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Tomas Schmit (Bilingual edition)

making things: drawing action language 1970–2006
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Tomas Schmit (Bilingual edition) explores the artistic journey of Tomas Schmit, a key figure in the European Fluxus movement until its dissolution in 1964. Transitioning from performance to drawing and writing from 1966 onward, Schmit innovatively merged the concept of performance with visual art through "the performance of drawing" on paper. This edition accompanies the 2021 exhibition at the Kupferstichkabinett, highlighting the deep connection between performance and drawing across nearly four decades of his work.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This bilingual edition is ideal for readers interested in avant-garde art, Fluxus history, and those fascinated by the intersection of performance and visual arts.

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When the European Fluxus group disbanded in 1964 after two eventful years, Tomas Schmit (1943-2006), who had participated in the group's actions as a performer, gradually withdrew from performing. From 1966, he devoted himself primarily to writing and drawing. But the idea of the stage as a place where an action is performed in front of and with an audience did not disappear from his art. From then on, Schmit staged "the performance of drawing" on paper.

The close interlocking of performance and drawing practice that characterises Schmit's entire oeuvre will be brought into focus for the first time in the exhibition of the Kupferstichkabinett, which will take place in the fall of 2021, and in the accompanying catalogue. At the same time, the project reflects the manifold spectrum of Schmit's nearly 40 years of comprehensive drawing and language art.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783775751261

Publisher: Hatje Cantz

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 December 2021

Country: Germany

Imprint: Hatje Cantz

Illustration: 250 Illustrations

Contributors:

  • Designed by Benedikt Reichenbach
  • Edited by Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
  • Text by Dagmar Korbacher
  • Text by Jenny Graser

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 225.0mm

Height: 297.0mm

Weight: 1100g

Pages: 272

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