The Mexican artist Stefan Brüggemann (*1975) is interested in „words that become pictures“ and „pictures that become words.“ In this way he questions the idea of transferring or mirroring information. Language becomes a way of remembering, of reflecting and refracting events. His laconic picture-signs act as memorials to „language that must be reactivated.“ They create imaginary spaces or experiences for the audience, invoked by words. These spaces are produced through the individual act of looking, and each look is always new, notwithstanding the familiarity of the statement. * * Independently from many other materials and mediums Brüggemann uses, one of his principal strategies is to inject a Pop sensibility into conceptual strategies in a simple but refreshing way. * * Published with the Kunsthalle Bern and the FRAC Bourgogne, Dijon. * * French edition (978-3-905829-65-5) only available by les presses du réel. Limited stock.
Nicolas de Oliveira Bücher




Hans op de Beeck on vanishing
- 368 Seiten
- 13 Lesestunden
This 368-page artist's book presents a collaboration between the young Brussels-based artist Hans Op de Beeck and authors Nicolas de Oliveira and Nicola Oxley. It collects artworks from the last 10 years alongside texts that generate from questions posed by literary figures like Jorge Luis Borges, Italo Calvino, Georges Perec and Alain Robbe-Grillet.
„A Book of Burning Matches: Collecting Installation Art Documents“ untersucht die Bedeutung der Dokumentation in der Installationskunst und präsentiert eine Sammlung umfassender Dokumente, welche die in London ansässigen KuratorInnen Nicolas de Oliveira und Nicola Oxley über drei Jahrzehnte zusammengetragen haben. Die Publikation kontextualisiert kuratorische und archivarische Praktiken, die in der Installationskunst entstehen.
Installation Art
- 208 Seiten
- 8 Lesestunden
Exploring the traditions, achievements and ambitions of the installation artist, this survey documents and illustrates a global range of installations: site works from Christo, James Turrell and Hans Haacke; media pieces by Wolf Vostell, Joseph Kosuth and others; the museum works of Barbara Bloom and Mike Kelley; and architectural works by Rachel Whiteread, Mario Merz and Vong Phaophanit.