Abstract Art: A Global History

Art historian Pepe Karmel's history of abstraction from a global perspective, moving beyond the canonical Western movements traditionally associated with the genre. Organized around five themes, body, landscape, cosmology, architecture, and man-made signs and patterns, the book traces how artists across Asia, Australia, Africa, South America, Europe, and North America have used abstract imagery to express social, cultural, and spiritual experience, featuring work by Wu Guanzhong, Joan Miró, Jackson Pollock, Hilma af Klint, and Odili Donald Odita. This expanded paperback edition adds sixteen new contemporary artists from six continents to Karmel's original 2020 text.

DETAILS

• Condition: New
• Author: Pepe Karmel
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Publication date: November 11, 2025
• Edition: Expanded paperback edition
• Language: English
• Format: Paperback
• Print length: 360 pages, 266 color illustrations
• ISBN-10: 0500298386
• ISBN-13: 978-0500298381
• Dimensions: 8.1" x 10.4" x 1"
• Weight: 3.22 lbs