Lives of the Artists, Lives of the Architects

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Lives of the Artists, Lives of the Architects
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Hans Ulrich Obrist
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:720
Dimensions(mm): Height 181,Width 111
Category/GenreTheory of art
Art and design styles - Conceptual art
Art and design styles - Postmodernism
ISBN/Barcode 9780141976631
ClassificationsDewey:709.04
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
Publication Date 7 July 2016
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

From world-renowned curator Hans Ulrich Obrist, Lives of the Artists, Lives of the Architects offers a unique opportunity to learn about the lives and creativity of the world's leading artists. Hans Ulrich Obrist has been conducting ongoing conversations with the world's greatest living artists since he began in Switzerland, aged 19, with Fischli and Weiss. Here he chooses nineteen of the greatest figures and presents their conversations, offering the reader intimacy with the artists and insight into their creative processes. Inspired by the great Vasari, Lives of the Artists, Lives of the Architects explores the meaning of art and artists today, their varying approaches to creating, and a sense of how their thinking evolves over time. Including David Hockney, Gilbert and George, Gerhard Richter, Louise Bourgeois, Rem Koolhaas, and Oscar Niemeyer, this is a wonderful and unique book for those interested in modern art.

Author Biography

Hans Ulrich Obrist is a curator and writer. Since 2006 he has been co-director of the Serpentine Gallery, London. He is the author of Ways of Curating and, with Ai Weiwei, of Ai Weiwei Speaks.