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Thomas Hirschhorn, a leading installation artist whose work is owned and exhibited by modern art museums throughout Europe and the United States, is known for compelling, often site-specific and interactive environments tackling issues of critical theory, global politics, and consumerism. His work initially engages the viewer through sheer superabundance. Combining found images and texts, bound up in handcrafted constructions of cardboard, foil, and packing tape, the artworks reflect the intellectual scavenging and sensory overload that characterize our own attempts to grapple with the excess of information in daily life. Christina Braun, the first to compile and systematically analyze the extensive source material on this artist’s theoretical principles, sheds light on the complicated yet constitutive relations between Hirschhorn’s work and theory. Her study, now translated into English, makes a major contribution to the study of contemporary art. * Review “Thomas Hirschhorn’s statements are an integral part of his artistic practice. Christina Braun offers the first sustained analysis of them and their complex relation to the sculptural work. Elegantly navigating through Hirschho

Author

Christina Braun, Christina Braun

Publisher

Dartmouth College Press

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781512601633

Subjects

Art, History, Arts