Gerhard richter text writings, interviews and letters 19612007 dietmar elger, hans ulrich obrist. Piccola bagnante 100 bilder mostre gerhard richter. Born in 1932 in dresden, gerhard richter is considered one of the worlds greatest living painters and now nearly 80 years old, agreed to talk about his work, as a small film crew documents his creative process. The swissborn curator and writer is a passionate observer of everything that moves in and around the art world. Hans ulrich obrist, the curator who never sleeps the new yorker. He found six eggs made out of dark marble, which he placed in the egg rack in the fridge door. Spanning the beginning of his career as a young curator in his zurich kitchen to his time most recently as the codirector of exhibitions and programs, and director of international projects at the serpentine gallery in london, the book.
Well i trained as an english literature guy, and i trained in the era of historicism, and historicism meant, you know, youve. How did you come to philosophy or how did philosophy come to you. Ways of curating is a compendium of the insights obrist has gained from his years of extraordinary work in the art world. Soon afterward, obrist was entranced by a gerhard richter exhibition in bern, and asked richter. Obrist is the author of the interview project, an extensive ongoing project of interviews. Books by hans ulrich obrist author of ways of curating. Hayward gallery, 1999 isbn 1853321923 aa shelfmark. Since then he has staged more than 250 shows internationally, many of them among the most influential exhibits of our age.
Hans ulrich obrist is the artistic director at the serpentine galleries in london, a firmly established venue at the pinnacle of contemporary art. Hes a jetsetting curator who spends his life travelling the world, never sleeping, his brain stuffed full. Version ii hans ulrich obrist serpentine gallery, londra, regno unito, 2008 mostre paintings 19632007 national art museum of china, pechino, cina, 2008 mostre gerhard richter germania, 2005. Gerhard richter is one of the foremost artists of his generation. Designed by gerhard richter and gabriele sabolewski. Since his first show world soup the kitchen show in 1991, he has curated more than 300. A guide to the extreme present with douglas coupland and hans ulrich obrist penguinblue rider, march 2015. Hans ulrich obrist collaborators independent curators. The richter interviews hans ulrich obrist, gerhard richter on.
These elements are juxtaposed with photographs showing details of richter s paintings, depicting. Hans ulrich obrist discusses gerhard richters artist books in the framework of the exhibition bilder serien, fondation beyeler, 2014. Essays in english by birgit pelzer and guy tosatto. Gerhard richter dedicated this artists book to the art historian hans ulrich obrist who he has worked with for many years. The daily practice of painting writings and interviews 19621993 richter, gerhard, obrist, hans ulrich on. Artist books hans ulrich obrist fondation beyeler, riehen, svizzera, 2014 pitture early photo paintings robert storr tate modern, londra, regno unito, 2012 pitture 18 october 1977 robert storr tate modern, londra, regno unito, 2012. He can easily, from the outside, appear a little bit sphinxlike, gnomic and enigmatic. He is artistic director at the serpentine galleries, london. Hans ulrich obrist, the swiss powercurator who mounted a major show of young british artists two years before sensation, is being lined up to take over from philip dodd as the director of the.
Writings 19621993 richter, gerhard, obrist, hansulrich, britt, david on. The best books on contemporary art five books expert. In the summer of 1993, i left switzerland for paris and borrowed a room used by the artists gloria friedmann and bertrand lavier. Hans ulrich obrist is a curator at the serpentine, a gallery in londons kensington gardens that was once a teahouse and is now firmly established as a center for contemporary art. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Richter, gerhard obrist, hans ulrich bloch, peter andre 2009 verlag. Hans ulrich obrist, the curator who never sleeps the new. Hans ulrich obrist found his paris hotel room too dreary so he invited round some artists to liven things up. The publications and publication projects of hans ulrich obrist. Hans ulrich obrist is also the creative director at the serpentine galleries.
