L'abstraction

The emergence of abstraction at the beginning of the 20th century led to a total paradigm shift towards a universal language, closely linked to the technological changes in society brought by the new media, from photography and cinema to video and the revolution of digital cultures.

From William Turner's watercolours to cybernetic experiments in contemporary art, this book shows on an international scale - from Europe to Japan, via Latin America and the United States - the plurality of forms, practices and concepts that have fed this quest.