Text by Stephan Berg, Konrad Bitterli, David Campany, Stefan Gronert, Dora Imhof.
Founded in 1990, Luwa AG's rarely exhibited photography collection is one of the world's most comprehensive gatherings of conceptual photography. It contains major works by artists such as Bernd and Hilla Becher, Sigmar Polke, Imi Knoebel, Martin Kippenberger, Thomas Ruff, Andreas Gursky, Fischli/Weiss, Roman Signer, Richard Prince, Jeff Wall, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Stan Douglas and Gabriel Orozco.
"Looked at as a whole, the works gathered together here cover one of the richest and most complex periods in the development of photographic art. The collection of Zellweger Luwa AG begins with key works of Conceptual and performance art from the late sixties and early seventies; passes through what came to be called the 'postmodern' arts of appropriation, quotation, and rephotography; and concludes with large-scale photographic tableaux. Each of these moments is, of course, rich and complex in its own right and has been the subject of important exhibitions and critical studies. Through the Looking Brain allows us to consider what is particular about these moments, but more importantly perhaps it allows us to see significant overlaps, dialogues, and what its artistic possibility has been thought to be across the last four decades."
FORMAT: Hbk, 9.75 x 12 in. / 240 pgs / 150 color. LIST PRICE: U.S. $60.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $70 ISBN: 9783775729987 PUBLISHER: Hatje Cantz AVAILABLE: 10/31/2011 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of print AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: NA LA
Published by Hatje Cantz. Text by Stephan Berg, Konrad Bitterli, David Campany, Stefan Gronert, Dora Imhof.
Founded in 1990, Luwa AG's rarely exhibited photography collection is one of the world's most comprehensive gatherings of conceptual photography. It contains major works by artists such as Bernd and Hilla Becher, Sigmar Polke, Imi Knoebel, Martin Kippenberger, Thomas Ruff, Andreas Gursky, Fischli/Weiss, Roman Signer, Richard Prince, Jeff Wall, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Stan Douglas and Gabriel Orozco.
