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Aus Bibliotheken wird man klug. Zwei Ausstellungen, fast gleichzeitig, beide mit Büchern. Was ist eine Bibliothek anderes als eine katalogisierte Sammlung? Thomas Schlup
THE ADVERTISMENTS OF GALERIE BRUNO BISCHOFBERGER IN ARTFORUM AND KUNSTBULLETIN
BACK COVERS. SUMMER FALL WINTER SPRING. THE ADVERTISMENTS OF GALERIE BRUNO BISCHOFBERGER IN ARTFORUM AND KUNSTBULLETIN. Since 1987, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger has combined the advertisements for its gallery program with images of traditional Swiss life; a montage of contrasts that brings local traditions face to face with a globalized art world’s cosmopolitan self-image. For roughly thirty years, the advertisement series has appeared parallel in the art magazines Artforum and Kunstbulletin and has helped the gallery achieve a high level of recognizability. Curated by Peter Fischli and Hilar Stadler at Bellpark Kriens in 2018.
Comment by user Thomas Schlup: “Ländliches Brauchtum, verwurzelt in Volk und Scholle. Keine billige Touristenfolklore. Die Zinggen in der Landschaft heissen im Volksmund ‘Toblerone’. Sie dienten einst als Panzersperren. Die Titelseiten sind ein Spiegel der Zeit, die in Dialog treten mit den Fotos, mit denen Bruno Bischofberger auf seine Galerie hinweist. Das ‘Kunstbulletin’ begleitet uns auch heute noch verlässlich.”
Announcement for Armand Schulthess: Rekonstruktion eines Universums
Announcement for a publication by Hans-Ulrich Schlumpf on Armand Schulthess who hung more than 1,000 inscribed panels in the trees and bushes of the 18,000 square meters of his chestnut woods in the Onsernone Valley in Ticino. Over a period of more than twenty years he transformed the woods into a philosophical garden that chronicled human knowledge and arranged it encyclopedically. Edition Patrick Frey
Comment by user Thomas Schlup: “Das Universum des Armand Schulthess im Onsernonetal. Ingeborg Lüscher hat uns etwas davon gerettet, Hans-Ulrich Schlumpf auch. Ein Buch ist daraus geworden. Der grosse Rest: Von verständnislosen Erben innert drei Tagen dem Erdboden gleichgemacht. In der Schweiz hat es keinen Platz für ‘Sonderlinge’. Was für ein garstiges Land.”
Peter Wiedenmeier
‘Wegen Schneefall abgesagt’ teilt uns Peter Wiedenmeier mit, auf einer nebelgrauen Fläche, die alles zudeckt. Die Kugelschreiberzahlen könnten Pegelstände bedeuten. ‘Elco’ für Schreibmaterialen und Couverts, schön geschwungene Schnüerlischrift. Die gedruckte Seite der Karte macht dann deutlich weniger her. Thomas Schlup
Raymond Roussel @ Buchholz
Galerie Buchholz shows more than a few brilliant artists. Sometimes, the gallery organizes shows that we would love to organize too — and we love Daniel and Christopher for doing so. In this case about famed French author Raymond Roussel who wrote New Impressions of Africa and Locus Solus. Check Buchholz’ shows on RR here and here. Roussel died in 1933 in a hotel in Palermo, the beloved Italian author Leonardo Sciascia wrote about it.
“Docilement une brillante fanfare éclata, sortant d’une foule de pavillons d’inégale grosseur tassés en groupe compact.” Raymond Roussel
NO ISBN!
If a publisher is selling their books on their own and are not trying to place them in stores or libraries or with wholesalers, is an ISBN required? No, an ISBN is not required. Straight from the horse’s mouth. Thomas Schlup
Heidrun Holzfein, Mexico 68
“Between 2005 and 2007 I conducted a series of video interviews with activists of the 1968 student movement. MEXICO 68 investigates the significance and impact of the ‘68 student movement on Mexican society, politics and culture in general, and on the lives of the participants in particular. Conducted almost forty years after the fact, the 18 interviews with activists offer a diverse range of personal accounts, political and social analysis as well as reflections on the events that took place during that mythic year.” (Heidrun Holzfeind)
See also http://www.mexico68.net/. It’s the announcement for the publication by Kodoji Press.
Otto Sander liest Beckett
Otto Sander (1941-2013) war ein bedeutender Schauspieler (Theater und Film).
User Beitrag: “Der Satz bringt auf den Punkt, was ich mir an trostlosen Tagen denke. In simpler und fast poetischer Form Ausserdem sind Schrift und Hintergrundfarbe angenehm und passend. Die restliche Ausstellung ist wirklich interessant, fast überwältigend in ihrer Vielfalt. Gleichzeitig aber doch einheitlich in ihrer Form, sind die etlichen Einladungskarten eben”nichts Neues unter der Sonne.” Natalija L.
Hacienda, Zürich
Hacienda was an independent exhibition space in Zürich founded by artist Fabian Marti, art historian Arthur Fink and the current gallerist Oskar Weiss (see www.weissfalk.ch). It was active between 2012 and 2015 (?) and located in a former Kinderkrippe in the center of Zürich. See the interview by Mitchell Anderson for Flash Art here. They also founded the publishing house Hacienda Books, currently under the direction of Oskar Weiss.
Message Salon at Strauhof
Message Salon is a legendary project run by artist Esther Eppstein since 1996. It started at Perla-Mode on Langstrasse in Zürich, where Epstein organized and staged exhibitions, performances, talks, all sorts of projects, discussions, and outspoken opinions.
Around 2015, message salon turned into a nomadic artist-run artist residence project called „message salon embassy“. message salon embassy invites international artists to Zürich. Once in town, Madame l’Ambassadeur Esther Eppstein takes her guests to explore the local art scene, to meet people, personalities, friends and art. They visit galleries, museums, festivals, and occasionally cook together. Each residence ends with the publication of a zine, launched during a public event.
This one was at Strauhof and organized in collaboration with Ivona Brdjanovic.