Jun 19, 20 with his newest book, internationally renowned curator hans ulrich obrist brings together 20 years of his do it project. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. To mark the 20th anniversary of do it, independent curators international and d. Apr 05, 2020 hans ulrich obrist, do you think that contemporary art lasts. Hans ulrich obrist at age 21, photo graphed by german artist thomas ruff. On july 12, 2020 hans ulrich obrist, artistic director, serpentine galleries, hosted a marathon live interview via zoom, with 17 of the 18 artists and creative. An interactive journey through exhibits by hans ulrich obrist. Obrist has curated more than 300 exhibitions and lectured internationally at academic and art institutions. Obrist was concerned with how exhibition formats could be rendered more flexible and openended. How hans ulrich obrist and other supercurators transformed the. Jul 17, 2020 hans ulrich obrist is artistic director of the serpentine galleries in london, and senior artistic advisor of the shed in new york.
Seeligs book wanderungen mit robert walser and started to be. Hans ulrich obrist, the curator who never sleeps the new. Hans ulrich obrist has 267 books on goodreads with 18885 ratings. With his newest book, internationally renowned curator hans ulrich obrist brings together 20 years of his do it project. Jul 03, 20 hans ulrich obrist aka huo is the art worlds favorite curator. The following is from an excerpt from hal fosters book of essays what. Articles about do it compendium hans ulrich obrist on dwell. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the. Oct, 2020 as a result do it is less concerned with copies, images, or reproductions of artworks, than with human interpretation. Neelika jayawardane, yxta maya murray, hans ulrich. 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. The discussion led to the question of whether a show could take scores or written. Since his first show world soup the kitchen show in 1991, he has curated more than 300 shows. From zurich to guangzhou and back again, the book is a musthave for anyone.
The compendium, a thick, orange, 448page manual, like an art recipe book. Peter fischli and david weiss historia da arte, nature morte, desenho, construindo. For one of obrists early shows, do it, which debuted in klagenfurt, austria. Jul 03, 20 to mark the 20th anniversary of do it, independent curators international and d. As a teenager, starting in 1984, 1985, i visited artists such as peter fischli and david. A column conceived by hans ulrich obrist on his unrealized projects. Hans ulrich obrist is a curator at the serpentine, a gallery in londons. Do it, utopia station, involving some of the more thoughtprovoking artists, architects, and scientists. Oct 19, 2020 the curator hans ulrich obrist has many fond memories of spending time with enzo mari, the iconoclastic italian designer he interviewed more than 10 times. It is art that you remember from the time of goya, more than anything else. Curator, critic, art historian and founder of the do it project in 1993 hans ulrich obrist is a man whose character is. Hans ulrich obrist s most popular book is ways of curating.
The curator hans ulrich obrist remembers his firstever group show, which he. Hansulrich obrist project gutenberg selfpublishing. A brief history of curating documents book 3 kindle edition. Hans ulrich obrist, a swiss curator, is codirector of exhibitions and. Nov 08, 2004 eflux is proud to announce a new book. If peripatetic is the word most overused to describe him, it is not inappropriate. Mar 30, 2020 as many around the world band together to launch coronavirus relief funds, curator hans ulrich obrist has revealed his own idea to help foster artmaking in the time of a pandemic. The best books on contemporary art recommended by hans ulrich obrist.
These books somehow brought me to art, he has said. In 1993, hans ulrich obrist together with artists christian boltanski and bertrand lavier, conceived do it, an exhibition based entirely on artists instructions, which could be followed to create temporary art works for the duration of a show. However, this is not the case as the book is not originally signed by those three people. Hans ulrich obrist interested in time, hans ulrich obrist.
Hans ulrich obrist, the curator who never sleeps the new yorker. Hans ulrich obrist is artistic director of the serpentine galleries in london, and senior artistic advisor of the shed in new york. Hans ulrich obrist, the swiss powercurator who mounted a major show of young british artists two years before sensation, is being lined up to take over from philip dodd as the director of the. Since then he has staged more than 250 shows internationally, many of them among the most influential exhibits of our age. Hans ulrich obrist curated his first exhibit in his kitchen when he was twentythree years old. Hans ulrich obrists kitchen photographed by peter fischli and david weiss. Alexander dorner, the famous director of the state museum of hanover at the beginning of the 20th century, said that it was necessary to find ways beyond art. I spoke to the french artist christian boltanski as well as fischliweiss. With do it in hand, you will be able to make a work of someone elses art yourself. The exhibition never really ceased and the books back cover lists the. Museum of fine arts do it curated by hans ulrich obrist. From may 17 th to midaugust there is going to be an exhibition of goya at the beyeler foundation in basel, and i am writing a spec at this very moment about goya.
