Heinz Tesar: Drawings

Matthias Boeckl

ISBN 10: 3932565312 / ISBN 13: 9783932565311

Published by Edition Axel Menges, UK, 2003

About this Item

Very good condition hard cover, with very good condition jacket, some wear to cover and spine, internally clean and tidy with unmarked pages, in a good readable condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Heinz Tesar: Drawings
• Publisher: Edition Axel Menges, UK
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3932565312
• ISBN 13: 9783932565311
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Text in English and German. This book presents a selection from all Tesar's creative periods and an essay introduces the background to this art and its current positioning, which not least raises theoretical questions about the relationship between pictorial art and architecture. Tesar's drawings are presented as a project that turns a vision of Modernism into reality within a manageable personal sphere. The vision conjures up, as modern creative work is condemned to becoming increasingly specialised, an alternative 'art as a life practice', but -- and this is the present level of perception -- one that can ultimately be realised only in individual art projects.

About the Author

Matthias Boeckl is professor of history and theory of architecture at the Universität für angewandte Kunst in Vienna. He has produced numerous exhibitions, essays and books about contemporary art and architecture, and since 1999 has been editor-in-chief of the magazine 'architektur aktuell'.