Grafik og grafiske teknikker

Amidst the turmoil of World War II, Zurich was an enclave where modern art held its ground. In the aftermath, Concrete Art, design, and the "Swiss Style" became emblematic of a modern Switzerland. Influenced by De Stijl, Russian Constructivism, and the Bauhaus, the Zurich Concretists aimed to transform society through aesthetics, design, and architecture. Circle! Square! Progress! brings together the main protagonists Max Bill, Camille Graeser, Verena Loewensberg, and Richard Paul Lohse along with precursors such as Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Georges Vantongerloo, Theo van Doesburg, and Anton Stankowski. Contemporary witnesses, artist Peter Fischli and curator Bice Curiger, add their unique perspectives. The volume vividly describes the Zurich Concretist's conections with European avant-garde, delving into the hostilities, scandals, and their ultimately successful struggle for recognition against the backdrop of the 20th century's upheavals.

Die Beiträge in diesem Band beleuchten die Entstehung von bedeutenden Zeichnungssammlungen in Wien und Mitteleuropa, die heute vielfach den Grundstock der großen Kabinette etwa in Wien, Berlin, Dresden und Hamburg bilden. Sie fragen nach den Akteuren, ihren internationalen Verflechtungen und ihren Motivationen, nach besonderen Sammlungsschwerpunkten und Erwerbungsstrategien wie nach Aufbewahrung und Ordnungssystemen. Die mediale Verbreitung der Sammlungen im Reproduktionsstich oder durch Katalogwerke kommt ebenso zur Sprache wie Strukturen des Kunst- und Aktionshandels und das Zusammenspiel von Sammeln, Kennerschaft und Zeichnungswissenschaft. Der Band zeigt dabei auch, wie stark Zeichnungssammlungen vor allem im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert die Kunstgeschichte und die methodische Entwicklung des Fachs geprägt haben.

Edition VFO, Verein für Originalgraphik (Association for Original Prints) was established in 1948 to pursue the goals of publishing contemporary art and making collecting affordable to broader audiences. The Zurich-based, much-recognized non-profit institution remains committed to the dissemination of contemporary art, and is now the largest of the few remaining publishers of original printed editions in Switzerland. Print Art Now marks Edition VFO's 75th anniversary. It brings together three exhibitions in Switzerland, at the Musée Jenisch in Vevey, the Museo Civico Villa dei Cedri in Bellinzona, and the Kunsthaus Grenchen, all curated on the occasion of the jubilee. They respectively explore the topics of collecting prints today, the technical and artistic challenges of printmaking, and the emancipation of print as a medium within the traditional hierarchy of visual art. The featured artworks demonstrate how print is constantly evolving as an artistic technique and has become equal to painting, photography, sculpture, or video. The beautiful volume also offers an up-to-date survey of printmaking in Switzerland and highlights its relevance in contemporary art practice.

Whether Old Masters or young Swiss art, whether printed or drawn: with holdings of more than 160,000 works on paper, the Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich, the famous university's collection of prints and drawings, is one of the largest and finest of its kind in Switzerland and internationally. Albrecht Dürer, Maria Sibylla Merian, Rembrandt van Rijn, and Pablo Picasso are represented alongside contemporary greats such as Louise Bourgeois, Miriam Cahn, Fischli/Weiss, Urs Lüthi, and Shirana Shahbazi. Founded in 1867 as a classical academic study collection, the archive serves today as a focal point for scholars and art-lovers alike, and as the means for exchange between the university and the public. This lavishly illustrated book takes readers on a fascinating journey across six centuries of art history, featuring some 300 of the collection's highlights. An introductory essay on the history and evolution of the Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich and brief texts on 40 selected works accompany the illustrations. The volume is rounded off by personal statements by contemporary artists and researchers from various disciplines, who testify to and comment on the significance and topicality of the collection's holdings.

FERROZINE 536 presents twelve projects by the artist Ottjörg A.C. from the last 20 years. Ottjörg has lived in many different countries for long periods of time - among these, in Germany, Austria and Russia, later repeatedly in China, and for several years in Brazil. His artwork originates from all over the world, inter alia color imprints of scribbled school desks from five continents. Ottjörg combines the analogue experience of traces and testimonies of the past with printing processes. His most important tool is communication. By printing on site - wherever a press can be found - participation and exchange with people of diverse heritages is extended to the technical production of the artwork. Where is the connection between the Pampas of Latin America and the foundation piles of Berlin's Imperial Palace? How is it possible to mention Albrecht Dürer and Kasimir Malevich in one breath? What does horse castration have to do with colonial rule? How can worthless banknotes be profitably recycled? This publication has some ideas to offer.

"A Model Workshop" untersucht den viel zu wenig erforschten Einfluss Margaret Lowengrunds (1902-1957) als visionäre führende Künstlerin, Veranstalterin und Kritikerin auf die Druckgrafikszene in der Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts auch im Licht der von ihr gegründeten New Yorker Druckwerkstatt / Galerie "The Contemporaries".Anhand des Werdegangs der Grafik in den 1950er-Jahren belegt der Band den Stellenwert von Lowengrund und The Contemporaries als einflussreicher Knotenpunkt der Druckkunst in der Jahrhundertmitte. Mit Originaltexten neben Archivdokumenten kartografiert das Buch die Aktivitäten, Netzwerke und Vermächtnisse von Lowengrund und The Contemporaries und verortet sie dabei in einer Reihe von Kontexten wie gewerkschaftlich organisierter Arbeit, Feminismus und Unternehmertum, internationalem Austausch und moderner Druckgrafik.

