Richard Hamilton - Sigfried Giedion : reaper / Herausgeber/-innen, Carson Chan [and others] ; Autor/-innen, Carson Chan [and others] ; Übersetzungen, Irene Aeberli [and others].

Main entry:

Hamilton, Richard, 1922-2011.

Title & Author:

Richard Hamilton - Sigfried Giedion : reaper / Herausgeber/-innen, Carson Chan [and others] ; Autor/-innen, Carson Chan [and others] ; Übersetzungen, Irene Aeberli [and others].

Publication:

Description:

289 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles ; 25 cm

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held at Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich, May 3-June 25, 2017.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction / Carson Chan -- Reprint Mechanization takes command (1948) : mechanization and the soil : agriculture, pp. 129-168 / Sigfriend Giedion -- Plates I / Richard Hamilton. Reaper (1949) -- Variations of the theme of a reaper / Richard Hamilton -- Reprint : exhibition flyer, Gimpel Fils, London (1950) -- The Hamilton variations : interface / Kevin Lotery -- War memorials, harbingers of innovation : Richard Hamilton's reapers / Fanny Singer -- Mobility, distilled : anonymous history / Hadas Steiner -- Second lives / Esther Choi -- Surrealist history : Mechanization takes command and art as method / Filine Wagner -- Soil, land reaper : revisiting Giedion's Documents on mechanized life / Spyros Papapetros -- Plates II : documents from the Giedion Estate of the gta Archives.
Text in German and English.

Summary:

The starting point of this publication - and its eponymous exhibition held in Zurich in Spring 2017 - is the conceptual encounter between English Pop art artist Richard Hamilton (1922-2011) and Swiss historian and critic of architecture Sigfried Giedion (1888-1968), famous for his landmark book Space, Time & Architecture, an influential history of modern architecture published in 1941. In 1949 Richard Hamilton - then a member of the London-based Independent Group - realized the "Reaper" print series as a reaction to Giedion's 1948 book "Mechanization Takes Command" in which he describes the mechanization of everyday life. Reproducing Hamilton's complete "Reaper" series juxtaposed with selected examples of illustrations created by Giedion alongside many related illustrations, this publication brings together seven essays by renowned international scholars, all of whom question the relationships between visual arts, technology, science, and architecture. Among the many topics discussed are Hamilton's early works and exhibition installation practice, postwar British biotechnology and architecture, "Hippie Modernism," and the visual strategy of Giedion's books. Exhibition: Graphische Sammlung, ETH Zürich, Switzerland (03.05.-25.06.2017).

ISBN:

9783037645048 (paperback)
3037645040 (paperback)

Subject:

Hamilton, Richard, 1922-2011 Exhibitions.
Giedion, S. (Sigfried), 1888-1968 Exhibitions.
Hamilton, Richard, 1922-2011.
Giedion, S.
Giedion, S. (Sigfried), 1888-1968
Giedion, Sigfried 1888-1968
Hamilton, Richard 1922-2011

Form/genre:

Exhibition publications.
Exhibition catalogs

Added entries:

Chan, Carson, 1980-
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Graphische Sammlung.

Reaper

Holdings:

Location: Library main 296714
Call No.: BIB 243062
Status: Available

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