Harald Szeemann's Artpress Interviews Compiled in New Book
Artpress has released a compilation of interviews with Harald Szeemann, the pioneering Swiss curator who transformed exhibition-making into a personal artistic vision. The book includes conversations from 1974, following his intimate exhibition dedicated to his grandfather, a barber, and two years after his legendary Documenta 5 in 1972. Further interviews from 1988 address the controversial Zeitlos exhibition, and a 1999 discussion occurs just after his appointment as director of the Venice Biennale. A 1996 conversation with Jean-Yves Jouannais revisits his landmark 1969 exhibition 'When Attitudes Become Form' at Kunsthalle Bern. The volume features interviews by Christian Bernard, Otto Hahn, Jean-Yves Jouannais, and Catherine Millet, with a preface by Jouannais. Szeemann is quoted: 'What I have been doing since 1972 is atmospheric work.'
Key facts
- Harald Szeemann was a major figure in contemporary art and the first to develop a personal curatorial vision.
- The book compiles interviews from artpress magazine spanning 1974 to 1999.
- The first interview in 1974 followed an intimate exhibition about his grandfather, a barber.
- Documenta 5, curated by Szeemann, took place in 1972 and is considered mythical.
- The 1988 interview discusses the controversial exhibition Zeitlos.
- In 1999, Szeemann was appointed director of the Venice Biennale.
- The 1996 interview with Jean-Yves Jouannais revisits the 1969 exhibition 'When Attitudes Become Form' at Kunsthalle Bern.
- Interviewers include Christian Bernard, Otto Hahn, Jean-Yves Jouannais, and Catherine Millet.
Entities
Artists
- Harald Szeemann
Institutions
- artpress
- Kunsthalle Bern
- Venice Biennale
Locations
- Bern
- Switzerland
- Venice
- Italy
Sources
- artpress —