Founded in 2017, the Warwick Collection is a young and growing collection of contemporary art with a focus on relevant German and next generation artists. The collection explores themes related to abstraction, conceptualism and aesthetics comprised of works on canvas, performance, photography and sculpture.This first comprehensive catalogue serves the ambition of creating an enduring collection that tells the narrative of current and future generations of artists.

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The artist book "Marcel van Eeden - 1898" is being published to coincide with the Hans-Thoma Prize 2023. The prize-winner, Marcel van Eeden (* 1965), explores Thoma's little-known travels to the Netherlands in 1898. He reflects on Thoma's analysis of Rembrandt van Rijn or Paulus Potter, under the problematic influence of cultural theorist Julius Langbehn. Present-day gum bichromate images of the places Thoma visited alongside historical quotes by Thoma and Langbehn result in a multifaceted, critical consideration of nationalistic views on culture.

In the second half of the twentieth century, they amassed one of the most important and comprehensive collections of art: Irene and Peter Ludwig. Driven by the idea of putting a panorama of global art on display, from 1970 onwards they were instrumental in the establishment of museums and foundations in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Russia, Cuba, and China. In interviews with Regina Wyrwoll, fourteen of their contemporaries tell the stories behind the Ludwigs' global activities. Introductory texts offering contextual information, documents and photographs from the Peter and Irene Ludwig Foundation archive-some published for the first time-and a timeline of their founding of institutions complete the publication.Text: Regina Wyrwoll

The Austrian typographer Helmut Schmid was a master of his craft. He put his own spin on Emil Ruder's teachings at the Basel School of Design while remaining faithful to the principles of clarity, simplicity and elegance. Blending eastern and western influences, Schmid honed his skills and put them into practice in the fields of editorial design, packaging of ethical drugs and visual identity of brands such as Pocari Sweat sports drink (Otsuka Pharmaceutical), Maquillage (Shiseido) and IPSA. He also produced independent publications in parallel, such as Typographic Reflections.Helmut Schmid Typography explores the typographer's oeuvre in its entirety. The book's generous design allows each image to breathe, and the accompanying texts narrate Schmid's life and career in an informative and pleasant manner. Complementing the publications Weingart: Typography and Ruder Typography, Ruder Philosophy, this bilingual monograph completes the Basel school of typographic thought.

Von 1970 bis 1973 unternahm Chile ein politisches Experiment, das den friedlichen sozialistischen Wandel unter Wahrung der bestehenden demokratischen Institutionen zum Ziel hatte. Dieser «chilenische Weg zum Sozialismus», wie er oft genannt wurde, bot auf dem Höhepunkt des Kalten Krieges einen einzigartigen politischen dritten Weg - einen, der sich von den gegensätzlichen Modellen der Vereinigten Staaten und der Sowjetunion absetzte. Diese kurze und abrupt beendete Periode der chilenischen Geschichte führte zu einem Produkt- und Kommunikationsdesign, das eindrucksvoll zeigt, wie Design soziales Verhalten und Identität beeinfl ussen und Solidarität und Zusammenhalt fördern kann.How to Design a Revolution dokumentiert diese chilenische Bildsprache, die aus aussergewöhnlichen Umständen entstanden ist. Die Publikation bereichert die Diskussion zu den einflussreichen und folgenreichen visuellen Sprachen der sozialen (Protest)Bewegungen der 1960er und 1970er Jahre - darunter jene der kubanischen Revolution, des Vietnamkrieges und des Pariser Mais - und veranschaulicht, wie Design politische Dynamiken widerspiegelt und gleichzeitig zu einem Instrument des politischen Wandels wird.

Bodies act as powerful signs, as cultural settings: How are bodies represented and how are they looked at? Which types of bodies are never shown or only shown in a particular way or context? Normative ideas of beauty and the body shape our perception of ourselves and the world - and the bodies shown manifest inequalities and reflect the prevailing relations of power and violence.Talking Bodies questions the body images propagated by our visual culture through the medium of the poster. Masterpieces of art history, contemporary self-dramatizations in social media, gender stereotypes, images of black bodies, and the representation of disabled and non-normative bodies are juxtaposed and critically analyzed. With its focus on the construction and impact of body images, but also on possible strategies of resistance, the publication sees itself as a critical contribution to current debates.

Der Katalog setzt sich kritisch mit Leben und Werk des in Polen geborenen Künstlers Maryan auseinander und zeigt über hundert Schlüsselwerke, darunter Gemälde, Drucke, Ephemera, Fotografien und Archivmaterial. Als Holocaustüberlebender setzte er sich zeit seines Lebens für die Einhaltung der Menschenrechte ein.Text: Piotr Slodkowski, Jamieson Webster.

