Brigitte Kowanz: Light Is What We See - Hardcover

 
9783777446561: Brigitte Kowanz: Light Is What We See
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 3777446564 ISBN 13: 9783777446561
Publisher: Hirmer Verlag GmbH, 2026

Synopsis

Presents the art of light in all its facets from artist Brigitte Kowanz.

"What is light?" is the central question of Brigitte Kowanz's oeuvre. "Light is what we see" is her answer. It makes everything visible, yet remains invisible itself. Kowanz engages with this paradox in her light-based art. Using materials such as mirrors, black light, neon tubes, and glass bottles, Kowanz created objects and spatial artworks in which she staged light. This volume offers a retrospective experience of her oeuvre: alongside the central works, it includes iconic pieces showing that, even in the 1980s, she was engaging with topics that are current today, such as digitalization and new communication media in an information society.

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About the Authors

Ralph Gleis is general director of the Albertina and curator of numerous exhibitions of art from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Angela Stief is chief curator for contemporary art since 1945 at the Albertina and director of the Albertina modern.

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Publisher
Hirmer Verlag GmbH
Publication date
2026
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3777446564
ISBN 13 
9783777446561
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
240
Editor
Gleis Ralph, Stief Angela