"Key works from the 1970s to the 1990s by iconic Swiss video pioneer Anna WintelerThis catalog accompanies an exhibition at the Kunsthaus Basel featuring a selection of video works by Swiss video and performance artist Anna Winteler (born 1954). Works from the late 1970s through the early 1990s are presented alongside documentary material and historical records from her archive."
"This landmark volume examines the life and work of the extraordinary Swiss Surrealist Meret Oppenheim. Although she became famous at the age of 23 for her fur-covered teacup, she subsequently suffered years of critical neglect, and her subversive work has only recently begun to receive the acclaim it deserves. This beautiful catalogue covers the full range of her art, embracing sculpture, painting, drawing, collage, assemblage, photogra ..."
"This landmark volume examines the life and work of the extraordinary Swiss Surrealist Meret Oppenheim. Although she became famous at the age of 23 for her fur-covered teacup, she subsequently suffered years of critical neglect, and her subversive work has only recently begun to receive the acclaim it deserves. This beautiful catalogue covers the full range of her art, embracing sculpture, painting, drawing, collage, assemblage, photogra ..."
Ein Gesprach Una Discussione Joseph Beuys; Jannis Kounellis; Anselm Kiefer; Enzo Cucchi by JacquelineBurckhardt Paperback, Published 1986 by Parkett-Verlag Ag Zurich ISBN-13: 978-1-4998-5904-1, ISBN: 1-4998-5904-X
" Presenting unique and in-depth collaborations with leading international artists, Parkett No. 58 features the work of Sylvie Fleury, Jason Rhoades, and James Rosenquist, three artists who work with everyday matter to produce lively and expressive paintings and installations. The 'Insert' section features a new project of photographs by British artist and photographer Henry Bond.Contributing writers include Adrian Danna ..."
"Over the last three decades, Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist (born 1962) has been an original and impactful voice on the contemporary art scene with her sensuous, colorful and norm-subverting audio and video universes (the artist’s first name is itself a nod to Swedish author Astrid Lindgren’s rebellious, freethinking heroine Pippi Longstocking). With projections on ceilings, walls and floors, Rist liberates the moving image from the screen ..."
"Herbst im ParadiesBroschiertes BuchJean-Luc Mylayne (* 1946) hat sein Leben lang die Welt durchstreift, um Vögel in ihrer ruralen Umgebung zu fotografieren. Dabei investierte er jeweils Wochen und Monate in die Suche nach der richtigen Komposition. Die Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles präsentiert ein Ensemble von 39 Werken, die zwischen 1979 und 2008 entstanden und in neun Kapiteln gegliedert sind. Im Umkreisen der Beziehung zum Licht u ..."
"Jean-Luc Mylayne a passé sa vie à se projeter dans le monde pour photographier les oiseaux dans un environnement rural qu’il investit pendant des semaines, voire des mois, pour obtenir la composition recherchée. Depuis 2009, aucune institution française n’a consacré d’exposition à cet artiste hors du temps. La Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles présente un ensemble de 38 œuvres créées entre 1979 et 2008, déclinées en neuf chapitres selon ..."
"Where does the wind go when it is not blowing? With The Wind Tunnel Model, artist and scientist Florian Dombois proposes new forms of interaction between art and science. Key to this project is Dombois’s wind tunnel laboratory at Zurich University of the Arts. With an empty test platform, the laboratory is a compelling example of architecture that turns its back on its occupants, forming an invisible, yet disturbingly concrete, secondar ..."
"Eva Afuhs - Das künstlerische WerkGebundenes BuchEva Afuhs, geboren 1954 in München, studierte zunächst Ethnologie in Wien und Paris und anschliessend Metallgestaltung an der Hochschule für angewandte Kunst in Wien, wo sie von 1987 bis 1990 auch in der Meisterklasse der Bildhauerei unterrichtete. Anfang der Neunzigerjahre zog sie schliesslich von Wien nach Zürich, wo sie als freischaffende Künstlerin in den Bereichen Installation, Raumi ..."
"Founded in 1984, "Parkett" has long been an important source of literature on international contemporary art. Each biannual issue is a collaboration with four artists, in which their work is explored in richly illustrated essays by leading writers and critics. Recent artists featured in "Parkett" include: Marc Camille Chaimowicz, Pamela Rosenkranz, John Waters and Xu Zhen (96), Jeremy Deller, Wael Shawky, Dayanita Singh and Rosemarie Tr ..."
"Staged in three rooms, this chamber piece features new sculptures and wall works by German artists Katharina Fritsch (born 1956) and Belarusian native Alexej Koschkarow (born 1972), who joined forces for the third time since 1999."
"Gebundenes BuchDer Schweizer Otto Künzli (geb. 1948) hat die moderne Schmuckkunst revolutioniert und gilt als einer der intelligentesten Künstler in der Welt des Schmucks und zugleich einer der kritischsten. (Ralph Turner: The New Jewelry, 1985/1994)In den rund 45 Jahren seiner Auseinandersetzung mit dem Thema Schmuck erreichte Otto Künzli als Künstler und Vordenker wie auch als Autor und Lehrer eine singuläre Position von weitreichende ..."
"This substantial and ambitious volume compiles paintings, drawings, photographs, installations and objects on the theme of space, as instanced in Swiss art of the past 100 years. Some of Switzerland's foremost contemporary artists contribute essays."
"Buch mit Leinen-EinbandThe Swiss Otto Künzli (born in 1948) revolutionised modern jewellery design and is regarded as 'one of the most intelligent and at the same time most critical artists in the world of jewelry' (Ralph Turner: The New Jewelry, 1985/1994). Over the course of his involvement with jewellery, spanning around 45 years, Otto Künzli achieved a unique status as an artist and pioneer, and also as an author and teacher, with w ..."
"Published for her exhibition at MAK Austrian Museum of Applied Arts, this broad overview of the work of Eva Schlegel (born 1960) documents works ranging from pornographic paintings to works in lead and installations of airplane propellers. Schlegel's installations in particular have never received comprehensive treatment in a catalogue."
"Featuring more than two hundred illustrations, a series of essays, and a conversation with the architects, this extensive volume introduces this project, whose first phase?consisting of eleven ambitious new buildings, a park, a square, ..."
"Ende 2009 vollendete Sigmar Polke (1941-2010) den Zyklus von zwölf Fenstern im Grossmünster Zürich und setzte dabei neue Massstäbe im Verhältnis Kunst und Kirche. Eine Gruppe der Fenster besteht aus geschnittenen, teilweise künstlich gefärbten Achatscheiben, die im romanischen Bau wie «leuchtende Mosaike», aufscheinen. Marina Warner schreibt: «das Innere von Gesteinsbrocken kann nicht nur unerwartete Farben, vor Zeiten eingesperrtes, he ..."