Mondrian and his Studios

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Tent. Liverpool, Tate Liverpool, 06-06-2014, 05-10-2014 ; London, Turner Contemporary, 24-05-2014, 21-09-2014. - Monografie belicht invloed en betekenis van de studio en de urbane architectuur in het werk van de Nederlandse kunstenaar Piet Mondriaan. - Coll. VAM: Mondriaan, Piet, Composition en Blance et Noir II, 1930, p. 106 ill. kleur ; Seuphor, Michael, Toneelmaquette voor L'Éphémère est éternel, 1926 (reconstructie 1964), p. 81 ill. kleur. - Mondrian's relevance has not only to do with his pioneering role in the definition and conceptualisation of abstraction, but also with the complex relationship between his artworks, the space around them and the belief that they were conceived to inspire. His studios in Amsterdam, Paris and New York reflect different stages of the painter s way of thinking and of his intentions. Each was designed to allow the artist to perform a clearly defined intellectual and social role. As well as focussing on his studios, the book also explores Mondrian s broader relationship with architecture and urbanism, particularly through a comparison of his earlier Parisian works and those made in the frenetic modern cityscape of New York