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An exploration of the work of Silvie and Chérif Defraoui, important pioneers of multidisciplinary and multimedia art and of art education in Switzerland.
Swiss artist Silvie Defraoui, born in 1935, realized a significant part of her work beginning in 1975 together with her husband Chérif (1932–1994). Silvie and Chérif Defraoui compiled their photo and video works, installations, sculptures, and performances under the title Archives du Futur. They taught together at Geneva’s École supérieure des Beaux-Arts (today HEAD–Genève), where they founded the legendary studio Média Mixte and taught a number of renowned artists.
The Archives du Futur, to which Silvie Defraoui has continued adding works since Chérif’s premature death, has been made available as a digital catalog raisonné to browse online. This book accompanies, supplements, and expands on the digital documentation. It gathers fourteen commentaries on individual works of the two artists by distinguished art theorists and curators, originally published from 1984 onwards in various art journals and exhibition catalogs or newly written for this book. They reflect on the artists’ joint oeuvre as well as on work created independently by Silvie Defraoui. Interviews with her and selected lecture texts from the couple’s shared teaching activities shed light on their artistic stance and thematic focuses.
The volume invites an exploration of an artistic body of work that is highly topical through its merging of dualities—memory and the present, Orient and Occident, man and woman, tradition and invention.
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About the Authors
Bigna Guyer is an art historian and curator of the art collection of the Swiss Canton of Zurich.
Daniel Kurjaković is an expert of contemporary art and program curator at the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland.
Hans Rudolf Reust is an art critic and head of studies at the Department of Fine Arts, Bern University of the Arts.
Corinne Schatz is a freelance writer and curator based in St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Philip Ursprung is professor of art and architectural history at ETH Zurich’s Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture (gta).
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Swiss artist Silvie Defraoui realised a significant part of her work beginning in 1975 together with her husband Cherif (19321994). Silvie and Cherif Defraoui compiled their photo and video works, installations, sculptures, and performances under the title Archives du Futur. They taught together at Geneva's Ecole superieure des Beaux- Arts (today HEADGeneve), where they founded the legendary studio Media Mixte and counted a number of renowned artists among their students. The Archives du Futur, to which Silvie Defraoui has continued adding works since Cherif's premature death, has been made available as a digital catalogue raisonne to browse online. This book accompanies, supplements, and expands on the digital documentation. It gathers 14 commentaries on individual works of the two artists by distinguished art theorists and curators, originally published from 1984 onwards, in various art journals and exhibition catalogues or newly written for this book. They reflect on the artists' joint oeuvre as well as on work created independently by Silvie Defraoui. Interviews with her and selected lecture texts from the couple's shared teaching activities shed light on their artistic stance and thematic focuses. The volume invites an exploration of an artistic body of work that is highly topical through its merging of dualities - memory and the present, Orient and Occident, man and woman, tradition and invention. Text in English, French and German. AUTHORS: Silvie Defraoui, born in 1935 in St. Gallen and educated as an artist in Geneva and Algiers, exhibits her work in countries around the world. She lives and works in in Vufflens-le-Chateau, near Lausanne, and in Spain. Cherif Defraoui, born in 1932 in Geneva, spent his childhood in Alexandria and Cairo and returned to Geneva for his studies, where he began his collaboration with Silvie. He died in 1994 in Vufflens-le-Chateau, near Lausanne. 12 colour, 3 b/w illustrations This book collects 14 commentaries on the work of Swiss artist Silvie and Cherif Defraoui, alongside interviews with her Silvie Defraoui and selected lecture texts from the couples shared teaching at Swiss art schools, shedding light on their artistic stance and thematic focuses. Text in English, French and German. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9783039420049