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THOMAS BAYRLE
40 YEARS OF CHINESE ROCK 'N' ROLL |
| By: |
Udo Kittelmann, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Daniel Birnbaum |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£37.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
3865601006 |
| ISBN 13: |
9783865601001 |
| Publisher: |
BUCHHANDLUNG WALTHER KONIG GMBH & CO. KG. ABT. VERLAG |
| Pub. date: |
10 January, 2007 |
| Pages: |
320 |
| Language: |
English, German, Chinese |
| Synopsis: |
Thomas Bayrle's unorthodox and intensive preoccupation with China has already begun very early: 'It began with a 'whim' that I can no longer explain today; in 1964, I built/made/painted a 'machine' behind which hundreds of athletes performed exercises behind the portrait of Mao Zedong (...) I hardly pay any attention to ideological differences and - against the protests of my leftist friends - mixed communist and capitalist elements and contents together (...) According to the motto 'technical patterns there/organic ornaments here' I weave together warp and weft of my idea of East and West to one and the same fabric (...) Irreconcilable, ideological contraries came to resemble each other even more - and over the years fused - up to Global Rock'n'Roll which is playing momentarily.' This book features large-scale reproductions, an interview with the artist by Daniel Birnbaum, Udo Kittelmann, and Hans Ulrich Obrist, and accompanies an exhibition of Bayrle's work at Museum Moderner Kunst, Frankfurt. |
| Illustrations: |
180 colour, 100 b&w illustrations |
| Publication: |
Germany |
| Imprint: |
Buchhandlung Walther Konig GmbH & Co. KG. Abt. Verlag |
| Returns: |
Returnable |