Richard wentworth named the kitchen show world soup, while fischli and weiss took the exhibition photographs. Consisting of stephen shores complete instagram feed on the verso page left up to the date of printing. Hans ulrich obrist is one of the most influential figures in the art world today. Books by hans ulrich obrist author of ways of curating. Hansulrich obrist tops list of art worlds most powerful.
For instance, artists shared in all tasks relating to my exhibitions, not just their individual pieces. Gallen, hans ulrichobrist has become the first curator to top the art world power list. Ways of curating by hansulrich obrist 9780241950968. A conversation with artists, architects, designers always somehow marks the beginning of my shows, and in this case it was a combination with the two french artists, christian boltanksi and bertrand lavier, whom i had met when i was a teenager, right at the beginning of my work. Hans ulrich obrists most popular book is ways of curating. They discuss the key concepts behind mif15 exhibition performance capture whilst wearing facial capture. Hans ulrich obrist, the curator who never sleeps the new yorker. Jul 08, 2016 hans ulrich obrist is the artistic director at the serpentine galleries in london, a firmly established venue at the pinnacle of contemporary art. May 07, 2015 lives of the artists, lives of the architects ebook written by hans ulrich obrist.
Apr 07, 2006 this first collection of essays from renowned curator and critic hans ulrich obrist is essential in any contemporary thinkers library. Ed atkins in conversation with hans ulrich obrist performance capture. At the core of a platform that includes an exhibition space and an independent publishing house, kaleidoscope is an international quarterly of contemporary art and culture founded in 2009 in milan. Heres proof that you dont have to be a neat freak to be wildly successful.
Aug 17, 2009 hans ulrich obrist at last art basel, i had the chance to see il tempo del postino at theatre basel. Atkins will be in conversation with brian dillon, uk editor of cabinet and teacher of critical writing at the royal college of art, london. Hans ulrich obrists 10 things to know about right now vogue. Readings high concept, by hans ulrich obrist harpers. Drawing on his own experiences and inspirations from staging his first exhibition in his tiny zurich kitchen in 1986 to encounters and conversations with artists, exhibition makers and thinkers alive and dead hans ulrich obrist s ways of curating looks to inspire all those engaged in the creation of culture. From ways of curating, by hans ulrich obrist, out this month from faber and faber. Curated by hans ulrich obrist, do it began in paris in 1993 as a conversation between the artists christian boltanski and bertrand lavier and obrist himself, who was experimenting with how exhibition formats could be rendered more flexible and openended. To emphasize the relationship between the instagramer and the community we asked curator, as well as prolific instagramer hans ulrich obrist to select images from each verso left page for emphasis on the recto right page in some cases choosing one image and at times choing 2,3,4 or the full page.
Buy ways of curating by hansulrich obrist, paperback format, from the dymocks online bookstore. But there are many who know just his name or just his. Dunham, carrie brownstein, and hans ulrich obrist, as well as july herself. When serpentine galleries artistic director hans ulrich obrist asked katharina grosse to name an artist who had influenced her.
Kinfolks contributing editor hans ulrich obrist has turned curatorial work into a work of art in itself. Dec 18, 2014 many features of the kitchen show mark my work as a curator to this day. Hansulrich obrist director serpentine gallery linkedin. The best books on contemporary art five books expert. The booklet not only explores shores utilisation of instagram as a photograph. This is john berger in conversation with hans ulrich obrist by serpentine galleries on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Britishborn and berlinbased artist ed atkins will be at the shop to present his new publication a primer for cadavers, published by fitzcarraldo editions. Jan 01, 2014 hans ulrich obrist curated his first exhibit in his kitchen when he was twentythree years old.
The independent called this unique show the worlds first visual arts opera after its first and only presentation at the manchester international festival in 2007, for which a group of the worlds leading visual artists created a major. Hans ulrich obrist has 258 books on goodreads with 18019 ratings. Mar 08, 2015 hans ulrich obrist, codirector of the serpentine gallery, photographed by suki dhanda for the observer at the serpentine. Hans ulrich obrist posers by georges seurat youtube. Hans ulrich obrist was born in 1968 in zurich, switzerland. Since then he has staged more than 250 shows internationally, many of them among the most influential exhibits of our age. Jun, 2014 hear about the extraordinary research of martin rees, astronomer royal, in conversation with curator and art critic hans ulrich obrist. I knew i wanted to work with artists and be useful to them.
As well being the spearhead behind one of londons most innovative cultural programs as the codirector of the serpentine gallery, the swiss curator extraordinaire is notorious for his wayfaring breakfast salon, the. Obrist is the author of the interview project, an extensive ongoing project of interviews. Hans ulrich obrist i wanted to ask you about how it all started. Design inside the creative mind of hans ulrich obrist and its a mess in there. Architect rem koolhaas and curator hans ulrich obrist compile a history of metabolism. Mar 26, 2015 discover book depositorys huge selection of hans ulrich obrist books online. In result, half the world is starting to live in the future now. Prestel spring catalogue 2020 by prestel publishing issuu. I n 1986, during a school trip to rome, i decided to go my own way and visit alighiero boetti. Since his first show world soup the kitchen show in 1991, he has curated more than 300 shows. One of the boldest names in contemporary art, swiss born curator and polyglot intellectual hans ulrich obrist is something of a living legend.
