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Roman Signer

Museum Exhibition Catalogues, Monographs, Artist's Projects, Curatorial Writings and Essays


 

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Roman Signer: Travel Photos 1991–2022

WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN
Edited by Peter Zimmermann, Aleksandra Signer, Stephan Kunz. Text by Stephan Kunz.

A whimsical photo album comprised of anonymously-authored found sculptures

Pbk, 9.25 x 6.5 in. / 256 pgs / 246 color. | 1/9/2024 | In stock
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Roman Signer: Works 2002–2018

WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN
Edited by Alexandra Signer, Peter Zimmermann. Text by Barbara Cassavecchia, Christoph Dosald, Esther Flury, Lorenzo Giusti, Paul Good, Matthias Haldemann.

Slip, hbk, 12 x 9.75 in. / 608 pgs / 670 color. | 3/19/2019 | In stock
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Roman Signer: Drawings

OKTAGON
Essays by Christoph Vogele, Otrud Westheider.

Paperback, 12.25 x 8.25 in. / 144 pgs / 56 color. | 10/2/2001 | Out of stock
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Roman Signer: Slow Movement

RIDINGHOUSE

Clth, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 43 pgs / 29 color. | 3/1/2015 | In stock
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Roman Signer: Travel Photos 1991–2022Roman Signer: Travel Photos 1991–2022

Published by Walther König, Köln.
Edited by Peter Zimmermann, Aleksandra Signer, Stephan Kunz. Text by Stephan Kunz.

The Swiss artist Roman Signer (born 1938) works across sculpture, installation, photography and video. This volume consolidates his little-known photographs that capture whimsical “found sculptures.” The items, encountered by chance while on the move, often recall Singer’s own creations.



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Roman Signer: Works 2002–2018Roman Signer: Works 2002–2018

Published by Walther König, Köln.
Edited by Alexandra Signer, Peter Zimmermann. Text by Barbara Cassavecchia, Christoph Dosald, Esther Flury, Lorenzo Giusti, Paul Good, Matthias Haldemann.

This slipcased volume—the fourth in a series of Signer books begun in 2003—provides an overview of works made between 2002 and 2018, with commentary by Signer himself on almost all of the 700 sculptures and actions included.



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Walther König, Köln

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Catalog: SPRING 2019 p. 188   

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Roman Signer: Slow MovementRoman Signer: Slow Movement

Published by Ridinghouse.

Renowned for his sculptural installations and video works that push everyday objects and situations to absurd ends, Roman Signer’s latest commission uses the kayak – a longstanding symbol and form in his work for three decades. Accompanying Signer’s exhibition in the Curve, Barbican, London (4 March–31 May 2015), this volume documents the transformative quality of the artist’s playful and surreal approach. Specifically made for the installation, the kayak moves through the Curve towed by a rope suspended from the ceiling, navigating the 90-metre long gallery as if moving through a canal. Accompanying installation views, related work and an interview with the artist by David Signer, an essay by Rachel Withers explores the multiple facets of his innovative practice through his on-going interest in this object. This title inaugurates a new publication series by Barbican Art Gallery and Ridinghouse that focuses on the Curve exhibition programme.



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Roman Signer: Collector’s Choice Vol. 7Roman Signer: Collector’s Choice Vol. 7

Published by DuMont.
Text by Rachel Withers.

Children, art lovers, philosophers and comedians have all found delight in the work of Swiss artist Roman Signer (born 1938), the Buster Keaton of contemporary art. Using constituents such as water, fire, air and earth, Signer makes a playground of the whole world, devising absurdist experiments in all kinds of environments, from desolate landscapes to biennals. This excellent retrospective from DuMont assesses the artist's career across several decades, thematizing the work through its use of balloons, attache cases, kayaks, sound and paint. Each of these sections is embellished with a discussion between the artist and author Rachel Withers, who also analyses Signer's time sculptures through the writings of Henri Bergson and Gaston Bachelard, and explores the singular humor of his work.

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DuMont

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Flexi, 9.5 x 11.25 in. / 192 pgs / 196 color / 52 bw.

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Catalog: SPRING 2010 p. 164   

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Roman Signer: Sculpting in TimeRoman Signer: Sculpting in Time

Published by Kerber.
Text by Brian D. Butler, Leonhard Emmerling.

Best known for his spectacular sculptural explosions, Roman Signer, now 70 years old, is without a doubt one of the most important and influential contemporary Swiss artists. This volume features video works from 1988 through 2006. Essayists shed light on the temporal aspects of his work via literature and philosophy.

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Kerber

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Hardcover, 7.75 x 11.25 in. / 104 pgs / 78 color.

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Catalog: SPRING 2009 p. 171   

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Roman Signer: DrawingsRoman Signer: Drawings

Published by Oktagon.
Essays by Christoph Vogele, Otrud Westheider.

Charming in conception and sober in execution, Roman Signer's drawings beg to be expanded upon by the viewer's imagination. They offer construction guides and stage directions for the sculptures--works with titles like "After Observations of the Wind," "Volcano," and "Waiting for the Fall"--which entail often comical experiments pursued with an almost Beckett-esque sense of humorous futility.

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Oktagon

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Paperback, 12.25 x 8.25 in. / 144 pgs / 56 color.

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Catalog: SPRING 2002

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Roman Signer: Biennale Di Venezia 1999Roman Signer: Biennale Di Venezia 1999

Published by Walther König, Köln.
Essay by Konrad Bitterli.



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Walther König, Köln

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Hardcover, 12 x 9.75 in. / 96 pgs / 60 color

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Catalog: SPRING 2000

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