Harald Szeemann : Museum of Obsessions / edited by Glenn Phillips and Philipp Kaiser, with Doris Chon and Pietro Rigolo ; with contributions by Beatrice von Bismarck, Doris Chon, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Philipp Kaiser, Megan R. Luke, Glenn Phillips, Pietro Rigolo, Mariana Roquette Teixeira ; and interviews with Tobia Bezzola, Tania Bruguera, Christo, Klaus Honnef, Anda Rottenberg, and Gilberto Zorio.
Publisher:
Getty Research Institute,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
viii, 406 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
"This publication accompanies the exhibition Harald Szeemann: Museum of Obsessions, on view at the Getty Research Institute at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, from February 6 to May 6, 2018."--ECIP galley. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Foreword: A First View Into the Fabbrica / Glenn Phillips -- Grandfathers: Plates. Glenn Phillips -- Interview with Tobia Bezzola / Glenn Phillips -- Interview with Christo / Glenn Phillips -- Interview with Gilberto Zorio / Glenn Phillips -- Interview with Klaus Honnef / Philipp Kaiser and Glenn Phillips -- Avant-Gardes: Plates -- Harald Szeemann's Museum of Obsessions, between Parody and Consecration / Doris Chon -- The Grandfather Exhibition: A Sort of Manifesto / Mariana Roquette Teixeira -- Repeat the Unique Thing: Love, the Artwork, Life / Pietro Rigolo -- Utopias: Plates -- An Art History of Intensive Intentions / Megan R. Luke -- Essay 5: Those Who Were Seen Dancing: Harald Szeemann and Armand Schulthess / Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev -- Visionaries: Plates -- When Attitudes Become a Profession: Harald Szeemann's Self-Referential Practice and the Art of the Exhibition / Beatrice von Bismarck -- The Avant-garde of Silence: Harald Szeemann's Sculpture Exhibitions of the 1980s / Philipp Kaiser -- Interview with Anda Rottenberg / Doris Chon -- Interview with Tania Bruguera / Glenn Phillips -- Geographies: Plates -- Pioneers Like Us / Glenn Phillips -- Grandfathers: Plates.
Summary:
"An examination of the career of the influential Swiss curator Harald Szeemann (1933-2005), drawing on his extensive archive and library housed at the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles"--Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.