What is the art world reading during the coronavirus lockdown. Hans ulrich obrist curated his first exhibit in his kitchen when he was twentythree years old. Hans ulrich obrist is codirector of the serpentine gallery in london. Were having a conversation here for, with tiziana casapietra on the ninth day, of the tenth month, of the fourteenth year, of the second decade, of the first century, of the third millennium, between london and milan, as alighiero boetti would have said. Ways of curating is a compendium of the insights obrist has gained from his years of extraordinary work in the art world. This saturday on february 16th at 7 am, hans ulrich obrist, artistic director of. His previous books include ai wei wei speaks, written with ai wei wei, and ways of curating, published by allen lane. Hansulrich obrist, serpentine galleries, london chapter 27. A highly provocative, mindbending, beautifully designed, and visionary look at the landscape of our rapidly evolving digital era. Hans ulrich obrist curatorial writing and museum catalogues. Oct 12, 2010 codirector of exhibitions and programmes at the serpentine gallery, a conversation with hans ulrich obrist has infinite possibilities.
Birnbaum and koo will also be in berlin a week later. To begin with the beginning, i wanted to ask you to tell us how it all started, if you had an epiphany or a revelation. Jul 08, 2016 hans ulrich obrist is the artistic director at the serpentine galleries in london, a firmly established venue at the pinnacle of contemporary art. Many visitors to koo jeongas exhibition backed off at the entrance, thinking the show was still being installed, a deduction prompted by a bottle of windowcleaning spray left in the middle of the gallery floor. In it, obrist has brought together two 20thcentury figures whose research has influenced architectural thinking in their own time and since. How did you come to philosophy or how did philosophy come to you. Jun 06, 2014 the swiss pavilion is headed by hans ulrich obrist, the omnivorous curator and codirector of exhibitions and programs at the serpentine galleries in london. Do it edited by hans ulrich obrist, published jointly with revolver, frankfurtmain. Guess what this centurys most valuable resource is. Hans ulrich obrist, the infinite conversations by hans. The panel discussion was moderated by hans ulrich obrist. Swiss curator hans ulrich obrist talks and travels incessantly, barely sleeps and never cooks. Laboratorium was a contemporary art exhibition held at the former provinciaal fotografie museum now fotomuseum antwerp in antwerp, belgium, from 27 june to 3 october 1999. In 1998, preparations started for the 1999 celebrations of the 400th anniversary of antoon van dycks birth.
Hans ulrich obrist, the curator who never sleeps the new yorker. His life is an exhibition that never stopshe barely sleeps and constantly travels while keeping a flat solely for his 10,000 book collection. In that way, this is an homage also to alighiero boetti. Koo jeong a photographed in holland park in london.
I remember that price is also the obsession of her longterm partner hans ulrich obrist of the serpentine gallery. On koo jeong as website it says that she lives and works. Curated by hans ulrich obrist, do it began in paris in 1993 as a conversation between the artists christian boltanski and bertrand lavier and obrist himself, who was experimenting with how exhibition formats could be rendered more flexible and openended. Hans ulrich obrist is a curator at the serpentine, a gallery in londons kensington gardens that was. Lives of the artists, lives of the architects is published by allen lane. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Obrist is the author of the interview project, an extensive ongoing project of interviews. Age of you programmes 2019 museum of contemporary art. But we want to get back to basics and find out which art books people are devouring during the coronavirus lockdown.
Mar 26, 2015 discover book depositorys huge selection of hans ulrich obrist books online. Edited by hans ulrich obrist and guy tortosa, epilogue by jonas mekas. Hans ulrich obrist and stephanie moisdon, lyon biennalthe 00sthe history of a decade that has not yet been named. Yao chien, naomi cooperman, elisa del prete, carlo falciani, abel ferrara, davide ferri, antony gormley, koo jeong a, benji liebmann, kim machan, ilaria mariotti, florian matzner, diva moriani, sean otoole, ludovico pratesi, pier luigi tazzi and zhou tong. Since 2006 he has been codirector of the serpentine gallery, london. Hans ulrich obrist forthcoming, in stock, and outofprint title information on museum exhibition catalogs, art monographs, and international books from the artbook d. Nov 29, 2016 cities on the move contemporary asian art on the turn of the 21st century, curated by hou hanru and hans ulrich obrist ran from november 26, 1997 to january 18, 1998 at the wiener secession in vienna. Follow hans ulrich obrists instagram account to see all 4,191 of their photos and videos. The discussion led to the question of whether a show could take scores or written. Hans ulrich obrist is the artistic director at the serpentine galleries in london, a firmly established venue at the pinnacle of contemporary art. Hans ulrich obrists most popular book is ways of curating. Phillipe parreno, carsten holler and hans ulrich obrist who is both her. Architect rem koolhaas and curator hans ulrich obrist compile a history of metabolism. Jun 19, 20 with his newest book, internationally renowned curator hans ulrich obrist brings together 20 years of his do it project.
