John Milner Livres

A l'instar des bouleversements politiques qu'elle connaît alors, la Russie fait montre, au début du XX siècle, d'un foisonnement artistique sans précédent, Depuis une dizaine d'années, de nombreuses expositions s'en sont fait l'écho et les oeuvres des chefs de file de l'avant-garde russe: Malevitch, Filonov, Kandinsky, nous sont désormais familières mais essentiellement au travers des deux grandes collections russes, celle de la galerie Trétiakov de Moscou et celle du Musée russe de Saint-Pétersbourg. On ne savait presque rien des oeuvres distribuées dans tout le pays, au lendemain de la révolution d'Octobre par les artistes eux-mêmes, soucieux de diffuser et de faire connaître l'art contemporain, Qu'en était-il des collections de ces musées de province constituées par les nouvelles instances culturelles? Un précieux patrimoine émerge actuellement qui modifie radicalement la vision parcellaire que nous avions de cette période fascinante de l'histoire de l'art.

This is the first book to focus on the complex and fascinating relationship between Russian and Italian Futurism. A long overdue examination of the subject, it explores the energetic, creative and occasionally violent encounters of East and West in the arena of avant-garde art. Aesthetic and cultural similarities and differences between the two movements in the fields of art, literature and music are discussed, and the book, the title of which is derived from the Russian Futurists' manifesto A Slap in the Face of the Public Taste (1912), is extensively illustrated with paintings, prints and books drawn from international collections.

Alexander Mikhailovich Rodchenko (1891-1953) was a Russian artist, sculptor, photographer & graphic designer. Rodchenko was one of the most versatile Constructivist & Productivist artists to emerge after the Russian Revolution. This book focuses on Rodchenko's graphic work in the form of book jackets, posters & advertising.

The work of Piet Mondrian is unmistakable: an art characterised by its rhythm, clarity and bold colours. Often considered wholly non-representational, paintings such as Broadway Boogie-Woogie were directly inspired by his experience of life, in this case the dynamism and grid-like street plan of New York City. By examining Mondrian's working process, through his drawings, studies and finished paintings, John Milner explores the tension between the disciplined compositions and their subject-matter.

The 1864 art debut of Sarah Taggart Benson's spurred wide acclaim among New York society. Many thought a woman artist would not be taken seriously, but her popularity grew, spawning an insurrection against rigid Victorian standards, and a following of counter-culturists known as the Urban Romantics. They congregated in the downstairs galley and in the basement tavern of the brownstone she shared with her husband in Greenwich Village. The rooms evolved in accord as a center of a new artistic universe known affectionately as Benson's House. Then one day the balance became unbroken. Throughout five generations, her family kept hold of the reins of the chariot, cultivating art and music to restore the balance and speak for the common man against the oppressions of institutional authority. The culture grew with certain defiance, nurturing slave songs to speak boldly throughout Post Impressionism, Jazz, Flappers and Bootleg Whiskey, The New Masses, Folk Music, Beatniks, and disciples of Rock & Roll. This is their saga - an American love story accumulated over a hundred years - passed down through the generations by tavern discourse.

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