Search Results: Authors starting with O from artecontemporanea

Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern, 2002. fine. Olaf Nicolai questions the processes of perception in order to elicit a different kind of reception. "Questions of form, moods, attitudes and style are not just vain play with surfaces. They are questions of [the] organizational forms of activities," he explains. In his works, Nicolai displays attitudes and styles, combining and collecting them. He integrates classical artistic techniques and the act of collecting; he secures evidence and constructs archives as the activities of his artistic production. His surprising, often overwhelming installations combine current questions of the natural sciences and the liberal arts with conceptual works that refer to biology, architecture, aesthetics, iconography, history, and the general processes of civilization and urban life. Focused on the construction and exploration of new aesthetic contexts, Nicolai's work often reflects the difference between nature and art, or naturalness and artificiality.… Read More

Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern, 2003. paperback. fine.

Spector Books, Leipzig, 2010. paperback. fine. Olaf Nicolai präsentiert 80 Fotografien, die den vom Blitzlicht seiner Kamera erhellten Boden vor seinen Füßen zeigen. So markiert der in der Dunkelheit kaum Sehende seinen Weg mit den kurzen Lichtblitzen eines Fotoapparates, als er sich durch das Death Valley vorantastet. Sie erleuchten jeweils wenige Zentimeter Boden, ein winziges Detail der Landschaft, deren Wüstencharakter, die Lebensfeindlichkeit ihrer brennenden Hitze und des gleißenden Tageslichts bekannt ist. Die Fotos weisen vor allem auf das unheimliche Dunkel der Nacht hin, die kein künstliches Licht erhellt.

Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, 2001. paperback. fine. Olafur Eliasson belongs to the generation of artists who spent the 90s exploring and expanding the boundaries between art, science, and nature, and their subjective and objective perception. Using fog, water, plants, and soil, he and landscape architect Gunther Vogt completely transformed the rigorously concrete and glass Kunsthaus Bregenz, pictured here in objective installation photographs and subjective texts by the artist., Edited by Eckard Schneider. Essays by Olafur Eliasson, Marianne Krogh Jensen, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Andreas Spiegl, Rudolf Sagmeister.

Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 1980. paperback. fine.

Les Presses du Reél, Dijon, 1996. hardcover. fine.

Oppenheim Studio, Koln, 1975. paperback. fine.

IDZ, Berlin, 1984. paperback. fine.

"Compilation of 100 black-and-white period photos from the late-20th century study, "Instantáneas Panamericanas" in Cali, Colombia. Photos re- organized by acclaimed Colomban artist, Oscar Muñoz in this publication, "Archivo Porcontacto" in 2003. Features portrait photos of people walking throughout urban Cali. Features analytical texts after the photos, detailing the photographic methodologies. An evocative selection of photographs taken at the Ortiz Bridge of passersby during the decade of the seventies. More than merely being a compilation of photographs, the book is an invitation by Muñoz to anyone wishing to become a participant in the collective memory of Cali, through 'photo-cinema.' Two anecdotal elements determine this book¿s presentation: one is that the photographs were taken by an Olympus Pen camera, and the other is that this particular camera model takes half-frame photos; for every 36 shots, the camera can take 72 frames. The book cover shows the image of the Olympus… Read More

M.I.T. Press, Cambridge, 1980. paperback. fine. Laser-projected images on moving steam screens, solar-tracked holograms, a 144-foot water prism and helium-lifted sky sculptures are some of the features of "Centerbeam," a kinetic performing group work exhibited at documenta 6 in Kessel, Germany (1977) and on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (1978). Its production involved the participation of 22 artists at MIT's Center for Advanced Visual Studiesas well as science and engineering consultants. These illustrations, essays, and biographical profiles of the contributors provide a history of the work, documenting the unusual collaborative process that brought it into being.

Howard Wiese Gallery, New York, 1969. paperback. fine.

Dover Publications , New York, 1973. paperback. fine.

Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1982. paperback. fine.