Stories on the people of the Southwest. Silviana strides to her chicken coop, triggering a "feathered pandemonium" as chickens smell death in the air, Mamacita embroiders, "wondering what in the world it feels like to be kissed," and people who buy tortillas at the market "might as well move to Los Angeles, for they have already lost their souls."
Die Sehnsucht nach Intimität und Geborgenheit wird immer stärker in unserer westlichen Gesellschaft mit ihrer wachsenden Mobilität, dem Schwinden der sozialen Bindungen. Verunsichert durch die Umstrukturierung der sozialen und politischen Systeme, beunruhigt durch Kriegsberichte und die verheerenden Bilder des Terrors, beginnt eine Suche nach Orten der Zuflucht und rettenden Perspektiven. In der aktuellen bildenden Kunst spiegelt sich diese gesellschaftliche Situation. Von einer ganzen Reihe junger Maler, aber auch in den Schlüsselmedien der Postmoderne wie der Fotografie, der Installation und dem Video wird in aller Ernsthaftigkeit ein neuer romantischer Geist wiederbelebt, eine Sehnsucht nach dem Schönen, dem Paradiesischen, ja dem Märchenhaften. Die Konzentration auf das Individuum und seine Gefühle geht Hand in Hand mit einem wiedererwachten Interesse an der Landschaft, die mit ihren symbolischen Qualitäten zum adäquaten Bild unserer Stimmungslage wird. Mit Werken von rund 15 Künstlern spürt die durchgehend farbig bebilderte Publikation der neuen Romantik in der Kunst der Gegenwart nach. Die vorgestellten Künstler (Auswahl): Hernan Bas, Kaye Donachie, Peter Doig, Uwe Henneken, Justine Kurland, Catherine Opie, Christopher Orr, Laura Owens, David Thorpe, Christian Ward Ausstellung: Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt 12.5.-28.8.2005
Unter den ernst zu nehmenden Grenzgängern zwischen Kunst, Musik, Technik und Natur ist er längst zum Impulsgeber geworden. Nicolais Bilder und Objekte sind elegant, schön, schlicht, kühl. In Objekten und Versuchsanordnungen lotet er die menschlichen Sinne aus, animiert Flüssigkeiten mit Tonsignalen oder testet den Sehsinn mit Lichtanordnungen. Mittels Kunst macht der Künstler Dinge sichtbar, die in der Wissenschaft längst ihre Anschaulichkeit verloren haben. Nicolai zeigt hier seine wichtigsten Arbeiten sowie Installationen, die er eigens für die Ausstellung in der Schirn Kunsthalle konzipiert hat. Dieses Buch ermöglicht erstmals einen umfassenden Einblick in seine Arbeit. Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, 20.01.2004 bis 28.03.2004. Magnetton-Leseband, Siebdruck auf Cover
Vienna at the dawn of the twentieth century was a city like no other—filled with avant-garde artists and bursting with intellectual and sensual energy. But this burgeoning society was constantly at odds with the conservative and often disapproving nineteenth-century culture. This fascinating book focuses on the figures at the center of this Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka, and others whose radical artistic expressions were shocking as well as ground-breaking. This generously illustrated volume examines the numerous levels on which the new culture clashed with the old, including sexuality, power, and religion. It analyzes the impact these artists’ works had on their surroundings, and places them in an historical context that illuminates the social and cultural debate they instigated. It also explores why art that seemed so provocative at its conception now represents a standard of excellence for the modern audience.
Loud, playful, and irreverent, Jeff Koons' provocative art captivates all. Known as the "king of kitsch," he blends pop art with popular culture, challenging genre boundaries. This publication showcases his works in two volumes, focusing on paintings and sculptures, and highlights his influence in the art world.
