Catrin Huber : expanded interiors at Herculaneum and Pompeii /

Catrin Huber (*1968) works with architectural, fictional and imagined spaces as well as with site-responsive practices. Fascinated by ancient Roman wall painting, she developed site-specific installations in a topical dialogue with two Roman houses at the world-heritage sites of Herculaneum and Pomp...

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Format: Book
Language:English
Italian
German
Language Notes:Parallel texts in English, Italian and German.
Published: Bielefeld : Kerber Verlag, [2019]
Series:Kerber art.
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Summary:Catrin Huber (*1968) works with architectural, fictional and imagined spaces as well as with site-responsive practices. Fascinated by ancient Roman wall painting, she developed site-specific installations in a topical dialogue with two Roman houses at the world-heritage sites of Herculaneum and Pompeii.The intricately designed book presents Huber's versatile spatial interventions, discusses the complex relation between her installations and their respective archaeological settings (local / temporal), and re-evaluates the daring concept of a 'historiographic turn' within the arts. Exhibition: Casa del Bel Cortile, Herculaneum, Italy (16.05.2018 - 15.01.2019) / Casa del Criptoportico, Pompeii, italy (13.07.2018 - 20.01.2019).
Item Description:Published on the occasion of exhibitions at Casa del Bel Cortile, Herculaneum, Italy, May 16, 2018-January 15, 2019, and Casa del Criptoportico, Pompeii, July 13, 2018-January 20, 2019.
Physical Description:136 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm.
ISBN:9783735606419
3735606415