Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at the Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland, October 9 - November 10, 2009. "Between Nietzsche's "death of God" and the ascent of Buddhism in twentieth-century America and Europe, the idea of "void" has permeated Western art and culture, and the means by which artists and thinkers have dismantled conventions of reality and perception with acts of emptying, removing, destroying, or emphasizing nothingness, are numerous, as this massive survey testifies. ... [details]
Publication focusing on artists whose work engages the notion of the "public." Conceived and organized by Kasper König and Hans-Ulrich Obrist. Artists include Dennis Adams, Siah Armajani, Thomas Bayrle, Bernard Bazile, Dara Birnbaum, Alighiero Boetti, Christian Boltanski, Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, Anton Bruhin, Werner Büttner, Manfred Butzmann, Thierry de Cordier, Patrick Corillon, Marlene Dumas, Jimmie Durham, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Peter Fischli, David Weiss, Katharina Fritsch, Isa Genzken, Ludger Gerdes, Paul-Armand Gette, Dan Graham, Renée Green, Bernhard Härtter, Yongping Huang, Bethans Huws, Ilya Kabakov, Udo Koch, Arthur Kroker, Marko Lehanka, Annette Messager, John Miller, Christian Philip Müller, C. ... [details]
