The work originally conceived by the artist couple Hubbard / Birchler for the Swiss Pavilion at the 2017 Venice Biennale re-constructs the life story of the American artist Flora Mayo. Mayo had a romantic relationship in the 1920s with the Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti. While he is now one of the most famous artists of the twentieth century, her work was de-stroyed, and her life forgotten. Hubbard / Birchler reanimate Mayo's compelling biography from a feminist perspective, combining reconstruction and documentation to create a multilayered form of narrative. The catalogue, produced for the current exhibition at the Sammlung Goetz, elucidates the research the artists engaged in and documents the installa-tion in an impressive manner

About the Author
The artists TERESA HUBBARD (*1965, Dublin, Ireland) and ALEXANDER BIRCHLER (*1962, Baden, Switzerland) are based in Austin, Texas, and Ber-lin and have been working together since 1990. Their installations include sculpture, photography, and film. They first exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 1999.


Book Information
ISBN 9783775745642
Author Cornelia Gockel
Format Hardback
Page Count 144
Imprint Hatje Cantz
Publisher Hatje Cantz
Weight(grams) 540g