1. pers. sing
Subtitle: Künstlerkörper zwischen Selbstporträt und Performance = The artist's body between self-portrait and performance
By: Kurator, Johannes Sperling ; Übersetzungen, Michael Scuffil
Contributors: B-05 Kunst- und Kulturzentrum (Montabaur, Germany)
Series: Kerber art; Kerber art
Publisher: Kerber Verlag
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Bielefeld
Language: ger
Number of pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9783866787018
Subjects: Self-portraits; Exhibitions; Artists and models in art; Human figure in art; Performance art
Other titles: Künstlerkörper zwischen Selbstporträt und Performance; Artist's body between self-portrait and performance; 1. pers. sing; 1. person singular.; Erste Person Singular.; First Person Singular.
Description: What all the works by the seventeen international contemporary artists presented here have in common is that their creator is a physically visible part of the end product. From the self-portrait to performance, this book examines a wide range of approaches to depictions of the self and the motives underlying them. While some artists address political, historical or sociocultural themes, others are concerned with what appear to be more personal matters. Is it possible to "isolate one's own body at all" to view it separately from everything surrounding it? Gestures which at first seem egocentric can also be read as commentary on society, on life or on the condition humaine.
Notes: Title from colophon.

Half-title: Künstlerkörper zwischen Selbstporträt und Performance = The artist's body between self-portrait and performance.

Catalog to accompany an exhibition presented at B-05, Kunst- und Kulturzentrum Association e.V., in Montabaur, Germany, May 26-Sept. 22, 2013.

Featured artists: Anna und Bernhard Blume, Candice Breitz, Thorsten Brinkmann, Andrew Gilbert, Anna K.E., Ragnar Kjartansson, Erik van Lieshout, Jonathan Meese, Bjørn Melhus, Tim Noble & Sue Webster, Anahita Razmi, Ann-Sofi Sidén, Sebastian Stumpf, Timm Ulrichs, Mark Wallinger, Ai Weiwei, Clemens Wilhelm.

Introductory essay in German with facing English translations.