OSKAR SCHLEMMER by Arnold L. Lehman; Brenda RichardsonReview by: Joan StahlArt Documentation: Journal of the Art Libraries Society of North America, Vol. 6, No. 2(Summer 1987), p. 93Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Art Libraries Society of NorthAmericaStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27947758 .

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SERIALS REVIEWS METALSMITH: THE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICAN GOLDSMITHS, v. 1- , no. 1- . Fall, 1980- . Editor: Sarah Bodine. Metalsmith, 6707 North Santa Monica Blvd., Milwaukee, Wl 53217. q. $20.00. ISSN 0197-0127.

Metalsmith (formerly Goldust and Goldsmiths Journal) is a specialized quarterly journal on jewelry and holloware; it is the only one devoted to metal arts.

The fall 1986 issue includes a variety of features: excerpts from a panel discussion at the Society of North American Goldsmiths' conference, technical information from the Pen land Anodizing Symposium, and a report on a trip to Peru.

Yvonne Arritt gives practical, hands-on advice on limited pro duction in jewelry, reflecting her years of experience. "Laurie Hall: A Primitive Contemporary" traces the development of a jeweler, with good illustrations and descriptions of her work. Another article described Fred Fenster's education, develop ment, and work in pewter and silver. In addition, the quarterly gives excellent coverage to reviews of major exhibitions. As part of a running series of Metalsmith guides to cities, re gions, and museums throughout the world, detailed informa tion is presented on points of interest, museums, shops, and galleries in Washington, D.C. Small sections on books and technical briefs are also included.

The journal appeals to professionals and students, collec tors, gallery owners, and teachers of contemporary metal

work. The articles are well written and illustrations good, but would be better if more color were used. The margins are too narrow for binding.

May Lim Gamer Kansas City Art Institute

HIGH PERFORMANCE, v. 1- , no. 1- . 1978- . Editor: Steve Durland. Astro Artz, 240 South Broadway, 5th floor, Los An geles, CA 90012. q. $15.00 (individual), $20.00 (institutional). ISSN 0169-9769.

High Performance is a "quarterly magazine for a new au dience." It focuses upon performance art and, as the editor says, "will examine this phenomenon of cross-referencing as it appears in art, music, dance, theater, film, video. . ." High

Performance plays an important role in the world of inter disciplinary arts. Through its feature articles it provides a compendium of the who and what of performance art. This is particularly important for the widespread audience which is physically removed from the activities of distant or larger communities. Recently, coverage was broadened with a new column: Performance London.

High Performance may not be a new title to many readers, but the magazine has been redesigned visually under new editor, Steve Durland. It remains very recognizable, however, with little significant change in the style or look. It continues to use black-and-white illustrations only and little or no adver tisements, giving it a very clean look.

The format of the magazine is crisp and well organized with regular features including: Video and Television, New Music, Artist Books, Film, Directory ("advertises" events, oppor tunities, and publications), and View Point (reviews events, books, and recordings). While the latter is primarily directed at North America, the overall coverage is international in scope. A recent issue included articles on Joseph Beuys (writ ten at the time of his death), Anna Halprin, the Banff Art Centre, and Butoh (an avant-garde dance form). High Perfor mance is indexed in Art Bibliographies Modern and recently included in Art Index. This is a periodical that is highly recom

mended for any collection that has an interest in contempo rary art.

Thomas Young Philbrook Art Center

EXHIBITION CATALOGS OSKAR SCHLEMMER / Arnold L. Lehman and Brenda Richardson, editors.?Baltimore : Baltimore Museum of Art, 1986.?ISBN 0-912298-60-X ; LC85-28647 : $ n.p.

This exhibition of Schlemmer's work began at the Bal timore Museum of Art in spring 1986, traveled to the IBM Gallery of Science and Art in New York, then to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and concluded its tour at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Though Schlemmer's

work was seminal to the development of German art be tween the wars it has not been readily available for viewing outside of Germany. This exhibition represents a prodigious amount of work and cooperation on an international scale.

The whole breadth of Schlemmer's revolutionary work is represented?paintings, sculpture, set designs, costume de signs. The catalogue is well illustrated and thoroughly docu mented with informative, well-written, and extensive essays by reknowned scholars. Vernon Lidtke, professor of history at Johns Hopkins University and authority on the sociopolitics of Germany between the wars, wrote "Twentieth-Century Germany: The Cultural, Social, and Political Context of the Work of Oscar Schlemmer." Karin von Maur, foremost au thority on Schlemmer, wrote the principal essay, "The Art of Oskar Schlemmer." Other contributing scholars include Nancy Troy, professor of art history at Northwestern Univer sity and a specialist in De Stijl; Debra McCall, choreographer and dance historian noted for her reconstructions of several of Schlemmer's Bauhaus dances; and Brenda Richardson, Assistant Director of the Baltimore Museum of Art, who has been working on this exhibition for more than five years.

Schlemmer's contributions have been recognized by spe cialists, but this exhibition and catalog will contribute greatly to a broadened recognition and appreciation of this very orig inal artist.

Joan Stahl Enoch Pratt Free Library

LEBASQUE 1865-1937 / Lisa A. Banner and Peter M. Fair banks.?Seattle : University of Washington Press for Bedford Press Publishers, 1986.?ISBN 0-938491-00-8 ; LC 86-60196 : $35.00.

The work of the Post-Impressionist painter Henri Lebasque has been minimally covered in English-language publications.

With the arrival of Lebasque 1865-1937, written to comple ment a retrospective exhibition at the Montgomery Gallery, it

is now possible to study this artist's contribution more fully. Lebasque's work as well as his life are described in an intro

duction followed by short essays and illustrations of his oils, watercolors and drawings. Together they document the influ ences and friendships with his contemporaries Bonnard, Matisse, Rouault and Manguin. The text records his public acceptance by critics, his successful entry into the Salon and the development of his style in relation to the Fauve painters. The inclusion of Henry Matisse's painting of Lebasque's daughter, Portrait of Nano, and George Rouault's Portrait of Lebasque, provide additional insight into the close relation ships between Lebasque and his contemporaries.

The term "intimism" is used to characterize Lebasque's painting. "It refers to the close domestic subject matter, su premely realized by Bonnard and Vuillard, in such a manner as to convey the personal nature of his response to the thing painted and the universal familiarity of home and family."

Working in plein-air as well as interior settings, Lebasque used his subjects to explore the effects of light and atmosphere.

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