Margrit Linck (Bilingual edition)

Name: Margrit Linck (Bilingual edition)
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9783775749046
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Bird Women and Vase Bodies

By Regula Linck

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Margrit Linck (Bilingual edition) explores the remarkable legacy of one of the twentieth century's leading ceramics artists. Over five decades, Linck crafted both functional pottery and boldly imaginative sculptures that transform everyday forms into playful, surreal creations—like jugs sprouting bird beaks and vases embodying feminine shapes. This book offers a personal glimpse into Linck's life alongside an art historical context, highlighting her unique dialogue with Surrealism and twentieth-century art movements. An illustrated section invites readers to appreciate the continued freshness and modernity of her work.
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Format: Hardback

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This book is ideal for enthusiasts of arts and culture, particularly those interested in ceramics, Surrealism, and twentieth-century artistic innovation. It suits readers seeking both an intimate artist biography and an exploration of creative legacy within art history.

Description

Margrit Linck is one of the twentieth century's most prominent ceramics artists. Over the course of her five-decade-long career, the ceramicist developed utilitarian pottery as well as a unique artistic oeuvre that deserves to be rediscovered.

This book therefore focuses on her sculptures, which break up the simplicity and formal language of utilitarian ceramics and expand them into the playful and surreal: jugs grow birds' beaks, vases take on feminine forms.

On the one hand, we encounter the artist and ceramicist Margrit Linck through a personal perspective, and on the other, her work is presented within the context of twentieth-century art movements, especially Surrealism.

The attractive illustrated section allows readers to delve deeper into the work and makes clear how current and refreshing Linck's work remains to this day.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783775749046

Publisher: Hatje Cantz

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 27 January 2022

Country: Germany

Imprint: Hatje Cantz

Illustration: 150 Illustrations

Contributors:

Designed by Marco Schibig
Text by Beat Wismer
Designed by Franziska Schott

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 205.0mm

Height: 275.0mm

Weight: 1380g

Pages: 264

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Regula Linck

About the Author

MARGRIT LINCK (1897-1983) grew up in Wichtrach, near Bern. In the 1930s she and her husband, the sculptor Walter Linck, often sojourned in Paris, where they encountered avant-garde art. Back in Switzerland in the 1940s, she was the first woman to open up her own ceramics studio. Up until her death she continued to produce an impressive series of ceramic sculptures, which were shown both in Switzerland and abroad.