At Work: Studio and Production as a Subject of Today's Art

by Eva Schmidt (editor), Roman Kurzmeyer (Editor)

Throughout the history of art, the studio has been the traditional place in which
artworks were produced and subsequently released into the world as transportable
objects. Today, with changing notions of the studio as a site for artistic
production, such fixed orders no longer exist. In this context, the function of
the studio as a place of contemplation, planning, experimentation and making
has become more relative, even allegorical. Examining themes of studio and
production in contemporary art, this volume considers ways that its processes
and places the shadows of art, to borrow Barthes phrase are reflected in
the work itself. Featuring 20 artists, including Pave Althammer, Tacita Dean,
Katharina Grosse, Rita McBride, Mai-Thu Perret, Sarah Rossiter, Giorgio Sadotti,
Paul Sietsema, Andrea Zittel and Artur Z mijewski. Texts by Roman Kurzmeyer,
Ines Ru ttinger and Eva Schmidt.

160 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2014