Roman Signer
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Since the mid 1970s Roman Signer has examined the forces of the elements – air, fire, earth and water – in a combination of performance (documented by photography and video) and sculpture (the physical remains of his acts). With a Dadaist love for the absurd, his artworks include Race (1981), in which the artist races a rocket across a field (hopelessly behind from the(...)
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June 2006, London
Roman Signer
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Since the mid 1970s Roman Signer has examined the forces of the elements – air, fire, earth and water – in a combination of performance (documented by photography and video) and sculpture (the physical remains of his acts). With a Dadaist love for the absurd, his artworks include Race (1981), in which the artist races a rocket across a field (hopelessly behind from the outset, the artist loses by nearly the entire length); Action at Hotel Weissbad (1992), in which an ordinary table is shot out a hotel window, the resulting photographs showing a table flying incongruously over a sleepy Swiss village; Power of Rain (1974), in which rainwater gathers slowly in a funnel until its force shatters a block of plaster; and Bicycle with Rockets (1991), the photographs of which show a fiery bicycle flying through the gallery like a demon comet. Often Signer will exhibit in the gallery the remains of an event not witnessed by the public, such as four empty barrels and a violently splattered wall, the remains of an explosion of paint in the gallery space (Portrait Gallery, 1993), or four sand piles with perfectly round craters on each, the neat result of four simultaneous explosions at their peaks (Cones of Sand, 1988). Roman Signer’s work has been exhibited at major venues across Europe and North America, as well as important international exhibitions such as Documenta 8 (1987), Skulptur Projekte in Munster (1997) and the 48th Venice Biennale (1999), in which he represented Switzerland.
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Tacita Dean
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The intricately associative works of Berlin-based English artist Tacita Dean (b.1965) combine film, video, installation, audio and drawing. Dean explores the ways that chance and coincidence influence daily life by archiving forgotten fragments of history and constructing narratives that connect past and present, fact and fiction, private histories and larger events.
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March 2006, London
Tacita Dean
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The intricately associative works of Berlin-based English artist Tacita Dean (b.1965) combine film, video, installation, audio and drawing. Dean explores the ways that chance and coincidence influence daily life by archiving forgotten fragments of history and constructing narratives that connect past and present, fact and fiction, private histories and larger events.
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Richard Long : mirage
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Richard Long is one of the most compelling and original of contemporary artists. In creating art based on the activity of walking, he has pioneered new ways of thinking about the relationship between the artist and his environment. In the range of his walks and in the scope of his international exhibitions, Richard Long has become an artist of the world, transcending(...)
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January 1900, London
Richard Long : mirage
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Richard Long is one of the most compelling and original of contemporary artists. In creating art based on the activity of walking, he has pioneered new ways of thinking about the relationship between the artist and his environment. In the range of his walks and in the scope of his international exhibitions, Richard Long has become an artist of the world, transcending the milieu of the 1960s avant-garde in which he first rose to prominence. Though his individual works are simple, cumulatively they form a body of work that is rich and complex, with a universal character. As Long himself says, ‘…the different forms of my work represent freedom and richness – it’s not possible to say “everything” in one way.’ In this book, Long presents chosen works from some thirty years of his response to landscapes both near and far, and a selection of some of his recent exhibitions.
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Isa Genzken
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Interview – in her discussion with Diedrich Diedrichsen the artist considers her relationship to the many sources behind her work : minimal sculpture, modernist architecture, conceptual art, and other multi-media artists` practices, such as Bruce Nauman’s. Survey – Alex Farquharson examines the principal themes in Genzken’s work since her now-legendary first exhibition in(...)
