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 Buttner resituates them within the greater body of the artist's output.
About the Author
Barry Rosen is a curatorial consultant in New York City. Bjoern Roth is an artist and Dieter Roth's son. Andrea Buttner is an art historian based in London. Paul McCarthy is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Los Angeles.
Reviews
"A gorgeous new book."-Marina Cashdan, Huffington Post -- Marina Cashdan * Huffington Post *
Book Information
ISBN 9780300170795
Author Andrea Buttner
Format Hardback
Page Count 238
Imprint Yale University Press
Publisher Yale University Press
Weight(grams) 1429g
