The Antagonistic Link

Amsterdam: Institute of Contemporary Art, 1991. First Edition (presumed; no prior editions or printings cited). Large octavo with black cloth boards and yellow illustrated endpapers in white and blue pictorial jacket;195 pages: illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portraits; 25 cm Jacket is very good (-); with some wear to upper edge and corners, scuffing to rear, now in archival mylar; a very good (+) copy with clean, bright pages and tight binding. Now in archival mylar. Hardcover. ISBN: 9080096814

"We are pleased to have been able to reproduce key letters exchanged between Torres-Garcia and Van Doesburg, as well as salient articles by these two thinkers." --Introduction from Eduardo Lipschutz-Villa. Theo van Doesburg was "a Dutch painter, writer, poet and architect. He is best known as the founder and leader of De Stijl." --Wikipedia. "Joaquín Torres-García (28 July 1874 – 8 August 1949) was a prominent Uruguayan-Spanish artist, theorist, and author, renowned for his international impact on modern art. [...] He founded several art schools and groups, including Escola de Decoració (School of Decoration) in Barcelona, Cercle et Carré (Circle and Square) in Paris—the first European abstract-art group, which included Piet Mondrian and Wassily Kandinsky—Grupo de Arte Constructivo (Constructive Art Group) in Madrid, and Taller Torres-García (Torres-García’s Workshop) in Montevideo. Torres-García's legacy is deeply rooted in the revival of classical tradition, which he called Modern Classicism and later Universal Constructivism, believing that all humans share an inherent understanding of geometric art." --Wikipedia //Contents: The letters / Theo van Doesburg and Joaquín Torres-García. Theo van Doesburg; Theo van Doesburg II / Joaquín Torres-García. Torrés García's planism / Theo van Doesburg. Torres-García in Paris / Nicolette Gast. The founding of the south, circulo y cuadrado 1936-1943 / Sebastián Lopez. The archives. Torres-García in America: art as a mission / Jorge Castillo. // // 1900-1999, Art 20e siècle, Art 20e siècle Pays-Bas, Art 20e siècle Uruguay, Art néerlandais 20e siècle, Art, Dutch, Art, Dutch 20th century, Art, Modern, Art, Modern 20th century, Artistes Pays-Bas, Artistes Uruguay, Artists, Artists Netherlands, Artists Uruguay, Avant-garde (Aesthetics), Netherlands, Schilderkunst, Torres-Garcia, Joaquim, (1874-1949), Torres-García, Joaquín, 1874-1949, Uruguay, Van Doesburg, Theo, (1883-1931)