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Alexander Calder & Fischli/Weiss

Alexander Calder & Fischli/Weiss

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Publisher's Synopsis

The American artist Alexander Calder (1898-1976) and Swiss artists Peter Fischli (*1952) and David Weiss (1946-2012) have sought and found quintessential ways of rendering a moment of fragile balance in art-a temporary state at once precarious and propitious. With Calder's groundbreaking invention of the mobile in the early nineteen thirties, and Fischli/Weiss's collaborative creative work from 1979 onwards, these artists each lent the theme of fragile balance an iconic form of a very different kind. At first glance, both positions could hardly be more different; later, however, they proved to be two sides of the same coin, the result of different perspectives on the same theme at different times. The elaborately designed, richly illustrated catalogue with accompanying essays provides extensive insight into both oeuvres. (German edition ISBN 978-3-7757-4126-2) Exhibition: Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel 29.5.-4.9.2016

About the Publisher

Hatje Cantz

Hatje Cantz publishes art, photography, design, and architecture books with a focus on contemporary art.

Book information

ISBN: 9783775741279
Publisher: Hatje Cantz Verlag
Imprint: Hatje Cantz
Pub date:
DEWEY: 709.22
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 271
Weight: 1738g
Height: 251mm
Width: 308mm
Spine width: 27mm