Böcker av Juergen Claus

The sea as a space of artistic experience. Juergen Claus's (b. 1935, Berlin; lives and works in Aachen and Baelen, Belgium) oeuvre encompasses paintings, films, light and solar installations, and underwater art. He is also a prolific writer on art, with theoretical works that have sold over 100,000 copies. "Juergen Claus is the first one to see the ocean through an artist's rather than a scientist's lens," Michel Ragon writes. In this book, Claus intertwines his experiences working on the fascinating underwater installations with a pressing contemporary concern: the global efforts to restore the seas to health. The publication combines visual art, architecture, poetry, and music for a multifaceted engagement with the world's oceans. Juergen Claus majored in theater studies at the Universität Mu¨nchen and was a research associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and professor of media art at the Kunsthochschule fu¨r Medien Köln, Cologne.

The new book by artist, diver and editor-in-chief of an underwater magazine Jurgen Claus is a milestone among the books dedicated to the planet sea. It is the knowledgeable overview, created from facts and experiences, of three creative areas that have never before been described in context.