Now in Paperback Everyone is an artist....I am really convinced that humankind will not survive without having realized the social body, the social order, into an artwork. --Joseph Beuys Few topics in the visual arts in recent years have created such controversy as the debate surrounding the significance and potential of public art. In this massive book, over 50 authors take a critical look at the theme; the result is a fascinating compendium of opinions and statements, experiences and reports. The wide-ranging material by curators, art historians and artists--including Vito Acconci, Daniel Buren, Dan Graham, Hans Haacke, Jenny Holzer, Rebecca Horn, Ilya Kabakov, Kasper Konig, Joseph Kosuth, Richard Serra, Harald Szeemann, Lawrence Weiner and many more--is divided into sections entitled "Art and the City," "Art and Architecture," "Art and History," "Art and Society" and "Art and the Public." First published in 2001 in a bilingual German/English hardcover edition, and now available in an English paperback, Public Art presents an unprecedented abundance of both written and visual information on a vital topic in contemporary art.

Public Art

Arts & Photography

Graham, Dan

Acconci, Vito

KOSUTH, Joseph

Kabakov, Ilya

Weiner, Lawrence

HAACKE, Hans

Buren, Daniel

Rückriem, Ulrich

History & Criticism

Hatje Cantz Publishers

<p>A seminal exhibition by the artist Daniel Buren at the Centre Pompidou in Paris is recreated through photographs of the since-destroyed pieces and illuminating reflections by the exhibition s curator. Since the late 1960s Daniel Buren has been challenging the traditional methods of presenting art through museums and galleries. Through his conceptual works Buren audaciously argues that the art and its viewing environment are both inextricable and antithetical. This beautiful volume takes readers on a tour of a spectacular exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. The photographs depict Buren s employment of the museum as a whole. The pieces, which he destroyed immediately after the exhibition closed, included hundreds of open cubes, mirrors, banners, and even a car park. Also featured are fascinating, behind-the-scenes accounts of the installation by the curator, Buren s own pre-exhibition sketches, ideas, andfloor plans, and perceptive essays that capture the significance of Buren s daring achievement.</p>

The Museum That Did Not Exist

Reference

Prestel

Allegro Vivace. Daniel Buren

Karola Kraus

Walther Konig

Planned and designed by the artist himself, this book includes such details as tracing paper and foils screen-printed with color surfaces, details that are not mere gesture but rather a presentation of the artist's method.Les Couleurs Traversees reveals the process behind the work Buren produced throughout two floors of the Kunsthaus Bregenz.

Les Couleurs Traversees

Schneider, Eckhard

Schneider, Eckard

Individual Artists

Walther König, Köln

Erscheinen, scheinen, verschwinden : Katalogbuch zur Ausstellung Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, 25.6.-27.10.1996 : mit einer ... von Daniel Buren, 1975-1996 (German Edition)

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Richter

<p>The first major international publication devoted to the Polish painter, considered a pioneer of the classical avant-garde of the 1920s and 1930s. Henryk Stazewski (1894-1988), described by the appellations “classical modernity” and “apostle of the avant-garde”, was the most important and consistent representative of the geometric abstraction stream in twentieth-century Polish art. A painter, designer of interiors, furniture, theatre sets, typography and book layouts, the author of art-related writings and the editor of numerous publications devoted to the avant-garde around the world, he was connected with some of the leading artistic groups both in Poland, namely, Blok (1924-1926), Praesens (1926-1930) and a.r. (1929-1939), and abroad, in other words, Cercle et Carré (1929–1930) and Abstraction-Création (1932-1939). From the outset, he was not only an active participant in the Polish avant-garde movement, but also maintained close contact with the avant-garde milieu around the world. He forged friendships with artists like Piet Mondrian, Kazimierz Malewicz, Theo van Doesburg and Michel Seuphor. Henryk Stazewski took part in all the more important exhibitions of Polish art both at home and abroad, as well as in a multitude of international exhibitions; he took part in the 33rd Venice Biennale, presenting some metal reliefs, for which he received an honourable mention for his contribution to the international Constructivist movement.</p>

Henryk Stazewski /anglais

Skira

Artwork by Daniel Buren, Chen Zhen. Text by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev.

Chen Zhen

Christov-Bakargiev, Carolyn

ZHEN, CHEN

Hopefulmonster

Daniel Buren & Anish Kapoor: Galeria Continua, San Gimignano

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Manfredi Edizioni

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