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In 1933, John Rice founded Black Mountain College in North Carolina as an experiment in making artistic experience central to learning. Though it operated for only 24 years, this pioneering school played a significant role in fostering avant-garde art, music, dance, and poetry, and an astonishing number of important artists taught or studied there. Among the instructors were Josef and Anni Albers, John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Buckminster Fuller, Karen Karnes, M. C. Richards, and Willem de Kooning, and students included Ruth Asawa, Robert Rauschenberg, and Cy Twombly. 

Leap Before You Look is a singular exploration of this legendary school and of the work of the artists who spent time there. Scholars from a variety of fields contribute original essays about diverse aspects of the Collegespanning everything from its farm program to the influence of Bauhaus principlesand about the people and ideas that gave it such a lasting impact. In addition, catalogue entries highlight selected works, including writings, musical compositions, visual arts, and crafts. The books fresh approach and rich illustration program convey the atmosphere of creativity and experimentation that was unique to Black Mountain College, and that served as an inspiration to so many. This timely volume will be essential reading for anyone interested in the College and its enduring legacy.


art history --- art appreciation --- art education --- History of civilization --- Twombly, Cy --- Cunningham, Merce --- Johnson, Ray --- Fuller, Richard Buckminster --- Asawa, Ruth --- Kooning, de, Willem --- Albers, Anni --- Rauschenberg, Robert --- Albers, Josef --- Chamberlain, John --- Cage, John --- Black Mountain College [Black Mountain, N.C.]

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sculpture [visual works] --- Sculpture --- ceramics [object genre] --- Hauer, Erwin --- Neri, Manuel --- Oliveira, Nathan --- Caro, Anthony --- Johns, Jasper --- Price, Kenneth --- Davis, Stuart --- Mason, John --- Stella, Frank --- Smith, David --- Rauschenberg, Robert --- Ruscha, Ed --- Albers, Josef --- Shapiro, Joel --- Park, David --- Arneson, Robert --- Gorky, Arshile --- Benglis, Lynda --- Chamberlain, John --- Diebenkorn, Richard --- Nagle, Ron --- Frankenthaler, Helen --- Francis, Sam --- Reinhardt, Ad --- Burri, Alberto --- Takaezu, Toshiko --- Plimack Mangold, Sylvia --- Coper, Hans --- Shaw, Richard --- LeWitt, Sol --- Rothko, Mark --- Kienholz, Nancy --- Dehner, Dorothy --- Voulkos, Peter --- Kooning, de, Willem --- Bischoff, Elmer --- Puryear, Martin --- Stankiewicz, Richard --- Rie, Lucie --- Hesse, Eva --- Kienholz, Edward --- Mitchell, Joan --- Conner, Bruce --- Twombly, Cy --- Noguchi, Isamu --- Suvero, di, Mark --- Odundo, Magdalene --- Stout, Myron --- Irwin, Robert --- Bengston, Billy Al --- Martin, Agnes --- Mangold, Robert Peter --- Rydingsvard, von, Ursula --- Guston, Philippe --- Hofmann, Hans --- Hepworth, Barbara --- Duckworth, Ruth --- Hudson, Robert --- Ohr, George E. --- Gottlieb, Adolph --- Pollock, Jackson --- Motherwell, Robert --- Kline, Franz --- MAD-faculty 16 --- hedendaagse beeldhouwkunst --- keramiek --- studio ceramics

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Art --- sculpture [visual works] --- installations [visual works] --- multimedia works --- painting [image-making] --- photography [process] --- video art --- patrons [philanthropists] --- promoting [management function] --- Höfer, Candida --- Jorn, Asger --- Fast, Omer --- Andre, Carl --- LeWitt, Sol --- Baselitz, Georg --- Michaux, Henri --- Ataman, Kutlug --- Rainer, Arnulf --- Hockney, David --- Leonard, Zoe --- Fritsch, Karl --- Schwontkowski, Norbert --- Bartana, Yael --- Warhol, Andy --- Eggleston, William --- Oldenburg, Claes --- Blais, Jean-Charles --- Abts, Tomma --- Tuymans, Luc --- Johns, Jasper --- Albers, Josef --- Bächli, Silvia --- Baltz, Lewis --- Bishop, James --- Clark, Larry --- Claydon, Steven --- Colani, Luigi --- Czech, Natalie --- Davringhausen, Heinrich Maria --- Segal, George --- Manders, Mark --- Gaenssler, Katharina --- Morris, Robert --- Bourgeois, Louise --- Léger, Fernand --- Guyton, Wade --- Johne, Sven --- Kassner, Franka --- Kellndorfer, Veronika --- Smithson, Robert --- Polke, Sigmar --- Beuys, Joseph --- Wesselmann, Tom --- Olesen, Henrik --- Pfeiffer, Paul --- Sottsass, Ettore --- Klee, Paul --- Schmidt, Michael --- Schulz-Dornburg, Ursula --- Selg, Markus --- Sonntag, Kathrin --- Taylor, Al --- Richter, Gerhard --- Żmijewski, Artur --- Guston, Philippe --- Kline, Franz --- Elmgreen & Dragset --- Heizer, Michael --- Serra, Richard --- Kadan, Nikita --- Rowe, Michael --- Peter Fischli & David Weiss --- Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler --- Auer, Florian --- Engels, Ludger --- Kandinsky, Wassily --- Braque, Georges --- Claerbout, David --- Hadid, Zaha --- Viola, Bill --- Freud, Lucian --- Schütte, Thomas --- Bacon, Francis --- Ryman, Robert --- Rauch, Neo --- Chillida, Eduardo --- Twombly, Cy --- Marden, Brice --- Wearing, Gillian --- Judd, Donald --- Tillmans, Wolfgang --- Dijkstra, Rineke --- Artschwager, Richard --- Flavin, Dan --- Gursky, Andreas --- Hirschhorn, Thomas --- Kelly, Ellsworth --- Kounellis, Jannis --- Merz, Gerhard --- Nauman, Bruce --- Rist, Pipilotti --- Sala, Anri --- Winters, Terry --- Araki, Nobuyoshi --- Monk, Jonathan --- Alÿs, Francis --- Doig, Peter --- Becher, Bernd und Hilla --- Förg, Günther --- Grimonprez, Johan --- Hill, Gary --- Laib, Wolfgang --- Le Va, Barry --- Melhus, Bjorn --- Nicolai, Olaf --- Ruff, Thomas --- Sandback, Frederick Laue --- Schönebeck, Eugen --- Struth, Thomas --- Ondàk, Roman --- Scheibitz, Thomas --- Kantor, Tadeusz --- Metzel, Olaf --- Mikhailov, Boris --- Kooning, de, Willem --- Knoebel, Imi --- PIN --- Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München --- Pinakothek der Moderne [Munchen] --- Architekturmuseum der TU München --- Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen [Munich] --- Die Neue Sammlung: the Design Museum [Munich] --- anno 1960-1969 --- anno 1970-1979 --- anno 1980-1989 --- anno 1990-1999 --- anno 2000-2009 --- anno 2010-2019