Markus Raetz : Zeemansblik /
"The representability of seeing is a central theme in the art of Markus Raetz. With the relief Zeemansblik (1987), he lends this theme simple and compelling form: a blank sheet of metal with a horizontal fold evokes the view seen through the binoculars of a sea-level horizon. Before our eyes, a...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English German |
| Language Notes: | Text in English and German. |
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Zürich :
Scheidegger & Spiess,
[2025]
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| Series: | Schlüsselwerke der Schweizer = Landmarks of Swiss Art ;
seventh |
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| Summary: | "The representability of seeing is a central theme in the art of Markus Raetz. With the relief Zeemansblik (1987), he lends this theme simple and compelling form: a blank sheet of metal with a horizontal fold evokes the view seen through the binoculars of a sea-level horizon. Before our eyes, an abstract object on the wall becomes a seascape--entirely without painting. The motif of the yearning gaze into the blue yonder thereby alludes to painterly tradition since Romanticism. In this book, Franz Müller describes the complexity behind the apparent simplicity of Markus Raetz's Zeemansblik, and shows what makes the relief a landmark of Swiss art"--From page [4] of cover. |
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| Physical Description: | 93 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9783039422425 3039422421 |