Böcker av Ulrich Loock

The renowned Swiss artist and his work in its architectural setting. Smoothly painted panels laid out on the floor have earned Adrian Schiess (b. 1959, Zurich; lives and works in Mouans-Sartoux, France) international renown. His objects, which may be placed in a room as desired, are conceived as platforms of creative engagement with the appearance and disappearance of painting. They have become integral components of buildings by world-famous architects including Norman Foster, Herzog, and de Meuron. For this book, Schiess has compiled spectacular series of photographs and extensive conversations that probe the peculiar quality of his work: hybrid and fluctuating, yet always utterly distinctive. It is the first publication to put the focus on this essential aspect of his output, documenting works created between 1993 and 2018. Adrian Schiess studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule Zu¨rich and trained as a graphic designer. His works were on display at the 44th Biennale di Venezia and at documenta IX.

"Diese Malerei entspricht der Ambition, Farbe in die Luft zu malen." (Ulrich Loock)Nicola Staeglich (geb. 1970 in Oldenburg, lebt und arbeitet in Berlin) versetzt Farbe in einen Zwischenzustand von materieller Präsenz und atmosphärischem Strahlen. Sie inszeniert die Malerei als performative Handlung mit breiten Farbsetzungen oder als Rauminstallation mehrlagiger transparenter Farbbahnen. Color Light Matter Mind ist Staeglichs erste Monografie und setzt ihre aktuellen Arbeiten in Beziehung zu den früheren (1998-2021). Von den spiralförmigen Reliefs hin zu ihren Liquid Lights öffnet sie der Farbe eine neue Dimension.

Explores the works of American abstract painter and watercolourist Suzan Frecon (b 1941), critically acclaimed for her sensitive arrangement of colour, form, and texture, and for the philosophical resonance of her art. This book features ten oil paintings and thirty watercolours dating from the late 1990s to 2007.