From the beginning of his career in the late 1980s, Italian contemporary artist Rudolf Stingel (born 1956) has been exploring the possibilities and limits of photorealism in painting. Made in close collaboration with the artist, this catalog covers the entire breadth of the protean artist’s career.
Alongside various series of abstract and large-scale photorealistic paintings, it presents a selection of his large-scale works made of Styrofoam, rubber, painted aluminum and cast metal, as well as spaces covered in carpets or insulation panels that may be walked on or touched. These works reveal the ambiguity between painting and décor, and question painting's relationship with architectural space and interior design.
Stingel has shown in major museums around the world and is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago and others.
FORMAT: Hbk, 10.5 x 13 in. / 376 pgs / 400 color. LIST PRICE: U.S. $85.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $115 ISBN: 9783775745864 PUBLISHER: Hatje Cantz AVAILABLE: 9/17/2019 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of print AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: NA LA
Published by Hatje Cantz. Edited by Udo Kittelmann.
From the beginning of his career in the late 1980s, Italian contemporary artist Rudolf Stingel (born 1956) has been exploring the possibilities and limits of photorealism in painting. Made in close collaboration with the artist, this catalog covers the entire breadth of the protean artist’s career.
Alongside various series of abstract and large-scale photorealistic paintings, it presents a selection of his large-scale works made of Styrofoam, rubber, painted aluminum and cast metal, as well as spaces covered in carpets or insulation panels that may be walked on or touched. These works reveal the ambiguity between painting and décor, and question painting's relationship with architectural space and interior design.
Stingel has shown in major museums around the world and is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago and others.
