On the Grid - Ways of Seeing in Print

"The grid often hides in plain sight, from notepads and spreadsheets to halftone photographic reproductions. It dominates the organization, perception, and representation of the modern world, especially in print. Deeply embedded in a Western worldview, the grid visualizes control, mastery, and order. As an invisible framing device, it has become so pervasive that we habitually ignore it. Yet when artists call our attention to the grid, its layered meanings come fully into view. On the Grid: Ways of Seeing in Print surveys photographs, prints, artist's books, and printed sculptures from the dynamic permanent collection of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College"--

About the author

Jessica D. Brier, Deknatel Curatorial Fellow in Photography, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, is a curator and historian of art and design specializing in the intermediality of photography, printmaking, graphic design, and architecture. She holds a PhD in art history from the University of Southern California.

Summary

This richly illustrated volume surveys photographs, prints, artist's books, and printed sculptures, and explores how artists have embraced, rejected, and reclaimed the grid.

Product details

• Authors: Jessica D Brier, Jessica D. Brier
• Publisher: Pan macmillan Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2022
• EAN: 9781785514494
• ISBN: 978-1-78551-449-4
• Weight: 895 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections, Individual artists, art monographs, Exhibition catalogues and specific collections, ART / History / 20th & 21st Century, ART / Movements / Modernism