Six Feet Under: Autopsie unseres Umgangs mit Toten / Autopsy of Our Relationship to the Dead (German/English)

Elisabeth Bronfen, Bernhard Fibicher, Helga Lutz, Thomas Macho, Regula Tschumi

ISBN 10: 3866780192 / ISBN 13: 9783866780194

Published by Kerber, 2007

About this Item

BE: 27 x 21 cm, 224 Seiten, 150 farbige und 34 s/w Abbildungen - Six Feet Under vereint Werke aus verschiedenen Jahrhunderten. Das Hauptgewicht liegt indes auf zeitgenössischer Kunst aus verschiedenen Kontinenten und Zivilisationen Europa, Amerika, Mexiko, China, Japan, Indonesien, Ghana. Wichtige Themenkreise in der Ausstellung betreffen Kinderbegräbnisse (von Albert Anker bis Teresa Margolles), Totenköpfe (von Stefan Balkenhol bis Com&Com), Kadaver (von Félix Vallotton bis Andres Serrano), der Tod des Künstlers (von Ferdinand von Rayski bis Gianni Motti), Särge (von Ferdinand Hodler bis Joe Scanlan), Todesrituale (von Max Buri bis Jean-Frédéric Schnyder), geliebte/verehrte Tote (von Cuno Amiet bis AA Bronson), Tod und Lifestyle (von Martin Kippenberger bis John Armleder).

Seller Inventory # ABE-1747485089632

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Six Feet Under: Autopsie unseres Umgangs mit Toten / Autopsy of Our Relationship to the Dead (German/English)
• Publisher: Kerber
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3866780192
• ISBN 13: 9783866780194
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1. Auflage
• Condition: Sehr gut
• Seller catalogs:
  • Skulptur
  • Kunstinstallation
  • Malerei

About this title

Synopsis

Six Feet Under collects an international array of contemporary and historical artworks, some dating back to the sixteenth century, that take on the topic of death and decay. In art, death is a universal subject. In contemporary art, two extremes can be determined: art either reclaims the rituals of death--which have strayed from organized religion to professional service providers and the media--and then re-presents or reconstructs them; or, it repositions the unwelcome corpse back into our field of vision, reminding us in a direct way that our physical existence continues after death. Gathering work across continents and centuries, but focusing mainly on contemporary art, this volume focuses on key themes like the burial of children (from Albert Anker to Teresa Margolles); cadavers (from Félix Vallotton to Andres Serrano); the death of the artist (from Ferdinand to Gianni Motti); and coffins (from Ferdinand Hodler to Joe Scanlan).

Synopsis

Artists include: Bas Jan Ader, David Altmejd, Cuno Amiet, Albert Anker, John Armleder, Keith Arnatt, Ataa Oko Addo, Andisheh Avini, John Baldessari, Stefan Balkenhol, Miquel Barcelo, Berclaz de Sierre, Olaf Breuning, AA Bronson, Arnold Brugger, Max-Alfred Burri, Balthasar Burkhard, Com & Com, George Condo, William Nelson Copley, Benjamin Cottam, Hans Danuser, Franz Dodel, Marlene Dumas, Carl Durheim, James Ensor, Sue Fox, Katharina Fritsch, Christiana Glidden, Felix Gonzales-Torres, Neil Hamon, Ferdinand Hodler, Peter Hujar, Zuzanna Janin, Izima Kaoru, Martin Kippenberger, Paul Klee, Denis Laget, Ergy Landau, Robert Lazzarini, Sol Lewitt, Andrew Lord, Jorge Macchi, Edouard Manet, Raoul Marek, Teresa Margolles, Fabian Marti, Ana Mendieta, Claude Monet, Jonathan Monk, Giani Motti, Claes Oldenburg, Gabriel Orozco, Paa Joe, Adrian Paci, Peng Yu, and Raymond Pettibon.

It also includes: Srinivasa Prasad, Marc Quinn, Arnulf Rainer, Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook, Ferdinand von Rayski, Gerhard Richter, Aida Ruilova, Joe Scanlan, Jean-Frederic Schnyder, Ene-Liis Semper, Andres Serrano, David Shrigley, Daniel Spoerri, Karl Stauffer-Bern, Rudolf Steiner, Sun Yuan, Paul Thek, Rosemarie Trockel, Kon Trubkovich, Gavin Turk, Francis Upritchard, Edouard Vallet, Felix Vallotton, Jan Vercruysse, Andy Warhol, Joel-Peter Witkin, and Remy Zaugg. This work includes essays by Thomas Macho, Helga Lutz, Elisabeth Bronfen, Bernhard Fibicher, Regula Tschumi, Matthias Frehner, Susanne Friedli, and Hans Christoph von Tavel. Taking its name from the American TV series, this exhibition catalogue looks at the relationship between art and death. Death is a universal and ancient theme in art. The history of the image is known to be closely tied to the idea of recording the features of those who have died while, on the other hand, our perception ends at death. While violence and death are everywhere in the media, they are also avoided directly in society.

The corpse has been firmly banished from our view and replaced with a system of rituals and symbols that mediate the finiteness of human existence. This publication accompanies the exhibition Six Feet Under at Kunst museum Bern. English and German text.