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The work of Agnes Martin has frequently been associated with East Asian philosophies. Particularly highlighting the oeuvre of this US artist, Mona Schieren presents comprehensive research on the influence of Asianist aesthetics in post-1945 American art. More than just historical analysis, her study opens an entirely new perspective on Martin’s appropriation of Asianisms by focusing on transcultural translation and redefining Martin’s work beyond Abstract Expressionism and Minimalism. This offers new viewpoints on the aesthetic, philosophical, and visual relationships in American postwar art and takes a nuanced approach that moves beyond generalized notions of “Zen” in the US art world. Schieren’s exploration of the intentional and specific uses of Asianist aesthetics profoundly contributes to insights in international art histories and cultural translations.
Price: $55.00
Pages: 384
Publisher: transcript publishing
Imprint: transcript publishing
Series: Image
Publication Date:
27 May 2025
Trim Size: 9.45 X 6.10 in
ISBN: 9783837673760
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
»Mona Schieren argues for a dynamic concept of cultural transmission that seeks to describe Agnes Martin’s process of mediation and to function beyond it as an interpretive method. In this way, ›Transcultural Translations‹ proves both an essential monograph on the artist and a model for how to recover the specificity of a broader period engagement with Asia – something still conspicuously rare in scholarship of American modernism.«
Mona Schieren (Dr.) is a curator and teaching researcher at the University of the Arts Bremen.