“We dive into Gerber’s worlds to lose ourselves and to find
ourselves again in amazing places.” This is how the Swiss art
historian and acclaimed novelist Paul Nizon characterised the work
of his compatriot, the painter Theo Gerber (1928–1997). Gerber
was a free spirit who has remained largely unknown in his native
country until the present day. This is due to the artist’s own
choice, having rejected the efforts of gallery owners to introduce
his works to the general public. For Gerber, success did not mean
fame and glory, but rather that his art showed a different
possibility from that of his contemporaries. The way in which
Gerber, who roamed between a variety of styles, travelled the
world, and lived with the ethnic group of the Dogon in West Africa
for two years during a creative crisis, upheld his artistic freedom
makes it impossible to assign him to a specific direction in
20th-century art. This book, published to coincide with a
retrospective exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Thun, Switzerland, is
an overdue tribute to this, in the best sense of the word,
incomprehensible artist and finally provides the general public
with a chance to discover and recognise his oeuvre. Text in English
and German.
General
| Imprint: |
Scheidegger Und Spiess Ag, Verlag
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| Country of origin: |
Switzerland |
| Release date: |
May 2023 |
| Editors: |
Helen Hirsch
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| Dimensions: |
310 x 225mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
128 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-3-03-942126-8 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
3-03-942126-3 |
| Barcode: |
9783039421268 |
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