Tomma Abts

by Lizzie Carey-Thomas, Juliane Rebentisch, Kate Nesin

Examines both the art-historical framework of Tomma Abts's painting as well as its deep philosophical and psychological dimensions

With a rigorous approach and self-imposed limitations to both scale and composition, Tomma Abts (b. 1967) has reinvigorated painterly abstraction and its relevance within contemporary art. Using a fixed canvas size and a vertical format, Abts deploys basic formal elements such as arcs, circles, planes, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300233876
• ISBN13: 9780300233872
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Art Institute of Chicago
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 3.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.9" x 13.6"