Book Presentation | The Organic Line: Toward a Topology of Modernism

Join Professors Thomas Cummins and Jose Falconi in conversation with Irene Small as they discuss her new book, The Organic Line: Toward a Topology of Modernism. Inspired by Brazilian artist Lygia Clark’s concept of the “organic line”—a fissure of space between material elements that binds discrepant entities together—Small challenges traditional notions of influence and origin, revealing a dynamic web of fragile, unexpected relationships. Through works ranging from Malevich’s Black Square to John Cage’s 4’33” and contemporary artists like Adam Pendleton, she reimagines modern and contemporary art as a fluid, interactive field rather than a fixed construct

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