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| Franz Erhard Walther: Objects, to Use, Instruments for ProcessesPublished by Walther König, Köln. |
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The interrelationship of media and the participatory component of art are central to this career-spanning monograph of the work of German artist Franz Erhard Walther (born 1939). Proceeding from his earliest works, his Word Images, brightly colored monochrome works, to his influential First Work Set presented at the revolutionary Spaces show at MoMA in 1969, one of the earliest artworks designed to be manipulated by the public and on to his large scale textile works from the 1970s to now that combine aspects of performance, painting, sculpture and architecture, Shifting Perspectives demonstrates how Walther has pioneered intermedia and participatory art. This beautiful volume reflects the colorful textile materials that Walther picked up from pop art and has used throughout his career, with special colored page edges and a clothbound cover.
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Hardcover, 9.5 x 11.75 in. / 256 pgs / 200 color.
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Pub Date 7/7/2020
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Conceived and designed by Franz Erhard Walther (born 1939), A is an artist’s book in which a letter (derived from his Work Sets series) faces a scene from the artist’s life between 1954 and 1973, such as an encounter with Jörg Immendorff or his first show at MoMA.
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Hardcover, 7.5 x 12.75 in. / 224 pgs / 214 color.
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Pub Date 10/27/2020
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Catalog: FALL 2019 p. 191
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In 1991, as MAMCO Geneva was preparing to open, founder and museum director Christian Bernard asked several artists to think about how they would like to sum up their practice for presentation in the museum. German artist Franz Erhard Walther (born 1939) proposed a “Werklager”—a storeroom containing works produced between 1961 and 1972. Walther’s “Werklager” has been on display at MAMCO Geneva almost without interruption since the museum opened more than 20 years ago.
At the heart of this collection is Walther’s 1. Werksatz, or First Work Set, series of wearable fabric objects from 1963–69. Walther described these objects as “instruments for processes”; activated by bodies (pulled through openings, connected by straps, tied and fastened in) or while they lay dormant, they constitute a form of participatory minimal sculpture. Emphasizing process and activation, these pieces circumvent “the seemingly inviolable contract that a work is an object produced by an artist,” as the artist put it. “I started conceiving my work out of an action, out of an act.” Franz Erhard Walther: 1. Werksatz, copublished with the Franz Erhard Walther Foundation, focuses on this groundbreaking series.
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Paperback, 6.25 x 9 in. / 188 pgs / 19 color / 68 bw.
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Pub Date 4/7/2020
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Catalog: SPRING 2020 p. 129
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Hardcover, 8 x 10 in. / 224 pgs / 75 color / 25 bw.
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Pub Date 5/23/2017
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Catalog: FALL 2016 p. 99
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BOOK FORMAT
Hardcover, 7.75 x 10.5 in. / 240 pgs / 40 color / 120 bw.
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Pub Date 6/28/2016
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Clth, 7 x 8.75 in. / 118 pgs / 47 color / 115 bw.
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Pub Date 9/30/2014
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Catalog: FALL 2014 p. 173
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ISBN 9783863355135 FLAT40
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Paperback, 8.75 x 9.5 in. / 160 pgs / 150 color.
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Pub Date 12/31/2013
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Catalog: FALL 2013 p. 176
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