Thought Through My Eyes: Writings on Art, 1977-2005 [Paperback]

Klaus Ottmann (Author)

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Publication Date: June 30, 2006

In this volume, the acclaimed art critic and curator has gathered the bulk of his innovative writings on art. KLAUS OTTMANN combines his background as a philosopher with the vision and ideas of contemporary artists. His interest in creative ideas originating from a wide range of disciplines places art in the context of philosophy, literature, poetry, and science. Among the texts included are "Painting in an Age of Anxiey" (1984), "The Solid and the Fluid: Bartlett, Laib, Kiefer" (1985), "The Spectacle of Chaos" (1987), "Heidegger, Beuys, and the Consequences" (1990), "Spiritual Materiality: Contemporary Sculpture and the Responsibility of Forms" (2002), "The Art of Happenstance: The Performative Sculptures of James Lee Byars"(2002), "Frank Stella's Prince of Ambiguity" (2004), and interviews with leading contemporary artists, including Richard Serra, Wolfgang Laib, Jeff Koons, and Jessica Stockholder.

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"A thoughtful, serious-minded and insightfully contemplative distillation." --WISCONSIN BOOKWATCH (September 2006)

About the Author

KLAUS OTTMANN is a writer and independent curator based in New York. He is presently Chairperson of the Department of Cultural Studies and Søren Kierkegaard Professor at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland. He has written numerous essays on art, design, and philosophy, and is the author of THE ESSENTIAL MICHELANGELO; THE ESSENTIAL MARK ROTHKO; WOLFGANG LAIB: A RETROSPECTIVE; and JAMES LEE BYARS: LIFE, LOVE, AND DEATH. His most recent curatorial project has been STILL POINTS OF THE TURNING WORLD: SITE SANTA FE'S SIXTH INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL.

Product Details

• Paperback: 344 pages
• Publisher: Spring Publications, Inc. (June 30, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0882145789
• ISBN-13: 978-0882145785
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars An anthology of numerous essays from over the course of decades about art as juxtaposed with philosophy, literature, and science, September 11, 2006

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This review is from: Thought Through My Eyes: Writings on Art, 1977-2005 (Paperback)

Critic, curator, and philosopher Klaus Ottmann presents Thought Through My Eyes: Writings On Art, 1977-2005, an anthology of numerous essays from over the course of decades about art as juxtaposed with philosophy, literature, and science. Individual essays range from "Who Paints Abstractly?" to "Exotism", "I Am: A New Humanism in American Art and Design", "The Strange Life of Andrei Roiter's Objects", and much more. A broad selection of galley reviews and interviews with Jeff Koons, Wolfgang Laib, Moira Dryer, Richard Serra, Jessica Stockholder, Mimmo Rotella, Alain Kirili, and Ida Applebroog round out this thoughtful, serious-minded and insightfully contemplative distillation.