"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” ..."
FranzErhardWalther 32 Pages, Published 1988 ISBN-13: 978-0-929687-00-1, ISBN: 0-929687-00-0
"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 ..."
"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) 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."
"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 ..."
"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 ..."
"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 ..."
FranzErhardWalther l'usage de la forme: Les années fondatrices (1953-1972) by Thierry Davila Paperback, Published 2024 by La Lettre Volée ISBN-13: 978-2-87317-622-8, ISBN: 2-87317-622-9
"Published on the occasion of a Fundación Jumex exhibition, this Franz Erhard Walther sourcebook compiles texts that are key to interpreting Walther’s objects and to assessing the cultural impact of an artist who, in the 1960s and '70s, assiduously avoided joining any group or art movement."
"In these works, the image is no longer just material matter. Instead, the work demands an active viewer who adds to it the element of his or her own imagination."
"This catalogue documents the exhibition Perpetuum Mobile, by German artist Franz Erhard Walther (born 1939). A pioneer of participatory art, Walther lays out tactile sculptural pieces that invite both mental and physical engagement, whereby the exhibition is both the site and the result of transformative actions."
"It seems only appropriate that this new publication from Franz Erhard Walther (born 1939) should take the form of an inviting, brightly colored pop-up book: since the 1960s, the pioneering German artist has been celebrated for the performative and inclusive nature of his sculpture."
"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."
Junger Kunstkreis Fulda Setting out for Postwar Modernism. Prints FranzErhardWalther's Turn towards the 1960s Avant-Garde (English and German Edition) by FranzErhardWalther, Carlo : Burschel, Thomas Heiler, Heiko Wingenfeld Hardcover, 200 Pages, Published 2019 by Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt Illustrato ISBN-13: 978-3-89790-540-5, ISBN: 3-89790-540-X
""Dust of Stars. A Drawn Novel" is a monumental cycle of 524 sheets filled with pencil drawings and inscribed by hand. Franz Erhard Walther (b. Fulda 1939; lives and works in Fulda) spreads out a tableau of his time organized by his own life that begins in 1942, during World War II, and ends in 1973, when the artist's reductive works with their emphasis on materials and processes had gained recognition. Events from his childhood and yout ..."
FranzErhardWalther mit dem Körper sehen ; Werkentwicklung, Werkbeispiele 1957 - 1997 ; [anläßlich der Ausstellung in der Kunstsammlung Gera, Orangerie vom 29. Juni bis 24. August 1997] by Ulrike Rüdiger, Kunstsammlung Gera, Kunstgalerie Gera Orangerie, Ulrike Lorenz Paperback, 151 Pages, Published 1997 by Kunstsammlung Gera ISBN-13: 978-3-910051-19-5, ISBN: 3-910051-19-7
"Katalog zur Austellung in Gera vom 29.6 - 24.8.1997
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