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Thomas Hirschhorn, Phaidon Contemporary Artist Series, 2004
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- ISBN
- 9780714842738
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Phaidon Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0714842737
ISBN-13
9780714842738
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30784616
Product Key Features
Book Title
Thomas Hirschhorn
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Individual Artists / General
Publication Year
2004
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Art
Book Series
Phaidon Contemporary Artist Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
35.1 Oz
Item Length
11.4 in
Item Width
9.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
'The boldest, best executed, and most far-reaching publishing project devoted to contemporary art. These books will revolutionize the way contemporary art is presented and written about.' (Artforum) 'The combination of intelligent analysis, personal insight, useful facts and plentiful pictures is a superb format invaluable for specialists but also interesting for casual readers, it makes these books a must for the library of anyone who cares about contemporary art.' (Time Out) 'A unique series of informative monographs on individual artists.' (The Sunday Times) 'Gives the reader the impression of a personal encounter with the artists. Apart from the writing which is lucid and illuminating, it is undoubtedly the wealth of lavish illustrations which makes looking at these books a satisfying entertainment.' (The Art Book)
Dewey Edition
22
Grade From
Eighth Grade
Grade To
College Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal
709.2
Synopsis
The work of Paris-based Swiss artist Thomas Hirschhorn (b.1957) comprises giant, labour-intensive, room-sized collages of low-grade materials - that is to say, rubbish. Hirschhorn is among the most significant artists to have emerged internationally in the 1990s. His work has been included in the world's top exhibitions (including Documenta 11, 2003, and the 48th Venice Biennale, 1999), and he was recipient of the prestigious Prix Marcel Duchamp in 2001. Hirschhorn's work, a commentary on the spectacle of late-capitalist consumerism, is characterized by collages of tinfoil, cardboard, plywood, plastic and packing tape combined with an infinite variety of debris: handwritten texts and images culled from popular magazines, miniature toy airplanes and trains, knick-knacks by the hundreds, armies of plastic 'gold' watches, effigies of Nietzsche and Princess Diana, monitors duct-taped into vitrines, and so on. Part text, part sculpture, part junk heap, and incorporating furniture, cardboard boxes, wooden frames and more, these installations reflect an extraordinarily prolific imagination. Their sheer volume and the time it takes to read and see these massive installations make them unforgettable, often quite humorous experiences. Half-sculptural, half-architectural and fully revolutionary, some of Hirschhorn's most elaborate installations, such as the multi-room Cavemanman (Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, 2002), transform ordinary spaces into a labyrinthine, parallel universe of hybrid forms and fascinating accumulations. A key player in the contemporary art scene today, Hirschhorn moves beyond existing genres - the readymade, the post-Conceptual, video - to offer an important, unprecedented direction for twenty-first-century art. Noted professor and art theorist Benjamin H. D. Buchloh surveys the artist's work, form its anonymous beginnings in the streets of Paris to his recent virtuoso installations, as part of a long tradition of politically motivated anti-monuments. In her Interview, Alison M. Gingeras, who has worked with Hirschhorn numerous times since 2000, discusses with the artist his beginnings as a graphic designer and his more recent dealings with the contemporary art system. Carlos Basualdo offers a full analysis of, as well as a little background on, Bataille Monument at Documenta 11, which Basualdo co-curated. Emergency Library is a unique Artist's Choice comprised of a series of oversized books attesting to Hirschhorn's love, both aesthetic and intellectual, for the the familiar, well-thumbed copies of his beloved books. Hirschhorn's emphatic Artist's Writings include project notes and personal correspondence., The work of Paris-based Swiss artist Thomas Hirschhorn (b.1957) comprises giant, labour-intensive, room-sized collages of low-grade materials - that is to say, rubbish. Hirschhorn is among the most significant artists to have emerged internationally in the 1990s. His work has been included in the world's top exhibitions (including Documenta 11, 2003, and the 48th Venice Biennale, 1999), and he was recipient of the prestigious Prix Marcel Duchamp in 2001. Hirschhorn's work, a commentary on the spectacle of late-capitalist consumerism, is characterized by collages of tinfoil, cardboard, plywood, plastic and packing tape combined with an infinite variety of debris: handwritten texts and images culled from popular magazines, miniature toy airplanes and trains, knick-knacks by the hundreds, armies of plastic 'gold' watches, effigies of Nietzsche and Princess Diana, monitors duct-taped into vitrines, and so on. Part text, part sculpture, part junk heap, and incorporating furniture, cardboard boxes, wooden frames and more, these installations reflect an extraordinarily prolific imagination. Their sheer volume and the time it takes to read and see these massive installations make them unforgettable, often quite humorous experiences. Half-sculptural, half-architectural and fully revolutionary, some of Hirschhorn's most elaborate installations, such as the multi-room Cavemanman (Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, 2002), transform ordinary spaces into a labyrinthine, parallel universe of hybrid forms and fascinating accumulations. A key player in the contemporary art scene today, Hirschhorn moves beyond existing genres - the readymade, the post-Conceptual, video - to offer an important, unprecedented direction for twenty-first-century art. Noted professor and art theorist Benjamin H. D. Buchloh surveys the artist's work, form its anonymous beginnings in the streets of Paris to his recent virtuoso installations, as part of a long tradition of politically motivated anti-monuments. In her Interview, Alison M. Gingeras, who has worked with Hirschhorn numerous times since 2000, discusses with the artist his beginnings as a graphic designer and his more recent dealings with the contemporary art system. Carlos Basualdo offers a full analysis of, as well as a little background on, Bataille Monumentat Documenta 11, which Basualdo co-curated. Emergency Library is a unique Artist's Choice comprised of a series of oversized books attesting to Hirschhorn's love, both aesthetic and intellectual, for the the familiar, well-thumbed copies of his beloved books. Hirschhorn's emphatic Artist's Writings include project notes and personal correspondence.
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- 8***8 (805)- Feedback left by buyer.More than a year agoVerified purchaseCommunication was spotty. Issues with tracking and it took a while to receive the CD. Requested the item (digipak CD) be packaged carefully but was mailed in an inexpensive carboard mailer with no padding. Paid $3.65 for shipping but shipping cost the seller less than $2.00. Item listed as "New" but was open and more like "Very Good" condition. I've had better customer service on eBay.I AM THE CENTER Private Issue New Age Music CD set 2013 (#385229240601)
- .***h (89)- Feedback left by buyer.More than a year agoVerified purchaseExactly as described! Great pack for shipping: Simple but did the job.Greater New York New Art in New York Now, 2000, Exhibition Catalogue. P.S.1 (#385175175753)
- r***r (727)- Feedback left by buyer.More than a year agoVerified purchaseGREAT communication; PROMPT shipping; CAREFULLY packed; QUALITY item (as described): PERFECT transaction — THANK YOU!Richard Nonas, The Man In the Empty Space, With Handwritten Notes By The Artist (#385225510573)