Description
The American artist Sarah Morris talks with the curator Hans Ulrich Obrist about her films and paintings. Discussion includes her longtime interest in urban development, and architects including Philip Johnson, Mies van der Rohe, Robert Venturi and others.
About the Author
Sarah Morris (born 1967) lives and works in New York and London. Since the mid-1990s, she has been making complex abstract paintings and films. These works, are derived from close inspection of architectural details combined with a critical sensitivity to the psychology of a city and its key protagonists. She showed her work in many solo exhibitions including Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin (2001), Moderna Museet in Stockholm (2005), Palais de Tokyo in Paris (2005), Fondation Beyeler in Riehen (2008), and MMK in Frankfurt (2009). Hans Ulrich Obrist was born in Zurich in 1968. He was curator at the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and has curated many international exhibitions. In 2006 he was appointed Co-Director of Exhibitions and Programmes and Director of International Projects at the Serpentine Gallery, London. His prolific publications on contemporary art include The Conversation Series, Do it, dontstopdontstopdontstopdontstop, A Brief History of Curating.
Book Information
ISBN 9783990434628
Author Sarah Morris
Format Paperback
Page Count 131
Imprint Ambra Verlag MMag. Franz Schaffer
Publisher Birkhauser
Weight(grams) 348g
About the Author
Sarah Morris (born 1967) lives and works in New York and London. Since the mid-1990s, she has been making complex abstract paintings and films. These works, are derived from close inspection of architectural details combined with a critical sensitivity to the psychology of a city and its key protagonists. She showed her work in many solo exhibitions including Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin (2001), Moderna Museet in Stockholm (2005), Palais de Tokyo in Paris (2005), Fondation Beyeler in Riehen (2008), and MMK in Frankfurt (2009). Hans Ulrich Obrist was born in Zurich in 1968. He was curator at the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and has curated many international exhibitions. In 2006 he was appointed Co-Director of Exhibitions and Programmes and Director of International Projects at the Serpentine Gallery, London. His prolific publications on contemporary art include The Conversation Series, Do it, dontstopdontstopdontstopdontstop, A Brief History of Curating.
Book Information
ISBN 9783990434628
Author Sarah Morris
Format Paperback
Page Count 131
Imprint Ambra Verlag MMag. Franz Schaffer
Publisher Birkhauser
Weight(grams) 348g
