Serge Lemoine. L'art abstrait géométrique. Écrits

Art historian Serge Lemoine has been drawn to geometric abstract art since the late 1960s. This volume gathers the 400 texts he has devoted to the subject, from 1969 to today. They address major historical figures such as Mondrian, Schwitters, Van Doesburg and Herbin, as well as François Morellet and Aurélie Nemours, and movements including De Stijl, kinetic art, Purism and Minimal Art. They also trace the emergence of distinct scenes, notably in Germany with the Bauhaus and in Latin America, and of groups such as Zero and GRAV.

In 17 chapters, Lemoine examines the theoretical and formal issues that shaped this artistic tendency, from the diversity of practices to the evolution of sensibilities and geographical contingencies. Its reach extends to Fernand Léger and Willi Baumeister, to architecture with Le Corbusier, Gropius, Mies van der Rohe and Rietveld, and to design and the applied arts with Marcel Breuer. An iconographic section of reproductions accompanies the texts.

Related exhibitions include – François Morellet 100 pour cent (Centre Pompidou-Metz, 2026), Calder. Rêver en équilibre (Fondation Louis Vuitton, 2026) and François Morellet, traits d’esprit (Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine, 16 October 2026 – 3 January 2027).

Text in French.