TY - BOOK AU - Abts,Tomma AU - Hoptman,Laura J. AU - Verwoert,Jan AU - Hainley,Bruce ED - New Museum of Contemporary Art (New York, N.Y.) ED - Hammer Museum. TI - Tomma Abts SN - 0714848824 AV - ND497.A28 A4 2008 U1 - 759.2 22 PY - 2008/// CY - New York, London PB - New Museum, Phaidon KW - Abts, Tomma, KW - Art, Abstract KW - Exhibitions N1 - Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the New Museum in New York, April 9 - June 29, 2008 and the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, July 27 - November 2, 2008; Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-134); Foreword; Lisa Phillips --; Acknowledgements; Laura Hoptman --; Tomma Abts: Art for an Anxious Time; Laura Hoptman --; Paintings --; The Beauty and Politics of Latency: On the Work of Tomma Abts; Jan Verwoert --; Drawings --; Margit Carstensen's Blog; Bruce Hainley --; Biography --; Bibliography --; Contributors N2 - "Born in Germany and based in London, Tomma Abts has received considerable acclaim for her paintings and drawings. This volume, the artist's first extensive monograph, provides a survey of her work, with full-color images of thirty-seven paintings and eighteen drawings, as well as three specially commissioned essays."--BOOK JACKET ER -