Markus Raetz--Zeemansbilk: Landmarks of Swiss Art Volume 7 - Couverture rigide

Müller, Franz

 
9783039422425: Markus Raetz--Zeemansbilk: Landmarks of Swiss Art Volume 7
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 3039422421 ISBN 13 : 9783039422425
Editeur : Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag, 2024

Synopsis

  • Markus Raetz (1941-2020) is one of the most distinguished contemporary Swiss artists
  • Zeemansblik is among Markus Raetz's best-known works and exists in around 20 different versions
  • The book offers insights into the evolution of this landmark of Swiss art
  • Franz Müller is a renowned expert on the art of Markus Raetz
  • Text in English and German

Representing vision is a core theme in the art of Markus Raetz (1941-2020). The imitation of a binocular field of vision, which he chose for Zeemansblik, is as simple as it is convincing. Raetz created some 20 versions of this relief, made of painted and later of polished zinc sheet, in various dimensions. The Dutch term zeemansblik (sailor's view) can be translated as a view of the sea, yet blik in Dutch also means sheet metal. Raetz's wordplay refers objectively to the material and at the same time invites an interpretation of the horizontal fold in the plate as a sea horizon. Light reflections on the curved blank material change with the viewer's moving point of view, suggesting changing weather. A simple, abstract object on the wall thus becomes a seascape without painting, with the longing motif of looking into a blue distance.

In this book, art historian Franz Müller explores the complexity behind the apparent simplicity of Markus Raetz's Zeemansblik, highlighting what makes the relief a landmark of Swiss art.

Text in English and German.

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À propos de l'auteur

Franz Müller is a scholar of art history working at the Swiss Institute for Art Research SIK-ISEA, where he directs various research projects, such as the catalogue raisonné; of Markus Raetz's sculptural work.

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Éditeur
Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3039422421
ISBN 13 
9783039422425
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
96
Éditeur
Affentragner-Kirchrath Angelika
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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