Serial art is an art movement in which uniform elements or objects were assembled in accordance with strict modular principles.[citation needed] The composition of serial art is a systematic process.
One type of serial art is the production of multiple objects (paintings, sculptures, etc.) in sets or series, for example Josef Albers' well-known series of “square” paintings, where a single, repeating image creates a variation series. This technique later became associated with minimalism, the “multiple”, and “ABC art”. However, there is a different type, which may be regarded as more essentially “serial” because it is “characterized by the nonhierarchical juxtaposition of equivalent representations, which only yield their complete meaning on the basis of their mutual relationship”.[1] This produces sequential structures defined similarly to those of a twelve-tone row, found for example in Max Bill's series, Fünfzehn Variationen über ein Thema (1934–38), and in Richard Paul Lohse's 30 vertikale systematische Farbreihen in gelber Rautenform (1943–70) and Konkretion III (1947).[2]
Sol LeWitt wrote that "the serial artist does not attempt to produce a beautiful or mysterious object but functions merely as a clerk cataloguing the results of his premise."[3]
Guderian, Dietmar. 1985. “Serielle Strukturen und harmonikale Systeme.” In Vom Klang der Bilder: die Musik in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, edited by Karin von Maur, 434–37. Munich: Prestel-Verlag.
Sykora, Katharina. 1983. Das Phänomen des Seriellen in der Kunst: Aspekte einer künstlerischen Methode von Monet bis zur amerikanischen Pop Art. Würzburg: Könighausen + Neumann.
Further reading
Bandur, Markus. 2001. Aesthetics of Total Serialism: Contemporary Research from Music to Architecture. Basel, Boston and Berlin: Birkhäuser.
Bochner, Mel. 1967. "The Serial Attitude". Artforum 6, no. 4 (December): 28–33.
Gerstner, Karl. 1964. Designing Programmes: Four Essays and an Introduction, with an introduction to the introduction by Paul Gredinger. English version by D. Q. Stephenson. Teufen, Switzerland: Arthur Niggli. Enlarged, new edition 1968.
Pias, Claus. 2006. "Multiple". DuMonts Begriffslexikon zur zeitgenössischen Kunst, second, revised edition, edited by Hubertus Butin, 219–24. Cologne: DuMont-Buchverlag.
External links
Sol LeWitt, Serial Project, I (ABCD). Museum of Modern Art website
January 06, 2023
serial, movement, which, uniform, elements, objects, were, assembled, accordance, with, strict, modular, principles, citation, needed, composition, serial, systematic, process, contents, overview, also, notes, references, further, reading, external, linksoverv. Serial art is an art movement in which uniform elements or objects were assembled in accordance with strict modular principles citation needed The composition of serial art is a systematic process Contents 1 Overview 2 See also 3 Notes 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External linksOverview EditAn early example of serial art is Constantin Brancuși s sculpture Endless Column citation needed One type of serial art is the production of multiple objects paintings sculptures etc in sets or series for example Josef Albers well known series of square paintings where a single repeating image creates a variation series This technique later became associated with minimalism the multiple and ABC art However there is a different type which may be regarded as more essentially serial because it is characterized by the nonhierarchical juxtaposition of equivalent representations which only yield their complete meaning on the basis of their mutual relationship 1 This produces sequential structures defined similarly to those of a twelve tone row found for example in Max Bill s series Funfzehn Variationen uber ein Thema 1934 38 and in Richard Paul Lohse s 30 vertikale systematische Farbreihen in gelber Rautenform 1943 70 and Konkretion III 1947 2 Sol LeWitt wrote that the serial artist does not attempt to produce a beautiful or mysterious object but functions merely as a clerk cataloguing the results of his premise 3 See also EditConceptual art Contemporary art Formalism art Geometric abstraction Hard edge painting Information art Minimalism Modernism Modular constructivism Op Art Post modernism Serialism Structuralism Systems artNotes Edit Sykora 1983 7 Guderian 1985 436 37 Hunter and Jacobus 1986 326 References EditGuderian Dietmar 1985 Serielle Strukturen und harmonikale Systeme In Vom Klang der Bilder die Musik in der Kunst des 20 Jahrhunderts edited by Karin von Maur 434 37 Munich Prestel Verlag Hunter Sam and John Jacobus 1986 Modern Art Englewod Cliffs NJ Prentice Hall Inc New York Harry Abrams Inc Sykora Katharina 1983 Das Phanomen des Seriellen in der Kunst Aspekte einer kunstlerischen Methode von Monet bis zur amerikanischen Pop Art Wurzburg Konighausen Neumann Further reading EditBandur Markus 2001 Aesthetics of Total Serialism Contemporary Research from Music to Architecture Basel Boston and Berlin Birkhauser Bochner Mel 1967 The Serial Attitude Artforum 6 no 4 December 28 33 Gerstner Karl 1964 Designing Programmes Four Essays and an Introduction with an introduction to the introduction by Paul Gredinger English version by D Q Stephenson Teufen Switzerland Arthur Niggli Enlarged new edition 1968 Pias Claus 2006 Multiple DuMonts Begriffslexikon zur zeitgenossischen Kunst second revised edition edited by Hubertus Butin 219 24 Cologne DuMont Buchverlag External links EditSol LeWitt Serial Project I ABCD Museum of Modern Art website Chronology mentioning Serial art and related movements Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Serial art amp oldid 1110971611, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
