Name: Frederick Kiesler: Face to Face with the Avant-Garde
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Netzwerk der Superlative Friedrich Kiesler war ein engagierter Netzwerker und stand mit dem Who’s who der Avantgarde in regem Austausch. Er war ein wichtiger Vermittler zwischen den visionären Ideen der europäischen Moderne und der aufstrebenden New Yorker Kunstszene. Rund 20 Beiträge verorten sein schillerndes Leben und sein facettenreiches Werk in verschiedenen Kontexten und setzen Kiesler in einen Dialog mit den bedeutendsten Künstlern und Architekten seiner Zeit. Die Publikation anlässlich des 20-jährigen Bestehens der Friedrich Kiesler Stiftung behandelt sein Verhältnis zu Bauhaus, Surrealismus und New York School sowie zu Persönlichkeiten wie Richard Buckminster Fuller, Marcel Duchamp, Arshile Gorky, Theo van Doesburg, Piet Mondrian, Hans Arp, Sigfried Giedion u.a. <UL> <LI>Leben und Werk in verschränkter Analyse</LI> <LI>Texte zu Einzel- und Fallstudien</LI> <LI>Kiesler und Bauhaus, Mondrian, Buckminster Fuller, Duchamp u.v.a. </LI></UL>

Network of superlatives Frederick Kiesler was a committed networker and communicated regularly with the who’s who of the avant-garde. He was an important intermediary between the visionary ideas of the European Moderne movement and the up-and-coming New York art scene. About 20 contributions portray his colorful life and his multifaceted oeuvre in various contexts, and place Kiesler in a dialog with the most important artists and architects of his time. The publication on the occasion of the 20 year anniversary of the Friedrich Kiesler Foundation deals with his relationship with the Bauhaus, surrealism, and the New York School, as well as with personalities such as Richard Buckminster Fuller, Marcel Duchamp, Arshile Gorky, Theo van Doesburg, Piet Mondrian, Hans Arp, Sigfried Giedion, and others. <UL> <LI>An interwoven analysis of his life and work </LI> <LI>Contributions on individual and case studies </LI> <LI>Kiesler and Bauhaus, Mondrian, Buckminster Fuller, Duchamp, and many others </LI></UL>

Moderne; europäischen Moderne; Friedrich Kiesler; surrealismus; New York; Avantgarde; Architekt

New York art scene; modernism; modern art; Jewish museum; Bauhaus; surrealism; Richard Buckminster Fuller; New York School; Marcel Duchamp; Arshile Gorky; Theo van Doesburg; Piet Mondrian; Hans Arp; Sigfried Giedion; correalism

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Essays on Network and Impact

Frederick Kiesler: Face to Face with the Avant-Garde

Peter Bogner and Gerd Zillner, Director and Senior Researcher Ferderick Kiesler Foundation

Peter Bogner and Gerd Zillner, Director and Senior Researcher Ferderick Kiesler Foundation

Network of superlatives  Frederick Kiesler was a committed networker and communicated regularly with the who’s who of the avant-garde. He was an important intermediary between the visionary ideas of the European Moderne movement and the up-and-coming New York art scene.  About 20 contributions portray his colorful life and his multifaceted oeuvre in various contexts, and place Kiesler in a dialog with the most important artists and architects of his time.  The publication on the occasion of the 20 year anniversary of the Friedrich Kiesler Foundation deals with his relationship with the Bauhaus, surrealism, and the New York School, as well as with personalities such as Richard Buckminster Fuller, Marcel Duchamp, Arshile Gorky, Theo van Doesburg, Piet Mondrian, Hans Arp, Sigfried Giedion, and others.   An interwoven analysis of his life and work  Contributions on individual and case studies  Kiesler and Bauhaus, Mondrian, Buckminster Fuller, Duchamp, and many others   

Network of superlatives  Frederick Kiesler was a committed networker and communicated regularly with the who’s who of the avant-garde. He wa

Frederick Kiesler: Face to Face with the Avant-Garde

Essays on Network and Impact

Preface by: Hani RashidEdited by: Peter Bogner, Gerd Zillner, Frederick Kiesler Foundation

Preface by: Hani Rashid
Edited by: Peter Bogner, Gerd Zillner, Frederick Kiesler Foundation