Paola Antonelli Bücher

Wie ein Musikstudio mit digitaler Technik alte Songs remixen und Stilelemente «sampeln» kann, so spielt und komponiert der aus Ägypten stammende, in New York arbeitende Industriedesigner Karim Rashid mit den Stilelementen der Design-Moderne und transformiert sie konsequent in eine eigene, unverkennbare Handschrift. Der international anerkannte Popstar setzt dabei auf Sophistication, Farbsinn (meist Zweifarbigkeit, wie bei einem Straßenkreuzer), Amerikanismen, Klischees, Modernismen und Zitate aus der modernen Kunst – von der Op Art eines Vasarely bis zu einprägsamen Mustern aus der Graffiti-Subkultur. Er inszeniert sein Werk als Gesamtkunstwerk an den Schnittstellen von Musik, Mode, Kunst und Design. Rashids Designwelten wirken dadurch auf den Konsumenten wie ein Tagtraum, in dem die Grenzen zwischen Realem und Virtuellem unmerklich zerfließen. Diesen Simulationen von Traum und Wirklichkeit hat die Neue Sammlung ihre Auftakt-Ausstellung zur geplanten Reihe CHANGE gewidmet.

A challenging exploration of the visual arts from 1880 through 1920, Modern Starts is an unconventional guide to the beginnings of modernism. Deliberately abandoning customary labels--such as Fauvism, Cubism, and Futurism--and accepted chronological ordering, Modern Starts offers many pathways, each independent and self-sufficient, intended to suggest fresh modes of looking at and thinking about works both very familiar and quite unfamiliar. Loosely organized into three thematic sections, the book begins with "People," treating the great period of early modern figurative art from Rodin and Matisse to Munch. "Places" features landscapes and cityscapes by such artists as Atget, Cazanne, de Chirico, and Lager. "Things" addresses the importance of object-like works, such as Duchamp's "Readymades" and Brancusi's sculptures; and representations of things from Picasso's still lifes to Lucian Bernhard's advertising posters. Provocative juxtapositions, new contexts, and inventive interplays of mediums provide a stimulating look at the beginnings of modernism. Published to coincide with MoMA2000, an 18-month series of exhibitions at The Museum of Modern Art, New York drawn from the Museum's incomparable collection. Modern Starts is the first in a series of three volumes focusing on distinct 1880-1920, 1920-60, and 1960-2000.

In a lively panorama of stimulating juxtapositions, sequences, and cross references, Modern Contemporary provides a cornucopia of more than 550 works of key contemporary art. Thought-provoking page spreads pair Matthew Barney, Kara Walker, and Jia Zhang Ke; Gabriel Orozco, Chris Ofili, and Jeanne Dunning; Rineke Dijkstra and Philippe Starck; Jenny Holzer and Robert Gober; Mona Hatoum and Teiji Furuhashi; Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Juan Snchez, Raymond Pettibon, and Rosemarie Trockel; Lari Pittman, Gary Hill, and General Idea; and David Wojnarowicz and Bruce Nauman to name a few. The first publication to address the extensive holdings of contemporary art in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Modern Contemporary covers an international spectrum of art in a variety of mediums, all made within the final two decades of the 20th century. Organized chronologically and encompassing a prime selection of painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, drawings, design, prints, film, and video, this rich and varied array of art from 1980 until now offers a virtual compendium of the visual culture of our own time.

Designers and artists have always looked to nature for inspiration and materials, but only recently have they been able to alter and incorporate living organisms in their work. 'Bio Design' examines some seventy projects (concepts, prototypes and completed designs) that cover the fields of architecture, industrial processes, education, fine art, material engineering and bioengineering. Each project is illustrated by a short text, images and captions that combine to explain the problems the venture tackles, and how living materials and processes were harnessed to solve them in sustainable and aesthetically pleasing ways.

This book accompanies a major traveling exhibition that showcases works by some of the most visionary designers and architects, from chairs and tables to jewelry and entire buildings.