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Many-Valued Aesthetics: Interconnections in the Work of Mary Bauermeister
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Abstract "Yes, No, Perhaps" are the most written words in Mary Bauermeister's artworks. Together they stand for the concept of many-valued aesthetics in the German artist's oeuvre - an aesthetic that Bauermeister developed using many-valued logic. Hauke Ohls brings the artist's central groups of works in con... view more
"Yes, No, Perhaps" are the most written words in Mary Bauermeister's artworks. Together they stand for the concept of many-valued aesthetics in the German artist's oeuvre - an aesthetic that Bauermeister developed using many-valued logic. Hauke Ohls brings the artist's central groups of works in context with each other as well as with the neo-avant-garde of the post-war period in Europe and the USA. He shows that the development of Bauermeister's art may appear disparate, but her canvas and relief works, drawings and writing pictures, lens boxes and stone pictures are characterized by a reciprocal relationship of combinations and interconnections. Through the ubiquitous use of meta-references, the entire oeuvre ultimately appears as an interconnected assemblage.... view less
Keywords
culture; aesthetics; art; art history; fine arts; twentieth century
Classification
Other Fields of Humanities
Free Keywords
Mary Bauermeister; Many-Valued Aesthetics; Postwar Art; Assemblage; Female Art History; Art History of the 20th Century
Document language
English
Publication Year
2024
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
305 p.
Series
Image, 249
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839473689
ISSN
2702-9557
ISBN
978-3-8394-7368-9
Status
Published Version; reviewed