We have asked art professionals worldwide to give their book recommendations, from exhibition catalogues and monographs, to historical books and artthemed novels. He is artistic director at the serpentine galleries, london. I was inspired by hwang soon wons short novel sonagi and the films. Swiss curator hans ulrich obrist talks and travels incessantly, barely sleeps and. The book is long out of print but recently heni published a new artist book of koo jeong a called nomos alpha that features. Aug 28, 2016 what inspires hans ulrich obrist and seven other cultural tastemakers. Conversation with hans ulrich obrist and daniel birbaum. Hans ulrich obrist born 1968 is a swiss art curator, critic and historian of art.
Drawing on his own experiences and inspirations from staging his first exhibition in his tiny zurich kitchen in 1986 to encounters and conversations with artists, exhibition makers and thinkers alive and dead hans ulrich obrist s ways of curating looks to inspire all those engaged in the creation of culture. Hansulrich obrist, artistic director, serpentine galleries, london. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. Age of you has been commissioned and produced by moca toronto. Even if you are not that interested in contemporary art, it is likely you have heard of hans ulrich obrist. Hans ulrich obrist, joseph backstein, daniel birnbaum, iara boubnova, nicolas bourriaud, fulya erdemci, gunnar b. Hans ulrich obrist curating hans ulrich obrist, serpentine gallerys swiss codirector of exhibitions and programmes, likes to tell the story of how, when he confided to his parents that he was considering a career in curation, they assumed he was going into an obscure branch of medicine. Klaus biesenbach and hans ulrich obrist are hosting a free. Books by hans ulrich obrist author of ways of curating. Obrist is the worlds most recognizable curator, but thats not the point. Mother tongue 2017 at the whitney museum, new york, and there is no east or west 2015 at the ljubljana graphic art biennial. Since his first show world soup the kitchen show in 1991, he has curated more than 300 shows. Hans ulrich obrist is a curator at the serpentine, a gallery in londons kensington gardens that was once a teahouse and is now firmly established as a center for contemporary art.
Published by dumont, antwerpen open and roomade, germany. Christian boltanski christian boltanski 1944, paris, france is a multidisciplinary artist known mainly for his installations, although he has also produced. The swiss polymath, who has been the director of the serpentine gallery in london since 2005, has helped to define the modern idea of what a curator is. A collection of pen drawings rendered in 2d and 3d, jeong as ephemeral works highlight seemingly unimportant everyday items, which often border on the invisible.
The book live recorded delay constitutes the only documentation of this legendary project. This book has been realized on the occasion of the 48 esposizione internazionale darte the venice biennial of visual arts to be free handed out during the press days 912 june 1999. Other partner in contemporary art is hans ulrich obrists girlfriend, koo jeong a, the south korean minimal installation artist who made a splash at frieze london 2014 with her arrangement of magnets at the pilar corrias stand. Do it, edited by hans ulrich obrist, published jointly with revolver, frankfurtmain.
The douglas hyde gallery, dublin the hugo boss prize 2002, the solomon r guggenheim museum publications, 2002, new york secession, 3355, koo jeong a. This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition laboratorium, organised by antwerpen open and roomade, in collaboration with the provincial museum of photography, antwerp, 27 june 3 october 1999. What is the art world reading during the coronavirus. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Koo jeong a, who share a small kensington flat, don.
