When You Travel in Iceland You See a Lot of Water [Idioma Inglés] - Hardcover

Signer, Roman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3858812994 ISBN 13: 9783858812995

Verlag: SCHEIDEGGER, 2010

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Reseña del editor:

Iceland, the land of fire and ice in the North Atlantic, is a place you either absolutely fall for or one you detest and ignore. Roman Signer has definitely fallen for its wilderness, myths and atmosphere. Signer, one of Switzerland's internationally most recognised contemporary artists, has been travelling to Iceland for many years and has realised a large number of his pyrotechnical actions, photographic and video works there. Signer and his friend, the Icelandic artist Tumi Magnusson, discuss a vast range of topics whilst hiking in the rough landscape: Whiskey and water, wilderness and creativity, being under way and stuck in open nature, explosion craters and geysers. Anecdotes are followed by reminiscences, Magnusson's native Iceland is compared to Signer's Switzerland. Their narrative about travels, nature and living in Iceland are also metaphors for creativity and dealing with obstacles and difficulties in producing art. "When You Travel in Iceland You See a Lot of Water" is full of wisdom, subtle wit and humour, illustrated with photographs of the landscape, many of them with the two wandering artists in the picture.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

Biografía del autor:

Roman Signer, born 1938, first trained and worked as an architectural draughtsman. He was educated as an artist at the Colleges for Applied Arts in Zurich, Switzerland between 1966 and 1969, Lucerne (Switzerland, 1969-71) and at the Academy of Art in Warsaw (Poland, 1971-72). He gained international recognition from solo and group exhibitions, including the 'Documenta 8' (Kassel, 1987), the 'Venice Biennale' (1999) and the 'Hamburger Bahnhof' which was shown at the Museum fur Gegenwart (Berlin, 2007-08), the Fruitmarket Gallery (Edinburgh, 2008) and at the Rochester Art Center (Rochester, MN, 2008). He lives in St Gallen, Switzerland.

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• Verlag: SCHEIDEGGER
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 3858812994
• ISBN 13: 9783858812995
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 64