In result, half the world is starting to live in the future now. It is not an exaggeration to write that hans ulrich obrist is everywhere, has curated everything and has interviewed everyone. Ways of curating by hans ulrich obrist, paperback barnes. Hans ulrich obrist is the artistic director of contemporary art gallery, the serpentine, in londons kensington gardens.
Hans ulrich obrist curatorial writing and museum catalogues. Obrist has lectured internationally at academic and art institutions, and is contributing editor to several magazines and journals. Rose wylie interviewed by hans ulrich obrist at her kent studio. Inside the mind of hans ulrich obrist hyperallergic. Marina abramovic hans ulrich obrist is a passionate communicator. Hans ulrich obrist, one of the most active curators, critic and historian of art, has not only written these words the five interviews in ai weiwei speaks are conducted by him as part of his interview project check out this little video on the project here from 2006 until 2010. The best books on contemporary art recommended by hans ulrich obrist. Ecology will be at the heart of everything we do the serpentine galleries artistic director will reduce his flying very significantly as the london institution goes green. Hans ulrich obrist interview judith benhamouhuet reports. Curated by tom eccles, liam gillick, hans ulrich obrist, philippe parreno, beatrix ruf. The most prolific curator of his generation reflects on the impulse to interview and. Hans ulrich obrist conversation series book list at. Nov 05, 2014 when we asked art world power player hans ulrich obrist to assign a title to his list of book recommendations, the curator, interviewer, and author came up with.
My curatorial work has come directly out of conversations. The china interviews, coedited by angie baecker, is a rich collection of. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. Obrist poses the questions in writing and feldmann answers each of them with a picture. May 31, 2006 since 1993, renowned curator, writer, cultural instigator, professional conversationalist and currently codirector of exhibitions and programmes and director of international projects at the serpentine gallery in london hans ulrich obrist has been conducting interviews with some of the most significant architects, artists, filmmakers. Hans ulrich obrist interviews, volume 2 by charles arsene. And, having literally written the book on curating, there are few better positioned to see what shape art will take in the future. Subjects range from richters place within art history to artists books, architecture, religion, unrealised projects and his advice for young artists. Serpentine superstar hans ulrich obrist reveals the delights and dangers of his craft while yoko ono, david shrigley and more pick their alltime favourite show hans ulrich obrist. Published by chartafondazione pitti immagine discovery, 2003. Seeligs book wanderungen mit robert walser and started to be a wanderer, or. Ever since he published his first volume of interviews in 2004, hundreds of artists and cultural. This is the second volume of these published interviews and they make for informative and entertaining reading. Last fall, i was talking with serpentine gallery codirector hans ulrich obrist over dinner in london about his unpublished interviews with artists and designers.
The richter interviews collects together a series of conversations between hans ulrich obrist and gerhard richter over the course of more than two decades of discussion and collaboration. Since 1993, obrist has conducted more than 300 interviews, 75 of which are collected here in a selection that respects the cultural and professional diversity of the interviewees. Lives of the artists, lives of the architects by hans ulrich. Obrist is the author of the interview project, an extensive ongoing project of interviews. He is the artistic director of the serpentine galleries in london. Interviews, volume 2 charles arsenehenry, shumon basar, karen marta, hans ulrich obrist on. Hans ulrich obrists favorite books one grand books.
Jun 12, 2015 lives of the artists, lives of the architects by hansulrich obrist, 9781846148279, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The swiss curator hans ulrich obrist joined the serpentine gallery as codirector of exhibitions and programmes and director of international projects in april 2006. Hans ulrich obrist is a swiss art historian and curator and has been absorbed for the last few years with his interview project. It features a book length interview with the artist by internationally renowned art critic and historian hans ulrich obrist, who walks us through the richter archive and discusses the work with the artist himself, affording the reader an entirely new perspective on his works. He arranges the interviews according to the birth dates of his interviewees spanning form 1900 to 1989. Discover book depositorys huge selection of hans ulrich obrist books online.
