Set to accompany the first major solo exhibition in the United States of Polish contemporary artist Pawel Althamer, one of the most important European artists to emerge since the 1990s.
In association with the New Museum, New York
Over the past twenty years, Althamer has established a singular artistic practice featuring an expanded approach to sculptural representation and experimental models of social collaboration. This publication includes extensive documentation of his groundbreaking sculptures, performances, and participatory installations.
Althamer creates portraits of himself and others, in materials including plaster, melted plastic, and even a parade float (a nude self-portrait). The artist is known for performances involving entire communities, like his neighbors in Bródno, Poland. With essays by longtime collaborators and interpreters of Althamer's practice and an interview with the artist by curator Massimiliano Gioni, this publication presents a portrait of the artist as instigator, organizer, teacher, and visionary.
Über den Autor Massimiliano Gioni
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Massimiliano Gioni is Artistic Director of the New Museum. Natalie Bell is Assistant Curator at the New Museum. Gary Carrion-Murayari is Kraus Family Curator at the New Museum. Dan Nadel is a writer and publisher based in Brooklyn. Tony Oursler is an artist based in New York. Janet Sarbanes is a writer and Creative Writing Program Chair at the California Institute of the Arts. Peter Saul is an artist based in New York. Marc-Olivier Wahler is a curator, a critic, and Director of the Chalet Society in Paris. John Welchman is Professor of Modern Art History in the Visual Arts Department at the University of California San Diego.
