Street Life

Die Straße in der Kunst von Kirchner bis Streuli - The Street in Art from Kirchner to Streuli

The significance of the street is complex: it is a place of representation, self-dramatisation and communication, of resistance and protest. In this lavishly illustrated volume we encounter the bandwidth of this highly topical subject and its implementation in painting, graphics, photography, film, performance and installation during the 20th and 21st centuries.

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Following industrialisation and urbanisation, in around 1900 the street moved into focus as an elemental part of life. In the works of the Futurists and Expressionists it advanced to become a symbol for progress and mobility, for modern life in general. Since then the topos has permeated art: as a psychogram of society, an expression of collective and individual longings and fears, within the context of happenings or graffiti and with recent new definitions within the framework of ecology, participation and democratic movements.

Selected artists
Arman, Joseph Beuys, Brassaï, Daniel Buren, Sophie Calle, Gilles Caron, Martha Cooper, Latifa Echakhch, Valie Export, George Grosz, Peter Hujar, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Helen Levitt, Oskar Nerlinger, Olaf Nicolai, Adrian Piper, John Smith, Beat Streuli, Jacques Villeglé, Peter Weibel

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Der empfehlenswerte Band befasst sich nicht allein mit den künstlerischen Aspekten, die gesellschaftspolitische Dimension schwingt automatisch mit. // This recommendable volume does not deal with the artistic aspects alone; the socio-political dimension automatically resonates.

Buchkultur

Der reich bebilderte Katalogband belegt die unterschiedlichen Strategien der künstlerischen Auseinandersetzung mit der Straße und zeigt die ganze Bandbreite des hochaktuellen Themas und seiner Umsetzung in Malerei, Grafik, Photographie, Film, Performance und Installation des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts. // The richly illustrated catalog volume documents the various strategies of artistic engagement with the street and shows the entire spectrum of the highly topical theme and its implementation in painting, graphic art, photography, film, performance, and installation of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie e.V.

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