Das Atmen der Stille
By: [Max Wechsler] ; herausgegeben von Ruth Martius ; Fotos Christine Fleurent
Contributors: Martius, Ruth; Fleurent, Christine
Series: Jovis art; Jovis art
Publisher: Jovis
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: ger
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9783868591903
Subjects: Paper art; Newspapers in art
Other titles: Max Wechsler
Description: Hands that are permeated with rich memories and emotions work on the sheets of newspaper. These hands rip them up and rearrange them in new ways, creating the Papiers maroufflés. The now 86-year-old artist shreds newspaper pages, then shrinks or enlarges the scraps by photocopying them repeatedly, thereby making the words unreadable. "He adds another dimension to written words: an artistic dimension," says the art historian Andreas Haus. His large formats, ranging from granite black to snow white, have no center, no edge, no top and no bottom. Only shapes and patterns remain of their raw material, a sea of randomly scattered and fragmented letters. In an interview with Klaus Dermutz, Max Wechsler speaks about his exile in Paris, his work and his personal story.
Table of contents: title: Grusswort  -- André Schmitz; title: Hinter den Zeichen  -- Ruth Martius; title: Lichte des Unlesbaren  -- Andreas Haus; title: Papiers marouflés 1982-1987 --; title: Das Licht-Leben der Buchstaben im manuellen Raum  -- Klaus Dermutz; title: Papiers marouflés 1987-1990 --; title: Unbeweglichkeit, anders gesagt die Stille  -- Maurice Benhamou; title: Farbe verfügt über malerische und plastische Eigenschaften--  -- Maurice Benhamou; title: Papiers marouflés 1990-2004 --; title: Gespräche  -- Klaus Dermutz, Max Wechsler; title: Papiers marouflés 2004-2011 --; title: Anhang.