Marcel Broodthaers Published by The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Edited with text by Christophe Cherix, Manuel J. Borja-Villel. Text by Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Cathleen Chaffee, Jean-François Chevrier, Kim Conaty, Thierry de Duve, Rafael García Horrillo, Doris Krystof, Christian Rattemeyer, Sam Sackeroff, Teresa Velázquez, Francesca Wilmott. The catalog for the Museum of Modern Art's acclaimed Broodthaer's exhibition Marcel Broodthaers’ extraordinary artistic output placed him at the center of international activity during the transformative decades of the 1960s and 1970s. Throughout his career, from early objects variously made of mussel shells, eggshells and books of his own poetry, to his most ambitious project, the Musée d’Art Moderne, Département des Aigles (Museum of Modern Art, Department of Eagles), and the Décors made at the end of his life, Broodthaers occupied a unique position, often operating as both innovator and commentator. Setting a precedent for what we call installation art today, his work has had a profound influence on a broad range of contemporary artists, and he remains vitally relevant to cultural discourse at large. Published to accompany Broodthaers’ first retrospective in New York, this volume examines the artist’s work across all mediums. Essays by the exhibition organizers Christophe Cherix and Manuel Borja-Villel, along with a host of major scholars, including Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Jean François Chevrier, Thierry de Duve and Doris Krystof, provide historical and theoretical context for the artist’s work. The book also features new translations of many of Broodthaers’ texts. Marcel Broodthaers (1924–76) worked as a poet and critic until the age of 40, when he declared himself a visual artist. Over the next 12 years, he moved between Brussels, his birth city, and Düsseldorf and London. From 1968 to 1972 Broodthaers operated the Musée d’Art Moderne, Département des Aigles, an itinerant museum devoted to the exploration of the role of the institution itself and the function of art in society.
Christophe Cherix is Robert Lehman Chief Curator of Drawings and Prints at The Museum of Modern Art, New York.Manuel Borja-Villel is Director of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid. Benjamin H.D. Buchloh is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Modern Art at Harvard University. Jean-François Chevrier is Professor in the History of Contemporary Art, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris. Thierry de Duve is Theorist in Residence, MA Aesthetics and Politics Program at CalArts, Valencia, CA. Doris Krystof is Curator at Stiftung Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf. Cathleen Chaffee is Senior Curator at Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY. Kim Conaty is Sue and Eugene Mercy, Jr. Assistant Curator of Drawings and Prints at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Rafael García Horrillo is Coordinator of Temporary Exhibitions at Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid. Christian Rattemeyer is Harvey S. Shipley Miller Associate Curator of Drawings and Prints at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Sam Sackeroff is Mellon MRC Fellow of Drawings and Prints at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Francesca Wilmott is Curatorial Assistant of Drawings and Prints at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Teresa Velázquez is Head of Exhibitions at Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid. |
