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Wolfgang Rahs: Seven Skills and a Lot of Wilderness - Hardcover

Astrid Becksteiner-Rasche; Günter Eichberger; Heike Endter; Günther Holler-Schuster

 
9783897906334: Wolfgang Rahs: Seven Skills and a Lot of Wilderness
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 3897906333 ISBN 13: 9783897906334
Publisher: Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2021

Synopsis

  • A new perspective on jewellery art turning into performance
  • The first monograph on Austrian artist Wolfgang Rahs
  • Text in English and German


As early as the 1970s, Wolfgang Rahs (*1952) was inspired by the avant-garde art scene in Graz by the contemporary art festival Steirischer Herbst and the Forum Stadtpark collective, one of the action groups and joint ventures of artists from different genres; he is also member of the artists’ union Gruppe 77. Educated in metalcraft and goldsmithing at the Ortweinschule in Graz, Rahs alternates in his works between jewellery, installation, performance, and processual pieces ― free works that reflect the concept of jewellery in an all-embracing manner. His examination of myths (Skythisches Stillleben), of conditions he encounters (Verdammte Brosche), and of his own existence (Mauspfad Köln) plays a key role. An impressive publication on this exceptional artist whose work challenges and therefore expands our traditional understanding of jewellery.

Text in English and German.

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Publisher
Arnoldsche Art Publishers
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3897906333
ISBN 13 
9783897906334
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
320