Gego: Weaving the Space in Between

This book is the first extended study of the life and work of German-born Venezuelan artist Gertrude Goldschmidt (1912–94), known as Gego, and explores her intermedial practice as a model of cultural complexity at the "edge of modernity." It investigates the full range of Gego's work, including her furniture workshop, teaching at architecture and design schools, her seminal reticuláreas, and her lesser-known prints.

Format: Hardback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 25 April 2023
Publisher: Yale University Press

This significant book is the first comprehensive examination of the life and work of German-born Venezuelan artist Gertrude Goldschmidt, known as Gego. In order to place Gego's contribution to postwar art and her significant position in the global dialogues on modernity, Monica Amor investigates her intermedial practice as a model of cultural complexity at the "edge of modernity." Amor offers a monographic approach that complicates traditional historical narratives by situating Gego's work alongside other local archives and against her European education and global reception. Through rigorous archival research, formal analysis, theoretical relevance, and deep exploration of historical context, this essential book unpacks Gego's radical reimagining of the modern sculptural project through her engagement with architecture, craft, and design pedagogy.

Gego's distinctive modernist practice, which sits at the intersection of architecture, design, and the visual arts, is the subject of this important book. It is the first extended study of the life and work of German-born Venezuelan artist Gertrude Goldschmidt, known as Gego. In order to place Gego's contribution to postwar art and her significant position in the global dialogues on modernity, Monica Amor investigates her intermedial practice as a model of cultural complexity at the "edge of modernity." Amor offers a monographic approach that complicates traditional historical narratives by situating Gego's work alongside other local archives and against her European education and global reception. Through rigorous archival research, formal analysis, theoretical relevance, and deep exploration of historical context, this essential book unpacks Gego's radical reimagining of the modern sculptural project through her engagement with architecture, craft, and design pedagogy.

Gego's distinctive modernist practice, which sits at the intersection of architecture, design, and the visual arts, is the subject of this important book. It is the first extended study of the life and work of German-born Venezuelan artist Gertrude Goldschmidt, known as Gego. In order to place Gego's contribution to postwar art and her significant position in the global dialogues on modernity, Monica Amor investigates her intermedial practice as a model of cultural complexity at the "edge of modernity." Amor offers a monographic approach that complicates traditional historical narratives by situating Gego's work alongside other local archives and against her European education and global reception. Through rigorous archival research, formal analysis, theoretical relevance, and deep exploration of historical context, this essential book unpacks Gego's radical reimagining of the modern sculptural project through her engagement with architecture, craft, and design pedagogy.

Gego's distinctive modernist practice, which sits at the intersection of architecture, design, and the visual arts, is the subject of this important book. It is the first extended study of the life and work of German-born Venezuelan artist Gertrude Goldschmidt, known as Gego. In order to place Gego's contribution to postwar art and her significant position in the global dialogues on modernity, Monica Amor investigates her intermedial practice as a model of cultural complexity at the "edge of modernity." Amor offers a monographic approach that complicates traditional historical narratives by situating Gego's work alongside other local archives and against her European education and global reception. Through rigorous archival research, formal analysis, theoretical relevance, and deep exploration of historical context, this essential book unpacks Gego's radical reimagining of the modern sculptural project through her engagement with architecture, craft, and design pedagogy.

Weight: 1400g
Dimension: 226 x 289 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780300260687