A comprehensive history and how-to treatise on mezzotint engraving, a printmaking technique known for creating lush tonal gradations and dramatic lighting effects

"The Folly Cove Designers (officially 1941-1969) was a grassroots collective of predominantly women block printers founded by Caldecott Award-winner and beloved children's book author/illustrator Virginia Lee Burton Demetrios (of Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel fame). This trailblazing Gloucester, Massachusetts-based group produced more than three hundred distinct designs, which they block printed on fabric. The designs conveyed personal and regional narratives through the use of shared design principles and the compelling language of pattern. The group was propelled to international fame through commercial contracts with major retailers (F. Schumacher, Lord & Taylor, etc.), articles in leading periodicals such as Life, and participation in seminal fine craft exhibitions. Their work continues to inspire contemporary printmakers around the globe, particularly women printmakers. As the first comprehensive history of the Folly Cove Designers, Trailblazing Women Printmakers documents and celebrates the group's tremendous success and the incredible artistry of its members."

This publication is devoted to an extensive description of the pneumopteria which are also referred to as cloud whales or cloud sponges, and occasionally, in scientific language, as pneumospongia. Often, in older treatises, they have been termed celestial leviathans. These gigantic, cloud-like creatures, which seemed to float in the air without movement or stimulation, could reach several hundred meters in size. In all likelihood, they are extinct today. The species was, however, frequently observed in historical times and has been described by numerous cultures and in many different contexts.With his research findings, Roland Boden provides the first thorough introduction to the nature, appearance, and behavior of the pneumopteria and surveys the history of their exploration and description. In his treatise, defined as fictional research, Boden uses quotations, photographs, reproductions, reconstructive drawings, and computer-generated images, combining real scientific and historical facts with completely fictitious elements to create a parallel reality that cleverly and artistically questions contemporary perceptual processes.

Gennadiy Kaplan was born on November, 26, 1957 in the City of Korosten' in Ukraine. His career as an artist began in 1980 after he finished high school and graduated from Kubansky (Krasnodarskiy) State University with a Master Of Art and Technical Graphics. There are represented his artworks till 2022 in a catalog. Art of Gennadiy Kaplan are in private art collections. Gennadiy Kaplan had of many art exhibition.

Der Kisokaido durch Japan wurde Anfang des 17. Jahrhunderts vom damaligen Herrscher Tokugawa Ieyasu angelegt. Auf dem mühsamen Weg von Edo (dem heutigen Tokio) nach Kyoto ließ er in regelmäßigen Abständen Rastplätze einrichten, an denen Gasthäuser, Läden und Restaurants den erschöpften Reisenden Kost und Logis boten. Im Jahre 1835 erhielt der anerkannte Holzschnitzer Keisai Eisen den Auftrag, die Reise auf der Kiso-Straße in einer Reihe von Schnitten abzubilden. Nachdem er 24 Holzschnitte fertiggestellt hatte, wurde Eisen durch Utagawa Hiroshige abgelöst, der die Reihe von 70 Holzschnitten schließlich 1843 vollendete. Sowohl Eisen als auch Hiroshige waren renommierte Holzschnittkünstler . In Kiso Kaido Rokujukyu-tsugi lassen beide ihre charakteristische Handschrift erkennen, ohne dabei den harmonischen Gesamteindruck zu verraten. Von der belebten Ausgangsstation Nihonbashi bis zur Festungsstadt Iwamurata wählte Eisen in seinen Bildern gedecktere Farben, zeichnet sich jedoch durch die Darstellung von Personen - vor allem glamourösen Frauen - aus und schwelgt in Momentaufnahmen des Treibens entlang der Strecke , vom Beschlagen eines Pferdes bis zum Fegen von Reis. Hiroshige demonstriert mit atmosphärischen Szenen , wie souverän er die Landschaftsdarstellung beherrscht, von den friedvollen Ufern des Ota bis zum Furcht einflößenden Wada-Pass und einem Aufstieg zwischen Yawata und Mochizuki im Mondschein . Die Sammlung Die neunundsechzig Stationen des Kisokaido stellt nicht nur einen Höhepunkt der Holzschnittkunst dar - mit kühnen Kompositionen und experimentellem Einsatz von Farbe -, sondern bildet auch einen reizvollen Bildteppich vom Japan des 19. Jahrhunderts, lange bevor die Industrialisierung über das Reich der aufgehenden Sonne hereinbrach. Diese Ausgabe zeigt das einzige bekannte Exemplar dieser Serie, das fast vollständig aus seltenen Erstdrucken besteht, und lässt so den Bilderzyklus in TASCHENs kompaktem Jubiläumsformat in gebührender Pracht wiederauferstehen.

From verdant panoramas to decadent pleasure quarters: Utagawa Hiroshige's final masterpiece, One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, is a woodblock journey through 19th-century Tokyo and a jewel in the ukiyo-e tradition. This reprint is bound in the traditional Japanese fashion and reproduces one of the finest complete original sets belonging to the...

Siri Beckman has been creating wood engravings and woodcuts for more than forty years. Featuring more than 100 of her images, this volume is a celebration of her life's work and legacy.