Hauser Wirth - Böcker

Fifteen museum curators chronicle Eva Hesse's landmark exhibitions over the last half-century while offering a glimpse into the personal dimension of crafting an exhibition. This volume provides a historical account of Eva Hesses landmark ins...

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An insight into the life and mind of an icon of American art through the diaries of sculptor Eva Hesse. I open my new book. What will you tell for the next year. To bring forth a new chapter of wisdom, hopes, joys fears. I shall be honest with mys...

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Conceived in close collaboration with the artist, 'Maker's Muck' features 17 experiments in interpretation, by writers from Hannah Black and Cyrus Dunha to Sheila Heti and Lynne Tillman. An exquisitely designed special and numbered ...

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Featuring a new afterword by the author, this richly illustrated new edition of Musa Mayers critically acclaimed memoir of her father Philip Guston is both a deeply personal account of growing up in the shadow of a great artist and a daughters que...

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Angela Thomas, art historian and Max Bills widow, offers intimate insight into the peak years of the Swiss polymath's career. Constructive Clarity: Max Bill and His Time, 19401952, the second installment of art historian Angela Thomass multiv...

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The early life of a modernist polymath and concrete-art pioneer: the first of a new two-volume biography by Bill's widow, art historian Angela Thomas Swiss artist Max Bill (1908-94) was a master of many trades during his lifetime: he was at o...

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A beautifully produced exhibition catalogue celebrating the work of Vilhelm Hammershi featuring rarely exhibited works and essays from leading Hammershi expert Felix Krmer and art historian Florian Illies. Defying categorization, the timeless pain...

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From prose and presentations to reflections and conversations, this reader offers unprecendented access into nearly fifty years of Phyllida Barlow's thoughts on art, teaching, drawing and more. Alongside her career as an artist, Phyllida Barl...

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Made by fifteen contemporary artists and sitting somewhere between sculpture and wearable art, the specially commissioned, artist-made objects documented in this publication challenge conventional definitions of jewellery. Hauser & Wirths Port...

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The full collection of Philip Guston's revered satirical drawings of Richard Nixon, brimming with the renowned artist's instantly recognizable, idiosyncratic style. Philip Guston: Nixon Drawings is the first comprehensive collection of G...

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This monograph brings together pivotal sculptures by two of the most important American sculptors of the 20th Century, whose pioneering work with metal shaped sculptural practice. Two of the most important American sculptors of the 20th century, A...

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Fascinating insights into celebrated collector Ingvild Goetz's longheld passion for art and collecting, and her history with the Arte Povera movement. This publication celebrates the well-known German collector and gallerist Ingvild Goetz&apo...

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With a unique focus on the acclaimed artist's work in the years 1979 to 1989, this publication explores Jack Whitten's revolutionary approach to painting as a medium. Published on the occasion of Hauser & Wirth's first exhibitio...

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A fascinating, unprecedented exploration of nature's crucial role in establishing the truly unique voice of influential artist Arshile Gorky. Ardent Nature: Arshile Gorky Landscapes, 194347 is the first book to explore natures central role in...

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Featuring never-before-seen materials, The Plow and the Song chronicles the remarkable life of abstract expressionist painter Arshile Gorky. A remarkable addition to the ever-evolving scholarship on Arshile Gorky, The Plow and the Song: A Life in ...

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This extensive appraisal of Richard Jackson's uvre is a key resource on one of America's major contemporary artists, combining critical analysis of Jackson's work with wit and wisdom from the artist himself. This massive appraisal o...

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An examination of the city and its inhabitants in the pioneering work of French artist Jean Dubuffet. Dubuffet and the City: People, Place and Urban Space, written and edited by renowned scholar Dr. Sophie Berrebi (University of Amsterdam), is the...

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An in-depth examination of the pioneering work of David Smith that sheds new light on the renowned artist's lasting artistic legacy. Dedicated to an in-depth examination of David Smith, Origins & Innovations brings together the artists ea...

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An examination of renowned Italian artist Piero Manzoni's attempt to remove narrative and emotional content from painting in his radical Achrome series. Spotlighting two iconic 'Achrome' paintings from the late 1950s by renowned Ita...

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The rich uvre of Lygia Pape and her pioneering approach to abstraction and multisensorial art are showcased in this catalogue, spanning sculptures, prints and paintings to installations and films. Lygia Pape, a founding member of Brazils neo-concr...

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A glimpse inside the incredibly personal art collection built by Sylvio Perlstein over more than half a century, spanning Dada and Surrealism to Arte Povera and Nouveau Ralisme. Over the course of more than five decades, Sylvio Perlstein has assem...

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The story of Iwan and Manuela Wirth's transformation of a derelict farmstead into the international art center Hauser & Wirth Somerset. When Iwan and Manuela Wirth first encountered Durslade Farm on the outskirts of Bruton, an agrarian to...

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Addressing what Stephen Spender called the 'shared subject matter of art and literature,' this book explores the celebrated writer's connections with a remarkable constellation of cultural figures. Over a life spanning the twentieth...

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Romanian artist Geta Brtescu's late work and their explorations of gender and identity are paired with excerpts from the artist's diaries, revealing drawing as not only a form of expression for Brtescu but also a source of innate joy. Ex...

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This beautifully illustrated exhibition catalogue offers insights into the extraordinary life and work of Alexander Calder. Featuring over 90 works by Alexander Calder (18981976) including paintings, mobiles, stabiles, jewelry, domestic objects an...

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In this artist book, the lawlessness of piracy is a stimulus for Paul McCarthy and his son Damon to continue their exploration of the interplay between sex, violence and cultural codes. Caribbean Pirates, an immense two-volume artist book by Paul ...

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An unprecedented and extensive account of the latest developments in Zeng Fanzhi's ambitious, internationally renowned practice, presented in English and Mandarin. One of the most celebrated artists working today, Zeng Fanzhi is lauded across...

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Explorations of subjectivity and self in this selection of drawings, photographs and poems from a deeply formative period in the artist Anna Maria Maiolino's life. For two years beginning in 1968, Anna Maria Maiolino (born 1948) moved to New ...

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