Inge Meijer - The Plant Collection
Inge Meijer - The Plant Collection
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| Publisher | Roma Publications |
| ISBN | 9789492811530 |
| Idea Code | 19249 |
| Status | out of print |
When Willem Sandberg, the newly appointed director of Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum, held an exhibition in 1946 in honour of Piet Mondrian, he did something quite remarkable. He placed a Swiss cheese plant next to Mondrian’s paintings. For Sandberg, the aesthetic placement of a plant in the museum made a statement. No longer would the Stedelijk be an elite temple for art; rather, he wanted the public to become accustomed to contemporary art in a familiar, domestic environment. Artist Inge Meijer investigated the vanished and subsequently forgotten vegetation in the museum during the 1945–1983 period for this book, rendering its history once again visible.
| 112 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 30 cm, pb, Dutch/English |
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