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Lives of the Artists, Lives of the Architects
Lives of the Artists, Lives of the Architects

Lives of the Artists, Lives of the Architects

ART

720 Pages, 4.5 x 7

Formats: Trade Paper

Trade Paper, $23.95 (US $23.95)

Publication Date: October 2016

ISBN 9780141976631

Rights: US

Penguin UK (Oct 2016)

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Overview

From one of the world's most influential curators, Lives of the Artists, Lives of the Architects offers a unique opportunity to learn about the lives and creativity of the world's leading artists

Hans Ulrich Obrist has been conducting ongoing conversations with the world's greatest living artists since he began in Switzerland, aged 19, with Fischli and Weiss. Here he chooses 19 of the greatest figures and presents their conversations, offering the reader intimacy with the artists and insight into their creative processes. Inspired by the great Vasari, Lives of the Artists, Lives of the Architects explores the meaning of art and artists today, their varying approaches to creating, and a sense of how their thinking evolves over time. Including David Hockney, Gilbert and George, Gerhard Richter, Louise Bourgeois, Rem Koolhaas, and Oscar Niemeyer, this is a wonderful and unique book for those interested in modern art.

Author Biography

Hans Ulrich Obrist is a curator and writer. Since 2006 he has been co-director of the Serpentine Gallery, London. He is the author of Mapping It Out, Ways of Curating and, with Ai Weiwei, of Ai Weiwei Speaks.