Sophie Taeuber-Arp: A Life Through Art / Ein Leben fur die Kunst - Brossura

Boadella, Silvia

Brossura

ISBN 10: 885724332X ISBN 13: 9788857243320

Casa editrice: Skira, 2021

Riassunto

<p><strong>An intimate look at the life and career of the Dada hero known for the unique joy of her work across mediums, authored by her great-niece and buttressed with archival material</strong></p><p><b>A <i>Wall Street Journal</i> 2021 holiday gift guide pick</b><br><br>Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889–1943) was a pioneer of modern art. She was at the center of Zurich’s Dada movement and is considered the most important female Swiss artist of the early 20th century. She was a modern dancer, painter, sculptor, textile artist, designer; and interior architect. She made paper, textiles, wood, and glass shine – she bound light to matter in paintings, jewelry, embroidery, rugs, marionettes, furniture, and sculptures.<br>This unique portrait shows how Taeuber-Arp remained passionately devoted to her art despite the threat of two world wars. Through her work, she not only found and preserved her inner self and joy in extremely difficult circumstances, but also tapped enormous strength to endure the challenges in her life and remain true to herself.<br>The author, Silvia Boadella, is Taeuber-Arp’s great niece and grew up with Sophie’s art. Her approach is intimate and empathetic, as if she were looking at the world through Taeuber-Arp’s eyes, when drawing from family memories, stories, and documents as well as from unpublished sources. She has created a visually and verbally powerful narrative that for the first time connects stations in Taeuber-Arp's life with her works. Through the many well-chosen illustrations, including photographs from the family archives, she makes this story into a lively experience. Fundamental topics central to every human life, such as love, birth and death, are woven through the text to offer direct emotional access to Taeuber-Arp's works and allow the reader to engage with them creatively, and to experience first-hand how the artist lives on through her art.</p>

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Informazioni sull?autore

Silvia Boadella, PhD, great-niece of Sophie Taeuber-Arp, is a writer and psychotherapist and directs the International Institute for Biosynthesis (Switzerland), where she teaches her own creative combination of art, therapy and dance.

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The life and art of a leading artist of the twentieth century.

Sophie Taeuber-Arp is a pioneer of modern art. She was at the center of Zurich’s DADA and is considered the most important Swiss artist of the early twentieth century.

She was a modern dancer, painter, sculptor, textile artist, designer, and interior architect. She made paper, textiles, wood and glass shine – she bound light to matter in paintings, drawings, jewelry, embroidery, rugs, reliefs, sculptures, marionettes, furniture, and crystalline sketches.

This book is a unique document. It shows how Sophie remained passionately devoted to her art despite the threat of two world wars. It will open readers’ eyes to how a woman not only found and preserved her inner self and joy in extremely difficult circumstances through her works of art, but also tapped enormous strength to endure life and remain true to herself.

The author, Silvia Boadella, is Sophie Taeuber-Arp’s great-niece. She grew up with Sophie’s oeuvre and draws from her memories, stories and family documents, as well as hitherto unpublished sources for this book. She provides readers access for the first time to Sophie Taeuber-Arp’s personality and to her private and artistic environment.The author connects stages in Sophie’s life to her works and, with the aid of numerous illustrations, including photographs from the family archives, constructs a vivid experience for the reader. Silvia Boadella illustrates how Sophie Taeuber-Arp developed her art concretely from the depths of her existence and from the unmediated input from all her senses. Fundamental topics such as love, birth, and death, which are discernable in every human life, offer direct emotional access to Sophie’s works and allow the reader to be inspired by Sophie, to engage with her work creatively, and to feel first-hand how the artist lives on through her art.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Skira
• Data di pubblicazione: 2021
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 885724332X
• ISBN 13: 9788857243320
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 223
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile