"This volume accompanies the first major solo exhibition on American artist Paul Chan (born 1973) since his series "The 7 Lights" was presented at the New Museum in 2008. Chan is one of the most versatile and unpredictable artists of his generation, and certainly one of the most original voices in contemporary art today. Active as artist, writer and publisher, he engages the viewer in a challenging discourse about the place of art in soc ..."
"With a magician’s sleight of hand, Nauman’s art makes disappearance visibleAt 76 years old, Bruce Nauman is widely acknowledged as a central figure in contemporary art whose stringent questioning of values such as good and bad remains urgent today. Throughout his 50-year career, he has explored how mutable experiences of time, space, sound, movement and language provide an insecure foundation for our understanding of our place in the wo ..."
"Jeff Wall: Catalogue Raisonné 1978-2004 traces the gradual evolution of Wall's pictorial concept. In an allusion to Charles Baudelaire's dictum on Manet, Wall describes his work as the "painting of modern life," and that life is one fraught with tension but also with luminescent beauty. In 1978, Wall produced The Destroyed Room, which depicted a vandalized space, his first work in the format for which he has become best known--color tra ..."
"Since its foundation more than 80 years ago, the Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation in Basel has concentrated on collecting contemporary art, with the mission of making the art of the present day accessible to a broad public. Many of the works acquired by the Foundation as "contemporary art" are now considered classics of art history, including works by Jean Arp, Georges Braque, Alexander Calder, Salvador Dalí, Paul Klee, Robert Delaunay, Joan ..."
"At 76 years old, Bruce Nauman is widely acknowledged as a central figure in contemporary art whose stringent questioning of values such as good and bad remains urgent today. Throughout his 50-year career, he has explored how mutable experiences of time, space, sound, movement and language provide an insecure foundation for our understanding of our place in the world. This richly illustrated catalogue offers a comprehensive view of Nauma ..."
"Der Katalog «Bruce Nauman: Disappearing Acts» entsteht zurgleichnamigen in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Museum of ModernArt, New York, realisierten Retrospektive des Künstlers im Schaulager.Das reich illustrierte Buch bietet einen umfassenden Überblicküber Naumans Karriere, die eine mehr als fünfzigjährige Arbeitin verschiedensten Medien umfasst. Naumans Werke sind sehrdirekt und konfrontativ und haben oft den Charakter einfacherVersuchsanord ..."