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Born in Cologne in 1936 and based in New York since 1965, Haacke’s strong political, cultural and social concerns are reflected in his installations, texts and sculptures. Throughout his fifty-year career Haacke has frequently changed the presentation of his art to get his message across. Often borrowing from non-art sources such as corporate advertising, questionnaires or scientific experimentation, Haacke is probably the most successful and best-known late twentieth-century artist to create a political art that manages to hit its mark with succinct elegance. Haacke sometimes works almost as a sleuth-like reporter, uncovering museum politics in his art. This practice has famously led on occasion to museum officials cancelling his exhibitions. For example, his 1971 one-person show at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, was cancelled in response to his proposal to present the questionable real estate dealings of several New York companies.
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Text: French
Hans Haacke SYNOPSIS
Each title in the Phaidon's Contemporary Artists Series focuses on a particular living artist, and this volume is devoted to New York-based artist Hans Haacke (b.1936). He's had solo exhibitions in such museums as the Tate Gallery, London (1984), the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York (1986), and the Musée Nationale D'art Moderne, Paris (1989), among others. Illustrations of his work are interspersed with an interview by Molly Nesbit (Vassar College), a survey by German art critic Walter Grasskamp (Academy of Fine Arts, Munich), an essay concentrating on a single piece of work written by Jon Bird (Middlsex U., London), an influential literary piece chosen by the artist (his choice is Bertolt Brecht), and a chronology charting exhibitions, projects, and their reception. Oversize: 10x11.5". Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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