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October 2005, London
Isa Genzken
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Interview – in her discussion with Diedrich Diedrichsen the artist considers her relationship to the many sources behind her work : minimal sculpture, modernist architecture, conceptual art, and other multi-media artists` practices, such as Bruce Nauman’s. Survey – Alex Farquharson examines the principal themes in Genzken’s work since her now-legendary first exhibition in Berlin whilst still a student of Gerhard Richter. Focus – Sabine Breitwieser looks at Genzken’s little known ‘Hi-Fi’ series of photographic works, which centre on magazine advertisements for stereo equipment. Artist’s choice – "The bad glazier" by Charles Baudelaire (1869). Artist’s writings – notes from a 1973 exercise based on instructions by Bruce Nauman ; an previously unpublishd 1996 film script ; a 2003 interview with Wolfgang Tillmans ; and two new artist`s statements. Chronology and bibliography.
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Reading like a who’s who of the world’s most important players in contemporary art, "Press play" makes a fascinating stand-alone introduction to the current art scene and those associated with it. Comprising 50 personal encounters with the world’s most significant contemporary artists, interviewed by 50 of today’s key art thinkers, it is a survey of contemporary art in(...)
Press play : contemporary artists in conversation
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Reading like a who’s who of the world’s most important players in contemporary art, "Press play" makes a fascinating stand-alone introduction to the current art scene and those associated with it. Comprising 50 personal encounters with the world’s most significant contemporary artists, interviewed by 50 of today’s key art thinkers, it is a survey of contemporary art in the artists’ own words. It includes established artists like Louise Bourgeois and Alex Katz, midcareer masters Richard Prince and Raymond Pettibon and the most exciting artists of the current generation.
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This first comprehensive publication on the influential contemporary artist focuses on the experimental nature of Andrea Zittel's signature objects, inhabitable sculptures, and other projects. In her work as an artist, Zittel investigates domestic and urban life in Western societies. Exploring the various aspects of living, the artist designs her own household settings to(...)
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October 2005, München, Berlin, London, New York
Andrea Zittel : critical space
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This first comprehensive publication on the influential contemporary artist focuses on the experimental nature of Andrea Zittel's signature objects, inhabitable sculptures, and other projects. In her work as an artist, Zittel investigates domestic and urban life in Western societies. Exploring the various aspects of living, the artist designs her own household settings to serve as a test case for her experimental living structures. Her work has provoked debates about the changed meaning of domestic and collective space and the possibilities for new adaptations to urban conditions today. "Andrea Zittel: critical space" includes nearly two hundred reproductions of Zittel's works of art, many of which are published here for the first time. The book includes over one hundred sculptures and drawings, documentation of early work, and recent site-specific work in the Mojave desert of California. With essays that touch upon urbanism, architecture, design, and consumer culture, this catalog offers an extensive analysis of Zittel's contribution to contemporary trends in art and architecture.
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Colour after Klein
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As suggested by the work of Yves Klein, this book is not about colour rules or colour theory; instead it takes pleasure in the oscillation between the aesthetic and the conceptual, materiality and immateriality, the object and the void, purification and mystification, and between erasure and colouring in. Colour is celebrated for its immanence, its quality of being in the(...)
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As suggested by the work of Yves Klein, this book is not about colour rules or colour theory; instead it takes pleasure in the oscillation between the aesthetic and the conceptual, materiality and immateriality, the object and the void, purification and mystification, and between erasure and colouring in. Colour is celebrated for its immanence, its quality of being in the world, but also the potential it has to open up a psychic space, a world of lost feeling; with literally the power to take us over, colour us in. "Colour after Klein" explores the significance of colour as it emerges in the work of 20 of some influential artists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including Yves Klein, Donald Judd, Bruce Nauman, Louise Bourgeois, Andy Warhol and James Turrell. Featuring an introduction by curator Jane Alison, an essay that explores the place of colour in the work of Yves Klein by art historian Nuit Banai, and profiles of each of the contributing artists, this book provides a new perspective on key works of Modern and contemporary art. Also included in the book are artists' writings on the subject of colour, with pieces by Klein, Judd and Hélio Oiticica. This book accompanies the exhibition "Colour after Klein" at the Barbican Art Gallery, London, 27 May to 11 September 2005.
