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'''Harald Szeemann''' (11 June 1933 – 18 February 2005) was a Swiss museum director, curator and organizer of exhibitions. | '''Harald Szeemann''' (11 June 1933 – 18 February 2005) was a Swiss museum director, curator and organizer of exhibitions. | ||
| − | + | ==Exhibition catalogues== | |
| + | * ''White on White'', 1966. | ||
* ''[[Media:Szeemann_Harald_ed_Formen_der_Farbe_Kunsthalle_Bern_1967.pdf|Formen der Farbe]]'', Bern: Kunsthalle Bern, 1967. [http://ubu.com/historical/szeemann] {{de}} | * ''[[Media:Szeemann_Harald_ed_Formen_der_Farbe_Kunsthalle_Bern_1967.pdf|Formen der Farbe]]'', Bern: Kunsthalle Bern, 1967. [http://ubu.com/historical/szeemann] {{de}} | ||
| + | * ''Friends'', 1969. | ||
* ''[http://ubu.com/historical/szeemann Live In Your Head: When Attitudes Become Form: Works-Concepts-Processes-Situations-Information]'', Bern: Kunsthalle Bern, 1969. [http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/digital_collections/notable/burkhard_szeemann.html Exh. photographs]. | * ''[http://ubu.com/historical/szeemann Live In Your Head: When Attitudes Become Form: Works-Concepts-Processes-Situations-Information]'', Bern: Kunsthalle Bern, 1969. [http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/digital_collections/notable/burkhard_szeemann.html 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. [http://post.at.moma.org/sources/5/publications/100] {{de}} | ||
* ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=14502 documenta 5. Befragung der Realität – Bildwelten heute]'', Kassel, 1972. | * ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=14502 documenta 5. Befragung der Realität – Bildwelten heute]'', Kassel, 1972. | ||
| + | * ''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}} | ||
| + | * with Jean Clair, ''[https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/51c58cf66c3a0edb0b5e0c00 Junggesellenmaschine / Les machines célibataires]'', 1976. {{de}}/{{fr}} | ||
| + | * ''Monte Verita / Mountain of Truth'', 1978. | ||
| + | * ''Zeitlos'', 1988. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFZvGGTFGxI Video documentation]. | ||
| + | * ''LightSeed'', 1990. | ||
| + | * ''Visionary Switzerland'', 1991. | ||
| + | * ''Blood & Honey: Future's in the Balkans'', 2003. | ||
| + | * ''[[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}} | ||
| − | + | ==Publications== | |
| + | * ''Zeitlos auf Zeit. Das Museum der Obsessionen'', Lindinger & Schmid, 1994, 413 pp. {{de}} | ||
* ''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: [http://sci-hub.tw/10.1080/00043249.2019.1598154 grupa o.k.] (Art Journal). {{en}} | * ''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: [http://sci-hub.tw/10.1080/00043249.2019.1598154 grupa o.k.] (Art Journal). {{en}} | ||
| − | + | ==Interviews== | |
* [https://www.moma.org/docs/learn/intnlprograms/5.%20CCA_Web_Harald%20Szeemann.pdf "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. | * [https://www.moma.org/docs/learn/intnlprograms/5.%20CCA_Web_Harald%20Szeemann.pdf "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: [https://journals.openedition.org/perspective/1992 Bismarck] (Perspective). {{de}} | * Søren Grammel, ''Ausstellungsautorschaft: Die Konstruktion der auktorialen Position des Kurators bei Harald Szeemann. Eine Mikroanalyse'', Frankfurt am Main: Revolver, 2005, 64 pp. Review: [https://journals.openedition.org/perspective/1992 Bismarck] (Perspective). {{de}} | ||
* Hans-Joachim Müller, ''Harald Szeemann: Ausstellungsmacher'', Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2006, 168 pp. Review: [https://journals.openedition.org/perspective/1992 Bismarck] (Perspective). {{de}} | * Hans-Joachim Müller, ''Harald Szeemann: Ausstellungsmacher'', Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2006, 168 pp. Review: [https://journals.openedition.org/perspective/1992 Bismarck] (Perspective). {{de}} | ||
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* Max Rosenberg, [https://sci-hub.tw/10.1086/702750 "Harald Szeemann and the Road Back to the Museum"], ''Getty Research Journal'' 11, 2019, pp 107-132. | * Max Rosenberg, [https://sci-hub.tw/10.1086/702750 "Harald Szeemann and the Road Back to the Museum"], ''Getty Research Journal'' 11, 2019, pp 107-132. | ||
| − | + | ==Documentary films== | |
* ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k7CGQ4ioi0 Harald Szeemann - Ein Portrait]'', dir. Gaudenz Meili and Hans-Joachim Müller, 1992, 45 min. TV documentary. {{de}} | * ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k7CGQ4ioi0 Harald Szeemann - Ein Portrait]'', dir. Gaudenz Meili and Hans-Joachim Müller, 1992, 45 min. TV documentary. {{de}} | ||
* ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu6zn-V11vI A Closer Look: Being Harald Szeemann]'', 2013, 10 min. The Getty Research Institute acquires the Harald Szeemann archive. | * ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu6zn-V11vI A Closer Look: Being Harald Szeemann]'', 2013, 10 min. The Getty Research Institute acquires the Harald Szeemann archive. | ||
| − | + | ==Retrospectives, recreated exhibitions== | |
* [https://www.getty.edu/research/exhibitions_events/exhibitions/szeemann/index.html Harald Szeemann: Museum of Obsessions], Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, February-May 2018; [https://kunsthalle-bern.ch/en/exhibitions/2018/harald-szeemann-museum-der-obsessionen/ Kunsthalle Bern], June-September 2018; [https://www.kunsthalle-duesseldorf.de/index.php?id=428 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: [http://sci-hub.tw/10.1080/00043249.2019.1598154 grupa o.k.] (Art Journal). | * [https://www.getty.edu/research/exhibitions_events/exhibitions/szeemann/index.html Harald Szeemann: Museum of Obsessions], Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, February-May 2018; [https://kunsthalle-bern.ch/en/exhibitions/2018/harald-szeemann-museum-der-obsessionen/ Kunsthalle Bern], June-September 2018; [https://www.kunsthalle-duesseldorf.de/index.php?id=428 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: [http://sci-hub.tw/10.1080/00043249.2019.1598154 grupa o.k.] (Art Journal). | ||
* [https://www.theicala.org/en/exhibitions/9-harald-szeemann-br-grandfather-a-pioneer-like-us Harald Szeemann: Grandfather: A Pioneer Like Us (1974)], Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, February-April 2018; [https://kunsthalle-bern.ch/en/exhibitions/2018/grossvater-ein-pionier-wie-wir/ Kunsthalle Bern], June-September 2018; [https://www.kunsthalle-duesseldorf.de/index.php?id=428 Kunsthalle Düsseldorf], October 2018-January 2019; Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli, February-May 2019; and [https://www.swissinstitute.net/exhibition/harald-szeemann-grandfather-a-pioneer-like-us/ Swiss Institute, New York], June-August 2019. A recreation of Szeemann’s exhibition. Review: [http://sci-hub.tw/10.1080/00043249.2019.1598154 grupa o.k.] (Art Journal). | * [https://www.theicala.org/en/exhibitions/9-harald-szeemann-br-grandfather-a-pioneer-like-us Harald Szeemann: Grandfather: A Pioneer Like Us (1974)], Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, February-April 2018; [https://kunsthalle-bern.ch/en/exhibitions/2018/grossvater-ein-pionier-wie-wir/ Kunsthalle Bern], June-September 2018; [https://www.kunsthalle-duesseldorf.de/index.php?id=428 Kunsthalle Düsseldorf], October 2018-January 2019; Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli, February-May 2019; and [https://www.swissinstitute.net/exhibition/harald-szeemann-grandfather-a-pioneer-like-us/ Swiss Institute, New York], June-August 2019. A recreation of Szeemann’s exhibition. Review: [http://sci-hub.tw/10.1080/00043249.2019.1598154 grupa o.k.] (Art Journal). | ||
| − | + | ==Links== | |
* [http://www.getty.edu/research/special_collections/notable/szeemann.html Harald Szeemann papers, 1836-2010, bulk 1957-2005], Getty. [http://hdl.handle.net/10020/2011m30 Digitised images]. [http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2011m30 Finding aid]. | * [http://www.getty.edu/research/special_collections/notable/szeemann.html Harald Szeemann papers, 1836-2010, bulk 1957-2005], Getty. [http://hdl.handle.net/10020/2011m30 Digitised images]. [http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2011m30 Finding aid]. | ||
* [http://www.adk.de/de/akademie/mitglieder/index.htm?we_objectID=28782&show=druckansicht Profile on ADK] {{de}} | * [http://www.adk.de/de/akademie/mitglieder/index.htm?we_objectID=28782&show=druckansicht Profile on ADK] {{de}} | ||
Revision as of 12:06, 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)
- with Jean Clair, Junggesellenmaschine / Les machines célibataires, 1976. (German)/(French)
- Monte Verita / Mountain of Truth, 1978.
- Zeitlos, 1988. Video documentation.
- LightSeed, 1990.
- Visionary Switzerland, 1991.
- Blood & Honey: Future's in the Balkans, 2003.
- The Real Royal Trip / El real viaje real, ed. Alanna Heiss, New York: P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, 2003. (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).
