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* ''Grand-Father'', 1974. | * ''Grand-Father'', 1974. | ||
* ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=5896 Le Macchine Celibi / The Bachelor Machines]'', 1975. {{it}}/{{en}} | * ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=5896 Le Macchine Celibi / The Bachelor Machines]'', 1975. {{it}}/{{en}} | ||
| − | * | + | * ''[https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/51c58cf66c3a0edb0b5e0c00 Junggesellenmaschine / Les machines célibataires]'', eds. Harald Szeemann and Johannes Gachnang, Bern: Stämpfli, 1976. Curated by Harald Szeemann and Jean Clair. {{de}}/{{fr}} |
* ''Monte Verita / Mountain of Truth'', 1978. | * ''Monte Verita / Mountain of Truth'', 1978. | ||
| − | * ''Zeitlos'', 1988. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFZvGGTFGxI Video documentation]. | + | * ''Zeitlos. Kunst von heute im Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin'', ed. Harald Szeemann, Munich: Prestel, 1988, 232 pp. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFZvGGTFGxI Video documentation]. |
| − | * ''LightSeed'', 1990. | + | * ''LightSeed: Cy Twombly, Wolfgang Laib, Michel Verjux: An Exhibition'', Tokyo: Waturi-Um, 1990. Curated by Harald Szeemann. |
| − | * '' | + | * ''Visionäre Schweiz'', ed. Harald Szeemann, Aarau: Sauerländer, 1991. {{de}} |
| − | * ''Blood & Honey: Future's in the Balkans'', 2003. | + | ** ''Suiza visionaria'', Madrid: Museo Nacional Reina Sofía, 1992. {{es}} |
| − | * ''[[Media:The_Real_Royal_Trip_2003.pdf|The Real Royal Trip / El real viaje real]]'', ed. Alanna Heiss, New York: P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, 2003. {{en}}/{{es}} | + | * ''Blut & Honig. Zukunft ist am Balkan / Blood & Honey: Future's in the Balkans'', Klosterneuburg: Sammlung Essl, 2003, 287 pp; 2nd ed., 2004. Curated by Harald Szeemann. [https://www.tol.org/client/article/9549-an-avant-gardist-in-search-of-roots.html Interview with curator]. [http://scca.ba/exhibitions/blood-honey-future-is-at-balkan/] [http://sammlung-essl.at/jart/prj3/essl/main.jart?content-id=1366790541558&rel=en&article_id=1367496238933&event_id=1367496241149&reserve-mode=active] {{de}}/{{en}} |
| + | * ''[[Media:The_Real_Royal_Trip_2003.pdf|The Real Royal Trip / El real viaje real]]'', ed. Alanna Heiss, New York: P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, 2003, 325 pp. Curated by Harald Szeemann. {{en}}/{{es}} | ||
==Publications== | ==Publications== | ||
Revision as of 12:14, 6 December 2019
Harald Szeemann (11 June 1933 – 18 February 2005) was a Swiss museum director, curator and organizer of exhibitions.
Contents
Exhibition catalogues
- White on White, 1966.
- Formen der Farbe, Bern: Kunsthalle Bern, 1967. [1] (German)
- Friends, 1969.
- Live In Your Head: When Attitudes Become Form: Works-Concepts-Processes-Situations-Information, Bern: Kunsthalle Bern, 1969. Exh. photographs.
- Happening & Fluxus: Materialien, ed. Hans Sohm, Cologne: Kölnischer Kunstverein, 1970, [340] pp. Exh. curated by Hans Sohm and Harald Szeemann; held at the Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, 6 Nov 1970-6 Jan 1971. [2] (German)
- documenta 5. Befragung der Realität – Bildwelten heute, Kassel, 1972.
- Grand-Father, 1974.
- Le Macchine Celibi / The Bachelor Machines, 1975. (Italian)/(English)
- Junggesellenmaschine / Les machines célibataires, eds. Harald Szeemann and Johannes Gachnang, Bern: Stämpfli, 1976. Curated by Harald Szeemann and Jean Clair. (German)/(French)
- Monte Verita / Mountain of Truth, 1978.
- Zeitlos. Kunst von heute im Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, ed. Harald Szeemann, Munich: Prestel, 1988, 232 pp. Video documentation.
