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Benson, Timothy O.
Expressionist Utopias: Paradise, Metropolis, Architectural Fantasy
Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles County Museum of Art; University of California Press 2001 0520230035 / 9780520230033 First Printing Soft Cover Fine Exhibition Catalogue
323 pp., illus. (some col.), biblio., index; ; 31 cm. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Oct. 21, 1993-Jan. 2, 1994. Contributions by Reinhold Heller, David Frisby, Iain Boyd Whyte and Anton Kaes. AS NEW. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. "The notion of utopia exists in every culture, capturing shared dreams and common goals. This book--prepared to accompany the exhibition Expressionist Utopias mounted at the Los Angeles County Museum in 1993--explores how the optimistic themes of utopia and fantasy sustained faith among artists and architects in the power of art to shape a better world during the tumultuous World War I era in Germany. The exhibition's curator, Timothy O. Benson along with David Frisby, Reinhold Heller, Anton Kaes, Wolf Prix, and Iain Boyd White present the diverse manifestations of the utopia metaphor in its progression throughout Expressionism from Arcadian to manmade utopias. This work includes a new essay and an interview by Edward Dimenberg with Wolf Prix on the spectacular installation created for the exhibition by the Viennese architectural firm Coop Himmelblau. / Timothy O. Benson is Curator of the Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Fantasy and Functionality: The Fate of Utopia, by Timothy O. Benson; Bridge to Utopia: The Brücke As Utopian Experiment, by Reinhold Heller; Social theory, the Metropolis, and Expressionism, by David Frisby; The Expressionist Sublime, by Iain Boyd Whyte; Metropolis: City, Cinema, Modernity, by Anton Kaes.
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