"The Beguiled Eye at the University of Edinburgh's Talbot Rice Gallery was Christopher Orr's first solo show in Scotland, bringing together new and recent paintings and featuring, for the first time, the artist's remarkable sketchbooks. Orr's oil paintings and watercolours offer enigmatic glimpses into other worlds where modern characters appear within expansive environments, laden with drama. The intriguing scenes derive from an appropriation of images from a vast range of visual materials, including National Geographic magazines, scientific manuals, 1950s snaps, art historical images and Super 8 films. Painting allows the artist to meld these diverse elements into coherent vignettes; people and objects encountering one another in what appear to be significant moments within larger schemes. In some of the scenes, characters parade in 1950s leisure wear into ethereal landscapes, lit by the heavenly skies of romantic painting, or equally, encroached upon by the dark gloaming of science fiction. In others, figures are beholden to strange geometric forms in the sky or stare at scientific models. Many evoke a sense of communion with the sublime, the otherworldly, the strange and the peculiar, while the human characters often remain impassive. Silent One (2010), for example, shows a couple in holiday dress staring into a dark rocky crevice from which emerges a pale, sombre, floating head. The couple are turned away so we cannot see their expressions, but their body language suggests calm acceptance of this strange spectre. Orr's use of delicately rendered characters against more expressive backdrops, borrowing from a vocabulary of Old Master's works, establishes one of the many dialogues within the paintings; meeting points between description and suggestion, the visible and invisible. Changes in scale and the remains of partially erased elements -- evidence of the working process -- add to the uncanny quality of the works, which nevertheless retain the logical coherence of memory, magic or symbolism. All in a moment through the gloom were seen (2014) depicts three figures looking ahead through luminous shadows: large ghostly figures, creeping across a dimly lit cavern. As with many of the works the true reality of the scene is not disclosed and remains a mystery. Is this a projection -- platonic shadows cast across the wall of the cave? Are they prophetic visions? Or are they wraith like forms indicative of fantasy fiction? The viewer is left to decide"--Talbot Rice Gallery website
Henri Matisse created some of his most exquisite works by cutting shapes out of paper. Delightfully entertaining and playfully inventive, his "drawings with scissors" are also a superb introduction to the most basic artistic concepts: color, line, and form. This engaging and accessible look at Matisse’s cut-outs, arguably the highlight of his magnificent career, follows the artist as he goes in search of pure forms of expression. Illustrated with beautiful reproductions of Matisse’s most famous works, the book relates an imaginary tale about how the colors and shapes created by Matisse come to life, carrying the reader off into the artist’s fantasy world. It reflects Matisse’s spontaneity, his love of bold colors, and his seemingly effortless ability to capture movement on paper, which make him an artist of great appeal to children. Fun and easy-to-follow, this exploration of Matisse’s cut-outs invites children of all ages to draw with scissors just like the artist, using the sheets of paper printed in Matisse-inspired colors included in the book.
Featuring beautiful color reproductions and enlightening descriptions, this is the definitive guide to one of the largest, and most beloved, collections of art in the world číst celé
The holdings of the Stadel Museum, now entering its third century, include magnificent works dating from the early 14th century to the present. This exquisitely produced volume focuses on the collection's highlights, offering readers an in-depth insight into the Stadel's treasures as well as a survey of the development of European art. Included here are Renaissance masterpieces by Botticelli and Bellini; paintings by Vermeer, Monet and Richter; works by Modernists and post-Modernists; sculpture by Calder; photography by Tillmans and much more. This volume not only presents an impressive array of the finest art from more than seven centuries, it also reflects the museum's commitment to recognising and preserving art of all kinds for centuries to come. Published in association with the Stadel Museum, Frankfurt am Main. AUTHOR: Max Hollein is Director of the Stadel Museum, the Schirn Kunsthalle and the Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. 250 colour illustrations
Im Herzen des Frankfurter Flughafens gelegen, ist das Lufthansa Aviation Center, ein außergewöhnlicher Bau. Das von Ingenhoven Architekten aus Düsseldorf entworfene, Licht durchflutete Gebäude bietet nicht nur einen hohen Nutzerkomfort, sondern setzt die Unternehmensphilosophie von Lufthansa geradezu dreidimensional um. Die Werke der Bildenen Kunst, die für das Lufthansa Aviation Center realisiert wurden, sind speziell für dieses entwickelt worden und treten mit der Architektur in einen intensiven Dialog. International renommierte Künstler haben sich mit dem Entwurf von Christoph Ingenhoven und den Vorstellungen der Lufthansa auseinander gesetzt und mit subtilen Eingriffen in den Bau eigene Akzente geschaffen.