Research Catalog

Title

Corpus Haenslianum : Christoph Hänsli : the paintings = die Gemälde / Juerg Judin, Pay Matthis Karstens.

Publication

• Berlin, Germany : Hatje Cantz Verlag, [2018]
• ©2018

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hänsli, Christoph
• Judin, Juerg M.
• Karstens, Pay Matthis, 1989-
• Galerie Judin (Berlin, Germany), host institution

Description

351 pages (some folded) : illustrations (chiefly color); 30 cm

Summary

The Swiss artist Christoph Hänsli (*1963) gained international recognition a few years ago for his epic work, Mortadella (2007-08), a series of 332 small paintings, each one depicting a life-sized slice of sausage. His art combines scientific accuracy and sense of order with painterly freedom and a subtle sense of humor. Mortadella is a work that inducts the audience into the essence of Hänsli's universe: drawing on everyday objects, this Conceptual artist addresses the great themes of human existence in extensive series by means of traditional painting. Hence, the artist's rendering of trivial objects, such as discarded screws, pretzel sticks, hotel beds, light switches, ventilation grilles, and beer glasses, all revolve around human mortality, our search of meaning, and the resulting, thoroughly absurd distinctions between high and low culture. This monograph presents the first extensive survey of Hänsli's paintings from the past twenty-five years. In addition to the extensive section of more than eight hundred reproductions, four essays shed light upon his oeuvre from differing perspectives, including literary approaches by John Berger and Judith Schalansky. Exhibition: Galerie Judin, Berlin, Germany (01.12.2018 - 16.02.2019).

Uniform Title

• Corpus Haenslianum.
• Corpus Haenslianum. German.

Alternative Title

Christoph Hänsli : the paintings = die Gemälde

Subject

• Hänsli, Christoph > Exhibitions
• Hänsli, Christoph
• Conceptual art > Switzerland > Exhibitions
• Conceptual art
• Germany > Berlin

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• Published on the occasion of an exhibition at Galerie Judin, Berlin, December 1, 2018-February 16, 2019.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-351).

Language (note)

• English and German.

Call Number

JQF 19-539

ISBN

• 9783775744935
• 3775744932

OCLC

1055263554

Title

Corpus Haenslianum : Christoph Hänsli : the paintings = die Gemälde / Juerg Judin, Pay Matthis Karstens.

Publisher

Berlin, Germany : Hatje Cantz Verlag, [2018]

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-351).

Language

English and German.

Added Author

Hänsli, Christoph. Paintings. Selections.

Judin, Juerg M., author, editor.

Karstens, Pay Matthis, 1989- author, editor.

Galerie Judin (Berlin, Germany), host institution.

Added Title

Corpus Haenslianum.

Corpus Haenslianum. German.

Research Call Number

JQF 19-539