- LightSeed: Cy Twombly, Wolfgang Laib, Michel Verjux: An Exhibition, Tokyo: Waturi-Um, 1990. Curated by Harald Szeemann.
- Visionäre Schweiz, ed. Harald Szeemann, Aarau: Sauerländer, 1991. (German)
- Suiza visionaria, Madrid: Museo Nacional Reina Sofía, 1992. (Spanish)
- Blut & Honig. Zukunft ist am Balkan / Blood & Honey: Future's in the Balkans, Klosterneuburg: Sammlung Essl, 2003, 287 pp; 2nd ed., 2004. Curated by Harald Szeemann. Interview with curator. [3] [4] (German)/(English)
- The Real Royal Trip / El real viaje real, ed. Alanna Heiss, New York: P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, 2003, 325 pp. Curated by Harald Szeemann. (English)/(Spanish)
Publications
- Zeitlos auf Zeit. Das Museum der Obsessionen, Lindinger & Schmid, 1994, 413 pp. (German)
- Harald Szeemann: Selected Writings, ed. Doris Chon, Glenn Phillips, and Pietro Rigolo, trans. Jonathan Blower and Elizabeth Tucker, Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2018, 424 pp. Review: grupa o.k. (Art Journal). (English)
Interviews
- "Harald Szeemann Talks to Chinese Artists about Venice, CCAA, and Curatorial Strategies", trans. Karen Smith, in Chinese Art at the Crossroads: Between Past and Future, Between East and West, ed. Wu Hung, Hong Kong: New Art Media, and London: Institute of International Visual Arts, 2001, pp 148-161.
Literature
- Søren Grammel, Ausstellungsautorschaft: Die Konstruktion der auktorialen Position des Kurators bei Harald Szeemann. Eine Mikroanalyse, Frankfurt am Main: Revolver, 2005, 64 pp. Review: Bismarck (Perspective). (German)
- Hans-Joachim Müller, Harald Szeemann: Ausstellungsmacher, Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2006, 168 pp. Review: Bismarck (Perspective). (German)
- Tobia Bezzola, Roman Kurzmeyer (eds.), Harald Szeemann with by through because towards despite: Catalogue of All Exhibitions 1957-2005, Zurich: Voldemeer, and Vienna: Springer, 2007, 759 pp. Review: Bismarck (Perspective).
- Florence Derieux (ed.), Harald Szeemann: Individual Methodology, Zurich: JRP/Ringier, 2008, 248 pp. Review: Bismarck (Perspective).
- Doris Chon, "Harald Szeemann’s Museum of Obsessions: The Legacy of a Mythological Institution", Getty Research Journal 8, 2016, pp 247-256.
- Harald Szeemann: Museum of Obsessions, eds. Glenn Phillips and Philipp Kaiser, with Doris Chon and Pietro Rigolo, Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2018, viii+406 pp. Catalogue. Review: grupa o.k. (Art Journal).
- Harald Szeemann: Museum der Obsessionen, Zürich: Scheidegger & Spiess, 2018, 406 pp. (German)
- Max Rosenberg, "Harald Szeemann and the Road Back to the Museum", Getty Research Journal 11, 2019, pp 107-132.
Documentary films
- Harald Szeemann - Ein Portrait, dir. Gaudenz Meili and Hans-Joachim Müller, 1992, 45 min. TV documentary. (German)
- A Closer Look: Being Harald Szeemann, 2013, 10 min. The Getty Research Institute acquires the Harald Szeemann archive.
Retrospectives, recreated exhibitions
- Harald Szeemann: Museum of Obsessions, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, February-May 2018; Kunsthalle Bern, June-September 2018; Kunsthalle Düsseldorf October 2018-January 2019; Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli, February-May 2019; and Swiss Institute, New York, June-August 2019. Review: grupa o.k. (Art Journal).
- Harald Szeemann: Grandfather: A Pioneer Like Us (1974), Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, February-April 2018; Kunsthalle Bern, June-September 2018; Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, October 2018-January 2019; Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli, February-May 2019; and Swiss Institute, New York, June-August 2019. A recreation of Szeemann’s exhibition. Review: grupa o.k. (Art Journal).
