Sophie Taeuber-Arp – Living Abstraction

Geometric elements come together to form modern designs: The Swiss artist Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889-1943) was a pioneer of abstraction and implemented her dynamic formal language in textiles, furniture, architecture, beadwork, stage costumes and a puppet theatre, for example. Taeuber-Arp also designed numerous carpets, especially flatweaves. What is striking about them is how very unusual and modern, yet at the same time timeless and very harmonious compositions are created from simple elements in combination with striking colours.

The high-quality and richly illustrated volume sheds light on Taeuber-Arp's oeuvre; it shows around 400 of her works. Various specialist authors devote their contributions to different focal points and creative phases, such as "Applied Arts, 1915-1929", "Dada, 1916-1920" or "Architecture and Interiors, 1926-1935".

The book was produced on the occasion of the exhibition "Sophie Taeuber-Arp. Living Abstraction". Three museums collaborated on the exhibition: the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Kunstmuseum Basel and the Tate Modern (London).

Kunstmuseum Basel, MoMa New York, Eva Reifert, Anne Umland (ed.): Sophie Taeuber-Arp – Living Abstraction. English-language. ‎Thames & Hudson, hardcover, about USD 75. ISBN: 978-1633451070

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