Abstrakt

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Within the rubric of classical modern art, the category - abstract - is stillsubject to several unique and differing conceptions. This hard-coverexhibition catalog in a folio format follows a historical lineage ofabstract painting in the later 20th Century, attempting to explain itssignificance by deciphering the work of seminal artists such as PietMondrian, then moving on to contemporary artists like Gerhard Richter,Gunther Förg, David Reed, Gert and Uwe Tobias and Andreas Gursky.Text is minimal but meaningful, compressing each artist and his or herwork into a dense paragraph. Few exhibition catalogs so closelyapproximate the experience of actually visiting the exhibit, especiallywith such true-to-life reproductions.