Brigitte Kowanz
Language: English
Published by Hirmer Verlag, DE, 2026
- Hardcover
- New

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This volume presents art with light in all its facets - using mirrors, black light, neon tubes, and bottles, Brigitte Kowanz creates objects and spatial artworks in which she showcases light. "What is light?" is the central question of her oeuvre. "Light is what you see," is the artist's answer.Light helps us see; it makes everything visible, yet remains invisible itself. Brigitte Kowanz explores this paradox in her art of light. This volume offers a retrospective of the work of the artist, who died in 2022. In addition to her central works, it presents iconic works in which she addressed current topics such as digitalization and new communication media in an information society as early as the 1980s.
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- Title
- Brigitte Kowanz
- Author
- Ralph Gleis
- Publisher
- Hirmer Verlag, DE
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 3777446564
- ISBN 13
- 9783777446561
- Item weight
- 1,480 grams
- Dimensions
- 8.66 x 1 x 11.81 inches
"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 Author
Angela Stief is chief curator for contemporary art since 1945 at the Albertina and director of the Albertina modern.
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