Research Catalog

Title

Multiplied : Edition MAT and the transformable work of art, 1959-1965 / edited by Meredith Malone ; contributions by Sam Adams, Ágnes Berecz, Magdalena Holzhey, Marina Isgro, Alexander Kauffman, Meredith Malone and Molly Moog ; reprinted texts by Claus Bremer, Karl Gerstner, Wies Smals, Daniel Spoerri, Katerina Vatsella.

Publication

• St. Louis, Missouri : Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts ; Munich, Germany : Hirmer Publishers, [2020]
• ©2020

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, host institution.
• Edition MAT.
• Malone, Meredith,
• Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, publisher, host institution.
• Spoerri, Daniel, 1930-

Description

255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 29 cm

Summary

• "Multiplied: Edition MAT and the Transformable Work of Art, 1959-1965 examines the rise of multiples and the concurrent surge of interest in kinetic art in the post-World War II era. Focusing on Edition MAT, the pioneering publishing enterprise of the Swiss artist Daniel Spoerri, this book brings together more than 100 works by an international and cross-generational network of artists associated with kinetic and Op art, Nouveau Réalisme, Nouvelle Tendance, Fluxus, Pop art, and Zero"--Back cover.
• "The catalog presents the entirety of Edition MAT's three collections--from 1959, 1964, and 1965--with three scholarly essays and biographical entries on each of the participating artists that illuminate this unique constellation of practitioners ... An appendix of historical documents, many translated here for the first time, includes artist interviews and manifestos, offering rare insight into the aesthetic agendas of this innovative program"--From publisher's website, viewed March 12, 2020.

Alternative Title

• Edition MAT and the transformable work of art, 1959-1965
• MAT

Subject

• Art, Modern > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Artists > Europe > Biography
• Edition MAT > Exhibitions
• Fluxus (Group of artists) > Exhibitions
• Kinetic art > Exhibitions
• Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum > Exhibitions
• Multiple art > Exhibitions
• Nouveaux réalistes (Group of artists) > Exhibitions
• Optical art > Exhibitions
• Pop art > Exhibitions
• Spoerri, Daniel, 1930- > Exhibitions
• Zero (Group of artists) > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

• Art criticism.
• Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, held at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum in St. Louis, Missouri, February 7-April 19, 2020, and the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art in Charlotte, North Carolina, May 22-September 18, 2020.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-247) and index.

Contents

Edition MAT and the transformable work of art : a history / Meredith Malone -- "Lured out of passive enjoyment" : Edition MAT at the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum in Krefeld / Magdalena Holzhey -- Consumed by play : the politics of the transformable work of art / Ágnes Berecz -- Collection 1959 -- Collection 1964 -- Collection 1965 -- Mat mot -- Examples of dynamic theater (1959; excerpt) / Claus Bremer, Daniel Spoerri -- Edition MAT : multiplication of artworks (1959) / Daniel Spoerri -- The multiplied work of art (1960) / Daniel Spoerri -- Press release (1964) -- Press release (1965) -- What should art cost? (1965; excerpt) / Karl Gerstner -- MAT : a conversation with Spoerri and Gerstner (1970) / Wies Smals -- Interview with Daniel Spoerri (1995; excerpt) / Katerina Vatsella.

Call Number

N6494.M8

ISBN

• 3777434299
• 9783777434292

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries