Pedro Wirz : forever was today / editor, Elena Filipovic ; authors, Federico Campagna, Elena Filipovic, Chus Martínez.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wirz, Pedro, 1981- artist.

Filipovic, Elena, editor, writer of added commentary.

Campagna, Federico, writer of added commentary.

Martínez, Chus, writer of added commentary.

Kunsthalle Basel, host institution.

Standardized Title:

Pedro Wirz (Hatje Cantz)

Language:

English

Portuguese

Subjects (All):

Wirz, Pedro, 1981---Exhibitions.

Wirz, Pedro.

Environmentalism in art--Exhibitions.

Environmentalism in art.

Sculpture, Swiss.

Genre:

exhibition catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

295 pages : color illustrations, portraits ; 28 cm

Other Title:

Forever was today

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany : Hatje Cantz ; São Paulo, SP, Brazil : Act. Editora, [2024]

Language Note:

Parallel texts in English and Portuguese.

Summary:

"This book is a journey into the cosmos of the Brazilian-Swiss artist Pedro Wirz, in which humans and animals, but also legendary creatures coexist. His artistic investigation of the systemic devastation of diversity witnessed across biological, cultural, and ethnic fronts today is based on scientific explorations, but also on his very own experiences within a particularly threatened ecosystem. The child of an agronomist and a biologist, Wirz spent most of his youth in the tropical Vale do Paraíba in Brazil. To this day, his fascination with science as much as with indigenous mythologies continues to inform his work. He creates his sculptures and installations from a mixture of organic materials like wax, earth, wood, clay and straw as well as artifacts of the consumer world such as toy cars, dolls, textile remnants, Lego, old clothes and electronic devices. However, Wirz is also interested in new, promising materials such as mushroom threads, bamboo or nanomaterials. With his combination of paradoxical elements from the remotest past and the foreseeable future, from technological reality and poetic imagination, Pedro Wirz brings back the original familiarity that used to exist between science and mythology." --Publisher's description.

Notes:

Book has special paperback binding with only one side fixed to the book (spine not attached).

On the occasion of the exhibition "Pedro Wirz: Environmental Hangover" held at Kunsthalle Basel, January 21 - May 1, 2022.

Local Notes:

On the occasion of the exhibition "Pedro Wirz: Environmental Hangover" held at Kunsthalle Basel, January 21 - May 1, 2022.

ISBN:

9783775756778

3775756779

9786598101237

6598101239

OCLC:

1450889028

Publisher Number:

9783775756778

9786598101237