Architect rem koolhaas and curator hans ulrich obrist compile a history of metabolism. Hans ulrich obrist has 258 books on goodreads with 18019 ratings. So, what is the future of art according to hans ulrich obrist. Walter hopps interview by hans ulrich obrist from a brief. Interviews by hans ulrich obrist with artists including vito acconci, olafur eliasson, matthew. May 07, 2015 lives of the artists, lives of the architects ebook written by hans ulrich obrist. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read lives of the artists, lives of the architects. However, this is not the case as the book is not originally signed by those three people. Aug 28, 2016 what inspires hans ulrich obrist and seven other cultural tastemakers. Subjects discussed range from richters place within art history to artists books, architecture, religion, unrealized projects and his advice for young artists. For instance, artists shared in all tasks relating to my exhibitions, not just their individual pieces. 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 obrist interviews, volume 2, by unknow 2010 paperback. Obrists recent publications include conversations in colombia, ways of curating, the age of earthquakes with douglas coupland and shumon basar, and lives of the artists, lives of the architects.
Media in category hans ulrich obrist the following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total. Curatorial pioneer hans ulrich obrist has been an early and frequent observer of the chinese avantgarde. Hans ulrich obrist is a curator at the serpentine, a gallery in londons. Morning ritual the maverick swiss curator takes us for an early morning jog into the new year i believe in the idea of rituals, says indefatigable cultural innovator hans ulrich obrist, who helps us into 2014 with his thoughts on routine while taking his daily run around londons hyde park. He is the author of the interview project, an ongoing collection of interviews with artists and other creatives, and a new book, lives of the artists, lives of the architects. Everything i do is somehow connected to velocity rachel cooke swiss curator hans ulrich obrist talks and travels. Hans ulrich obrist talks his instagram project the art of handwriting by leigh silver leigh silver is an arts and culture writer and editor whos always looking for that highbrow. What inspires hans ulrich obrist and seven other cultural tastemakers.
Portrait of hans ulrich obrist by ian cheng and micaela durand 20 all. Since hans ulrich obrist museum director, curator, writer, cultural instigator and professional conversationalistreleased his bestselling first volume of interviews back in 2004, one wonders if there is a living artist, musician or writer left with whom obrist hasnt recorded an interview. The best books on contemporary art five books expert. Buy a book a day i read whenever possible, and i buy books all the time, sometimes. The use of images in mathematics certainly stands completely against the ideology of the 1960s and 70s, when the sciences were sharply classified according to whether images are or are not important. Serpentine superstar hans ulrich obrist reveals the delights and. Hans ulrich obrists most popular book is ways of curating. A new role at the serpentine gallery is the latest chapter in hans ulrich obrists loveaffair with london.
Huo you worked in the early 1950s as a music impresario and organizer. Hans ulrich obrist on london and life with a plane to catch. Since hans ulrich obristmuseum director, curator, writer, cultural. Hans ulrich obrist interviews, volume 2, by unknow 2010. 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. Obrist is widely regarded as one of the most prolific and innovative curators of. Hans ulrich obrist born 1968 is an art curator, critic and historian of art. Interviews by hans ulrich obrist with artists including vito acconci, olafur eliasson, matthew barney, daniel buren, felix gonzaleztorres, mario merz, yoko ono, gerhard richter, rem koolhaas, zaha hadid and others. Each interview is introduced by a short text outlining the biography of the interviewee and giving some contextual information on the recording of the interview. Hans ulrich obrist is an internationally renowned curator and codirector of the serpentine galleries in london. Hans ulrich obrist s most popular book is ways of curating. Here, hans ulrich obrist and hans peter feldmann have decided to play with the interview format. When i was in high school, i formed a kind of photographic society, and we did projects and exhibits at the high school.
Hans ulrich obrist born 1968 is a swiss art curator, critic and historian of art. Wu shanzhuan and hans ulrich obrist the new yorker. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Interviews, volume 2 arsenehenry, charles, basar, shumon, marta, karen, obrist, hans ulrich on. The results are frequently funny, and an impressive exercise in visual thinking. Dec 08, 2009 he often has his hands on emerging things of interest, and the o. Curiosity is the motor of the entire interview project. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Hans ulrich obrist is codirector of the serpentine gallery in london.
