Abstract Art - A Global History by Pepe Karmel

Moving beyond the orthodox canonical terrain of abstract art, in this book Pepe Karmel surveys artists from across the globe, examining their work from the point of view of content rather than form. Taking a radically new approach to the history of abstract painting, he applies a scholarly yet fresh vision to reconsider the history of abstraction from a global perspective and to demonstrate that abstraction is embedded in the real world. Each narrative is complemented by a number of 'featured' abstract works, which provide an in-depth illustration of the breadth of Karmel's distinctive vision.