"In 2013, Dia Art Foundation commissioned Thomas Hirschhorn to build Gramsci Monument, an overwhelming, complex and excessive outdoor sculpture that measured 8,000 square feet and was located on the grounds of Forest Houses, a New York City Housing Authority development in the Bronx, New York. On display for 77 days, with daily and weekly events organized by the artist, Gramsci Monument concluded Hirschhorn's series of -monuments- dedica ..."
"On Thomas Hirschhorn’s city-wide interactive installation honoring Robert WalserFor three months, the Swiss city of Biel hosted a temporary “sculpture” by Thomas Hirschhorn (born 1957), honoring novelist Robert Walser. Hirschhorn and curator Kathleen Bühler offered readings, walking tours, lectures and children’s activities, all of which comprise the “sculpture."
"The evolving artwork and early, all-encompassing installation "Merzbau" was German Dadaist Kurt Schwitters' obsession. He began building a fantastical structure inside his Hanover studio in 1923, which he conceived as a project without end. It gradually took over most of the house. He continued to work on it in different locations throughout his life, remarking that the "Merzbau" contained everything that was important to him. This grou ..."
"Bringing together 15 Maps realized between 2003 and 2016 by Swiss artist Thomas Hirschhorn (born 1957), this book focuses on this particular aspect of his practice that could be seen as a matrix to understand his unique position within the art world and visual culture. As he explains: “With my Maps, I want to make clear I have a goal, that I am also a maker, and not only a thinker.” Edited by Julie Enckell Julliard, the publication repr ..."
"In 2011, the Swiss artist Thomas Hirschhorn (born 1957) was awarded the Kurt Schwitters Prize, given annually to an artist whose work references that of Schwitters. The award enabled Hirschhorn to make two new installations in homage to Schwitters, the notes, plans and sketches for which are documented here."
Destruction is difficult Indeed it is as difficult as creation (Antonio Gramsch). Das Künstler/innenbuch (der Katalog) erschien zur Ausstellung "Never give up the spot", Museum Villa Stuck, München vom 19.10.2018 - 03.02.2019, Kurator: Roland Wenninger. by ThomasHirschhorn Published 2018 by München, Museum Villa Stuck, ISBN-13: 978-3-923244-35-5, ISBN: 3-923244-35-5
Gramsci Theater(1st Edition) Eine Ontologiekomödie in 26 Bildern (Paperback) by Marcus Steinweg, ThomasHirschhorn Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2016 by Merve ISBN-13: 978-3-88396-302-0, ISBN: 3-88396-302-X
"Museums of contemporary art are expanding and in crisis. They attract ever-larger audiences; architects constantly redesign them; and the ever-swellling ranks of artists are producing a greater quantity of art than ever before. Meanwhile, museum funds are dwindling amid economic crisis and an overheated art market. The question of which art is to be collected has also become a more openly discussed topic. How do curators meet these chal ..."
Maps (Internationaler Merve Diskurs) by Marcus Steinweg, ThomasHirschhorn Hardcover, 40 Pages, Published 2015 by Merve Verlag Gmbh ISBN-13: 978-3-88396-254-2, ISBN: 3-88396-254-6
"This substantial and ambitious volume compiles paintings, drawings, photographs, installations and objects on the theme of space, as instanced in Swiss art of the past 100 years. Some of Switzerland's foremost contemporary artists contribute essays."
"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 ..."
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