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Amor 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
Contents
VOLUME 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
