Harald Szeemann

by Derieux, Florence

• ISBN13: 9783905829099
• ISBN10: 3905829096
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-03-01
• Publisher: Jrp Ringier Kunstverlag Ag

Summary

Harald Szeemann (1933-2005) is without doubt one of the most authoritative figures of contemporary curatorial practice. He has played a considerable role in the development of exhibition curating since the 1960s, and almost all art-historical books refer to When Attitudes Become Form (1969). Neither a biography nor a compilation of his projects, this publication, thanks to privileged access to the archives of the Fabbrica rosa, hopes to shed light on Szeemann's curatorial methodology.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 5
Preface	p. 7
Introduction	p. 8
Situations
This Funeral Is for the Wrong Corpse	p. 11
Art and its Context or A Question of Culture	p. 21
Interview with Tobia Bezzola	p. 26
Fabbrica Harald Szeemann	p. 32
Concepts-Processes
Harald Szeemann's Archive
The Archive	p. 39
Interview with Harald Szeemann	p. 45
Description: How Does the Archive Function?	p. 47
Plans: Photographs	p. 50
Interview with Tobia Bezzola	p. 58
Harald Szeemann's Agency
The Agency for Intellectual Guest Labour	p. 63
Annex Documents	p. 72
Interview with Harald Szeemann. December 28, 1970 (first version)	p. 83
Works
documenta 5: Questioning Reality-Image Worlds Today, 1972
Introduction	p. 91
First Exhibition Concepts	p. 93
Preface to the Catalogue	p. 104
List of Sections, Co-Curators, and Artists	p. 106
Technical Information	p. 119
Photographs	p. 120
Interviews with Harald Szeemann	p. 130
Interview with Co-Curators: Jean-Christophe Ammann, Bazon Brock, Francois Burkhardt, and Johannes Cladders	p. 134
Interview with Artists: Claes Oldenburg and Lawrence Weiner	p. 139
Annex Documents	p. 141
Press Coverage	p. 144
Conclusion	p. 147
L'Autre-4th Lyon Biennial, 1997
Introduction	p. 149
First Exhibition Concept	p. 151
First Press Release	p. 158
Second Press Release	p. 159
List of Artists	p. 160
Technical Information	p. 162
Photographs	p. 163
Interview with Harald Szeemann	p. 173
Interview with Thierry Raspail 16th Session	p. 180
Interview with Harald Szeemann Ninety	p. 183
Interview with Artists: Chris Burden and Franz Gertsch	p. 185
Interview with Josy Kraft	p. 187
Annex Documents	p. 191
Conclusion	p. 193
Information
Harald Szeemann's Biography (Bern, 1933-Tegna, 2005)	p. 195
Illustrated Chronology of Exhibitions	p. 198
Selected Bibliography	p. 233
Guest Authors' Biographies	p. 237
Imprint	p. 238
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