Friedrich Kiesler Bücher

Friedrich Kiesler, der Visionär Friedrich Kiesler - Lebenswelten stellt einen Visionär der Wiener Moderne vor. Der Künstler, Designer, Architekt, Bühnenbildner und Ausstellungsmacher Friedrich Kiesler (1890–1965) beeinflusste mit seinen avantgardistischen Beiträgen die europäische und amerikanische Architektur- und Kunstszene; bis heute ist sein Werk eine Inspirationsquelle. Der Katalog beleuchtet Kieslers ganzheitliches Werk und stellt seine Theorie des Correalismus zur Beziehung von Kunstwerk, Mensch und Umgebung ebenso zur Diskussion wie seine innovative Ausstellungspraxis. Beiträge von zeitgenössischen Künstlern und Künstlerinnen wie Leonor Antunes, Céline Condorelli, Verena Dengler, Lili Reynaud-Dewar, Apolonija Sustersic und Rirkrit Tiravanija öffnen den Blick auf Kieslers Bedeutung für die Gegenwart. Konkurrenzlose und umfassende Monografie über Kieslers Schaffen Beiträge internationaler Experten zweisprachige Ausgabe: Deutsch / Englisch Große Ausstellung im MAK, Wien vom 15.6.– 2.10.2016, und 2017 in Berlin (Martin-Gropius Bau)

One of the most creative artists of our century, Frederick Kiesler worked from the 1920s onwards as an architect, stage designer and environmental artist. His best-known works are still the Endless House project, the design of Peggy Guggenheim's Art of this Century Gallery in New York and the "Shrine of the Book," a sanctuary for the Dead Sea Scrolls in Jerusalem. Kiesler was also a prolific writer on design, architecture and creativity. His ideas of a total theater, of endless architecture and of sculpture inspired by organic forms have been a rich source of inspiration for subsequent generations of artists. Even 30 years after his death, his original, shrewd thinking lends his texts freshness, reflecting the temperament of a man who worked intensely and persistently on the project of a modern art that would not exhaust itself in rationalism and functualism. Although, during his lifetime, he was only well known among artists and architects, Kiesler can be numbered together with Duchamp among the most important innovators of art after 1900. His work is currently undergoing a critical resistance by architects and art historians, who will welcome this volume of writings. The selection combines writings from every branch of art and number of journal entries, as well as other unpublished texts and poems from his estate.

Frederick J. Kiesler was an architect, sculptor, painter, designer, and art historian. He was tireless in his pursuit of a radical new concept of interior his dream was a polydimensional living space, an organic continuum in which color, form, and light, combined with magical and mythical themes, would create a new cosmos. His so-called Endless House, imagined and designed in the 1950s, though never realized, stayed with him all his life, and has fascinated and influenced other architects for decades. Endless Space reconstructs Kiesler's ideals of living and his concept of modernity with extensive illustrations from Kiesler's archives and texts about his theories and career. An essential addition to the history of 20th-century architecture and design.

Frederick Kiesler's work presents a comprehensive exploration of human architecture, bridging various historical periods and highlighting its enduring significance. This first publication sheds light on Kiesler's unique perspective, offering insights that remain pertinent to contemporary architectural discourse. Through his artistic and architectural lens, the book uncovers lesser-known aspects of architectural history, making it a valuable resource for both enthusiasts and scholars alike.