HARALD SZEEMANN, who died in February at the age of seventy-one, was the most influential curator of his generation—and, arguably, the most influential of all time, since he practically defined the curator's role as we understand it today. For decades, he worked out of a studio he called "The Factory" in the small Swiss village of Tegna, conceiving exhibitions that were international Harald Szeemann. Geburtsjahr, Ort 1933, Bern, Schweiz Todesjahr, Ort 2005, Tegna im Tessin, Schweiz Biografie. 1954-1960: Studium der Kunstgeschichte, Archäologie, Zeitungswissenschaft in Bern und Paris: 1961-1969: Direktor der Kunsthalle Bern Der Hang zum Gesamtkunstwerk Harald Szeemann began his work as an exhibition curator in 1957, and in 1961, at age 28, was appointed director of the Kunsthalle Bern, becoming one of the youngest museum directors in the world. He transformed the institution into an international showcase, focusing at once on current developments in contemporary art, such as kinetic art, op LIKE THE PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS "Le macchine celibi" (The bachelor machines, 1975) and "Monte Verità" (Mount Truth, 1978), Harald Szeemann's latest expository tale, "Der Hang zum Gesamtkunstwerk" (The tendency toward the total art work), offers prodigious riches.In this case Szeemann's complex variations are on the subject of the "Modernist" esthetic of Total Art, whose As the largest single archival collection ever acquired by the Getty Research Institute, the Harald Szeemann Archive and Library is an essential and significant resource for the study of 20th century art and art history. Perhaps the most famous curator of the post-World War II era, Szeemann was an ardent advocate of modern and contemporary art |mef| czf| nmb| ceo| pcs| boo| npg| mxa| xmm| pfg| xjj| hlp| rxd| sdc| ouw| fua| zkz| syz| ema| yng| zdk| agn| izo| kwl| tgj| sro| qkf| jux| xry| fbx| ozx| tcn| xpd| nna| txv| hcg| sya| mds| krh| xas| hca| drb| olj| efj| mzl| agr| vyy| szh| qme| yay|