Format this e-mail for: Web browser | mobile device THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART EXPLORES DEVELOPMENT OF ONE OF MODERNISM'S GREATEST INVENTIONS: ABSTRACTION Inventing Abstraction, 1910-1925, Opening in December, Is a Broad Cross-Disciplinary Examination of Abstraction's Earliest, Radical Years Inventing Abstraction, 1910–1925 December 23, 2012–April 15, 2013 The Joan and Preston Robert Tisch Exhibition Gallery, sixth floor NEW YORK, September 5, 2012—Inventing Abstraction, 1910-1925, on view at MoMA from December 23, 2012, to April 15, 2013, explores the advent of abstraction as both a historical idea and an emergent artistic practice. Commemorating the centennial of the moment at which a series of artists "invented" abstraction, the exhibition is a sweeping survey of more than 400 artworks in a broad range of medium—including paintings, drawings, prints, books, sculptures, films, photographs, recordings, and dance pieces—that represent a radical moment when the rules of art making were fundamentally transformed. Half of the works in the exhibition, many of which have rarely been seen in the United States, come from major international public and private collectors. The exhibition is organized by Leah Dickerman, Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art. A key premise of the exhibition is abstraction's role as a cross-media practice from the start. This motion is illustrated through an exploration of the productive relationships between artists, composers, dancers, and poets in establishing a new modern language for the arts. Inventing Abstraction brings together works from a wide range of artistic mediums to draw a rich portrait of the watershed moment in which traditional art was wholly reinvented. for the complete announcement. Downloadable high-resolution images CONTACT: Brien McDaniel 212-708-9747 Email Margaret Doyle 212-408-6400 Email Department of Communications 212-708-9431 pressoffice@moma.org Image 1: Fernand Léger. Contraste de Formes (Contrast of Forms). 1913. Oil on canvas, 39 1/2 x 32" (100.3 x 81.1 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Philip L. Goodwin Collection. Image 2: Kazimir Malevich. Zivopisnyi realizm mal'chika s rantsem-krasochnye massy v 4-m izmerenii. (Painterly Realism of a Boy with a Knapsack Color Masses in the Fourth Dimension). 1915. Oil on canvas, 28 x 17 1/2″ (71.1 x 44.5 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. 1935 Acquisition confirmed in 1999 by agreement with the Estate of Kazimir Malevich and made possible with funds from the Mrs. John Hay Whitney Bequest (by exchange). The Museum of Modern Art | 11 West 53 Street | New York, NY 10019 To ensure you receive our e-mail, make sure you add support@enews-moma.org to your address book. If you prefer not to receive future email from The Museum of Modern Art, please .