Rudolf Stingel - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300124244 ISBN 13: 9780300124248

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Celebrated for his explorations of the process of painting and the idea” of painting, Rudolf Stingel (b. 1957) combines minimalist, conceptual, and performative practices to create unexpected spaces. This highly anticipated book, the premier critical survey of Stingel’s career to date, accompanies the Italian-born artist’s first solo museum exhibition in the United States.
Employing a palette of a wide range of materials, Stingel reflects upon fundamental questions facing painting today: authenticity, meaning, hierarchy, and context. By transforming the materiality, process, and perception of paintings, Stingel’s work alters the viewer’s perception of and physical encounter with the artwork and invites the viewer to participate in or collaborate in a new and deeper understanding and appreciation of art. For example, by carpeting Grand Central Station (Plan B, 2004), he transformed the station hall itself into a work of art that viewers had to occupy to experience and that fashioned its own audience from travelers forced to traverse it.
His full range of work, including his recent portraits and self-portraits, is represented in this handsome volume. With important contributions by Whitney curator Chrissie Iles and Reiner Zettl, Rudolf Stingel: Painting 1987 2007 is the first book to examine the broader implications of the artist’s creative practice in contemporary society.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Contemporary artist Rudolf Stingel's mesmerizing exploration of self-portraiture also marks his first foray into the world of color.

About the Author:

Francesco Bonami is Manilow Senior Curator at Large for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Chrissie Iles is Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Reiner Zettl is Assistant Professor at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. 
 

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0300124244
• ISBN 13: 9780300124248
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 246
• Editor: Bonami Francesco