Günther Förg : a fragile beauty / with contributions by Kirsty Bell, Gavin Delahunty, Lisa Le Feuvre, Liam Gillick, Megan R. Luke, Lauren Richman, Beatrix Ruf, Jeffrey Saletnik, Matthew S. Witkovsky.

Gunther Förg (1952-2013) was a German painter, sculptor, and photographer with an irreverent approach to abstraction. Förg's project tackled the latent instability between image and reality. His painterly surfaces may appear exquisitely sensitive, his installations elegantly precise, but these are m...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bell, Kirsty (Author)
Delahunty, Gavin (Author)
Le Feuvre, Lisa (Author)
Gillick, Liam, 1964- (Author)
Luke, Megan R., 1977- (Author)
Richman, Lauren (Author)
Ruf, Beatrix (Author)
Saletnik, Jeffrey (Author)
Witkovsky, Matthew S., 1967- (Author)
Corporate Authors: Amsterdam (Netherlands). Stedelijk Museum (Publisher, Issuing body, Organizer, Host institution)
Dallas Museum of Art (Publisher, Issuing body, Organizer, Host institution)
Other Authors: Förg, Günther, 1952-2013 (Artist)
Artega, Agustin (writer of foreword.)
Sieburgh, Jan Willem, 1950- (writer of foreword.)
Fox, Martin, 1974- (Editor)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Text in English.
Published: Dallas, Texas : Amsterdam, Netherlands : Dallas Museum of Art ; Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam /, [2018]
Subjects:
Förg, Günther, > 1952-2013 > Exhibitions.
Förg, Günther, > 1952-2013 > Criticism and interpretation.
Förg, Günther, > 1952-2013 > Themes, motives.
Förg, Günther, > 1952-2013.
Förg, Günther, > 1952-2013 > Expositions.
Art, Abstract > Germany > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Art, Abstract > Germany > 21st century > Exhibitions.
Painting, German > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Painting, German > 21st century > Exhibitions.
Sculpture, German > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Sculpture, German > 21st century > Exhibitions.
Photography, Artistic > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Photography, Artistic > 21st century > Exhibitions.
Painting, German.
Bronzeplastik.
Fotografie.
Malerei.
Peinture allemande > Expositions.
Photographie artistique > Expositions.
Exhibition catalogs.
Essays.
Illustrated works.
Genre:
Exhibitions.
Expositions.
Exhibition catalogs.
Essays.
Illustrated works.
Physical Description:245 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits, photographs ; 27 cm
Variant Title:
Fragile beauty
Format: Book
Description
Summary:
Gunther Förg (1952-2013) was a German painter, sculptor, and photographer with an irreverent approach to abstraction. Förg's project tackled the latent instability between image and reality. His painterly surfaces may appear exquisitely sensitive, his installations elegantly precise, but these are mastered and executed with a cold detachment. His deft manipulations of the languages of abstraction obscured a darker message. This publication, the most comprehensive to date, offers an important new understanding of this extraordinary and complex artist. Three years in the making, it reinterprets Förg's oeuvre to reveal an artistic project that raises important questions about the traditional role of an object as a conveyor of fixed meaning. The book's subtitle-"A Fragile Beauty"-is an indication of how Förg successfully manipulated what is behind and beyond an object's appearance.
Note:Published to accompany an exhibition held at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Netherlands, 26th May-14th October, 2018, and Dallas Museum of Art, USA, 21st October, 2018--27th January. 2019.
Call Number:N6888.F62 A4 2018
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (page 244).
ISBN:9780300229226
0300229224
Event Details:
" Günther Förg: A Fragile Beauty" : May 26-October 14, 2018, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Netherlands.
" Günther Förg: A Fragile Beauty" : October 21, 2018-January 27, 2019, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, United States.
Exhibitions:
Exhibited: Günther Förg: "A Fragile Beauty", Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Netherlands, 26th May-14th October, 2018.
Exhibited: Günther Förg: "A Fragile Beauty", Dallas Museum of Art, USA, 21st October, 2018--27th January. 2019.
Place of Publication:Netherlands -- North Holland -- Amsterdam.
United States -- Texas -- Dallas.