To coincide with the exhibition of gerhard richters 40 tage, hans ulrich obrist will be in discussion with michael bracewell on the 29th of march about gerhard richters which is on display at heni. Everything you ever wanted to know about hans ulrich obrist but were afraid to ask has been asked by the sixteen practitioners in this book. Bilder serien hans ulrich obrist fondation beyeler, riehen, svizzera, 2014 mostre gerhard richter. Gerhard richters atlas is a collection of photographs, newspaper cuttings and sketches that the artist has been assembling since the mid 1960s. Hans ulrich obrist to begin with the beginning, i wanted to ask you to tell us how it all started, if you had an epiphany or a revelation. I met alighiero boetti in rome the same year i met gerhard richter, annette messager. You dont have to go to school to be a wise collector.
Hans ulrich obrist, codirector of the serpentine gallery, photographed by suki dhanda for the observer at the serpentine. Morning ritual the maverick swiss curator takes us for an early morning jog into the new year i believe in the idea of rituals, says indefatigable cultural innovator hans ulrich obrist, who helps us into 2014 with his thoughts on routine while taking his daily run around londons hyde park. Buy hans ulrich obrist books and gifts, all with free worldwide delivery. Even if you are not that interested in contemporary art, it is likely you have heard of hans ulrich obrist.
As the floor is very dark it almost seems as if it is not there at all, leaving a black hole and literally taking the ground from under the prisoner although the book shelf. The codirector of the serpentine gallery, hans ulrich obrist, says that to be contemporary means to come back to a present where we have never been. Obrist, hansulrich born in dresden in 1932, gerhard richter studied wallpainting at the socialist dresdner akademie, before settling in dusseldorf in 1961. The best books on contemporary art recommended by hans ulrich obrist. An alternative atlas of contemporary cartographies hans ulrich obrist. Hans ulrich obrist is codirector of the serpentine gallery in london. Hans ulrich obrist curated his first exhibit in his kitchen when he was twentythree years old. Hans ulrich obrist has 261 books on goodreads with 18194 ratings. Hans ulrich obrist is a curator at the serpentine, a gallery in. I could not afford bookshelves, but i had these boxes. You can educate yourself about art reproductions by reading art magazines, visiting many different art galleries, attending art fairs or expos, etc. Heavy cloth, with debossed title stamped in black on cover, no dust jacket as issued. The swiss polymath, who has been the director of the serpentine gallery in london since 2005, has helped to define the modern idea of what a curator is.
It was because of this hans began a series of relentless interviews to create an intimate documentation of this turning point in art history, collected in a brief history of curating 2008. Hans ulrich obrist has been archiving books and other related curatorial. Blunt, provocative, unashamedly curmudgeonly, and iconoclastic but never cynical, the artist says hes interested in things he doesnt understand, that painting is a. A conversation with hans ulrich obrist nav haq recently appointed codirector of exhibitions and programs, and director of international projects, at the serpentine gallery, hans ulrich obrist, perhaps the most prolific curator of his generation, has recently arrived in london. Hans ulrich obrists most popular book is ways of curating. Collecting art can be done by anyone, but an expert knows what to look for and where to find it. The daily practice of painting writings and interviews 19621993. Central to his work is a strong set of values which throughout his career he has expressed in extensive notes and writings, and in provocative and memorable public declarations in which he shows himself the master of the paradoxical statement.
And then he placed a board with small feathers on it on the top shelf, setting up a charming visual rhyme in and amongst the few jars and cans that had somehow. One of the defining characteristics of the career of the swissborn curator hans ulrich obrist is his constant movement, not just from citytocity or. One of the questions i started out with, at the beginning, was trying to understand the forces effective in visual art and contemporary art, which is my field as a curator, trying to understand what is necessary in art. Hans ulrich obrist born 1968 is a swiss art curator, critic and historian of art. Elbe, november and others philipp kaiser museum ludwig, colonia, germania, 20. Hanspeter feldmann decided to make an exhibition within the exhibition in my refrigerator. Is it necessary to understand the forces effective in other fields of knowledge. Writings 19621993 richter, gerhard, obrist, hans ulrich, britt, david on. Hans ulrich obrist is one of the most fascinating figures in contemporary art. The original volume of gerhard richters writings was. There was a surprising dearth in the history of art curation, until hans ulrich obrist, specifically surrounding the curatorial pioneers perspective.
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