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Friedrich Kuhn, 1926-1972 : der Maler als Outlaw = Friedrich Kuhn, 1926-1972 : the painter as outlaw / Bice Curiger, Caroline Kesser, Louis Jent.

Title
Friedrich Kuhn, 1926-1972 : der Maler als Outlaw = Friedrich Kuhn, 1926-1972 : the painter as outlaw / Bice Curiger, Caroline Kesser, Louis Jent.
Author
Curiger, Bice, 1948-
Publication
Zürich : Scheidegger & Spiess, c2008.

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Additional Authors
  • Kuhn, Friedrich, 1926-
  • Kesser, Caroline
  • Jent, Louis, 1936-
  • Kunsthaus Zürich
Description
167 p. : ill. (some col.); 29 cm.
Summary
"The works of Friedrich Kuhn (1826-1972) are impossible to separate from the charismatic personality of their prematurely deceased author. The freshness and topicality of his willful, discerningly anarchistic painting with its feel for pop culture and bold "convention blasphemy" continue to surprise us even today." "Kuhn was one who chose not to leave Zurich for the art centers then setting the pace, and who in spite of this - or perhaps because of it - created an informed, worldly-wise art that corroded painting from within, whether in sprawling, quasi-ornamental compositions shot through with collage, in sculptural objects, or in other generic hybrids. As middle-class Zurich's enfant terrible, Kuhn also addressed the role of the artist in society." "This book provides more than just an insight into Kuhn's art - above all into the painted oeuvre yet to be discovered. With its analyses and first-hand accounts of the milieu in which he moved as well as a rich stock of photographic material, it succeeds in documenting the life and works of this exceptional cross between sensitive dandy and rakish underground baron."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
Kuhn, Friedrich, 1926- > Exhibitions
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs
Note
  • Catalog of an exhibition held at the Kunsthaus Zürich, Dec. 12, 2008-Mar. 1, 2009.
  • Booklet with English translation of text inserted.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 166).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
  • 9783858812452
  • 3858812455
OCLC
  • 263995536
  • SCSB-10341488
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library