Bibliography

Small announcement about the theft of a watercolour from Galerie Delaive in 2002.

Cobra Museum buys three of Constant's paintings.

Review of the book Constant, New Babylon, una città nomade by Franceso Careri.

Article in PS van de week on his exhibition at the Documenta in Kassel in 2002. Quote of Constant on conceptual art: I find it [conceptual art] highly curious. I'm happy my mother did not say I'm not cooking tonight, I'll let you read the recipe.

Article in HP De Tijd, on the sale of the Stuijvenberg collection.

Interview in a local magazine of the Nieuwmarkt neighbourhood in Amsterdam OpNieuw, 2002.

Article by Simon Sadler, in which he analyses the following three books: Yona Friedman: Structures Servicing the Unpredictable. Edited by Sabine Lebesque & Helene Fentener van Vlissingen. Published by Netherlands Architecture Institute.  New Babylon: Constant, art et utopie. Edited by Jean-Clarence Lambert. Published by Éditions Cercle d'Art.  Constant's New Babylon, The Hyper-architecture of Desire. Written by Mark Wigley and Published by 010 Publishers. 

Extensive academic overview of the role Constant played in the Cobra-movement and of his position in modern European art by Marcel Hummelink.  

Catalogue with the exhibition Cobra et son héritage at Salon Triptyque d'Angers in 2002.

Catalogue of the exhibition at Platform 5 at the Documenta 11 in Kassel in 2002.

An announcement in Het Parool about the purchase of the paintings De redenaar, 1949 en De rode vuist, 1952 by the Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen.

An announcement in Het Parool about the purchase of the paintings De redenaar, 1949 en De rode vuist, 1952 by the Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen.

Mark Rappolt on two visions of urban life for the 21st century, published in the Contemporary on 07-2002.

On Constant's development after his New Babylon project in AA files 44.

Translation from French to English of the interview in the book Atelier Amsterdam.

Review on Constant's exhibition Constant, une rétrospective, on view at Musée Picasso in Antibes, France.

AA files is the Architectural Association School of Architecture's journal of record. This 44th edition features the text "No more theory; nothing but practice: Constant after New Babylon" by Mark Rappolt, which serves as an introduction to a recorded conversation between Constant and Jean-Clarence Lambert about how Constant's later paintings grew out of his New Babylon project ("The Amsterdam Studio: A conversation between Constant and Jean-Clarence Lambert").

5th edition of Dr. Willemijn Stokvis' thesis, Cobra 1948-1951. Terug naar de bronnen van kunst en leven, from 1973.

The catalogue for the oeuvre exhibition at the musée Picasso Antibes in 2001

Universale di architettura. Collana fondata da Bruno Zevi

Unlocked No [1] is a first step towards unlocking the Rabobank Art Collection. The book focuses on the artists who introduce us to a unique vision through their work. Art critic Angelique Spaninks spoke with Ger van Elk, Henk Visch and Erzsébet Baerveldt. Poet Esther Jansma wrote a personal account of her visit to the collection.

Reconstruction of the "Beweging van Vijftig. Chapter on Cobra:Hoofdstuk 1 Reflex en Cobra: ‘er is een lyriek die wij afschaffen' PDF: Het elektrisch bestaan