Messensee

Design for Easy Living

Fritz Koreny author Florian Steininger author Reinhold Sturm author Reto Thüring author Ingried Brugger editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Hatje Cantz

Published:17th Sep '13

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Extensive monograph on the oeuvre of one of Austria's most distinguished artists

Extensive monograph on the oeuvre of one of Austria’s most distinguished artistsJürgen Messensee (*1936 in Vienna), one the leading artists of his generation, occupies an important position in the fields of painting and drawing in Austria. Nature is the model for Messensee’s work, in particular the human figure, which he dissolves into emblematic forms with an expressive gesture. His works can essentially be regarded as coded appropriations of nature in which manifest symbols such as female swimmers, mouths, or catamarans—distinguishing features of his oeuvre. In recent years Messensee has been supplementing his drawings and paintings with the jet print, greatly enlarging his own drawings and then painting them. In this process, the artist is interested in shifting and manipulating perception: what is real, and what is fiction? This publication presents the various stages of his oeuvre, and texts by Ingried Brugger and Florian Steininger probe its depths.Exhibition schedule: Bank Austria Kunstforum, Vienna, September 4–October 6, 2013

ISBN: 9783775736381

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 1020g

136 pages