Sophie Taeuber-Arp: Living Abstraction

Exhibition at the MoMA, New York, 21 November 2021 - 12 March 2022

Accompanying the first retrospective of Sophie Taeuber-Arp's (1889-1943) work in the United States in 40 years, this catalogue is a comprehensive survey of this multifaceted abstract artist's innovative and wide-ranging body of work. Her background in the applied arts and dance, her involvement in the Zurich Dada movement and her projects for architectural spaces were essential to her development of a uniquely versatile and vibrant abstract vocabulary.
This richly illustrated volume explores the artist's interdisciplinary approach to abstraction through some 400 works, including textiles, beadwork, polychrome marionettes, architectural and interior designs, stained glass windows, works on paper, paintings and relief sculptures. It also features 15 essays that examine the full sweep of Taeuber-Arp's career.