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The Pianist from Syria
"An astonishing yet true account of a pianist's life in war-torn Syria and his ultimate escape to Germany offers a deeply personal perspective on the most devastating refugee crisis of this century. Aeham Ahmad was born a second-generation refugee--the son of a blind violinist and carpenter who recognized Aeham's talent and taught him how to play piano and love music from an early age. When his grandparents and father were forced to flee Israel and seek refuge from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in 1948, Aeham's family built a life in Yarmouk, an unofficial refugee camp to more than 160,000 Palestinians in Damascus. While waiting for the conflict to be resolved so that they could return to their homeland, they raised a new generation in Syria. But another fight overtook their asylum. Their only havens were in music and each other. In his escape from Syria, Aeham sought out a safe place for him and his family to call home and build a better future. Heart-wrenching though full of hope, and told in a raw and poignant voice, The Pianist from Syria is a gripping portrait of one man's search for a peaceful life and of a country being torn apart as the world watches in horror."--Jacket.
Strip the Auctioneer at Christie's
With Strip the Auctioneer, Christian Jankowski landed a real coup, and surely not coincidentally at a time when another artist, in an unprecedented move, avoided the intermediary gallery trade and auctioned off his annual production directly. Is it really all about the elitist distribution strategies of the market, or rather about an organized sale by an artist and auctioneer at top prices? Christian Jankowski declares this spectacle and all its components to be a work of art. 'I must have used this hammer for, well, at least eight years - I would say some fifty to seventy sales. I started with a few lots in small sales, being the junior auctioneer, and then slowly but steadily I have grown into being one of the senior auctioneers. Several auction records were broken with this hammer, including the most important Dutch auction: a portrait of Mrs. M.J. de Lange by Jan Toorop, sold in 2005 to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam for 818,400 euros. I sold thousands of lots with this hammer.' - Arno Verkade, Auctioneer. English and German text.
The Routledge Companion to African Diaspora Art History
This is an authoritative companion that is global in scope, recognizing the presence of African Diaspora artists across the world. It is a bold and broad reframing of this neglected branch of art history, challenging dominant presumptions about the field. Diaspora pertains to the global scattering or dispersal of, in this instance, African peoples, as well as their patterns of movement from the mid twentieth century onwards. Chapters in this book emphasize the importance of cross-fertilization, interconnectedness, and intersectionality in the framing of African Diaspora art history. The book stresses the complexities of artists born within, or living and working within, the African continent...
Edizioni F. Conz
The Edizioni Conz of the Italian collector, publisher and photographer Francesco Conz–including portfolios, large silkscreen prints on fabrics and objects–are among the finest and most elaborate art editions of the second half of the 20th century. A friend and patron of Viennese Actionism, Fluxus, Concrete Poetry, and Lettrism, he was an obsessive, knowledgeable enthusiast open to all the arts, for whom hospitality, the magic of community, and respect for the arts were more important than any mercantile aspirations. This publication is the first comprehensive catalogue raisonné of the editions published by Conz between 1972 and 2009. Comprising more than 500 editions, it is both a refle...
Kunst, Musik und Peter Brötzmann
Seit Mitte der 1960er Jahre prägte Peter Brötzmann die internationale Szene des Free Jazz und der Improvisierten Musik maßgeblich; parallel zu seinem musikalischen Schaffen war er als bildender Künstler tätig. Der Band nimmt diese herausragende Doppelbegabung aus unterschiedlichen wissenschaftlichen Perspektiven in den Blick. Er widmet sich der künstlerischen Grenzüberschreitung, fragt, wie sich die Gattungen Kunst und Musik gegenseitig beeinflussen und welche Parallelen oder Unterschiede sich in künstlerischen Konzepten und Ausdrucksformen ausmachen lassen. Dabei steht der Begriff „Free“ im Zentrum – als Namensbestandteil der Musikrichtung Free Jazz und des von Peter Brötzmann mitbegründeten Plattenlabels FMP, in einer gesellschaftlichen Dimension und zugleich als musikalisches bzw. künstlerisches Gestaltungsprinzip in Anlehnung an die „freien Künste“. Der Band enthält eines der letzten Interviews mit Peter Brötzmann. Interdisziplinärer Beitrag zur wechselseitigen Beeinflussung der Gattungen Kunst und Musik Erweiterung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung zu Peter Brötzmann
Offenheitszwang
Der ästhetische Begriff der Offenheit hat mit Unbestimmtheit, Unfestgelegtheit und Möglichkeit zu tun; er steht für eine Haltung, die über ästhetische Probleme hinausweist. Vor dem Hintergrund zeitgenössischer Zeichnung werden in diesem Buch die Verabsolutierung der Offenheit in Diskurs und künstlerischer Handlung aufgezeichnet und auf Parallelen zu den sozialen Produktionsbedingungen der Flexibilisierung überprüft. Es stellt sich die Frage, ob und wie Offenheit, die zum Programm erhoben wird, in ihr Gegenteil umzuschlagen droht und sich als Geschlossenheit manifestiert.
The Pianist of Yarmouk
'Ahmad has created a moving and visceral account of conflict, hope and the power of music' Hannah Beckerman, Observer The incredible and inspirational true story of one young man's struggle to find peace during war, and the power of music to bring hope to a desperate nation. ____________ One morning in war-torn Damascus, a starving man drags a piano into a rubbled street. Everything he once knew has been destroyed by war. Amidst ruin and despair, he begins to play. He plays of love and hope, he plays for his family and his fellow Syrians. He plays even though he could be killed for doing so. As word of his defiance spreads around the world, he becomes a beacon of hope and even resistance. Ye...
Das Edelbuch
Includes text by and interviews with Alfred Edel
