Critical laboratory : the writings of Thomas Hirschhorn / Thomas Hirschhorn ; edited by Lisa Lee and Hal Foster

Object Details

interviewee

Hirschhorn, Thomas

editor

Lee, Lisa 1978-

Foster, Hal

Author

Hirschhorn, Thomas Less is less, more is more

Hirschhorn, Thomas 33 Ausstellungen im öffentlichen Raum 1998-1989

Subject

Hirschhorn, Thomas Themes, motives

Hirschhorn, Thomas

"OCTOBER Books."

Contents

Machine generated contents note: Statements and Letters -- Less Is Less, More Is More (1995) -- Fifty-Fifty (1993) -- Moins (1993) -- Les plaintifs, les betes, les politiques (1993) -- Lay-Out (1993) -- My Videos (1993) -- The New Videos (1994) -- The Musee de l'art brut in Lausanne (1993) -- Letter to Coraly (On Joseph Beuys and "Capital") (1994) -- Am I Casting Pearls Before Swine? And Why? (1994) -- What I Want (1994) -- Letter to Thierry (On Formalism) (1994) -- Letter to Konstantin (On "Political Correctness") (1995) -- Me and the Military (1998) -- Letter to Pascale (On Berlin) (1994) -- "Direct Sculptures" (2000) -- "Kiosks" (2000) -- "Monuments" (2003) -- "Altars" (2003/2006) -- Letter to Veronique (On Writing, Judging, Reading, Publishing) (2000) -- Letter to Laurence and Hans-Ulrich (On Remaining Alert) (2000) -- I Will No Longer Exhibit in Switzerland (2003) -- Letter to Julia et al. (There Is No Ideal Place for Art) (2005) -- Works on Paper (2006) -- Artist Lectures (2007) -- I Will Exhibit in My Homeland Again (2007) -- Why "Where Do I Stand?" and Why "What Do I Want?" (2008) -- Doing Art Politically: What Does This Mean? (2008) -- "Spectrum of Evaluation" (2009) -- "Force Majeure" (2009) -- For the First Time (About Andy Warhol) (2010) -- Double Happiness (On Intellectual Property) (2010) -- Letter to Nancy and Richard (My Guggenheim Dilemma) (2011) -- Letter to Elizabeth (Inventing My Own Terms) (2010) -- Why Is It Important -- Today -- to Show and Look at Images of Destroyed Human Bodies? (2012) -- Letter to the French Minister of Culture and Communication (2012) -- 33 Ausstellungen im offentlichen Raum 1998-1989 -- Reproduction and Translation of 33 Ausstellungen im offentlichen Raum 1998-1989 -- Projects -- About My Exhibition at Hopital Ephemere (Why I Chose This Exhibition as My "First Exhibition") (1992) -- Regarding My Exhibition at Rueil-Malmaison (1992) -- 99 Sacs plastiques (Depot) (1994) -- Regarding My Exhibition of Wall-Display, Rosa Tombola, Saisie, Lay-Out (1988-1994) at the Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume (1994) -- Berliner Wasserfall mit Robert Walser Tranen (1995) -- Letter to Matthias (Regarding Virus-Ausstellung) (1996) -- The Bilbao Failure (1996) -- Lascaux III (1997) -- Skulptur-Sortier-Station (1997) -- Letter to Alison (Regarding Skulptur-Sortier-Station) (2000) -- Spinoza Monument (1999) -- Critical Laboratory, Project for "Mirror's Edge" (1999) -- World Airport (1999) -- Jumbo Spoons (1999) -- The Matter of Location (Regarding the Deleuze Monument) (2000) -- Letter to Herve Laurent and Nathalie Wetzel (Regarding the Deleuze Monument) (2000) -- Regarding the End of the Deleuze Monument (2000) -- Letter to Bice (Regarding Wirtschaftslandschaft Davos) (2001) -- Letter to the Residents of the Friedrich Wohler Housing Complex (Regarding the Bataille Monument) (2002) -- Letter to Lothar Kannenberg (Regarding the Bataille Monument) (2002) -- Letter to Iris (Reflections on the Bataille Monument) (2002) -- Doppelgarage (2002) -- Chalet Lost History (2003) -- Letter to Clare (Regarding Chalet Lost History) (2005) -- Regarding Hotel Democracy and U-Lounge (2003) -- Swiss-Swiss Democracy (2004) -- The Musee Precaire Albinet (2004) -- Utopia, Utopia = One World, One War, One Army, One Dress (2005) -- "Anschool" (2005) -- Superficial Engagement (2005) -- Letter to Sabine (Regarding Superficial Engagement) (2006) -- Letter to Frederic (Regarding "Concretion") (2006) -- The Procession (2006) -- Concept Car (2007) -- Power Tools (2007) -- Ur-Collage (2008) -- The Bijlmer Spinoza-Festival (2009) -- "Precarious Theater" (2009) -- Theatre Precaire for "Ce qui vient" (2009) -- Regarding Theatre Precaire and Theatre Precaire 2 (2010) -- Untere Kontrolle (2011) -- Crystal of Resistance (2011) -- Interviews -- Benjamin H.D. Buchloh: An Interview with Thomas Hirschhorn (2003, published 2005) -- Mission: "Tenir le siege": Interview with Thomas Hirschhorn by Jade Lindgaard and Jean-Max Colard (2004) -- Becoming One's Own Museum: Conversation between Thomas Hirschhorn and Francois Piron (2006, edited and published 2009) -- Conversation: Presupposition of the Equality of Intelligences and Love of the Infinitude of Thought: An Electronic Conversation between Thomas Hirschhorn and Jacques Ranciere (2009-2010) -- Francois Piron: Interview with Thomas Hirschhorn (2010)

Summary

"For the artist Thomas Hirschhorn, writing is a crucial tool at every stage of his artistic practice. From the first sketch of an idea to appeals to potential collaborators, from detailed documentation of projects to post-disassembly analysis, Hirschhorn's writings mark the trajectories of his work. This volume collects Hirschhorn's widely scattered texts, presenting many in English for the first time. In these writings, Hirschhorn discusses the full range of his art, from works on paper to the massive Presence and Production projects in public spaces. "Statements and Letters" address broad themes of aesthetic philosophy, politics, and art historical commitments. "Projects" consider specific artworks or exhibitions. "Interviews" capture the artist in dialogue with Benjamin Buchloh, Jacques Ranciere, and others. 'Critical laboratory' also reproduces, in color, '33 Ausstellungen im öffentlichen Raum 1998-1989', an out-of-print catalog of Hirschhorn's earliest works in public space"--Jacket.

2013

Type

Books

Interviews

Artists' writings

Physical description

xvi, 417 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Smithsonian Libraries

Record ID

siris_sil_1031721

Metadata Usage (text)

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