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ArtFebruary 2013 Inventing abstraction at MOMA by Karen Wilkin On “Inventing Abstraction, 1910–1925” at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
For about a month, from just before Christmas through the third week in January 2013, screenings of Christian Marclay’s “The Clock” overlapped with the survey exhibition “Inventing Abstraction: 1910–1925,” at the Museum of Modern Art.1 It’s difficult to imagine two more different projects. &ldq ... This article is available to subscribers and for individual purchaseSubscribe to TNC (Print and Online editions) Subscribe to TNC (Online only) This article originally appeared in The New Criterion, Volume 31 February 2013, on page 41 Copyright © 2013 The New Criterion | www.newcriterion.com http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/Inventing-abstraction-at-MOMA-7552
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