{"title":"Irene V. Small","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIrene V. Small\u003c\/strong\u003e invites readers into a thoughtful exploration of \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, blending insightful perspectives with creative expression. Her works, including titles like \u003cem\u003eThe Organic Line\u003c\/em\u003e, reflect a deep appreciation for the natural rhythm and aesthetics found within artistic practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExpect a journey through themes of form, nature, and cultural insight, where each book offers a nuanced look at how art shapes and is shaped by the world around us. Small's writing is perfect for those who cherish the intersection of creativity and cultural reflection.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-organic-line-by-irene-v-small-9781890951993","title":"The Organic Line","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA major rethinking of twentieth-century abstract art mobilized by the work of Brazilian artist Lygia Clark\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat would it mean to treat an interval of space as a \u003cem\u003eline\u003c\/em\u003e, thus drawing an empty void into a constellation of art and meaning-laden things? In this book, Irene Small elucidates the signal discovery of the Brazilian artist Lygia Clark in 1954: a fissure of space between material elements that Clark called \"the organic line.\" For much of the history of art, Clark's discovery, much like the organic line, has escaped legibility. Once recognized, however, the line has seismic repercussions for rethinking foundational concepts such as mark, limit, surface, and edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA spatial cavity that binds discrepant entities together, the organic line transforms planes into flexible topologies, borders into membranes, and interstices into points of connection. As a paradigm, the organic line has profound historiographic implications, inviting us to set aside traditional notions of influence and origin in favour of what Small terms weak links and plagiotropic relations. These fragile, oblique, and transversal ties have their own efficacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSmall's innovative readings of canonical modernist works such as Kazimir Malevich's \u003cem\u003eBlack Square\u003c\/em\u003e, John Cage's \u003cem\u003e4'33\"\u003c\/em\u003e, and Le Corbusier's \u003cem\u003emachine--habiter\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as contemporary works by artists like Adam Pendleton, Ricardo Basbaum, and Mika Rottenberg, reveal the organic line's remarkable potential as an analytic instrument.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMobilising a rich repertoire of archival sources and moving across multiple chronologies, geographies, and disciplines, this book invites us to envision modernism not as a stable construct defined by centres and peripheries, inclusions and exclusions, but as a topological field of interactive, destabilising tensions. More than a history of a little-known artistic device, \u003cem\u003eThe Organic Line: Toward a Topology of Modernism\u003c\/em\u003e is a user's guide and manifesto for reimagining modern and contemporary art for the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47428300833004,"sku":"9781890951993","price":87.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781890951993.jpg?v=1774497120"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/irene-v-small.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}