Twenty-five contemporary artists invade a space normally devoted to the display of Austrian folk art and contribute inventive and interventive works in response to it. The painting The Bird of Self-Knowledge is the central motif for an exhibition of the same name. Twenty-five contemporary artists were invited to create a work in response to the place where it would be installed in a folk art museum. The result is a provocative dialogue between the current artists' positions and the anonymous cultural heritage already in ...
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Twenty-five contemporary artists invade a space normally devoted to the display of Austrian folk art and contribute inventive and interventive works in response to it. The painting The Bird of Self-Knowledge is the central motif for an exhibition of the same name. Twenty-five contemporary artists were invited to create a work in response to the place where it would be installed in a folk art museum. The result is a provocative dialogue between the current artists' positions and the anonymous cultural heritage already in place. The new works investigate traditional concepts of folk and contemporary art while developing new approaches to anonymous popular culture.
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Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Oversized.
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Hbk 4to essays by Wolfgang Bruckner, Jean-hubert Martin, Saul Ostrow, Beat Wyss, Marie-Louise von Plessen and the editor, plates illustrations small dints to front dj and board (dj now in protective sleeve) excellent in dj as new.
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Fine Condition in Near Fine jacket. Book 151 pp., 89 illustrations most in color. Minor soiling with slight fading to the spine of the dustjacket cover, otherwise fine. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from the Tiroler Volkskunstmuseum Innsbruck 27 June-26 October 1998. Preface by Franz Fischler. Includes list of artists' and authors' biographies. White boards with black letters stamped to the spine. Twenty-five contemporary artists from many parts of the world have "invaded" the museum's collection of folk art and contributed inventive and interventive works in response. Some of the artists included: Pieter Laurens Mol, Hermann Nitsch, Al Souza, Antoni Tąpies and more. Dustjacket is protected with a mylar cover.
