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Book SynopsisAmor Mundi: The Collection of Marguerite Steed Hoffman delves deep into this remarkable singular collection. Over two volumes, Amor Mundi presents an edited selection of over 400 works of modern and contemporary art from the Collection of Marguerite Steed Hoffman, from the pieces brought together by Marguerite Steed and her late husband Robert Hoffman (1947–2006) to more recent outstanding acquisitions. Over 30 authors – artists and art historians – explore this fascinating collection, addressing specific artworks as well as the motivations behind the collection’s creation and ongoing evolution. Created over the course of a two-year period, great care has been taken to reflect the collection's key artists, canonical works, and the issues and debates that have helped shape its direction for more than a quarter of a century. By highlighting the art and artists as well as the ideological principles underlying the collection, it is hoped that Amor Mundi will shed some light on how to interpret this extraordinary collection of modern and contemporary art as well as communicating something about the personality of the woman who assembled it.
Texts by Martin Jay, Renée Green, Susan L. Aberth, Sarah Celeste Bancroft, Renate Bertlmann, Anna Katherine Brodbeck, Susan Davidson, Gavin Delahunty, TR Ericsson, Tamar Garb, Robert Gober, Rachel Haidu, Merlin James, Wyatt Kahn, Ragnar Kjartansson, Anna Lovatt, Leora Maltz-Leca, Nic Nicosia, Charles Ray, Mark Rosenthal, Dana Schutz, Barry Schwabsky, Richard Shiff, Raphaela Simon, Michelle Stuart, Kirsten Swenson, Mary Weatherford, Terry Winters. Interviews by Martin Jay and Marguerite Steed Hoffman, Gavin Delahunty and Isabelle Graw
Table of ContentsVOLUME 1 Preface Acknowledgments Amor Mundi (essay) by Gavin Delahunty A to K Plates Nairy Baghramian by Gavin Delahunty Lynda Benglis by Kirsten Swenson Joseph Beuys by Mark Rosenthal Louise Bourgeois by Nic Nicosia Mark Bradford by Anna Katherine Brodbeck Marcel Broodthaers by Raphaela Simon Miriam Cahn by Dana Schutz Gillian Carnegie by Barry Schwabsky Leonora Carrington by Susan L. Aberth Richard Diebenkorn by Sarah Celeste Bancroft Peter Doig by Richard Shiff Trisha Donnelly by Anna Lovatt Ellen Gallagher by Leora Maltz-Leca Philip Guston by Rachel Haidu Eva Hesse by Wyatt Kahn Jasper Johns by Mark Rosenthal Donald Judd by Richard Shiff Alex Katz by Merlin James Martin Kippenberger by Ragnar Kjartansson Vivienne Koorland by Tamar Garb Someone Saves Something or Someone Somehow…by Renée Green Endnotes Timeline List of Works Index Photo Credits Contributors VOLUME 2 Mementoes Post-Mori: Thoughts on the Collector’s Mania by Martin Jay Martin Jay in conversation with Marguerite Steed Hoffman L to Z Plates Maria Lassnig by Rachel Haidu Agnes Martin by Renate Bertlmann Steve McQueen by Tamar Garb Francis Picabia by Merlin James Michelangelo Pistoletto by Barry Schwabsky Robert Rauschenberg by Susan Davidson Mira Schendel by Anna Katherine Brodbeck Michelle Stuart by Anna Lovatt Santa Catalina Island by Michelle Stuart Dorothea Tanning by Susan L. Aberth What’s It Like Living with Anne Truitt? by Charles Ray Cy Twombly by Terry Winters Hannah Wilke by TR Ericsson Fred Wilson by Leora Maltz-Leca Jackie Winsor by Mary Weatherford Anicka Yi by Kirsten Swenson Inclusion Implies Exclusion: A Conversation on Painting in Postwar Germany Gavin Delahunty in conversation with Isabelle Graw Endnotes Timeline List of Works Index Photo Credits Contributors Editor’s Acknowledgments
