Mondrian Boogie Woogie, Gebunden

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Mondrian Boogie Woogie brings together two parallel narratives: Piet Mondrian's arrival in New York and the new and distinct body of work he created there, and the migration of boogie woogie music from the southern United States to New York.

Music, migration, and materials form the backbone of this close examination of the distinct body of work created by Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) during the four years he lived in New York before his death. Mondrian Boogie Woogie brings together two parallel and fascinating narratives: the artist's arrival in New York in 1940 as a refugee from a deteriorating European political landscape, and the northward migration of boogie woogie, a percussive strain of blues piano that was pioneered by Black musicians in the American South in the late 1800s and exploded in popularity in New York during the 1940s. First introduced to boogie woogie in New York, Mondrian found in its rhythms a new source of inspiration.

With a focus on two key paintings created during the final year and a half of his life-Broadway Boogie Woogie (The Museum of Modern Art, New York) and Victory Boogie Woogie (Kunstmuseum Den Haag)-the publication highlights Mondrian's transatlantic paintings as well as rarely seen archival materials, including personal records, photographs, migration documents, and other ephemera. New scholarship explores Mondrian's materials and processes, New York studios, and writings on the politics of abstraction, alongside the history of boogie woogie. Together, these parallel journeys illuminate a body of work that could only have been made in New York.