"Franz Erhard Walther’s pioneering Werksatz series of wearable fabric sculpturesIn 1991, as MAMCO Geneva was preparing to open, founder and museum director Christian Bernard asked several artists to think about how they would like to sum up their practice for presentation in the museum. German artist Franz Erhard Walther (born 1939) proposed a “Werklager”―a storeroom containing works produced between 1961 and 1972. Walther’s “Werklager” ..."
"A contemporary of Donald Judd and Richard Serra, the highly influential German artist Franz Erhard Walther (born 1939) has been investigating the spatial and sensorial and dimensions of forms for over six decades. Walther's sculptural practice is rooted in performance and collaborative situations, challenging traditional notions of sculptural process and product.Published on the occasion of the artist's first major US show since he was ..."
"Critical analyses, case studies, and artist interviews examine works of art that are realized with the physical involvement of the viewer. How are we to understand works of art that are realized with the physical involvement of the viewer? A relationship between a work of art and its audience that is rooted in an experience that is both aesthetic and physical? Today, these works often use digital technologies, but artists have created p ..."
"A superbly designed volume on the father of participatory sculpture The interrelationship of media and the participatory component of art are central to this career-spanning monograph of the work of German artist Franz Erhard Walther (born ..."
FranzErhardWalther(1st Edition) Zeichnungen, Werkzeichnungen, 1957-1984 : 24.3.-2.7.1989 (German Edition) by FranzErhard : Walther, Uwe Wieczorek, Alexander Dückers Paperback, 254 Pages, Published 1989 by Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz ISBN-13: 978-3-88609-118-8, ISBN: 3-88609-118-X
"Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 254 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. Notes: Catalogue of an exhibition held at Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, 24 March-2 July 1989. Bibliography: p. 13-14. Introduction by Alexander Dück ..."
"Ausst. Kat. Museo Jumex, Mexico City, 2018Buch mit Leinen-EinbandThis sourcebook features a compilation of texts that are key to understanding and interpreting Walther's objects, and to assessing the cultural impact of an artist who in 1960s and 1970s willfully chose not to form part of any established group or art movement, focusing instead on reformulating the relationship between art and action in order to investigate the use of spac ..."
"Walther's radical notion of aesthetic perception as a form of performance is beautifully laid out in this three-volume set incorporating essays, installation photos, and drawings."
FranzErhardWalther(1st Edition) A by FranzErhardWalther Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2020 by Hatje Cantz ISBN-13: 978-3-7757-4603-8, ISBN: 3-7757-4603-X
"Conceived and designed by Franz Erhard Walther (born 1939), A is an artist’s book in which a letter (derived from his Work Sets series) faces a scene from the artist’s life between 1954 and 1973, such as an encounter with Jörg Immendorff or his first show at MoMA."
"Dia Art FoundationGebundenes BuchComprising fifty-eight fabric elements-what the artist has termed "instruments for process"-this multipart sculpture, which began in 1963 in Düsseldorf and was completed in 1969 in New York City, is Franz Erhard Walther's most ambitious work. This publication will retrace Walther's use of malleable materials and ephemeral "actions" as the basis for his sculptures, his understanding of the role of languag ..."
"Broschiertes BuchFranz Erhard Walther entwickelte Anfang der 1960er-Jahre in seinem Werk einen neuen Skulpturenbegriff, der geometrische Formen mit einfachen Bewegungsabläufen verbindet und denBetrachter zum Bestandteil des Werkes macht. Neben skulpturalen Arbeiten zeigt die Ausstellung in der Hamburger Kunsthalle Zeichnungen und Fotografien, die diese konzeptuelle Dimension von Walthers "anderem Werkbegriff" sichtbar machen. Erstmalig ..."
Denkraum, Werkraum(1st Edition) Uber Akademie und Lehre (Statement) (German Edition) by FranzErhardWalther Paperback, 101 Pages, Published 1993 by Lindinger + Schmid ISBN-13: 978-3-929970-02-9, ISBN: 3-929970-02-3
MENSCHHEITSDÄMMERUNG(100th Edition) Edition Ex Libris Nr. 29 by FranzErhardWalther Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2016 by Salon ISBN-13: 978-3-89770-958-4, ISBN: 3-89770-958-9
"Theodor W. Adorno described artworks as “windowless monads”: closed, autonomous worlds that both contain society and turn away from it. This essential contradiction is at the core of any discussion of art that aspires to shake off the exhibition space and extend itself into the social sphere. In 2011, in conjunction with the unveiling of a new documentary artwork by Mischa Kuball, a conference was held in Germany on socially engaged art ..."
""Minimalism in Germany" offers a definitive overview of constructivist and concrete abstraction and the avant-garde in 1960s Germany. With a wealth of color illustrations, this massive and ambitious compendium features approximately 100 works--from serial sculptures to action-oriented works, mostly drawn from the Daimler Art Collection--by around 40 artists. Opening with an examination of predecessors such as Josef Albers, Norbert Krick ..."
Nachzeichnungen FranzErhardWalther (German Edition) by FranzErhardWalther Hardcover, 128 Pages, Published 1993 by Cantz ISBN-13: 978-3-89322-596-5, ISBN: 3-89322-596-X