Rhythm and Geometry: Constructivist Art in Britain Since 1951

Celebrating the dynamic Constructivist art made and exhibited in Britain over a seventy-year period, this book brings together constructed reliefs and sculpture, kinetic and participatory art, painting and printmaking. Rhythm and Geometry: Constructivist art in Britain since 1951 celebrates the dynamic abstract and constructed art made and exhibited in Britain over a seventy-year period. Including constructed reliefs and sculpture, kinetic and participatory art, painting and printmaking, the publication explains the dialogue and collaboration between artists working in radical ways across the generations to continually reinvent Constructivist art. Rhythm and Geometry is drawn from the collection at the Sainsbury Centre, University of East Anglia. Featured artists include Robert Adams, Rana Begum, Charles Biederman, Lygia Clark, Natalie Dower, Stephen Gilbert, Adrian Heath, Anthony Hill, Kenneth Martin, Mary Martin, Victor Pasmore, Jean Spencer, Takis, Victor Vasarely, Mary Webb, Stephen Willats, Gillian Wise and Li Yuan-Chia. AUTHORS: Tania Moore is the Joyce and Michael Morris Chief Curator at the Sainsbury Centre. Calvin Winner is Head of Collections at the Sainsbury Centre. Jon Wood is an art historian and curator, specialising in modern and contemporary sculpture. Andrew Bick is an artist, curator and writer who researches Systems and Constructionism.