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Localizing the contemporary : the Kunsthalle Bern as a model

Title
Localizing the contemporary : the Kunsthalle Bern as a model / Peter J. Schneemann (ed.).
Publication
Zurich : JRP/Ringier, [2018]

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Additional Authors
  • Schneemann, Peter Johannes
  • Universität Bern, host institution.
  • Universität Bern. Institut für Kunstgeschichte. Abteilung für Kunstgeschichte der Moderne und der Gegenwart, organizer.
Description
375 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, plans, portraits; 23 cm
Summary
"The format of the Kunsthalle as a specific place for the production and exhibition of contemporary art is the main focus of this theoretical publication. In contrast to collecting museums, the Kunsthalle is associated with concepts of artistic freedom and novelty. Taking into account this dynamism, the book understands the Kunsthalle as a model that contributes to the formation of contemporary art in essential ways. The Kunsthalle Bern, its historical development, the political implications of its exhibitions, as well as its societal positioning is thereby a key institution to discuss, analyze, and understand the Kunsthalle format on a more abstract level. Edited by Bern's Institut für Kunstgeschichte Professor Peter J. Schneemann, and published on the occasion of the centenary of the Kunsthalle Bern, this publication gathers together 18 essays about the Kunsthalle Bern as a role model and a place for artistic intervention and production, elaborating the examinations to which numerous international artists have subjected the building itself. Interventions in the architectural structure of the Kunsthalle Bern have led to a constant and critical exploration of both the institution and its building. Structured into three main sections, this anthology discusses the Kunsthalle Bern as a model where the contemporary can be localized."
Alternative Title
Kunsthalle Bern as a model
Subject
  • Kunsthalle Bern > Congresses
  • Kunsthalle Bern
  • 1900-1999
  • Art museums > Philosophy > Congresses
  • Art museums > Switzerland > Bern > Congresses
  • Art, Modern > 20th century > Exhibitions > Congresses
  • Art, Modern > 21st century > Exhibitions > Congresses
  • Art, Modern
  • Art museums
  • Switzerland > Bern
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • "This anthology stems from the international conference 'Kunsthallen, Architectures for the Continuous Contemporary in Europe and the US', held at the University of Bern, September 2-3, 2016, organized by the Department for Modern and Contemporary Art History, Institute of Art History, University of Bern ..."--Colophon, page 373.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Call Number
JQE 18-850
ISBN
  • 9783037645284
  • 3037645288
LCCN
9783037645284
OCLC
1031162008
Title
Localizing the contemporary : the Kunsthalle Bern as a model / Peter J. Schneemann (ed.).
Publisher
Zurich : JRP/Ringier, [2018]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Added Author
Schneemann, Peter Johannes, editor.
Universität Bern, host institution.
Universität Bern. Institut für Kunstgeschichte. Abteilung für Kunstgeschichte der Moderne und der Gegenwart, organizer.
Other Standard Identifier
9783037645284
Research Call Number
JQE 18-850
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