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Hauser & Wirth
20 Years
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Herausgegeben von: Hauser & Wirth, Michaela Unterdörfer
Gestaltet von: Studio achermann, Zürich
Texte von: Maria de Lamerens, Susanne Hillman, Michaela Unterdörfer, Iwan Wirth
English
February 2013, 1082 Pages, 0 Ills.
hardcover in slipcase
235mm x 300mm
ISBN: 978-3-7757-3512-4
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| History of the gallery’s past twenty years in a comprehensive reference work| An example of an influential contemporary art gallery with branches in Zurich, London, and New York
When Iwan Wirth, Manuela, and Ursula Hauser founded the Hauser & Wirth Gallery in 1992, there was no art market in the current sense. The numerous fairs, auctions, biennials, and festivals were not initiated until later. Philanthropic entrepreneurs professionalized, public cultural institutions privatized, and collectors opened their own museums. Art become a status symbol and an investment; hence, the mediation of content, protected by the new profession of curator, also became more important. Parallel to its gallery platform and its over fifty artists, including Louise Bourgeois, Isa Genzken, and Paul McCarthy, Hauser & Wirth regularly shows historical stances in elaborate museum-like presentations of artists such as Egon Schiele, Francis Picabia, and Hans Arp. This publication devotes itself to the gallery’s artists in more than fifty generously illustrated chapters and includes an extensive chronology, archival material, and personal photographs of over two hundred exhibitions, shedding light on the gallery’s lively history.
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