mercoledì 5 marzo 2014

HANS ULRICH OBRIST: SHARP TONGUES, LOOSE LIPS, OPEN EYES, EARS TO GROUND - STERNBERG PRESS 2014





HANS ULRICH OBRIST
SHARP TONGUES, LOOSE LIPS, OPEN EYES, EARS TO GROUND
Foreword by Paul Chan
Afterword byEtel Adnan
Sternberg Press
(February 2014)

The collected essays presented here form the compartments of Hans Ulrich Obrist's curatorial toolbox, along with elucidating his views on stewardship, patronage, and art itself. Influences and interlocutors cited and discussed here include, among others, Alexander Dorner, Édouard Glissant, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Jean-François Lyotard, Dominique de Menil, Josef Ortner, Cedric Price, Sir John Soane, and Harald Szeemann.

Hans Ulrich Obrist (born 1968 in Zurich, lives and works in London) is a curator and critic active in the international contemporary art field. He is currently Co-Director of Exhibitions and Programmes and Director of International Projects at the Serpentine Gallery, London.