Magnus Resch

Thomas Girst

What do major artists consider their best kept secret? What is regarded as confidential knowledge among the key players of the global art market? In 100 Secrets of the Art World the most powerful international individuals share their insights with you. This indispensable guide to contemporary art contains exclusive anecdotes, advice and personal stories from artists, museum directors, gallerists, auction house insiders, collectors, and many more. Contributors include Jeff Koons, Zaha Hadid, Marina Abramovic, Ólafur Elíasson and John Baldessari, as well as the directors and curators from the Centre Pompidou, the Guggenheim, the Metropolitan Museum, the Tate Modern and the Nationalgalerie. Thoughtful and sometimes critical entries make this informative publication an entertaining read for anyone interested in contemporary art.

Everything You Always Wanted to Know from Artists, Collectors and Curators, But Were Afraid to Ask

100 Secrets of the Art World

Examines the artist's life and work, in a text with alphabetically arranged entries, covering such topics as alchemy, anatomy, Warhol, and the fourth dimension.

The Duchamp Dictionary

Twelve years after the first Benz patent motorcar Number 1 made its first journey in July 1886, a car raced across the image in Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's lithograph, The Automobilist. La 628-E8, a novel named after the license plate number of its author, Octave Mirbeau, was published in the early twentieth century. In his Futurist Manifesto, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti rated the beauty of a racecar's revving engine and speed higher than the aesthetics of the Nike of Samothrace. Ever since its invention, artists have been examining the automobile, and the BMW Art Cars have played a central role here. Alexander Calder's BMW 3.0 CSL from 1975 was the first in a series brought to life by Hervé Poulain, lover of auto racing and works of art, in collaboration with BMW's head of motorsports, Jochen Neerpasch. Seventeen artists have since designed BMW models, and the "rolling sculptures" have not only proved themselves in museums, but also on the race track at Le Mans.ARTISTS FEATURED (selection)John Baldessari, Alexander Calder, Sandro Chia, Ken Done, Olafur Eliasson, Cao Fei, Ernst Fuchs, David Hockney, Jenny Holzer, Michael Jagamara Nelson, Matazo Kayama, Jeff Koons, Roy Lichtenstein, Esther Mahlangu, César Manrique, A.R.Penck, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, Andy Warhol

BMW Art Cars

How can art, how can prose and poetry originate in spite of the restraints of manipulation, propaganda, and censorship? This study explores such issues by focusing on the cultural trajectory of Japanese American internment, both during and after World War II. Previously unknown documents as well as interviews with friends and family reveal new aspects of John Okada's (1923-1971) life and writing, providing a comprehensive biographical outline of the author. The book refutes the assumption that Okada's novel &ltI>No-No Boy was all but shunned when first published in 1957. A close reading as well as a comparative study involving Italo Calvino's (1923-1985) &ltI>Six Memos for the Next Millennium (1985) position Okada's only book as world literature.

On John Okada's No-No Boy

Art, Literature, and the Japanese American Internment

“Girst elegantly unravels the skeins of Duchamp’s thinking. . . . An essential compendium for puzzling out an essential artist.” —Richard Armstrong, Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation Among the most influential artists of the last hundred years, Marcel Duchamp holds great allure for many contemporary artists worldwide and is largely considered to be one of the founding fathers of modern art. Despite this popularity, books on Duchamp are often hyper-theoretical, rarely presenting the artist in an accessible way. This new book explores the artist’s life and work through short, alphabetical dictionary entries that introduce his legacy in a clear and engaging way. From alchemy and anatomy to Warhol and windows, The Duchamp Dictionary offers a pithy and readable text that draws on in-depth scholarship and the very latest research. Thomas Girst includes close to 200 entries on the most interesting and important artworks, relationships, people, and ideas in Duchamp’s life—from The Bicycle Wheel and Fountain to Walter and Louise Arensberg, Peggy Guggenheim, Katherine Dreier, and Arturo Schwarz. Delightful, newly commissioned illustrations introduce each letter of the alphabet and accompany select entries, capturing the irreverent spirit of the artist himself.

Cosa significa Tutto il tempo del mondo? Ci sono opere d’arte, esperimenti scientifici, progetti che hanno sfidato il tempo: il più grande e inesorabile nemico dell’uomo. Incubo della nostra epoca frenetica e iperconnessa. Non c’è tempo per godere di un momento di gioia, non ce n’è per completare un lavoro come si vorrebbe. Eppure, da sempre, ci sono persone (e spazi) che si oppongono a questa tirannia e Thomas Girst è andato in cerca di loro.In 28 capitoli racconta altrettante storie, personaggi e luoghi che hanno fatto pace con il tempo: dall’architettura folle del postino Cheval, che costruisce il Palais idéal in trentatré anni con le pietre e le conchiglie raccolte durante i suoi giri quotidiani, all’opera di Cage che, tuttora in corso, terminerà di essere suonata nel 2640, dalle capsule lanciate nello spazio in un viaggio potenzialmente infinito, all’esperimento più lento del mondo, ossia quello della caduta della goccia di pece, dal registro delle fioriture dei ciliegi in Giappone, all’opera pittorica di Roman Opalka che passò la vita a dipingere i numeri in sequenza arrivando, prima di morire, a vergare il 5.607.249.Da questo libro si esce divertiti e incuriositi, coinvolti in un percorso grazie al quale si impara a distinguere tra un tempo “brutto” e frenetico e uno “bello” e rilassato, a guardare l’orologio con un occhio che non è quello della lentezza di un vago “vivere slow”, ma quello di chi si è accorto che non c’è cosa più appagante che lasciar passare il tempo mentre si è impegnati in qualcosa di meraviglioso, nell’arte come nella scienza, nell’economia e nella politica, o nella religione. Prendendosi tutto il tempo che ci vuole, appunto.

Thomas Girst

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