Harald Szeemann - Exhibition maker

Harald Szeemann - Exhibition maker

Hans-Joachim Muller • Hatje Cantz

This edition of Harald Szeemann

ISBN-10: 3775717056 · ISBN-13: 978‑3775717052 · 2006

Dimensions: 8 in; 6 in

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A generation of curators and viewers has been inspired by Harald Szeemann's independently organized exhibitions and his emphatic methods of presenting contemporary art. This volume describes the "Szeemann principle," the visions of an enlightened curator, and provides an overview of the most important stations of his singular curatorial career: the legendary exhibitions "When Attitudes Become Form" and Documenta 5; the great thematic explorations such as "Bachelor Machines"; and his discoveries of young Eastern European scenes. In retrospect, Szeemann's infallible interest in artistic loners with strong attitudes and powerful personalities seems like a vehement contradiction of an art market that focuses on trends and movements.

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