Four Metaphors of Modernism : From Der Sturm to the Société Anonyme

Exploring the significance of metaphor in modern art “Where do the roots of art lie?” asked Der Sturm founder Herwarth Walden. “In the people? Behind the mountains? Behind the planets. He who has eyes to hear, feels.” Walden’s Der Sturm—the journal, gallery, performance venue, press, theater, bookstore, and art school in Berlin (1910–1932)—has never before been the subject of a book-length study in English. Four Metaphors of Modernism positions Der Sturm at the center of the avant-garde and as an integral part of Euro-American modern art, theory, and practice. Jenny Anger traces Walden’s aesthetic and intellectual roots to Franz Liszt and Friedrich Nietzsche—forebears who led him to embrace a literal and figurative mixing of the arts. She then places Der Sturm in conversation with New York’s Société Anonyme (1920–1950), an American avant-garde group modeled on Der Sturm and founded by Katherine Sophie Dreier, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray. Working against the tendency to examine artworks and artist groups in isolation, Anger underscores the significance of both organizations to the development and circulation of international modernism. Focusing on the recurring metaphors of piano, glass, water, and home, Four Metaphors of Modernism interweaves a historical analysis of these two prominent organizations with an aesthetic analysis of the metaphors that shaped their practices, reconceiving modernism itself. Presented here is a modernism that is embodied, gendered, multisensory, and deeply committed to metaphor and a restoration of abstraction’s connection with the real. "Walden's Der Sturm - the journal, gallery, performance venue, press, theater, bookstore, and art school in Berlin (1910-1932) - has never before been the subject of a book-length study in English. Four Metaphors of Modernism positions Der Sturm at the center of the avant-garde and as an integral part of Euro-American modern art, theory, and practice. Jenny Anger traces Walden's aesthetic and intellectual roots to Franz Liszt and Friedrich Nietzsche forebears who led him to embrace a literal and figurative mixing of the arts. She then places Der Sturm in conversation with New York's Société Anonyme (1920-1950), an American avant-garde group modeled on Der Sturm and founded by Katherine Sophie Dreier, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray. Working against the tendency to examine artworks and artist groups in isolation, Anger underscores the significance of both organizations to the development and circulation of international modernism. Focusing on the recurring metaphors of piano, glass, water, and home, Four Metaphors of Modernism interweaves a historical analysis of these two prominent organizations with an aesthetic analysis of the metaphors that shaped their practices, reconceiving modernism itself. Presented here is a modernism that is embodied, gendered, multisensory, and deeply committed to metaphor and a restoration of abstraction's connection with the real." --> z ov Where do the roots of art lie?? asked Der Sturm founder Herwarth Walden.?In the people? Behind the mountains? Behind the planets. He who has eyes to hear, feels.? Walden?s Der Sturm?the journal, gallery, performance venue, press, theater, bookstore, and art school in Berlin (1910?1932)?has never before been the subject of a book-length study in English. 'Four Metaphors of Modernism' positions Der Sturm at the center of the avant-garde and as an integral part of Euro-American modern art, theory, and practice.00Jenny Anger traces Walden?s aesthetic and intellectual roots to Franz Liszt and Friedrich Nietzsche?forebears who led him to embrace a literal and figurative mixing of the arts. She then places Der Sturm in conversation with New York?s Société Anonyme (1920?1950), an American avant-garde group modeled on Der Sturm and founded by Katherine Sophie Dreier, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray. Working against the tendency to examine artworks and artist groups in isolation, Anger underscores the significance of both organizations to the development and circulation of international modernism "Herwath Walden's Der Sturm--the journal, gallery, performance venue, press, theater, bookstore, and art school in Berlin (1910-1932)--has never before been the subject of a book-length study in English. In Four Metaphors of Modernism, Jenny Anger positions Der Sturm at the center of the avant-garde and as an integral part of Euro-American modern art, theory, and practice"-- Provided by publisher "Herwath Walden's Der Sturm ... the journal, gallery, performance venue, press, theater, bookstore, and art school in Berlin (1910-1932) ... has never before been the subject of a book-length study in English. In Four Metaphors of Modernism, Jenny Anger positions Der Sturm at the center of the avant-garde and as an integral part of Euro-American modern art, theory, and practice" .. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Contents Overture ACT ONE Piano ACT TWO Water ACT THREE Glass ACT FOUR Home Reprise Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Z Overture Act 1. Piano Act 2. Water Act 3. Glass Act 4. Home Reprise Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index.