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OverviewAngela Thomas, art historian and Max Bill’s widow, offers intimate insight into the peak years of the Swiss polymath's career. Constructive Clarity: Max Bill and His Time, 1940–1952, the second installment of art historian Angela Thomas’s multivolume biography, continues her meticulous exploration of the life and work of the influential artist. Max Bill was undoubtedly one of the most versatile artists of the twentieth century––a designer, painter, sculptor, architect, graphic designer, typographer, writer, curator, teacher, and politician––who influenced generations of artists. Picking up where the first volume left off, Thomas turns her attention to Bill’s life during World War II, exploring the ground-breaking artistic and intellectual networks to which Bill belonged: from his time at the Bauhaus in Dessau to his connections with the Parisian avant-garde and his lifelong friendship with Georges Vantongerloo. His importance as a writer, publisher, and exhibition organizer comes to the fore in this volume, as does his crucial influence on the development of Concrete art in South America and his active interest in urban planning and postwar reconstruction. In a lively cadence that speaks to Thomas’s intimate knowledge of the artist, Constructive Clarity weaves together a trove of correspondence, conversations, and numerous unpublished sources to guide readers through Bill’s life, and shed new light on the artistic, political, and personal contexts in which he worked. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Angela Thomas , Angela Thomas , Fiona ElliottPublisher: Hauser & Wirth Imprint: Hauser & Wirth Weight: 1.500kg ISBN: 9783906915692ISBN 10: 3906915697 Pages: 800 Publication Date: 09 July 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available ![]() This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationAngela Thomas was the co-founder and editor of kassandra, the first German-language feminist magazine for the visual arts (Berlin and Zurich, 1977/78). She met Max Bill in 1974 and married him in 1991. After Max Bill's death, she founded the max bill georges vantongerloo foundation, which she still chairs as president. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |