Thomas Hirschhorn / Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Alison M. Gingeras, Carlos Basualdo.
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- 9780714842738:
- 0714842737
- 709.2
- H57 2004
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709.2 Andy Warhol / | 709.2 Andy Warhol / | 709.2 Eva Hesse / | 709.2 Thomas Hirschhorn / | 709.2 Rachael Thomas interviews Michael Craig-Martin. | 709.2 Object to be destroyed : the work of Gordon Matta-Clark / | 709.2 Boundaries / |
Thomas Hirschhorn is a Swiss-born artist who emerged in the 1990s art world, and known for his giant, labour-intensive, room-sized collages of low grade materials. Tinfoil, cardboard, plywood, plastic and masking tape bring together an infinite variety of debris, including handwritten texts and images culled form popular magazines; miniature toy airplanes and trains; knick-knacks by the hundreds; armies of plastic 'gold' watches; effigies of Nietzsche and Princess Diana; household fans blowing red flags which flutter violently; monitors duct-taped into vitrines, ad infinitum. Borrowing from the languages of installation art, junk art, Pop and others, Hirschhorn's work comments on the proliferation of consumables ('very derived products', the artist calls them) in our shopping-driven society. Despite its overt politics, installations like Bataille Monument (Documenta 11, 2002) - his temporary structure situated in a predominantly immigrant Kassel neighbourhood - maintain a light, contemporary wunderkammer feel to be enjoyed by aficionados and non-initiates alike.
CW027
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Interview - Alison M. Gingeras, who has worked with Hirschhorn since 2000, discusses with the artist his beginnings as a graphic artist, and his recent dealings with the contemporary art system.; Survey - Noted professor and art thinker Benjamin H.D. Buchloh surveys the artist's work from its earliest, anonymous beginnings in the streets of Paris to his recent, virtuoso installations as part of a long tradition of politically-motivated anti-monuments.; Focus - Argentinian critic, curator and poet Carlos Basualdo offers a full analysis, as well as little-known background on the Documenta 11 work, Bataille Monument, which he co-curated.; Artist's Choice - 'Emergency Library' is a photographic series of book covers attesting to Hirschhorn's love, both aesthetic and intellectual, for the familiar, well-thumbed copies of his beloved books.; Artist's Writings - Hirschhorn's emphatic, highly opinionated texts include letters, essays and notes on his projects as well as critical comments on the nature of 'political correctness'.; Chronology and Bibliography.
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