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OverviewAutomania explores the ways in which motor vehicles reshaped how people lived, worked, and enjoyed themselves over the course of the 20th century, and the continuing positive and negative imprint on the design and organization of today's built environment. Published to accompany an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, the catalogue showcases ten cars in MoMA's collection: a Jeep (designed 1952), a Citroën DS23 (1973), a Volkswagen Beetle (designed 1938), a Fiat Cinquecento City Car (launched 1957), a Pininfarina Cisitalia 202 GT Car (designed 1946), a Formula 1 Racing Car, (1990), a Porsche 911 coupé (1965), an Airstream Bambi Traveler (1960), E-type Roadster (1966), and a Smart Car (1998). Presented alongside the vehicles are car parts, architectural models, films, photographs, posters, paintings, and sculptures, including Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's 1898 print L'Automobiliste, Lily Reich's 1930s designs for a tubular-steel car seat, photographs of American car factories (c. 1930-32) by Margaret Bourke-White, Orange Car Crash Fourteen Times (1963) by Andy Warhol, and Jorge Rigamonti's 1966-70 photocollage illustrating a dystopic view of environmental destruction in Venezuela. Organized into six thematic chapters, Automania includes an introductory essay by curator Juliet Kinchin and examines the car as a modern industrial product, transportation innovator, and style icon, as well as the generator of fatalities, traffic-choked environments, and ecological disaster in the oil age. ""Cars have reimagined mobility, connecting us across great distances at ever greater speed, but this increased freedom and economic empowerment have come at the expense of tremendous human suffering and environmental damage,"" says Kinchin. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Juliet Kinchin , Andrew Gardne , Paul GallowayPublisher: Museum of Modern Art Imprint: Museum of Modern Art Weight: 0.700kg ISBN: 9781633451278ISBN 10: 1633451275 Pages: 112 Publication Date: 01 July 2021 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsAutomania — The Craze Begins • Mobilization en Masse • Modernist Automaniacs • The Look of Things: Postwar Design, Styling, and Technology • Cars in Popular Culture and Pop Art • Carmegeddon?ReviewsDo cars represent the freedom of the open road or are they harbingers of ruin? The answer is yes in Automania.--Andrea K. Scott New Yorker "Do cars represent the freedom of the open road or are they harbingers of ruin? The answer is yes in ""Automania.""--Andrea K. Scott ""New Yorker"" A vintage car enthusiast's delight...featuring early 20th-century models paired with fine art, the new [book] unpacks the complicated role of cars.--Andre Wheeler ""Time Out New York"" Takes a hard look at our complicated love affair with the car.--Brett Berk ""Vanity Fair""" Author InformationJuliet Kinchin is a former Curator in the Department of Architecture and Design at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Paul Galloway is a Collection Specialist in the Department of Architecture and Design, MoMA. Andrew Gardner is a Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Architecture and Design, MoMA. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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