Essays from a Lifetime in the Arts

Arts & Photography

Linde, Ulf

History & Criticism

Walther Konig Verlag

A cultural, aesthetic and biological history of wool, from ancient extraction methods to contemporary textile design 
In this volume, the Milan-based multidisciplinary design studio Formafantasma investigates the history, ecology and global dynamics of the extraction and production of wool. A wide range of artworks, agricultural and cultural objects, photographs, videos and other materials demonstrate how wool is more than simply a raw material for the design and textile industries. The book accompanies an exhibition of the same name, Oltre Terra, which reimagines the display mode of the diorama. Rather than representing a static scene from nature, here it becomes an installation containing six life-size reproductions of different sheep breeds, a carpet made from discarded wool fibers, as well as documents, films, by-products of manufacturing processes and various types of organic matter. All these elements are presented side by side to counteract persisting categorizations that separate human from animal and product from biological matter.

Formafantasma: Oltre Terra; The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design / Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz Koenig Koln/Cologne

Trimarchi, Andrea

Decorative Arts & Design

The series is dedicated to contemporary artists who, in addition to their visual oeuvre, have produced texts that take an independent approach to the concerns of their times and presents, above all, approaches that have proved influential and continue to inform current debates. VALIE EXPORT is regarded as one of the most important international pioneers of conceptual media art, performance, and experimental film. In the late 1960s, her often provocative installations, films, and actions caused an uproar. From the outset, VALIE EXPORT has written not only detailed concepts for her projects but also theoretical essays, poems, notes, and lectures. A large number of her published texts have been made accessible here in one book, along with a selection of printed interviews and unpublished notes and lectures created between 1967 and 2020.

Valie Export: In Her Own Words

Individual Artists

A survey of Chillida's creative process with special attention paid to his works on paper 
This publication examines the oeuvre of Basque sculptor Eduardo Chillida (1924-2002) on the basis of 89 works shown in the Kunsthalle Krems. Chillida's works on paper, including his hanging pieces known as "gravitations," offer a delicate contrast to his better-known monumental steel works.

Eduardo Chillida: Gravitation

Baranano, Kosme De

CHILLIDA, IGNACIO

Chillida, Mikel

Slavs & Tatars: Azbuka Strikes Back: An Anti-Colonial ABCs

Toba Khedoori

Godfrey, Mark

Lovatt, Anna

Radical! Women Artists and Modernisms: 1910-1950

Karel Martens: 2024 Notebook

Yair Oelbaum: Asleep in Dirt

Pablo Bronstein: Cuisine

BRONSTEIN PABLO

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