Nov 04, 2015 the curator hans ulrich obrist discusses gerhard richters exhibition bilder serien, fondation beyeler, 2014. The interview project hans ulrich obrist born 1968 is a swiss art curator, critic and historian of art. Hans ulrich obrist, the curator who never sleeps the new yorker. He is codirector of exhibitions and programmes and director of international projects at the serpentine gallery, london. 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. Part of jrpringers innovative documentsseries, published with les presses du reel and dedicated to critical writings, this publication comprises a unique collection of interviews by hans ulrich obrist mapping the development of the curatorial fieldfrom early independent curators in the 1960s and 70s and the experimental institutional programs developed in europe and the u. Since hans ulrich obristmuseum director, curator, writer, cultural instigator and professional conversationalistreleased his bestselling first volume of interviews back in 2004, one wonders if there is a living artist, musician or writer left with whom obrist hasnt recorded an interview. The richter interviews collects conversations between hans ulrich obrist and gerhard richter conducted over the course of more than two decades of discussion and collaboration. Anri sala, a thousand windows the world of the insane. A brief history of curating hansulrich obrist, lionel. Dec 05, 2014 acclaimed curator and interviewer hans ulrich obrist has the camera turned on him, as he sits down at the miami beach edition hotel to speak with carrie scott. Swiss curator, art critic and historian hans ulrich obrist is the artistic director of the serpentine galleries in london. Beginning with his groundbreaking 1996 exhibition cities on the move cocurated with hou hanru, obrist has engaged chinas leading artists, architects, filmmakers, and musicians in an ongoing dialogue about their work its origins, evolutions, and connections to artistic movements. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
Explore books by hansulrich obrist with our selection at. What inspires hans ulrich obrist and seven other cultural. 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. Since hans ulrich obrist museum director, curator, writer, cultural instigator and professional conversationalistreleased his bestselling first volume of interviews back in 2004. Rose wylie interviewed by hans ulrich obrist at her kent. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Books by hans ulrich obrist author of ways of curating. I go to london zoo mostly for the architecture michael segalov the curator and artistic director of the. He mentioned that he has several with ettore sottsass, so i asked him to send them to me. He is artistic director at the serpentine galleries, london. With artists, my interviews are mostly based on years of.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Even if you are not that interested in contemporary art, it is likely you have heard of hans ulrich obrist. Judith benhamouhuet reports has access to the most influential professionals in the art world, presenting interviews with artists, both recognized and up and coming, and offering an insider perspective on fairs and. Signed by hans ulrich obrist, christian boltanski, and bertrand lavier. Good minds suggesthans ulrich obrists favorite books about. 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. Ways of curating is a unique and insightful guide which enables the reader to discover unexplored paths for a new curatorial approach. Edited by charles arsenehenry, shumon basar, karen marta.
Hans ulrich obrist, the curator who never sleeps the new. Hans ulrich obrist, the artistic director of the serpentine galleries, asks a lot of questions. But he was, to use a term the writer jg ballard said to me in an interview, a junctionmaker. The future of art according to hans ulrich obrist artsy. Interviews by hans ulrich obrist editor, matthew barney contributions by, daniel buren contributions by online at alibris. Nov 30, 2008 accompanying self s insightful and engaging text is an indepth interview between hirst and hans ulrich obrist, codirector of londons serpentine gallery, and also an essay by art historian andcurator rudi fuchs that considers and explores the significance of for the love of god in relation to hirsts oeuvre. Douglas gordon interviewed by hans ulrich obrist on vimeo. Its decidedly obristian for the codirector of the serpentine galleries in london to turn.
Gerhard richter bilder serien with hans ulrich obrist youtube. The conversation series british video artist and filmmaker tacita dean born 1965 is internationally admired for her patient and sensitive approach to her subject matter, explored in conversation with hans ulrich obrist in this collection of indepth interviews. Richard wentworth named the kitchen show world soup, while fischli and weiss took the exhibition photographs. If peripatetic is the word most overused to describe him, it is not inappropriate. The richter interviews hans ulrich obrist heni publishing. Hans ulrich obrist collaborators independent curators. It is not an exaggeration to write that hans ulrich obrist is eve. Karen marta transcripts of interviews by hans ulrich obrist with architects, artists, curators, filmmakers. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. Dec 18, 2014 many features of the kitchen show mark my work as a curator to this day. Kinfolks contributing editor hans ulrich obrist has turned curatorial work into a work of art in itself.
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