Hans ulrich obrist and the curating game culture whisper. Mm michael amzalag, mathias augustyniak the mit press. This weekend, join daniel birnbaum, svenolov wallenstein, hansulrich obrist, and koo jeong a in conversation at frieze london for the launch of birnbaum and wallensteins new sternberg press book spacing philosophy. Obrist was concerned with how exhibition formats could be rendered more flexible and openended. One day, biesenbach told me, a korean artist named koo jeonga arrived. Coorganized by hans ulrich obrist and philippe parreno as a group exhibition that would occupy time rather than space, il tempo del postino usurped the durational dimension of theater by presenting timebased art on the stage of the manchester opera house july 1214, 2007. Do it, edited by hans ulrich obrist announcements eflux. Brutally early was started by hans ulrich obrist, koo jeonga, and. Texts on hans ulrich obrist sternberg, 2019 the third book of a series of books of work by and about obrist, an exhibition always hides another exhibition constructs a visual and verbal portrait of obrist as both a curator and cultural interlocutor. Curator and art critic, hans ulrich obrist born 1968 in zurich joined the serpentine gallery london as codirector of international exhibitions and programs and director of international projects in 2006. On koo jeong a s website it says that she lives and works everywhere, so it is not that surprising that she asks to be photographed in holland park in london. Hans ulrich obrist, the curator who never sleeps the new. Daniel birnbaum, acute ar koo jeonga, artist moderated by hans ulrich obrist, serpentine galleries.
Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. He is widely considered one of the most influential contemporary curators in the world. Since then he has staged more than 250 shows internationally, many of them among the most influential exhibits of our age. Pure, natural and filled with love say aloha to the next big thing in sun, skin. The exhibition traveled to the capc in bordeaux and then to new yorks p. Apr 27, 2015 a highly provocative, mindbending, beautifully designed, and visionary look at the landscape of our rapidly evolving digital era. Dec 05, 2014 acclaimed curator and interviewer hans ulrich obrist has the camera turned on him, as he sits down at the miami beach edition hotel to speak with carrie scott. This is a bibliography for hansulrich obrist born 1968, a swiss art curator, critic and historian of art. A guide to the extreme present coupland, douglas, obrist, hans ulrich, basar, shumon on. See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. Hans ulrich obrist has 261 books on goodreads with 18194 ratings. Curated by hans ulrich obrist, do it began in paris in 1993 as a conversation between obrist and the artists christian boltanski and bertrand lavier. Hans ulrich obrist art monographs and museum exhibition.
Mar 08, 2015 swiss curator hans ulrich obrist talks and travels incessantly, barely sleeps and never cooks. What inspires hans ulrich obrist and seven other cultural. Exploring the poetics of everyday life in humorous ways, koo jeong as first augmented reality project features works from the artists book nomos alpha 2018 and her instagram account. Rem koolhaas once said that the omnipresent swissborn curator and irrepressible interrogator left his native country because he talked too fast for the swiss. From this encounter arose the idea of an exhibition of doityourself descriptions or procedural instructions for art. By hans ulrich obrist, rosa martinez, viktor misiano, katalin neray, andrew. The book the infinite conversations gathers together all these conversations, inviting to transcend the borders between art disciplines. What inspires hans ulrich obrist and seven other cultural tastemakers. He and his artist partner, koo jeonga, who share a small. Daniel birnbaum, hans ulrich obrist, koo jeong a youtube. On 27 february ivorypress hosted the panel discussion artists and books, with the participation of christian boltanski, cristina iglesias, koo jeong a and jorge mendezblake. On koo jeong as website it says that she lives and works everywhere. The swissborn curator and writer is a passionate observer of everything that moves in and around the art world. With do it in hand, you will be able to make a work of someone elses art yourself.
With some 140 photographs of the rehearsals, eleven drawn portraits of the participating artists as well as contributions by nancy spector, hans ulrich obrist, and philippe parreno, the book traces the making of the show and renders a distinctive portrait of a heterogenous but loosely affiliated group. The age of earthquakes by douglas coupland, hans ulrich. Koo jeong a is a southkorean born and parisbased mixedmedia and installation artist her work has included still and moving images, sound and scent, found objects, the natural environment, and sitespecific installation. Read download hans ulrich obrist a brief history of. A guide to the extreme present by douglas coupland, hans ulrich obrist and shumon basar is published by penguin. Brutally early involves inviting a group of artists to share a book that they. Codirector of exhibitions and programmes at the serpentine gallery, a conversation with hans ulrich obrist has infinite possibilities.
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