Carlfriedrich Claus – Writings. Signs. Gestures
wienand
248 pp
Numerous artists of the 20th century used writing and gesture as pictorial means. These include the language experiments of the Russian Futurists, such as the text collages of the Dadaists, but also the notations of Abstract Expressionism and French and German Informel inspired by the Asian typeface. The work of Carlfriedrich Claus (1930-1998) moves in this environment.
Language was the material as well as the subject of his art. He developed complex visual and acoustic compositions that include writing and image, language and thought, intellectual history and visions of humanity. The bibliophilically designed publication provides detailed familiarity with the numerous facets and complexity of Claus's work. Explanatory texts provide interpretations under various keywords, the quality of the illustrations is impressive. Numerous contemporaries also comment on the artist.
An all-round successful publication about an outsider in German art history.
248 pp
Numerous artists of the 20th century used writing and gesture as pictorial means. These include the language experiments of the Russian Futurists, such as the text collages of the Dadaists, but also the notations of Abstract Expressionism and French and German Informel inspired by the Asian typeface. The work of Carlfriedrich Claus (1930-1998) moves in this environment.
Language was the material as well as the subject of his art. He developed complex visual and acoustic compositions that include writing and image, language and thought, intellectual history and visions of humanity. The bibliophilically designed publication provides detailed familiarity with the numerous facets and complexity of Claus's work. Explanatory texts provide interpretations under various keywords, the quality of the illustrations is impressive. Numerous contemporaries also comment on the artist.
An all-round successful publication about an outsider in German art history.
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