{"product_id":"17487-gego","title":"Gego","description":"\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = \"o\" ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003eOne can turn, walk through, or walk around many of the works of art created by Gego (1912\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TheSans\"\u003e–1994)\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e, so that their composition seems to be constantly changing. Filigree and minimal, so light that they almost seem to dance, her grid sculptures either hang on the wall or are positioned freely in space. Born in Hamburg, the Venezuelan artist created her three-dimensional installations out of wire, ropes, or aluminum bars, and sometimes used \u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eobjets trouvés\u003c\/I\u003e such as clothes hangers or metal springs. Influenced by her education\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TheSans\"\u003e—before emigrating in 1939, \u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003eGertrud Goldschmidt \u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TheSans\"\u003estudied architecture at the Technische Hochschule (Technical University) in Stuttgart with Paul Bonatz—constructing structures and shaping space were also of great importance to Gego’s art, in which the line was a major theme.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TheSans\"\u003eThis publication provides insight into the artist’s drawings and sculptural work, and it is the first to shed light on how Gego’s period of study in Stuttgart influenced her oeuvre.\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TheSans\"\u003eExhibitions: Hamburger Kunsthalle, November 29, 2013–March 2, 2014\u003cSPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"\u003e\u0026nbsp; \u003c\/SPAN\u003e|\u003cSPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"\u003e\u0026nbsp; \u003c\/SPAN\u003eKunstmuseum Stuttgart, March 29–June 29, 2014\u003cSPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"\u003e\u0026nbsp; \u003c\/SPAN\u003e|\u003cSPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"\u003e\u0026nbsp; \u003c\/SPAN\u003eHenry Moore Institute, Leeds, July 24–October 19, 2014\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/P\u003e\n","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44874906992904,"sku":"9783775737401","price":29.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775737401_e9c46ece-6069-4d25-9b65-eed1ad29fc86.jpg?v=1744067306","url":"https:\/\/www.hatjecantz.de\/en\/products\/17487-gego","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}