Philippe hirshhorn biography of christopher

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Bringing together fifteen Maps realized between 2003 and 2016 by Swiss artist Thomas Hirschhorn, some of them in collaboration with Marcus Steinweg, this volume focuses on this particular aspect of his practice that could be seen as a matrix to understand his unique position within the art world and visual culture.

Philippe hirshhorn biography of christopher

As the artist himself explains: “With my Maps, I want to make clear I have a goal, that I am also a maker, and not only a thinker, a theoretician. I want my Maps to be statements and also commitments toward myself, first and foremost.”

Edited and introduced by Julie Enckell Julliard, the publication reproduces each Map in detail, showing their combination of printed matter, texts fragments, artist's comments, and collaged images found in the press.

Acting as an archive of Hirschhorn's projects, his Maps are simultaneously tools to clarify his thinking, memorials to inspirational figures such as Fou