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Stefan à Wengen
Since the mid-1990s this Swiss painter has used fairly large groups of works to treat questions relating to the cultural codes. In them the 'alien' or 'alienating' is again and again the starting point for his pictorial ideas. The uncanny which has a long tradition in the history of painting forms the real core of his painting. Both the medium of film and reportage photography offer him formal starting points and influence his atmospherically charged paintings. In addition the venerable portrait genre, albeit always full of confusing factors, plays an important role in Wengen's work. The oppressive Ghost portraits, but the animal portraits too, should be understood as icons of the evil, dangerous and uncanny. Stefan á Wengen is inspired by the western iconic tradition, seeks references to other cultures, and creates highly symbolic painting of a new, individual reality. English and German text.
Theorising the Artist Interview
Reflecting on the relationship between artists and their audiences, this book examines how artists have presented themselves publicly through interviews and sought to establish a critical voice for themselves. Considering the interview as a form of cultural production, contributors explore the criteria for determining the artist interview as a distinct field of research in relation to other cultural fields. Structured in four parts, ‘History and Historiography’, ‘Subverting the Biographical Model’, ‘Interviews as Practice’ and ‘Materiality and Technology’, the book takes an interdisciplinary approach that encompasses the fields of art history, fine art, oral history, curating, media studies and museum conservation. By theorising the artist interview as a form of cultural production and embracing it as a co-constructed critical practice, this volume aims to show and encourage an approach to art history which dismantles old hierarchies in favour of valuing dialogue and collaboration. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, museum studies, oral history and historiography.
Das Künstlerinterview
Der Kunstbetrieb produziert heute eine grosse Anzahl Interviews und verbreitet sie in verschiedenen Medien. Im Interview erscheint der Künstler als unmittelbarer Interpret seines Werks. Das Authentische der direkten Rede fasziniert, lässt jedoch vergessen, dass das Interview in einem bestimmten Kontext entstand und für die Veröffentlichung stark bearbeitet wurde. Diese Publikation behandelt die zeitgebundenen, genrespezifischen, inhaltlichen und personenabhängigen Aspekte, die das Interview zu einem komplexen Konstrukt machen. Die einzelnen Kapitel fokussieren die Fragestellungen, die für eine umfassende Analyse von Interviews mit Künstlern wichtig sind. Es werden bedeutende Beispiele...
The Laboratory of Progress
The Laboratory of Progress: Switzerland in the 19th Century tells the improbable story of how a small, backward, mountainous agricultural country with almost no raw materials became an industrial powerhouse, a hub of innovation, a touristic mecca and a pioneer in transportation – all in the course of a single century. That a tiny landlocked country should become a dominant steamship builder for the rest of the world; that a country that had never seen a cotton plant should become the world’s second-largest textile producer; that a country with hardly any level terrain should come to boast the world’s most highly developed railway network; and that a country whose main export was impove...
Schweizer Meister
Ferdinand Hodler, Charles Rollier, Barthélemy Menn, François Diday, John M Armeleder sont des artistes genevois.
Art History and Visual Studies in Europe
This book undertakes a critical survey of art history across Europe, examining the recent conceptual and methodological concerns informing the discipline as well as the political, social and ideological factors that have shaped its development in specific national contexts.
Thomas Hirschhorn
Thomas Hirschhorn, a leading installation artist whose work is owned and exhibited by modern art museums throughout Europe and the United States, is known for compelling, often site-specific and interactive environments tackling issues of critical theory, global politics, and consumerism. His work initially engages the viewer through sheer superabundance. Combining found images and texts, bound up in handcrafted constructions of cardboard, foil, and packing tape, the artworks reflect the intellectual scavenging and sensory overload that characterize our own attempts to grapple with the excess of information in daily life. Christina Braun, the first to compile and systematically analyze the extensive source material on this artist's theoretical principles, sheds light on the complicated yet constitutive relations between Hirschhorn's work and theory. Her study, now translated into English, makes a major contribution to the study of contemporary art.
