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Title Statement Absurd thinking : between art and design
Varying Form of Title Allan Wexler, absurd thinking, between art and design
Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint) Lars Müller Publishers, Zürich, Switzerland : [2017]
©2017
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Physical Description 295 pages illustrations (chiefly color) 29 cm
General Note "Allan Wexler's career resists easy classification. He is best known as a hands-on maker. He explores the fields of architecture and design as an artist. In the late 1960s Wexler was an early member of the group of architects and artists who questioned the perceived divide between art and the design disciplines. They called themselves "nonarchitects, antiarchitects, and paper architects." Throughout his 45-year career he has reevaluated our most basic assumptions about our relationship to what we build, why we build, and how it affects our daily lives. Wexler's works explore the poetics of space and the nonfunction in the functional, how we create ritual, the power of the handcrafted in the time of digital, and the use of chance and the value of accident, our body's relationship to the built, and our roots from the primitive hut"--http://www.allanwexlerstudio.com/now
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (page 290-292) and index.
Summary, etc "Absurd Thinking: Between Art and Design is a survey of work by artist/architect Allan Wexler. The book features projects developed across the artist's forty-five-year career that mediate the gap between fine and applied art using the mediums of architecture, sculpture, photography, painting, and drawing. Wexler's works can be broadly described as tactile poetry composed by re-framing the ordinary. They sustain a narrative about landscape, nature, and the built environment that highlights the intriguing and surprising characteristics latent in the elements and rituals that pervade daily life. Wexler's work is sometimes functional sometimes theoretical, and often a hybrid of the two. In all cases, it demonstrates a commitment to re-evaluating basic assumptions about the human relationship to the built and natural environments. Organized thematically across four categories—Abstraction, Landscape, Private Space and Public Places—this book is a richly illustrated cross-section of Wexler's multi-scale, multi-media work featuring his own writings, narratives and reflections"--Publisher's description.
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This book features projects, developed during the artist Allan Wexler s forty-year career, which mediate the gap between fine and applied art using the mediums of architecture, sculpture, photography, painting, and drawing. His production can be broadly described as tactile poetry composed by re-framing the ordinary with the intention of sustaining a narrative about landscape, nature, and the built environment that highlights the intriguing and surprising characteristics latent in the elements and rituals that pervade daily life. His work demonstrates a commitment to re-evaluating basic assumptions about our relationship to the built and natural environments. This publication is a richly illustrated cross section of Wexler s multi-scale, multi-media work featuring his own writings, narratives and reflections, and features critical contributions by various experts. Allan Wexler has worked in the fields of architecture, design and fine art. He has been represented by the Ronald Feldman gallery in NY City since 1984 and has exhibited, taught and lectured nationally and internationally since 1972. He currently teaches at Parsons School of Design in NY City. AUTHOR: Ashley Simone is a designer, educator, writer, and photographer based in New York City. SELLING POINTS: * Extensive cross-section of work covering over 40 years * With many images from his different fields of work 300 illustrations