books by Hans Ulrich Obrist
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Hans Ulrich Obrist
Do It
Bruce Altschuler
Independent Curators International, New York
, 1998
an unusual, clever, and fun angle on contemporary art
The editor/curators of this book got 50 contemporary artists to each write down instructions for a do-it-yourself art project, for the reader to try. Each is a small revelation of the artist, and a thought-provoker in itself. It's intelligent and fun -- a very clever ...
Mutations
Stefano Boeri
,
Harvard Project on the City
, ...
Actar
, 2001
Outstanding
This book is to be considered a piece of historical evidence of the tendencies of thought of the new era. Whether you may find the concepts proposed not suitable, every prospective or practicing architect, designer or urban planner must be aware of the latest ...
Hans Ulrich Obrist & Philippe Parreno: The Conversation Series
Hans Ulrich Obrist,
Philippe Parreno
Walther Konig, Koln
, 2008
The French filmmaker and artist Philippe Parreno born in Algeria, has been working and collaborating with curator/thinker/editor Hans Ulrich Obrist for many years; over many projects they have taken huge risks and broken countless conventions together. The conversations gathered here give us a window into a dynamic and forward thinking aesthetic ...
HuO: Hans-Ulrich Obrist: Interviews
Nobuyoshi Araki
,
Mel Bochner
, ...
Charta/Fondazione Pitti Immagine Discovery
, 2003
It is not an exaggeration to write that Hans-Ulrich Obrist is everywhere, has curated everything and has interviewed everyone. If "peripatetic" is the word most overused to describe him, it is not inappropriate. The Swiss-born, everywhere-based curator and head of the Programme Migrateurs at the Musae d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris has an ...
Formulas for Now
Thames & Hudson
, 2008
Imaginative formulas for negotiating contemporary life from an eminent group of artistic and scientific minds. For centuries the formula has been one of the building blocks of human knowledge. In mathematics and science, formulas express information symbolically?to solve a problem, to describe an observable phenomenon, or to postulate a theory. ...
Gerhard Richter: 100 Pictures
Gerhard Richter
, Hans Ulrich Obrist, ...
Hatje Cantz Publishers
, 2002
100 color photos, concentrating on works of 1995-96
this is a summary of richter's recent oil paintings, with two critical essays. Although a few pre '90s paintings are shown (e.g. zwie grau, schaedel, some abstractes bild), most of the book covers the abstracted bilds and photo-paintings of 95-96. The 'realistic' works ...
A Brief History of Curating
Lucy Lippard
JRP|Ringier
, 2008
Part of JRP|Ringer's innovative Documents series, published with Les Presses du Reel and dedicated to critical writings, this publication comprises a unique collection of interviews by Hans Ulrich Obrist mapping the development of the curatorial field--from early independent curators in the 1960s and 70s and the experimental institutional ...
Rem Koolhaas & Hans-Ulrich Obrist: The Conversation Series: Volume 4 (Conversation Series)
Walther Konig
, 2007
In this traditional paperback, renowned critic and curator Hans Ulrich Obrist teams up with Dutch avant-garde architect and paradigm-shifting intellectual, Rem Koolhaas, for a discussion of Koolhaas's work in China, his designs for Prada, architecture as metaphor, and the development of urbanism in the slipstream of globalization.
Gabellini: Architecture of the Interior
Michael Gabellini
Rizzoli
, 2008
Pared to programmatic essence, Michael Gabellini?s work emanates a serenity that belies an underlying complexity. His spaces unfold as intricately crafted, yet subtle stages for the interaction of volume, light, and materials. Initially recognized for his work for major fashion brands such as Giorgio Armani, Salvatore Ferragamo, and, especially, ...
Did Someone Say Participate?: An Atlas of Spatial Practice
The MIT Press
, 2006
Did someone say we need yet another anthology of essays? According to the editors of Did Someone Say Participate? , the answer is an emphatic?or hysterical?"YES!" In fact, they'd go further and argue that the shifts that have taken place in the practice and pedagogy of architecture have been mirrored in other fields, and that this has happened to ...
Pipilotti Rist (Contemporary Artists Series)
Peggy Phelan
,
Elisabeth Bronfen
, ...
Phaidon Press
, 2001
Pipilotti Rist is among the world's best-known artists working with video. Her multi-screen installations have a dream-like quality as, for example, a beautiful young woman (the artist herself) cavorts in fantastic seascapes or surreal jungles. This monograph explores the artist and her work. It features: a discussion of Rist's work in relation to ...
Miwa Yanagi (Deutsche Bank Collection)
Ariane Grigoteit
,
Friedhelm Hutte
, ...
Deutsche Bank
, 2007
The catalogue for the exhibition presented at the Chelsea Art Museum (May-August 2007) includes three photography series exploring the roles of women in Japan. The board-bound book is comprised of a 20-page foldout and a mounted 81-page sheaf on the other side. With 11 color photographs and 59 black and white plates and thumbnails.
Cities on the Move
Hatje Cantz Pub
, 1999
Rirkrit Tiravanija
Gridthiya Gaweewong
, Hans Ulrich Obrist, ...
JRP|Ringier
, 2007
Rirkrit Tiravanija thrives on the interactions between himself and strangers, friends new and old that he encounters on his travels. He insists that art should provide an occasion for geniality and sociability, an insistence that has enriched the environments he has traversed. Conceived as an artist's book, Rirkrit Tiravanija is also the ...
Jiri Kovanda: Actions & Installations 1975-2006
Hans Ulrich Obrist,
Pawel Polit
, ...
JRP|Ringier/Tranzit series
, 2007
This first complete record of Prague artist Jiri Kovanda's actions, installations and interventions over the past 30 years replicates the A4 pages (with photographs and typewritten texts attached) on which he documented his activities in the 1970s and 1980s. That first ephemeral work focused on the discoveries of new types of relationships, ...
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