Markus Raetz / Chambre de lectur
RAETZ Markus (Büren an der Aare 1941 - Berna 2020)
Bellinzona, Edizioni Casagrande / Museo d’Arte della Svizzera italiana (Lugano), 2016, 11,5x16,3 cm, 2 volumes, paperback with flap dust jacket, pp. 855-[9] on rice paper; [32], Artist’s book published on the occasion of the Chambre de lecture exhibition, a large-scale installation composed of 432 wire profiles suspended like mobiles in front of the walls of a room. The book reproduces approximately 13,000 human profiles in total (36 per page, divided into 12 sections of about 30 pages each), interacting with one another like letters of an alphabet. From page [755], the volume includes two short essays by Marco Franciolli and Francesca Bernasconi. Enclosed is a photographic supplement by Alexander Jaquemet, featuring full-page and double-page colour images of Raetz’s studio. Graphic design by Andrea Muheim and Lioba Wackernell.
RAETZ Markus (Büren an der Aare 1941 - Berna 2020)
Bellinzona, Edizioni Casagrande / Museo d’Arte della Svizzera italiana (Lugano), 2016, 11,5x16,3 cm, 2 volumes, paperback with flap dust jacket, pp. 855-[9] on rice paper; [32], Artist’s book published on the occasion of the Chambre de lecture exhibition, a large-scale installation composed of 432 wire profiles suspended like mobiles in front of the walls of a room. The book reproduces approximately 13,000 human profiles in total (36 per page, divided into 12 sections of about 30 pages each), interacting with one another like letters of an alphabet. From page [755], the volume includes two short essays by Marco Franciolli and Francesca Bernasconi. Enclosed is a photographic supplement by Alexander Jaquemet, featuring full-page and double-page colour images of Raetz’s studio. Graphic design by Andrea Muheim and Lioba Wackernell.
RAETZ Markus (Büren an der Aare 1941 - Berna 2020)
Bellinzona, Edizioni Casagrande / Museo d’Arte della Svizzera italiana (Lugano), 2016, 11,5x16,3 cm, 2 volumes, paperback with flap dust jacket, pp. 855-[9] on rice paper; [32], Artist’s book published on the occasion of the Chambre de lecture exhibition, a large-scale installation composed of 432 wire profiles suspended like mobiles in front of the walls of a room. The book reproduces approximately 13,000 human profiles in total (36 per page, divided into 12 sections of about 30 pages each), interacting with one another like letters of an alphabet. From page [755], the volume includes two short essays by Marco Franciolli and Francesca Bernasconi. Enclosed is a photographic supplement by Alexander Jaquemet, featuring full-page and double-page colour images of Raetz’s studio. Graphic design by Andrea Muheim and Lioba Wackernell.
