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Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Ceramic arts, pottery, glass > General
The leaded and cemented stained glass of the workshop of Heinrich
Staubli (1926-2016), St. Gallen, which is integrated into churches,
restaurants, and schools, continues to shape the built environment
of Eastern Switzerland today. The output of the workshop is
characterized by relations among stained glass, murals, and
graphic, textile, and funerary arts. This is the first analysis of
the artworks and the estate from the perspective of intermediality
and within the framework of modern art history. The study offers a
systematic contextualization of Staubli's work within the history
of stained-glass art in German-speaking countries, elucidating not
only the operations of the artistic workshop but, more broadly, the
artistic-social relevance of stained glass far beyond Switzerland
in the 20th century.
The publication Beneath the Skin provides an overview of the last
ten years of work by the Swiss artist Corina Staubli (b. 1959). It
shows the altercation in the tension between exterior and interior
worlds and the ambivalence of beauty, the beguiling, the sinister
and even the unfathomable. With diverse media - be it porcelain,
latex, painting or digital collage - the artist directs a dialogue
of opposing sides. The question she always poses is 'how does the
clandestine and the unconscious reveal itself in something that is
manifest' - and, vice versa, 'how does the external view reveal the
internal view'? The book itself is sure to arouse intrigue, as it
features a nylon sculpture on the cover! Text in English and
German.
Robert Jefferson truly was a multi-talented man expressing his gift
for design in many ways. This book illustrates all aspects of his
life's work so much of which centred round his intense love of
nature.
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