M Selection
Collection of the Migros Museum Fur Gegenwartskunst
Published on 24. July 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-3-85881-384-8 (ISBN)
Description
M Selection features a selection of 28 works from Migros Museum fur Gegenwartskunst s collection by 27 Swiss and international artists. It examines the artists and their works and puts them in context with various artistic movements from the second half of the 20th century: Pop Art, Minimalism, Post-Minimalism, Land Art, Performance, Photography and conceptual Art, Feminist and Appropriation Art. The fully illustrated book gives brief texts on the featured works. Two introductory essays on the entire collection and the exhibition concept complete the book. Artists featured include: Marc Camille Chaimowicz (French), Cosey Fanni Tutti (British), Thea Djordjadze (Georgian, working in Germany), Hamish Fulton (British), Douglas Gordon (British [Scottish]), Mathilde ter Heijne (Dutch, working in Germany), Daniel Knorr (Romanian, working in Germany), Sol LeWitt (American), Babette Mangolte (French, working in the USA), Bruce Nauman (American), Gerhard Richter (German), Markus Schinwald (Austrian), Katharina Sieverding (German), Alina Szapocznikow (Polish, worked in France), Oscar Tuazon (American), Andy Warhol (American), Stephen Willats (British), Christopher Wool (American), and others.
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Language
English
German
Place of publication
Zurich
Switzerland
Illustrations
40 Colour
Dimensions
Height: 325 mm
Width: 240 mm
ISBN-13
978-3-85881-384-8 (9783858813848)
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Persons
Justine Moeckli studied Art History at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, and the Institute of Fine Arts in New York. She is curator of the contemporary art collection at the Musee d'art et d'histoire in Geneva. Heike Munder studied Cultural Studies at the University of Lunenburg. She has been director of the Migros Museum fur Gegenwartskunst in Zurich since 2001 She has been lecturing at various universities and colleges in Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK (Goldsmiths College, London), and has contributed to various exhibition catalogues and art periodicals. She has also been a member of the 2012 Turner Prize jury. Judith Welter studied Art History, Spanish Language and Literature, and Religious Science at the University of Bern, Switzerland, where she is currently working on her PhD in History of Contemporary Art. She has been working at the Migros Museum fur Gegenwartskunst in Zurich, now as curator of the permanent collection. She also regularly contributes to exhibition catalogues.