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Machine Art, 1934

Name: Machine Art, 1934
Brand: The University of Chicago Press
SKU: 04547248
Price: 72.69 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Jennifer Jane Marshall
ISBN: 9780226507156

Jennifer Jane Marshall

Language

English

Book Hardback

Libristo code: 04547248

Publishers The University of Chicago Press, June 2012

In 1934, New York's Museum of Modern Art staged a major exhibition of ball bearings, airplane propel... Full description

Libristo code: 04547248

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In 1934, New York's Museum of Modern Art staged a major exhibition of ball bearings, airplane propellers, pots and pans, cocktail tumblers, petri dishes, protractors, and other machine parts and products. The exhibition, titled Machine Art, explored these ordinary objects as works of modern art, teaching museumgoers about the nature of beauty and value in the era of mass production. Telling the story of this extraordinarily popular but controversial show, Jennifer Jane Marshall examines its history and the relationship between the museum's director, Alfred H. Barr Jr., and its curator, Philip Johnson, who oversaw it. She situates the show within the tumultuous climate of the interwar period and the Great Depression, considering how these unadorned objects served as a response to timely debates over photography, abstract art, the end of the American gold standard, and John Dewey's insight that how a person experiences things depends on the context in which they are encountered. An engaging investigation of interwar American modernism, "Machine Art, 1934" reveals how even simple things can serve as a defense against uncertainty.