Hans Ulrich Obrist è un curatore e teorico dell'arte di spicco, celebrato per il suo profondo coinvolgimento con l'arte e la sua instancabile esplorazione del processo creativo. Il suo lavoro è caratterizzato da un forte impegno nel dialogo con gli artisti e da uno sforzo per collegare diverse discipline artistiche. Obrist è un pioniere negli eventi pubblici e nelle mostre su larga scala che sfidano i formati convenzionali, invitando il pubblico a esperienze attive dell'arte. La sua influenza si estende ben oltre le mura delle gallerie, plasmando attivamente il panorama artistico contemporaneo attraverso le sue pubblicazioni e i suoi progetti interdisciplinari.
Tyler Mitchell explores the concept of a black utopia through his work as a photographer and filmmaker. Gaining recognition after photographing Beyoncé for Vogue in 2018, he challenges the dominant perspectives of the white majority and aims to create an independent narrative for people of color.
The book features iconic photographs from Annie Leibovitz's 40-year career, showcasing her evolution as a photographer. It includes her early photojournalistic work for Rolling Stone in the 1970s and her later conceptual portraits for renowned magazines like Vanity Fair and Vogue. This unlimited XXL edition highlights the breadth of her artistic vision and impact on contemporary photography.
The first book to explore the fascinating career and fantasy-driven worlds created by the acclaimed Argentinean artist Adrián Villar Rojas's works concoct imaginary realms. Usually made from clay, his colossal installations are transitory and so cannot be collected, as they disappear or decay over time. His practice confronts the public with ideas of obsolescence and extinction, but also with the possibilities of humankind and its endless imagination. This is the first book to include all of Villar Rojas' most significant projects, featured in international biennials such as Venice, Documenta, Shanghai, and others.
Focusing on the vibrant artistry and cultural significance of Esther Mahlangu, this book delves into her journey as a prominent South African painter. It highlights her contributions to Pan-African Contemporary Art, showcasing her unique style and the profound impact of her work on the art world. Through a rich narrative, readers gain insight into Mahlangu's life, her artistic evolution, and the colorful traditions that inspire her creations.
Hans-Peter Feldmann und Hans Ulrich Obrist, die sich seit 20 Jahren kennen, haben lange Zeit über die Möglichkeit eines Interviews gesprochen. Schließlich habe man sich dafür entschieden, dass Obrist seine Fragen schriftlich stellt und Feldmann sie jeweils mit einem Bild beantwortet.
At first glance, the artist and the scientist don't seem to have very much in common. One deals with aesthetics, emotions, and visual power, while the other works with facts, verifiable proof, and academic rigor. At another level, however, we find both artists and scientists work in the realms of imagination, of asking what is possible, of experimentation. One of the ways that these similarities find their expression is in the the artist's studio and the scientist's laboratory. Laboratorium explores the laboratory and the studio on the basis of their various concepts within different disciplines. Drawings from distinct yet interrelated domains, the book singles out complex scientific and artistic investigations into the limits and possibilities of the places where knowledge and culture are made. Published on the occasion of an exhibition in Antwerp, it presents, in a volume designed by Bruce Mau, the experiments, laboratories, and projects initiated by participants from various fields in the arts and sciences. In addition, there are several essays and interviews that trace the intellectual implications of the workplace and process of investigations.
Eine Nation zog in den Krieg, eroberte einen Kontinent und wurde durch Atombomben zerstört. Die Sieger zwangen den Besiegten die Demokratie auf. Für eine Gruppe angehender Architekten, Künstler und Designer war diese schwere Zeit eine Inspirationsquelle. Unter der Leitung eines Visionärs arbeiteten sie zusammen, um ihren Traum zu verwirklichen, unterstützt von einer kreativen Bürokratie und einem aktivistischen Staat. Nach 15 Jahren der Inkubation überraschten sie die Welt mit einer neuen Architektur, dem Metabolismus, der eine radikale Umgestaltung des Landes zum Ziel hatte. Zeitungen und Medien machten die Architekten zu modernen Helden. Durch harte Arbeit und Disziplin wurde Japan zu einem leuchtenden Vorbild. Als die Ölkrise das Ende des Westens einläutete, verbreiteten sich die Architekten weltweit und definierten eine post-westliche Ästhetik. Interviews mit den überlebenden Mitgliedern der Metabolismus-Bewegung, die sich 1960 in Tokio formierte, bieten Einblicke in Japans Architekturgeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Von der kolonialen Mandschurei bis zum zerstörten Japan nach dem Krieg zeigen sie die Gründung der Metabolisten, den Aufstieg Kisho Kurokawas und die Höhepunkte des Metabolismus. Das Ergebnis ist eine lebendige Dokumentation, die Architektur als öffentliche Angelegenheit darstellt.
A unique opportunity to read about the lives and creativity of the world's leading artistic figures, including David Hockney and Gerhard Richter. Hans Ulrich Obrist has been conducting ongoing conversations with the world's greatest living artists since he began in Switzerland, aged 19, with Fischli and Weiss. Here he chooses nineteen of the greatest figures and presents their conversations, offering the reader intimacy with the artists and insight into their creative processes. Inspired by the great Vasari, 'Lives of the Artists' explores the meaning of art and artists today, their varying approaches to creating, and a sense of how their thinking evolves over time. Including David Hockney, Gilbert and George, Gerhard Richter, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Marina Abramovic, Louise Bourgeois, Rem Koolhaas, Jeff Koons and Oscar Niemayer, this is a wonderful and unique book for those interested in modern art.
On September 29, 2018, before a live audience at Navy Pier in Chicago, international curator Hans Ulrich Obrist conducted his first US Marathon interview session as part of Art Design Chicago, a yearlong celebration of Chicago’s art and design legacy initiated by the Terra Foundation for American Art. Obrist, who has undertaken a life-long project of interviewing cultural figures, spoke with more than twenty of Chicago’s most innovative and influential artists, designers, architects, writers, and other creatives. In their interviews, this diverse group of creatives provided insights into their artistic processes, influences, and ideas about and hopes for their shared city of Chicago. Among the participants were social-practice artist/developer Theaster Gates, architect Jeanne Gang, writer Eve Ewing, Hairy Who artists Art Green and Suellen Rocca, performance/installation artist Shani Crowe, and the city’s cultural historian Tim Samuelson. Creative An Interview Marathon serves as documentation for this event, including edited transcripts of the interviews, biographies of the participants, photos of the event, and images of the artists’ work.
The Richter Interviews collects together a series of conversations between Hans Ulrich Obrist and Gerhard Richter over the course of more than two decades of discussion and collaboration. Subjects range from Richter's place within art history to artists books, architecture, religion, unrealised projects and his advice for young artists. The collection also includes a previously unpublished interview focused on Richter's much-lauded window for Cologne Cathedral, unveiled in 2007. Obrist's vast knowledge and interrogating mind coupled with his longstanding friendship with Richter make him a unique interlocutor for an artist whose work spans more than 60 years and ranges from painting to photography, glass to printmaking, watercolours to books. Obrist deftly guides the reader through a dazzling array of topics and offers an invaluable historical perspective on Richter s place within the art world of the 20th and 21st centuries. Illustrations of discussed artworks by Richter feature thro