
Dieter Roth, Bjoern Roth
Work Tables and Tischmatten
Barry Rosen(Editor)
Yale University Press
Published on 30. November 2010
Book
Hardback
238 pages
978-0-300-17079-5 (ISBN)
Description
Dieter Roth's unique and eclectic Tischmatten ("Table Mats") incorporate drawings, paintings, photographs, and ephemeral materials. Roth placed these gray cardboard mats on tables in his apartment, studios, and houses, collecting what he referred to as the "traces of my domestic activities." Along with spontaneous doodles and drips and stains from the kitchen, Roth affixed leftover food, notes, and photos to the mats, creating still lifes that he would supplement with painting and collage and that had an emphasis on symmetry and mirror images.
Dieter Roth, Bjoern Roth: Work Tables and Tischmatten offers a new interpretation of these significant yet often misunderstood works, which Roth himself considered to have influenced the development of his painting in the late 1980s. The book includes the artist's writings about the Tischmatten, and an insightful essay by Andrea Buettner resituates them within the greater body of the artist's output.
Dieter Roth, Bjoern Roth: Work Tables and Tischmatten offers a new interpretation of these significant yet often misunderstood works, which Roth himself considered to have influenced the development of his painting in the late 1980s. The book includes the artist's writings about the Tischmatten, and an insightful essay by Andrea Buettner resituates them within the greater body of the artist's output.
Reviews / Votes
"A gorgeous new book."-Marina Cashdan, Huffington Post -- Marina Cashdan * Huffington Post *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
114 b-w + color illus.
Dimensions
Height: 274 mm
Width: 230 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
1429 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-17079-5 (9780300170795)
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Persons
Barry Rosen is a curatorial consultant in New York City. Bjoern Roth is an artist and Dieter Roth's son. Andrea Buettner is an art historian based in London. Paul McCarthy is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Los Angeles.