Apr 30, 20 do it by hans ulrich obrist, 9781938922015, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. A history of the unrealised part i by hans ulrich obrist flash art. Hans ulrich obrist born 1968 is a swiss art curator, critic and historian of art. Mar 16, 2018 hans ulrich obrist delivering his keynote at the armory show the line for last weeks keynote lecture at the armory show was as long as the speakers resume. Hans ulrich obrist enjoys a level of prominence in the art world that would have been unimaginable for a curator of contemporary art 20 years ago. Hans ulrich obrist has been archiving books and other related curatorial.
The compendium independent curators international and distributed art publishers. A journey through the history and the future of the do it project in a qna with its creator. Curator and critic hans ulrich obrist born 1968 in zurich, lives and works in london is. Wellknown curator and art scene networker hans ulbricht obrist gave an insight into his journey from a young art enthusiast curating his first art show in h. Nine designs that demonstrate the variety of enzo maris works. As hans ulrich obrist never cooked, it made sense to exhibit the. Since 1991, the 45yearold obrist has curated and cocurated more than 200 solo and group exhibitions and biennials.
Signed by hans ulrich obrist, christian boltanski, and bertrand lavier. No two iterations of the same instructions are ever identical. Do it, edited by hans ulrich obrist announcements eflux. Ways of curating is a compendium of the insights obrist has gained from his years of extraordinary work in the art world. List of books by hans ulrich obrist stored on this site. Everything i do is somehow connected to velocity rachel cooke swiss curator hans ulrich obrist talks and travels incessantly, barely sleeps and never cooks. May 14, 2020 over the past couple months, with much of the art world in isolation, curator hans ulrich obrist s instagram accountwhich boasts more than 304,000 followershas undergone a bizarre change. Curator hans ulrich obrist proposes massive public art. Dec 08, 2014 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. Jan 02, 1998 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. Ways of curating by hans ulrich obrist, paperback barnes.
Nov 04, 2014 hans ulrich obrist curated his first exhibit in his kitchen when he was twentythree years old. One afternoon in 1993, legendary art critic, curator, and interviewer extraordinaire hans ulrich obrist mind of great wisdom on matters as diverse as the relationship between patterns and chance and the trouble with curation itself sat down in pariss cafe select with fellow coconspirers christian boltanski and bertrand lavier, and the do it project was born. Nov 07, 2018 artistic director of londons serpentine galleries hans ulrich obrist s ten favorite books include works by carl jung, edouard glissant, maryse conde, lydia cabrera, and more. This was exactly the feature that fischli, weiss and boltanski. Hans ulrich obrists pioneering do it show moves online.
Jun 03, 20 one afternoon in 1993, legendary art critic, curator, and interviewer extraordinaire hans ulrich obrist mind of great wisdom on matters as diverse as the relationship between patterns and chance and the trouble with curation itself sat down in pariss cafe select with fellow coconspirers christian boltanski and bertrand lavier, and the do it project was born. Curiosity is the motor of the entire interview project. Encased in an iridescent hardcover offset with a grisaille photograph, male nude 1971, the monograph reproduces over 100 images in color and blackandwhite. Travelling bookcase for bompiani, 1956 i chose the travelling bookcase because they are, in fact, exhibitions for books, showing ways to think about books spatially, said obrist. Swiss supercurator hans ulrich obrist tells swissinfo. Obviously its true for fluxus, its true for conceptual art, where the. Curated by hans ulrich obrist, do it began in paris in 1993 as a conversation between. The conversation developed into the question of whether a show could be made from scores or written.
One of my favorite games was to go with him to the salone del mobile, obrist says warmly by phone from london, where he directs the serpentine galleries. Obrist is an advocate and archivist for artists, and has said. He is artistic director at the serpentine galleries, london. Do it 9783865884 by hans ulrich obrist, editor and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. The history of the do it with hans ulrich obrist learn how the movement got moving. Hans ulrich obrist there is a sort of expansion where the walls of the silos are becoming porous, but where this is not necessarily a question of art or architecture. Do it, edited by hans ulrich obrist, published jointly with revolver, frankfurtmain.
Obrist is the author of the interview project, an extensive ongoing project of interviews. Articles about do it compendium hans ulrich obrist on. 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. My early encounter with the swiss artists fischliweiss changed the w. An aperture monograph, copublished by aperture and documentary arts. Curated by hans ulrich obrist, do it began in paris in 1993 as a conversation between obrist and the artists christian boltanski and bertrand lavier. The best books on contemporary art five books expert. Taking its lead from a swedish building code, a new book proposes ingenious concepts that can fit in 270 square feet. Neelika jayawardane, yxta maya murray, hans ulrich obrist, namwali serpell, janet hill talbert, and greg tate aperture and documentary arts, 2020 in a blackandwhite selfportrait taken in around 1988, photographer ming smith stares longingly at her reflection in a mirror.
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