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Thomas Hirschhorn (Phaidon Contemporary Artist Series) by [survey] Benjamin H.D. Buchloh; [interview] Alison M. Gingeras; [focus] Carlos Basualdo is a art available to read on EtoBox.

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The work of Paris-based Swiss artist Thomas Hirschhorn (b.1957) comprises giant, labour-intensive, room-sized collages of low-grade materials - that is to say, rubbish. Hirschhorn is among the most significant artists to have emerged internationally in the 1990s. His work has been included in the world's top exhibitions (including Documenta 11, 2003, and the 48th Venice Biennale, 1999), and he was recipient of the prestigious Prix Marcel Duchamp in 2001. Hirschhorn's work, a commentary on the spectacle of late-capitalist consumerism, is characterized by collages of tinfoil, cardboard, plywood, plastic and packing tape combined with an infinite variety of handwritten texts and images culled from popular magazines, miniature toy airplanes and trains, knick-knacks by the hundreds, armies of plastic 'gold' watches, effigies of Nietzsche and Princess Diana, monitors duct-taped into vitrines, and so on. Part text, part sculpture, part junk heap, and incorporating furniture, cardboard boxes, wooden frames and more, these installations reflect an extraordinarily prolific imagination. Their sheer volume and the time it takes to read and see these massive installations make them unforgettabl

Who reads Thomas Hirschhorn (Phaidon Contemporary Artist Series)?

Author

[survey] Benjamin H.D. Buchloh; [interview] Alison M. Gingeras; [focus] Carlos Basualdo

Publisher

Phaidon Press Ltd

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780714842738

Category

art

Subjects

Art, Arts

Rating

4.65 / 5 (20 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13