{"product_id":"elemental-form","title":"Elemental Form (Rare edition)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eRobert Storr\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eSoftcover | 21.7 x 2.1 x 26.7 cm | 112 pp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eL\u0026amp;M Arts | 2006 | 9780974424996\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eElemental Form\u003c\/em\u003e features the work of twenty-two artists artists that were reconsidering the basic questions of painting and sculpture in the 19060s an 1970s. In starting anew, they gave value to the primary forms and processes of art making.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eWhen the Elemental Forms assembled here were first seen they signalled something far different from the way we see them today. These works displayed an austere resistance to the complexities of Abstract Expressionism. The shocking reversal from the rigour and aggressive coloration of the AbEx work that came before, replaced now by a seemingly cool aloofness, made it difficult for people to engage this new sensibility. However, decades on, this rational and sometimes spare style has become as significant and beautiful as the Expressionism it once so passionately rejected.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe catalogue features an insightful essay, \u003cem\u003eSufficiency\u003c\/em\u003e, by curator and critic Robert Storr.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtists\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarl Andre\u003cbr\u003eJo Baer\u003cbr\u003eLarry Bell\u003cbr\u003eMel Bochner\u003cbr\u003eJames Lee Byars\u003cbr\u003eDan Flavin\u003cbr\u003eEva Hesse\u003cbr\u003eRobert Irwin\u003cbr\u003eDonald Judd\u003cbr\u003eSol LeWitt\u003cbr\u003eRobert Mangold\u003cbr\u003ePiero Manzoni\u003cbr\u003eBrice Marden\u003cbr\u003eAgnes Martin\u003cbr\u003eJohn McCracken\u003cbr\u003eOlivier Mosset\u003cbr\u003eBarnet Newman\u003cbr\u003eRobert Ryman\u003cbr\u003eFred Sandback\u003cbr\u003eRichard Serra\u003cbr\u003eTony Smith\u003cbr\u003eFrank Stella\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"L\u0026M Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47758161346818,"sku":"BK-LAM-EF-001-T","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0401\/6226\/3204\/files\/IMG_3903_69231ad6-8795-469d-8f78-3baa563bf7a5.jpg?v=1779984158","url":"https:\/\/www.booksaboutart.co.uk\/products\/elemental-form","provider":"Books About Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}