Hansulrich obrist, the artistic director of londons serpentine. Hans ulrich obrist is an art curator, critic and historian. Marina abramovic hans ulrich obrist is a passionate communicator. Alongside his collected interviews rleased a few years back, it is the cornerstone of one of todays most original thinkers on contemporary art. Ed atkins in conversation with hans ulrich obrist performance capture mif15 duration. Hear about the extraordinary research of martin rees, astronomer royal, in conversation with curator and art critic hans ulrich obrist. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover hansulrichs connections and jobs at similar companies. Archival practices and sites in the contemporary art field. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read lives of the artists, lives of the architects. He is artistic director at the serpentine galleries, london. A seer reader by mike sperlinger, julia peytonjones, hans ulrich obrist, ed atkins isbn. Obrist is the codirector of exhibitions and programs and of international projects at the serpentine galleries in london.
The newest, and also youngest, artist on the list was the british digital and video artist ed atkins, at no 50. Instagram is the third project in morels exercise in publishing a book with restrictive time constraints, spontaneity and randomness. Artist talk with the artist wilhelm sasnal and hans ulrich obrist at fondation beyeler. Interviews with milan grygar, jiri kovanda, karel malich, and many others, map the historical events as well as unknown stories of the actors of the czech second avantgarde. Hans ulrich obrist kinfolk s contributing editor hans ulrich obrist has turned curatorial work into a work of art in itself. Beyond his role as artistic director of the serpentine galleries, obrist is a powerful figure on the exhibition circuit and has racked up thousands of hours worth of interviews with artists along the way. Contributions by etel adnan, sophia almaria, bruce altshuler, ho rui an, ed atkins, daniel birnbaum, stefano boeri, wong hoy cheong, raqs media. Ways of curating by hansulrich obrist penguin books. He is the codirector of exhibitions and programmes and director of international projects at the serpentine gallery, london. Aug 15, 2017 artist talk with the artist wilhelm sasnal and hans ulrich obrist at fondation beyeler. Lives of the artists, lives of the architects by hans ulrich. Explore books by hansulrich obrist with our selection at. Apr 05, 2018 laurie anderson will be in conversation with hans ulrich obrist, artistic director, serpentine galleries, to discuss her latest book, her relationship to language in live performances, stories, dreams and songs, misunderstandings and new meanings.
Everything i do is somehow connected to velocity rachel cooke swiss curator hans ulrich obrist talks and travels incessantly, barely sleeps and never cooks. Hans ulrich obrist is artistic director of the serpentine galleries, london. View hansulrich obrists profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. Julian schnabel in conversation with hans ulrich obrist, dairy art centre, london duration. They discuss the key concepts behind mif15 exhibition. Launching his career with a diy kitchen show at 23, obrist has since gone on to work with some of the largest galleries and exhibit spaces in the world. These books somehow brought me to art, he has said. Recent ouija britse kunstenaar ed atkins 1982, oxford. Hans ulrich obrist collaborators independent curators. Hansulrich obrist tops list of art worlds most powerful art and. Hans ulrich obrist is a curator at the serpentine, a gallery in londons kensington gardens that was once a teahouse and is now firmly established as a center for contemporary art. An exhibition always hides another exhibition texts on hans ulrich.
Feb 01, 2016 there are few in the art world that see more, write more, or speak to more artists than serpentine galleries codirector hans ulrich obrist. And, having literally written the book on curating, there are few better positioned to see what shape art will take in the future. Praise for hans ulrich obrist ways of curating is a unique and insightful guide which enables the reader to discover unexplored paths for a new curatorial approach. He is the author of seminal books on barnett newman, jackson pollock, richard serra, and others. The need for a robust, independent press has never been greater. Philip johnson in conversation with rem koolhaas and hans ulrich obrist. The swiss curator hans ulrich obrist joined the serpentine gallery as codirector of exhibitions and programmes and director of international projects in april 2006. Secondly, i continue to curate exhibitions in peoples. The best books on contemporary art recommended by hans ulrich obrist. The codirector of the serpentine gallery, hans ulrich obrist, says that to be contemporary means to come back to a present where we have never been. Hans ulrich obrist artistic director of the serpentine galleries and instigator of global, networked art projects the work of the serpentine and its incomparable artistic director cannot be allowed to be undermined, wrote ceo yana peel on quitting the london institution. Hans ulrich obrist born 1968 is a swiss art curator, critic and historian of art. An exhibition always hides another exhibition is a. Discover book depositorys huge selection of hans ulrich obrist books online.
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