"Preface by Jean-Christophe Ammann. Enzo Cucchi, Martin Disler, Sandro Chia, A. R. Penck (Ralf Winkler), Rolf Winnewisser, Jonathan Borofsky, Francesco Clemente, John Baldessari, Eric Fischl. Illustrations in b/w . 8vo pp. 296 Brossura (wrappers) Ottimo (Fine) Nove monografie e riproduzione dei portfolio di Cucchi (Immagine feroce), Disler (Black Doggie Time-Bomb), Chia (Manuale d'Aprile), Penck (8 Erfahrungen), Winnewisser (Visiting and ..."
Meret Oppenheim(1st Edition) Defiance in the Face of Freedom by BiceCuriger, Meret Oppenheim Hardcover, 276 Pages, Published 1989 by The Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-03165-3, ISBN: 0-262-03165-5
"A modern update of the Medieval trade manuals--the 'come-along-with-me' (vade mecum) of Medieval craftsmen--Words of Wisdom: A Curator's Vade Mecum is an invaluable guidebook for anyone interested in contemporary art and the practice of curating. In over fifty short essays, this compendium offers advice to a new generation of curators from veterans of contemporary art exhibitions who, over the past 25 years, have played a crucial role i ..."
"Rebecca Warren's first monograph is chronological review of her career to date. Showing both key works and installation shots, (including the Turner Prize, Serpentine Gallery, the 54th Venice Biennale and numerous interntional solo exhibitions) her work is further contextualised with an essay by Bice Curiger, editor of "Parkett." Warren's sculptures in clay, bronze and steel, ebb from figuration to abstraction, ranging from the amorphou ..."
"In the mid-1980s the sprouting of new movements that had driven modern art since the nineteenth century finally went dormant, sputtering out with a last few half-hearted lels ('pattern painting', 'neo-geo', 'commodity art'). But this was not the end of art history -- far from it.A In the years since, art's creative development has remained more vibrant than ever, resulting in a staggering diversity of new forms. "Defining Contemporary A ..."
Sigmar Polke(1st Edition) Works On Paper by Margit Rowell, Michael Semff, BiceCuriger, Sigmar Polke Hardcover, 200 Pages, Published 2002 by The Museum Of Modern Art, New York Illustrated, International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-87070-082-8, ISBN: 0-87070-082-0
"Sigmar Polke: Works on Paper, 1963-1974 accompanies the Museum of Modern Art's exhibition of drawings, watercolors, and gouaches by this famous German painter. Polke's works on paper are beautiful and funny with strong tinges of emotion. Potato Heads: Nixon and Khrushchev, from 1965, is a colorful watercolor line drawing of two world leaders with bulbous heads and green polka dots. His almost-comic-book style can be both sweet, as in Yo ..."
"A pillow? Possibly a medical sample? Or a conceptual gimmick? Suggesting the impermanence of perishable goods, once you remove this sequel to 1998's Cream from its plastic inflatable packaging and expose it to the air, a zeitgeist stopwatch starts to tick away. Bearing the dimensions and solidity of one of Carl Andre's infamous bricks, it showcases an orgy of emerging contemporary artists in the same way that 10 x 10 surveyed cutting-ed ..."
"... presents itself as not wholly relevant (or indeed at all relevant) but which,
carefully attended to, can supply a kind of 'sense' of what is going on. [4] Polke
dwells precisely in this same way on the lacunae which provide gaps in any
potential storyline. There are clues in the work that lead us towards a certain
degree of decipherment (as for example in Bernard Marcade's analysis of
Paganini to which I shall refer later) but ..."
Meret Oppenheim 9 March Through 9 April 1988 by BiceCuriger Paperback, Published 1992 by Archer Fields Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-685-50295-2, ISBN: 0-685-50295-3
"This first comprehensive study of Oppenheim (1913-1985) unites biographical detail, critical interpretation, and catalogue raisonne to illuminate the enigmatic character and formidable achievements of a clairvoyant and radical artist."
Meret Oppenheim(1st Edition) Meret Oppenheim by BiceCuriger, Meret Oppenheim Paperback, 54 Pages, Published 1988 by Kent Gallery Inc ISBN-13: 978-1-878607-50-8, ISBN: 1-878607-50-2
"When comprehensive retrospectives of Meret Openheims work were first mounted by European museums in the 70s, the public was astonished by the richness and regenerative impact of her art, displaying both unity within multiplicity and permanence within change. She is known for her Fur Teacup and Spoon in the Museum of Modern Arts collection since 1936. This was the first publication on her works in English after her death in 1986. Text by ..."
"Sigmar Polke: Works on Paper, 1963-1974 accompanies the Museum of Modern Art's exhibition of drawings, watercolors, and gouaches by this famous German painter. Polke's works on paper are beautiful and funny with strong tinges of emotion. Potato Heads: Nixon and Khrushchev, from 1965, is a colorful watercolor line drawing of two world leaders with bulbous heads and green polka dots. His almost-comic-book style can be both sweet, as in Yo ..."
"Emerging from the 1960s generation of Viennese Aktionists, who used their own bodies in their art, Franz West (b.1947) is an internationally renowned Austrian artist who incorporates the bodies of his spectators into his work. Often inviting visitors to participate in or even wear his sculptures, West encourages us to explore our involvement in contemporary art and its presentations. The resulting works are not always aesthetically plea ..."
"Since 1979, Peter Fischli and David Weiss have been cheerfully celebrating the banality of everyday existence and, in the process, rising to the forefront of the contemporary international art world. Their work deliberately ignores the traditional distinction between high and low art, and employs a wide variety of media, including photography, film, video, artists’ books, installation, and sculpture. Featuring over 200 color illustratio ..."
"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 ..."
""Worlds Envisioned" brings into dialogue the works of the Italian artist Alighiero e Boetti and Ivoirian artist/author Frederic Bruly Bouabre, who share a fascination with taxonomy and the inversion of epistemological conventions."
"Although Heidi Bucher's (1926-93) oeuvre remained mostly overlooked after her death, a recent revitalization around her idiosyncratic practice has opened the conversation on this pioneer in the feminist dialogue of the 1970s. Born in Switzerland, Bucher moved to California in the 1960s where she collaborated with her husband Carl on "Bodyshells," a series of wearable sculptures exhibited at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1972. ..."
"A major figure in contemporary art, John Baldessari is widely considered one of the most influential artists to emerge since the mid-1960s. From his early text-and-image paintings to his more recent photo collages and installations, Baldessari has continued to make art that addresses the social impact of mass culture, often playfully through strategies of appropriation and deconstruction. Baldessari's lifelong interest in language, writ ..."
"Un guide incontournable pour découvrir les cent artistes originaires du monde entier qui ont émergé entre 1995 et 2000
Le travail de chaque artiste est représenté par une généreuse sélection d'illustrations en couleurs, accompagnée d'un texte d'introduction et d'une notice biographique incluant la liste de ses expositions et de ses publications"