It's Modern: The Eye and Visual Influence of Alexander Liberman

Thisgorgeousvolumecelebratesthecreativeeyeandinspirationofthemanwho,throughhisart,photography,design,magazinework,andsociallife,influencedandchangedourvisualculture.Thisvisuallyrichvolumepresents,forthefirsttimesidebyside,thecommercialworkandartworkofAlexanderLiberman.Libermanwasnotonlyoneoftheworld'smostpowerfuleditorialartdirectors,hewasalsoarespectedphotographer,artist,andgraphicdesigner.Hispersonalexplorationandrelationshipsthroughthesemediumsshapedhisownartisticvisionthatwouldaltertherelationshipofart,design,andfashionforever.Intheearly'40s,hebecameartdirectorofVogue,andtheneditorialdirectorforCondeNastPublicationsfrom1960to1994.HistransformationofVoguefromastatelypublicationtotheboldandlivelypublicationthatitistodayforeverchangedthewaywomenandmenviewedfashionandstyle.It'sModernisavibrantvolumethatpairsLiberman'sprofessionaleffortswithhispersonalartworkanddesign.Thisjuxtaposition,alongwithpersonalarchivalphotographsandtexts,artworks,andphotographsbyiconicfriendsandcollaborators,buildsacompleteportraitofageniuswhosepersonallifeandinspirationswereasfascinatingashisartwork.WithworksbyMatisse,Beaton,Leibovitz,Newton,Ritts,Brassai,Parks,Horst,Picasso,Avedon,andPenn,thisengagingbookisamustforloversoffashion,art,magazines,graphicdesign,orphotography.