Gregor Schneider
| Author | Raimund Stecker (Ed.) |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Sternberg Press |
| ISBN | 9783956796357 |
| Idea Code | 22190 |
Since 1985, Gregor Schneider has occupied an abandoned house next to one of the largest chasms in the world—the lignite-rich surface mine near Rheydt-Mönchengladbach known as the Garzweiler—which is also next to where his parents ran their business. In the building, which he named Haus u r, he proceeded to build rooms within rooms. These eerie spaces are constructed from materials salvaged from the houses that were to be crushed by juggernaut-sized bucket-wheel excavators to expand the mine. With this publication, art historian Raimund Stecker reconnects with his first visit to Haus u r. Schneider and Stecker have known each other since the artist’s student years at the Münster Academy of Art in the late 1980s.
| ills colour & bw, 14 x 21 cm, pb, English |
€39.00
Product number:
idea41391