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Territoires urbains
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«Territoires urbains» présente le travail photographique de six artistes qui ont fait de la ville en perpétuel changement leur sujet. À travers une vaste gamme d'intérêts et d'approches, chaque artiste propose une réponse à la question suivante : qu'est-ce-que la photographie documentaire au 21e siècle? Pour cette génération de photographes, la ville n'est pas le sujet de(...)
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October 2005, Montréal
Territoires urbains
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«Territoires urbains» présente le travail photographique de six artistes qui ont fait de la ville en perpétuel changement leur sujet. À travers une vaste gamme d'intérêts et d'approches, chaque artiste propose une réponse à la question suivante : qu'est-ce-que la photographie documentaire au 21e siècle? Pour cette génération de photographes, la ville n'est pas le sujet de leur enquête, mais plutôt le contexte. Pour ces artistes, la ville évoque les aspects sociaux, politiques et judiciaires de la société, tout en étant un endroit de travail, d'échange et de divertissement. Les artistes expriment ainsi leurs travaux un point de vue particulier sur la réalité urbaine, qu'il s'agisse du territoire physique ou de l'espace social. Artistes participants : Christian Barré, Martin Désilets, Isabelle Hayeur, Emmanuelle Léonard, Pavel Pavlov et Myriam Yates. L'essai est accompagné de textes d'artistes.
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Away from home
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This catalogue documents "Away from home" with extensive illustrations, entries on each artist, essays by Jan Avgikos, Mark Cousins, and Jeffrey Kipnis, and an introduction by Annetta Massie, the exhibition's curator. "Away from Home" was on view at Columbus College of Art & Design's Canzani Center Gallery February 1 - April 20, 2003.
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July 2003, Columbus, Ohio
Away from home
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This catalogue documents "Away from home" with extensive illustrations, entries on each artist, essays by Jan Avgikos, Mark Cousins, and Jeffrey Kipnis, and an introduction by Annetta Massie, the exhibition's curator. "Away from Home" was on view at Columbus College of Art & Design's Canzani Center Gallery February 1 - April 20, 2003.
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Jeppe Hein
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Cet ouvrage a été publié à l'occasion de l'exposition Jeppe Heine, à l'espace 315, création contemporaine et prospective, Centre Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne - Centre de création industrielle, Paris, 15 septembre -14 novembre 2005. Artiste danois, Jeppe Hein crée des objets épurés et géométriques ou des installations discrètes et ludiques dans une continuité de(...)
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September 2005, Paris
Jeppe Hein
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Cet ouvrage a été publié à l'occasion de l'exposition Jeppe Heine, à l'espace 315, création contemporaine et prospective, Centre Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne - Centre de création industrielle, Paris, 15 septembre -14 novembre 2005. Artiste danois, Jeppe Hein crée des objets épurés et géométriques ou des installations discrètes et ludiques dans une continuité de la tradition de la sculpture minimaliste, tout en proposant un contrepoint par la mise en place d'un dialogue incongru entre les oeuvres et le spectateur. Chaque installation évolue en fonction du stimulus qu'elle reçoit du spectateur, ainsi le public provoque-t-il une réaction mais ne peut pas vraiment la maîtriser. Pour sa première exposition parisienne, Jeppe Hein présente un projet spécifique sur le thème du labyrinthe. Le visiteur est sollicité par des sons qu'il découvre au fur et à mesure de ses pérégrinations et crée sa propre oeuvre en parcourant l'installation. A l'image de l'exposition, l'ouvrage se présente comme un parcours dans le dédale des oeuvres de l'artiste, ses travaux d'approche pour cette manifestation et sa façon de croiser le thème du labyrinthe. This book has been published to coincide with the exhibition Jeppe Hein, in the Espace 315, Centre Pompidou, Paris, sept.-nov. 2005.
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