Research Catalog

Title

Abbas Akhavan / herausgegeben von Michael Buhrs und Verena Hein.

Publication

• Berlin : Distanz, [2017]
• ©2017

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Details

Additional Authors

• Buhrs, Michael
• Hein, Verena
• Oikonomopoulos, Vassilis
• Zion, Amy
• Dogramaci, Burcu
• Akhavan, Abbas
• Museum Villa Stuck, host institution

Description

126 pages : color illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

Abbas Akhavan (b. Tehran, Iran, 1977; lives and works in Toronto) can be counted among a generation of emerging Canadian artists reflecting on social issues through ephemeral, site-specific works. Akhavan's works' sculptures, installations, drawings, videos, and performances deal with destruction and exclusion, but also with acts of preservation and restoration. His conceptual objects show a creative process that is not yet complete. In his works, Akhavan refers to nature and the four elements-- fire, water, earth, and air. Plants or animals become elementary design components. In the exhibition at Villa Stuck, visitors first encounter a barrier in the form of a thuja hedge, bringing the outdoors inside. Here, the artist has left conspicuous traces of preceding exhibitions: the walls are unrenovated, the air-conditioning is switched off, and previously covered windows have been uncovered. Thus, Akhavan questions the responsibilities of a museum and whether or not common strategies of preservation are actually contemporary. Exhibition: Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany (29.06.-01.10.2017).

Uniform Title

• Abbas Akhavan.
• Abbas Akhavan. English.

Subject

• Akhavan, Abbas > Exhibitions
• Installations (Art) > Exhibitions
• Installations (Art)

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Villa Stuck, München, June 29-October 1, 2017.
• Includes contributions by Vassilis Oikonomopoulos, Amy Zion, Burcu Dogramaci and Michael Buhrs and Verena Hein.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

• Parallel text in German and English.

Contents

• Introduction / Michael Burhs and Verena Hein -- Abbas Akhavan in conversation with Verena Hein -- Art beyond art / Vassilis Oikonomopoulos -- A subjective minor history of the work of Abbas Akhavan / Amy Zion -- Uncannily familar: plants in the work of Abbas Akhavan / Burcu Dogramaci.
• Inhalt: Einführung / Michael Buhrs und Verena Hein -- Abbas Akhavan im Gespräch mit Verena Hein -- Kunst jenseits der Kunst / Vassilis Oikonomopoulos -- Eine subjektive kleine Geschichte zum Werke von Abbas Akhavan / Amy Zion -- Unheimliche Vertraute: Pflanzen im Werk von Abbas Akhavan / Burcu Dogramaci.

Call Number

JQE 19-19

ISBN

• 9783954762064
• 3954762064

LCCN

2017448371

OCLC

1007337825

Title

Abbas Akhavan / herausgegeben von Michael Buhrs und Verena Hein.

Publisher

Berlin : Distanz, [2017]

Copyright Date

©2017

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Language

Parallel text in German and English.

Added Author

Buhrs, Michael, editor, writer of introduction.

Hein, Verena, editor, interviewer, organizer, writer of introduction.

Oikonomopoulos, Vassilis, writer of supplementary textual content.

Zion, Amy, writer of supplementary textual content.

Dogramaci, Burcu, writer of supplementary textual content.

Akhavan, Abbas. Works. Selections.

Museum Villa Stuck, host institution.

Added Title

Abbas Akhavan.

Abbas Akhavan. English.

Research Call Number

JQE 19-19