Lead in Modern and Contemporary Art (Material Culture of Art and Design)

## Material Culture of Art and Design Material Culture of Art and Design is devoted to scholarship that brings art history into dialogue with interdisciplinary material culture studies. The material components of an object-its medium and physicality-are key to understanding its cultural significance. Material culture has stretched the boundaries of art history and emphasized new points of contact with other disciplines, including anthropology, archaeology, consumer and mass culture studies, the literary movement called "Thing Theory, " and materialist philosophy. Material Culture of Art and Design seeks to publish studies that explore the relationship between art and material culture in all of its complexity. The series is a venue for scholars to explore specific object histories (or object biographies, as the term has developed), studies of medium and the procedures for making works of art, and investigations of art's relationship to the broader material world that comprises society. It seeks to be the premiere venue for publishing scholarship about works of art as exemplifications of material culture. The series encompasses material culture in its broadest dimensions, including the decorative arts (furniture, ceramics, metalwork, textiles), everyday objects of all kinds (toys, machines, musical instruments), and studies of the familiar high arts of painting and sculpture. The series welcomes proposals for monographs, thematic studies, and edited collections. Cover Contents List of Figures Notes on Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction: To Be Continued ... Silvia Bottinelli and Sharon Hecker 1 A Most Insidious Poison Taking Advantage of Our Necessities: A Brief Historical Introduction to Lead and Lead Poisoning Christian Warren 2 Lead’s Historic Transformations Spike Bucklow 3 In the Backyard at Burcroft: Henry Moore’s Experiments in Lead Rowan Bailey 4 The Weakness of Lead: Materiality and Modern American Sculpture Marin R. Sullivan 5 Due Process: Richard Serra’s Early Splash/Cast Works Jeffrey Weiss 6 Exorbitant Matter: Materiality according to Lynda Benglis Luke Naessens 7 Lead in the Lexicon of Gilberto Zorio’s Sculpture Elizabeth Mangini 8 The Stopping Power of Lead: Luciano Fabro, Giuseppe Penone, and Marisa Merz Sharon Hecker 9 “Mankind Needs Some Lead so as to Be Somewhat Heavier”: Beuys, Alchemy, and Duchamp Claudia Mesch 10 A Conversation with Remo Salvadori Sharon Hecker and Silvia Bottinelli Critical Introduction by Rosalind McKever 11 Two Views of Anselm Kiefer: In the Studio and in the Museum Kiefer Speaks about Lead with Karl Ove Knausgård Loaded Lead: Anselm Kiefer in the Collection of the Israel Museum Sharon Tager and Adina Kamien 12 Anthony Caro: Lead and Wood Sculptures (1980–89) Karen Wilkin 13 The New British Sculpture and the Poetics and Pragmatics of Lead Jon Wood 14 Organizing against an Invisible Threat: Lead According to Futurefarmers and Mel Chin Silvia Bottinelli 15 Interview with Daniela Rivera: The Weight of Lead and Painting beyond the Surface Silvia Bottinelli and Sharon Hecker Index "Lead in Modern and Contemporary Art is the first edited volume to critically examine uses of lead as both material and cultural signifier in modern and contemporary art. The book analyzes the work of a diverse group of artists working in Europe, the Middle East, and North America, and takes into account the ways in which gender, race, and class can affect the cultural perception of lead. A distinguished group of international contributors from various fields, both established and early in their careers, explore lead's relevance from a number of perspectives, including art history, technical art history, art criticism and curatorial studies. Drawing on current art historical concerns with materiality, this volume builds on recent exhibitions and scholarship that reconsider the role of materials in shaping artistic meaning, thus giving a central relevance to the object and its physicality"-- Provided by publisher Lead in Modern and Contemporary Art is the first edited volume to critically examine uses of lead as both material and cultural signifier in modern and contemporary art. The book analyzes the work of a diverse group of artists working in Europe, the Middle East, and North America, and takes into account the ways in which gender, race, and class can affect the cultural perception of lead. Bringing together contributions from a distinguished group of international contributors across various fields, this volume explores lead's relevance from a number of perspectives, including art history, technical art history, art criticism, and curatorial studies. Drawing on current art historical concerns with materiality, this volume builds on recent exhibitions and scholarship that reconsider the role of materials in shaping artistic meaning, thus giving a central relevance to the object and its physicality.