{"product_id":"invitation-annette-jael-lehmann-9783959054041","title":"Invitation: Archive as Event","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe 20th century's avant-gardes as seen through invites, postcards and various inventive forms of printed communication, from Oskar Schlemmer to Nam June Paik\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Archiv der Avantgarden in Dresden contains approximately 1.5 million items of ephemera from the 20th-century avant-gardes. Much of this material involves internal communications from within the art world, such as invitations to events and advertisements for exhibits. \u003ci\u003eInvitation: Archive as Event\u003c\/i\u003e compiles a wide selection of these communications, from a photocopied collage advertising Charlotte Moorman and Nam June Paik's \u003ci\u003eMixed Media Opera\u003c\/i\u003e to Oskar Schlemmer's handwritten pink postcard inquiring about a gallery show presented by Walter Dexel. Still more event descriptions, case studies, interviews and visual references provide a compelling history of aesthetic trends in graphic design as well as insight into the myriad ways in which artists promoted their own work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eInvitation: Archive as Event\u003c\/i\u003e provides an archive-driven take on the social circles and institutions that drove the evolution of contemporary art throughout the 20th century. It provides important sources for scholars, students, artists and curators in the development of a lively and participatory archival model.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Annette Jael Lehmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3959054041\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783959054041\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Spector Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Annette Jael Lehmann","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43943959888127,"sku":"9783959054041","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_72fe33e1-d34d-4256-bdce-3bca2a67a339.jpg?v=1681500988","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/invitation-annette-jael-lehmann-9783959054041","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}