{"id":435,"date":"2016-10-03T11:15:10","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T18:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh101f16\/?p=435"},"modified":"2016-10-03T11:15:10","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T18:15:10","slug":"inventing-abstraction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh101f16\/2016\/10\/03\/inventing-abstraction\/","title":{"rendered":"Inventing Abstraction"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inventing abstraction is an interactive website site based on MOMA\u2019s 2013 exhibition that explores the trajectory of abstraction through modern art. The site consists of information on artists influential to the movement spanning from 1910-1925. With the information provided audiences are able to construct comparisons of participating artists, and understand the movement itself as an agglomeration of changing ideas that originally sought to undermine and challenge concepts related to how we construct and understand imagery. <\/span><\/p>\n

Much of the Site\u2019s source material is derived from the exhibition itself, as well as the exhibit catalogue, featuring in-depth information about the artists included within the show. The site also features videos and audio samples of contemporary artists speaking about specific works within the show and curatorial director Leah Dickerman explaining her intentions as they relate to the contextual history of abstraction.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leah Dickerman\u2019s main argument within the show is to emphasize the interconnectivity of artists involved within\u00a0 <\/span>the movement, to dispel to the idea that abstraction was contrived in a space of isolation. The main bulk of the website supports this claim as it visually shows how many artists were in dialogue with one another. <\/span><\/p>\n

In order to process this material, Dickerman sat down with her team of researchers and placed all of the artists in a Microsoft Excel spread sheet. From there, they would go through each artist and see if they were acquaintances of or in dialogue with any of the other artists within the list. They would then draw a line connecting the artists, quickly creating a complex web of interconnectivity. <\/span><\/p>\n

The information is presented with an interactive map that allows the user to click on each individual artist to view who they had been in dialogue with. Artists who appear to be connected to a severe degree are labeled with a red font. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Vasily Kandinsky being the \u2018most connected\u2019, much of which can be attributed to his published works and the circulation of these writings. As the user clicks on each artists a new page appears that allows a more centralized and specific account of interconnectivity. <\/span><\/p>\n

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As well as this complex web, the site lists each artist individually in alphabetical order, when a name is clicked on it will provide the web that displays the contextual role that each artist played within the movement, listing the work exhibited within MoMa\u2019s exhibition as well as where they worked and art historical movements that they were invested in. <\/span><\/p>\n

The website itself allows a helpful visual argument to Dickerman\u2019s main point, which suggests abstraction evolved as a conversation and experimentation among artists within the early 19th century. The interactive quality allows the user to engage within this experience. However, the site does not seem to specify exactly what constituted as \u2018being connected\u2019 with another artist as it can be assumed that some artists may have been more direct dialogue than others. Regardless, the website is able to paint a comprehensive picture of the complex evolution of abstraction. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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