{"title":"Graham Bader","description":"\u003cp\u003eGraham Bader’s works delve into the nuanced intersections of \u003cem\u003earts and culture\u003c\/em\u003e, blending sharp insight with inventive storytelling. Readers can expect sophisticated explorations that challenge conventional boundaries and provoke thoughtful reflection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith titles like \u003cstrong\u003ePoisoned Abstraction\u003c\/strong\u003e, Bader crafts narratives that intertwine the abstract with the tangible, offering a fresh perspective on contemporary cultural themes. These books invite a deep engagement with both form and meaning, appealing to lovers of literary innovation.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"poisoned-abstraction-by-graham-bader-9780300257083","title":"Poisoned Abstraction","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoisoned Abstraction\u003c\/em\u003e is a definitive resource, full of fresh insights and new revelations, on one of the most influential interwar artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis richly illustrated book offers a definitive new assessment of the oeuvre of Kurt Schwitters (1887–1948), a central figure of the interwar European avant-garde. Active as an artist, designer, publisher, performer, critic, poet, and playwright, Schwitters is best known for intimately scaled, materially rich collages and assemblages made from found objects—often refuse—that the artist described as having lost all contact with their role and history in the world at large.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eConsidering works reaching from Schwitters’s earliest collage-based pieces of 1918–19, through his 1920s advertising designs, to his seminal environmental installation the \u003cem\u003eMerzbau\u003c\/em\u003e, Graham Bader carefully unpacks the meaning behind such projects and sheds new light on the tumultuous historical conditions in which they were made. In the process, he reveals a new Schwitters—aesthetically committed and politically astute—for our time. This authoritative account reframes our understanding of Schwitters’s multifaceted artistic practice and explores the complex entwinement of art, politics, and history in the modern period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47464160985324,"sku":"9780300257083","price":113.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780300257083-poisoned-abstraction.jpg?v=1775038884"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/graham-bader.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}