Roland Wäspe Bücher

Geta Bratescu (b. Ploie?ti, 1926; d. Bucharest, 2018) is now widely regarded as one of Eastern Europe’s most important avant-gardists. In the Western art world, however, she was largely obscure until her participation in documenta 14 in 2017 and the Biennale di Venezia of the same year. Questions of abstraction, the political potential of the image, and the subjective experience of self, memory, and history inform her stylistically diverse oeuvre in a wide range of media, which evolved under the repressive conditions of the Ceausescu regime yet kept pace with the discourses of the Western avant-gardes. This richly illustrated volume focuses on her collages and drawings as well as her works on film and video from the late 1970s until her death. With contributions by Geta Bratescu, Pernille Fonnesbech, Ion Grigorescu, Marian Ivan, Albert Kriemler, Stefan Sava, Roland Wäspe, and Lorenz Wiederkehr.

Giovanni Segantini (1858–99) was an Italian-born Swiss painter known for his landscape works created in the Swiss Alps. A pioneer of divisionist technique, he is celebrated as a key figure in symbolism and has recently gained recognition as an early proponent of European modernism, bridging nineteenth-century aesthetics with twentieth-century experimentation. This long-awaited retrospective features sixty paintings from Segantini’s extensive career, showcasing light-filled and color-saturated scenes of villages, farmers, shepherds, and pastoral landscapes. Each artwork is detailed with insights into its creation. An introductory essay explores Segantini’s life, his reception over the past century, and his influence on later artists and movements, including the futurists and Joseph Beuys. Additional essays present the latest research on Segantini’s biography, his portrayals of nature, the interplay between nature and humanity, his expert manipulation of shadow and light, and the divisionist iconography in his later works. Compiled by Beat Stutzer, this German language book offers the most comprehensive overview of Segantini to date, featuring paintings that have not been publicly available for years, making it a valuable resource for art historians, collectors, curators, and enthusiasts of this artistic period.

Caro Niederer (*1963 in Zürich) gehört zu den spannendsten zeitgenössischen Malerinnen. Bekannt wurde sie durch kleinformatige und stark farbige, figurative Ölbilder, die sie auf der Grundlage von Postkarten entwickelte. Seit 1994 hält die Künstlerin zudem fotografisch die Wohn- und Gebrauchssituation fest, in die ihre Werke nach dem Verkauf gehängt werden. In China ließ sie nach ihren Vorlagen seidene Wandteppiche knüpfen, so etwa eine Umsetzung von Ingres' Baigneuse de Valpinçon von 1808, und löst damit beim Betrachter des Großfotos des Interieurs, in dem der Gobelin des Rückenakts heute hängt, wahre Bedeutungskaskaden aus. Mit der Hinwendung zu großformatigen Gemälden ab 1997 verbindet Caro Niederer den weitgehenden Verzicht auf Farbigkeit; es entstehen Ölgemälde in dichten Sepiatönen. Der vorliegende Band zeigt erstmals eine Auswahl von Fotografien, auf deren Grundlage die Künstlerin ihre Ölgemälde entwickelt. Die Aufnahmen zeigen idyllisch anmutende Urlaubsszenerien, die von Strandbildern über Gebirgsszenen bis hin zu exotischen Pagodenmotiven reichen. Ausstellungen: Kunstverein St. Gallen Kunstmuseum 10.12.2004-13.2.2005 · Ikon Gallery, Birmingham 9.4.-5.6.2005 · Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld 2006

Working at the interface between sculpture and painting Jessica Stockholder has, over recent years, developed a body of work of international significance. According to essayist Roland Wäspe, "A little Alice in Wonderland is the way you feel in one of Jessica Stockholder's environments." The artist uses cloth, metal grates, pastel flooring, and bright Lego blocks that colorfully translate a room into a bewitching three-dimensional painting one can walk into. This beautifully assembled catalogue documents Stockholder's works created at St. Gallen Art Museum. Extensive texts illuminate the origins of the work, and an extended interview with the artist gives insights into her thinking and achievements. Essays by Konrad Bitterli, Gerhard Mack and Roland Wäspe. Hardcover, 8.5 x 1.75 in./56 pgs / 20 color.