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Twrkv at the Guggenheim

Art of Another Kind at The Solomon R. Guggenheim

This summer The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum will present a ground breaking exhibition  Art of Another Kind: International Abstraction and the Guggenheim, 1949–1960, June 8-September 12. Drawn from the Guggenheim's holdings, Art of Another Kind: International Abstraction and the Guggenheim, 1949–1960 celebrates this vital period in the museum's history leading up to the inauguration of its Frank Lloyd Wright–designed building in October 1959. In 1953,  Sweeney aptly summarized the postwar prognosis: "Yesterday is not quite out of sight; tomorrow is not yet clear in view. But the atmosphere of vitality is unquestionable."

In the 1950s, the Guggenheim Museum's then-director James Johnson Sweeney championed what he called the "tastebreakers" of his day—those individuals who "break open and enlarge our artistic frontiers." This decade witnessed the revitalization of experimental art and the advent of fresh and bold styles, a shift that was rather presciently documented and examined in 1952 by French critic Michel Tapié in his book Un art autre (Art of another kind) and an eponymous exhibition. Taking its title from that pivotal study, this collection-based presentation seeks to consider the artistic developments of the post–World War II period and draw greater attention to the lesser-known tastebreakers in the museum's collection alongside those long since canonized.

View Jack Tworkov's work included in this exhibition: "Red Lode," 1959-60