Lives of the artists. Conversations with nineteen of the world's greatest artists, architects and sculptors. Hans Ulrich Obrist.

By:

Obrist, Hans Ulrich

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Allen Lane 2015.Description: 256 pISBN:

9781846148279
1846148278

DDC classification:

709.04 OBR

Summary: A unique opportunity to read about the lives and creativity of the world's leading artistic figures, including David Hockney and Gerhard Richter. 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' 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, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Marina Abramovic, Louise Bourgeois, Rem Koolhaas, Jeff Koons and Oscar Niemayer, this is a wonderful and unique book for those interested in modern art.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	709.04 OBR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100469767
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	709.04 OBR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	2	Available		39002100663286

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Hans Ulrich Obrist has been having ongoing conversations with the world's greatest living artists since the first interview he conducted in Switzerland, aged seventeen, with Peter Fischli and David Weiss. Here he chooses nineteen of the most influential contemporary artists and architects and presents the conversations they've had over the years, in cafes and studios, on aeroplanes and trains, walking or sitting at home. Inspired by Vasari's Renaissance work, Lives of the Artists, Lives of the Architects offers the reader a rare insight into the creative process as well as a unique exploration of the meaning of art today.

A unique opportunity to read about the lives and creativity of the world's leading artistic figures, including David Hockney and Gerhard Richter. 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' 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, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Marina Abramovic, Louise Bourgeois, Rem Koolhaas, Jeff Koons and Oscar Niemayer, this is a wonderful and unique book for those interested in modern art.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

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.