Bice Curiger Bücher

Die Sinnlichkeit der Welt Georgia O’Keeffe (1887–1986) war eine der Gründerfiguren der amerikanischen Moderne. Als zukunftsweisende Künstlerin erlebte sie ihren Aufstieg Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts inmitten der New Yorker Avant-Garde-Szene um Alfred Stieglitz. Dieses Buch bewertet auf brillante und neue Weise O’Keeffes Platz in der Kunstgeschichte. Die Essays sind von einer neuen Generation von Kunsthistorikern geschrieben, die Themen behandeln wie O’Keeffes Rolle innerhalb der frühen modernen Avant-Garde; ihre Vorreiterposition als abstrakt modernistische Malerin für die US-Farbfeldmalerei sowie ihre Schlüsselfunktion im Kontext der Minimal Art; die Konstruktion von Identität und Künstlerpersönlichkeit; der Einfluss der Kulturen und Landschaften der Orte, an denen sie arbeitete; und die Beziehung zwischen Malerei und Fotografie, sowohl innerhalb O’Keeffes Arbeit selbst als auch zwischen ihr und ihrem weiteren Freundes- und Künstlerkollegenkreis, von Alfred Stieglitz über Paul Strand und Ansel Adams. Großzügig bebildert mit vielen selten reproduzierten Kunstwerken und einer bebilderten Chronologie, ist dies das umfassendste Buch über eine der wichtigsten Künstlerinnen der Moderne. Ausstattung: Schön ausgestatteter Leineneinband mit eingeklebtem Bild

Nicole Eisenman, born 1965 in France, lives in New York, her work is captivating because of its fascination with the human condition, questions about interpersonal interaction and the precise observation of processes of alienation in civilisation. In her drawings, paintings and sculptures, the artist combines elements from pop cultural contexts (political satire, comics) with traditional art historical references to form a new unity. "Köpfe, Küsse, Kämpfe" (Heads, Kisses, Struggles) brings together works from all of Eisenman's creative periods. Against the backdrop of her artistic practice, in which various stylistic and compositional elements of historical painting become visible alongside pop-cultural influences, the show and the book are combine this with works of classical modernism from the collections of the cooperating museums. Through these selectively introduced historical works, the exhibition and the book, together with Eisenman's oeuvre, opens up a resonance space spanning a century in which social upheavals are presented in their urgency, but also with hope and confidence.

To celebrate the fortieth issue of Parkett , the editors present a special thematic issue. When beauty reemerges from Postmodernism, what does it look like? And how, when contemporary life demands so many different things from contemporary art, do we strike a balance between history and presence, politics and humor? Taking the children's game of Snakes and Ladders as a guiding metaphor, this gala issue offers six Holland Cotter on Francesco Clemente; Boris Groys on Peter Fischli and David Weiss; David Rimanelli and Max Weechsler on Gunther Förg; Gordon Burn on Damien Hirst; Joan Simon on Jenny Holzer; and Gilbert Lascault on Rebecca Horn. Also in this Dave Hickey on magic, Vik Muniz on apparitions, Jeff Perrone on boards and borders, Roger Denson on nomadic critical theory, and much more.

Parkett 85 celebrates the revered nonagenarian Austrian painter Maria Lassnig with new writing by Manuela Ammer, Robert Storr and Ludmila Vachtova; the Brazilian painter of carnival-inspired tropical plants and patterns, Beatriz Milhazes, with texts by Tanya Barson, Arto Lindsay and Barry Schwabsky; the strangely compelling French photographer of birds and bird habitats, Jean-Luc Mylayne, with writing by Josef Helfenstein and Fionn Meade; and the rising New York painter, Josh Smith, with texts by Christophe Cherix, Anne Pontegnie and Ira Wool. Also in this Gabriel Kuri and Damian Ortega in conversation; Mark Godfrey on Sharon Lockhart; texts by Mark Von Schlegell, Andrew Weiner, Rainer Michael Mason and Rachel Price. Insert is by Matthias Uhr and spine is by Josh Smith.

Since 1984, Parkett has been an important source of literature on international contemporary art. Each biannual issue is a collaboration with four artists, in which their work is explored in fully illustrated essays by leading writers and critics. In addition, each artist creates an exclusive limited edition, available to Parkett readers. The long list of artists who have collaborated with Parkett includes John Baldessari, Sophie Calle, Fischli/Weiss, Isa Genzken, Mike Kelley, Cady Noland, Meret Oppenheim, Gerhard Richter, Cindy Sherman, Rosemarie Trockel, Andy Warhol, and many more.