Beschreibung:
Frederick Kiesler was a committed networker and communicated regularly with the who's who of the avant-garde. He was an important intermediary between the visionary ideas of the European Moderne movement and the up-and-coming New York art scene. About 20 contributions portray his colorful life and his multifaceted oeuvre in various contexts, and place Kiesler in a dialog with the most important artists and architects of his time. The publication on the occasion of the 20 year anniversary of the Friedrich Kiesler Foundation deals with his relationship with the Bauhaus, surrealism, and the New York School, as well as with personalities such as Richard Buckminster Fuller, Marcel Duchamp, Arshile Gorky, Theo van Doesburg, Piet Mondrian, Hans Arp, Sigfried Giedion, and others
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword / Rashid, Hani -- Introduction / Bogner, Peter -- 1. Face to Face with the Avant-Garde / Zillner, Gerd -- 2. Kiesler's Berlin (1921-1926), Theater and the November Group / Welzbacher, Christian -- 3. Frederick Kiesler, Berthold Viertel and Karl Kraus Between Vienna, Berlin and New York / Prager, Katharina -- 4. The Kieslers and the Tietzes / Bogner, Dieter / Zillner, Gerd -- 5. Frederick Kiesler, the Bauhaus and the Bauhaus-Stage / Blume, Torsten -- 6. Frederick Kiesler and the Futurists / Bedarida, Raffaele -- 7. Parallel Avant-Gardes in Vienna / Galácz, Judit / Pál Szeredi, Merse -- 8. Frederick Kiesler and Theo van Doesburg / McGuire, Laura -- 9. Frederick Kiesler and Piet Mondrian / Grabach, Tilo -- 10. Frederick Kiesler and Hans Richter / Meißner-Wolfbeisser, Jill -- 11. George Antheil, Kiesler's first American Friend / Piccinini, Mauro -- 12. Frederick Kiesler and the American Union of Decorative Artists and Craftsmen / Friedman, Marilyn F. -- 13. The Friendship Between Hans Arp and Frederick Kiesler / Buhmann, Stephanie -- 14. Frederick Kiesler and Sigfried Giedion / Grunewald, Almut -- 15. Frederick Kiesler and Marcel Duchamp / Kauffman, Alexander -- 16. Arshile Gorky and Frederick Kiesler / Taylor, Michael -- 17. Frederick Kiesler and Sidney Janis / Janis, Carroll -- 18. Frederick Kiesler and Hans Hofmann / Barnes, Lucinda -- 19. A Personal Memory / Wines, James -- 20. Frederick Kiesler and Piero Dorazio / Sonzogni, Valentina -- 21. Kiesler facing Jerusalem / Shapira, Elana -- Index -- Authors' Biographies -- Credits -- Imprint
Friedrich Kiesler war ein engagierter Netzwerker und stand mit dem Who's who der Avantgarde in regem Austausch. Er war ein wichtiger Vermittler zwischen den visionären Ideen der europäischen Moderne und der aufstrebenden New Yorker Kunstszene. Rund 20 Beiträge verorten sein schillerndes Leben und sein facettenreiches Werk in verschiedenen Kontexten und setzen Kiesler in einen Dialog mit den bedeutendsten Künstlern und Architekten seiner Zeit. Die Publikation anlässlich des 20-jährigen Bestehens der Friedrich Kiesler Stiftung behandelt sein Verhältnis zu Bauhaus, Surrealismus und New York School sowie zu Persönlichkeiten wie Richard Buckminster Fuller, Marcel Duchamp, Arshile Gorky, Theo van Doesburg, Piet Mondrian, Hans Arp, Sigfried Giedion u.a