Roman Signer: Sammlung Hauser und Wirth - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3775714243 ISBN 13: 9783775714242

Publisher: Hatje Cantz Pub, 2004

Synopsis

If Roman Signer is best known for his spectacular actions involving explosions, transformations, and demolitions, these represent only one aspect of his oeuvre. Since the 70s, Signer has devoted much of his creative energy to a redefinition of sculpture, incorporating time, acceleration, and change into the sculptural process. His artistic ideas revolve around the relations between sudden discharges of force and calm, order and chaos, and form in a seemingly formless environment. This catalogue, which accompanies a major solo exhibition at the Sammlung Hauser und Wirth in St. Gallen, provides an in-depth survey of Roman Signer's work as an artist from 1971 to the present. It includes an introduction by Michaela Unterd rfer and an essay by Gerhard Mack on the aspect of suddenness in Signer's art. The included DVD-ROM documents a performance in which Signer guides a group of Harley-Davidson bikers through the exhibition.

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Review

On the Contemporary Artists Series

"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

About the Author

Gerhard Mack is an art and architecture critic based in Switzerland. Previous publications include Art Museums of the 21st Century (1999) and Herzog & De Meuron: the Complete Works (1996, 2005). He has also written extensively on the work of Roman Signer.

Paula van den Bosch is Curator of Contemporary Art at Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, where she organized a major retrospective of Roman Signer's work in 2000.

Jeremy Millar is an artist, critic and curator who has organized exhibitions at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, the Photographers’ Gallery and the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hatje Cantz Pub
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3775714243
• ISBN 13: 9783775714242
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 127
• Editor: Michaela Unterdorfer, Sammlung Hauser And Wirth Collection