Mondrian

Synopsis: Discusses the abstract art of the Dutch painter Piet Mondrian (1872-1944). Painting is conventionally understood as clinical, calculated art from which all traces of life have been expunged by a process of rigorous purification. It is also among the best-known of all abstract art owing to its bright colours and large simple shapes. As such it is frequently ‘quoted’ in interior design, clothes, shopping bags, cosmetic products and so on. Furthermore, Mondrain’s own writings lend weight to this image of his art as rational and almost mechanically pure. David Batchelor argues that this perspective does scant justice to Mondrian’s actual paintings.
Series: Art of the Twentieth Century, Course Aa318
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of production: 1993
Availability: Out of distribution
Notes: Combined on one tape with DISPLAYING MODERN ART and THE COLONIAL ENCOUNTER
Previously part of course A316, Modern art: practices and debates
Subjects: Art
Keywords: abstract art; art - modern art; Mondrian, Piet (1872-1944); paintings - Netherlandish

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