Tomas Schmit making things drawing action language 1970 2006

Name: Tomas Schmit making things drawing action language 1970 2006
Brand: Hatje Cantz
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When the European Fluxus group split in 1964 after two eventful years, Tomas Schmit, who had been involved in the group's actions as a performer, gradually withdrew from performing. From 1966 he devoted himself primarily to writing and drawing. But the idea of the stage as a place where an action is performed in front of and with an audience did not vanish from his art. From then on, Schmit staged "the performance of drawing" on paper. In this catalogue, the close interlocking of performance and drawing in Schmit's entire oeuvre is examined for the first time. The publication further reflects on the manifold spectrum of his drawing and language art spanning almost 40 years. TOMAS SCHMIT (1943-2006) came to art as an autodidact, learning from Fluxus artists such as Nam June Paik, George Maciunas, Arthur Köpcke, and Ludwig Gosewitz, with whom he began performing in 1962. His drawings provide complex, often humorous commentary and engage with subjects as diverse as language, logic, cybernetics, biology, behavioral science, and perception.

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Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 256
Release Date:: 2021-10-30
Publication Date:: 2021-10-15
Publisher:: Hatje Cantz
Languages:: Original: German, Original: English
ISBN10:: 3775751262
ISBN13:: 9783775751261
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 1000 g
Height:: 30 cm
Width:: 23 cm
Thickness:: 2.2 cm

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