art and the problems of interpretation it raises.