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Max Bill was still a student when two of his works were exhibited at the Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs in Paris in 1925, at the invitation of Sophie Taeuber-Arp. In 1933, back in Paris, the young architect and artist joined an association to which Taeuber-Arp and her husband Hans Arp also belonged: Abstraction-Création. It was the beginning of a fruitful collaboration and a lifelong friendship. The association, which also included Wassily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian and Georges Vantongerloo, collectively decided to turn away from all things figurative, organized exhibitions and published an almanac. Theories were put forward and methods tested.
Including many materials published for the first time, this volume sheds light on the artistic and intellectual presence of Arp, Taeuber-Arp and Bill in important artists' groups and magazines of the 1930s and 1940s, the emergence of collective forms of communication, forward-looking ideas and works of art.

Edited by Jakob Bill, Stefanie Gschwend, Simona Martinoli

2024
Publisher: Scheidegger & Spiess
Language: German
22 x 26 cm, hardcover
144 pages, 132 color and 15 b/w illustrations
ISBN 978-3-03942-165-7