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Arbeiten und Wohnen - Geschichte und Gegenwart des Atelierhauses Wuhrstrasse 8/10

German · Paperback / Softback

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The studio and residential building at Wuhrstrasse 8/10 in Zurich is a unique place: Commissioned by the Painters & Sculptors Building Cooperative Zurich, founded in 1948, eminent Swiss architect Ernst Gisel (1922-2021) designed this ensemble of buildings comprising eight apartments and twelve artist studios in 1953. Thus, a utopia of self-organized working and living space became reality. Since then, fifty-four artists have left their mark on the artistic and cultural life of Zurich and Switzerland from their home on Wuhrstrasse 8/10.
This German language book recounts the history of this extraordinary structure, illustrated with archival plans and documents as well as new and historic photographs. It also examines the political and social dimension of the Wuhrstrasse model and its international impact. Further essays explore how the lives and works of the resident artists are interwoven with contemporary events, and address the artist studio as both an idealized myth and as a real place of work. In inserts created especially for the book, eleven Zurich-based artists, all not members of the cooperative themselves, respond to the exemplary model that is the "Atelierhaus."

About the author

Adam Jasper
ist wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Institut gta der ETH Zürich.

Caroline Kesser
lebt und arbeitet in Zürich als Kunsthistorikerin und Kritikerin.

Bruno Maurer
ist Forschungskoordinator und Leiter des Archivs am Institut gta der ETH Zürich.

Burkhard Meltzer
lebt und arbeitet als Autor, Forscher und Kurator in Zürich.

Gabrielle Schaad
ist Dozentin und wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin an der ZHdK und an der TU München.

Stefan Zweifel
lebt und arbeitet als Philosoph, Autor und Kurator in Zürich.

Summary

Ein Zürcher Haus mit internationaler Ausstrahlung: Ein einzigartiger Arbeits- und Lebensraum für Künstlerinnen und Künstler

Product details

Authors Adam Jasper, Caroline Kesser, Bruno Maurer
Assisted by Georg Aerni (Photographs), Baugenossenschaft Maler und Bildhauer Zürich (Editor), Baugenossenschaft Maler und Bildhauer Zürich (Editor), Catherine Schelbert (Translation)
Publisher Scheidegger & Spiess
 
Languages German
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 18.11.2021
 
EAN 9783039420308
ISBN 978-3-0-3942030-8
No. of pages 260
Dimensions 233 mm x 18 mm x 311 mm
Weight 1260 g
Illustrations 129 farbige und 125 s/w-Abbildungen
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture

Kunst, Architektur, Verstehen, Atelier, Swissness, Künstler, Künstlerin, entdecken, Wohnhaus, Arbeitsgemeinschaft, Zürich, Atelierhaus, Ateliergemeinschaft, Wuhrstrasse, Gemeinschaftliches Wohnen, Ernst Gisel, Wohnmemeinschaft, Baugenossenschaft Maler und Bildhauer Zürich

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