Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Supporting your high street Find out how »
Thomas Hirschhorn : Robert Walser - Sculpture, Paperback / softback Book

Thomas Hirschhorn : Robert Walser - Sculpture Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

Out of stock

Description

For three months Biel, Switzerland, hosted a special kind of sculpture.

It was special not simply because it was by one of Switzerland’s most famous contemporary artists—Thomas Hirschhorn—and dedicated to one of the most prominent authors in the history of Swiss literature, Robert Walser.

Beyond that, this sculpture was a redefinition of sculpture itself, because what takes on a plastic form here is not made of stone, steel, or bronze.

It is society itself that helped to develop this work of art.

In 2016 Thomas Hirschhorn and the curator Kathleen Bühler began doing field research in Biel, the city of Robert Walser’s birth, connecting with residents, clubs, artists, literati, and experts.

This resulted in a multifaceted agenda. Every day the two offered events such as readings, walking tours, lectures, and children’s activities.

All of this ultimately comprised the Robert Walser-Sculpture.

Never before has an entire city been integrated into a temporary work of art in this way.

Information

Save 21%

£68.00

£53.49

Out of stock
Add to Basket
Sign in to add to wishlist
 
Free Home Delivery

on all orders

 
Pick up orders

from local bookshops

Information