Abbas Akhavan /

Abbas Akhavan /

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Author / Creator:	Akhavan, Abbas, artist.
Imprint:	Berlin : Distanz, [2017] ©2017.
Description:	126 pages : color illustrations, 24 cm.
Language:	German English
Subject:	Akhavan, Abbas -- Exhibitions. Akhavan, Abbas -- Interviews. Museum Villa Stuck -- Exhibitions. Installations (Art) -- Exhibitions. Installations (Art) Exhibition catalogs.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11371578

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Other authors / contributors:	Buhrs, Michael. Hein, Verena. Museum Villa Stuck.
ISBN:	9783954762064 3954762064
Notes:	Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Villa Stuck, München, June 29-October 1, 2017. Includes contributions by Vassilis Oikonomopoulos, Amy Zion, Burcu Dogramaci and Michael Buhrs and Verena Hein. Includes bibliographical references. Parallel text in German and English.
Summary:	Abbas Akhavan (b. Tehran, Iran, 1977; lives and works in Toronto) can be counted among a generation of emerging Canadian artists reflecting on social issues through ephemeral, site-specific works. Akhavan?s works ? sculptures, installations, drawings, videos, and performances ? deal with destruction and exclusion, but also with acts of preservation and restoration. His conceptual objects show a creative process that is not yet complete. In his works, Akhavan refers to nature and the four elements ? fire, water, earth, and air. Plants or animals become elementary design components. In the exhibition at Villa Stuck, visitors first encounter a barrier in the form of a thuja hedge, bringing the outdoors inside. Here, the artist has left conspicuous traces of preceding exhibitions: the walls are unrenovated, the air-conditioning is switched off, and previously covered windows have been uncovered. Thus, Akhavan questions the responsibilities of a museum and whether or not common strategies of preservation are actually contemporary. 00Exhibition: Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany (29.06.-01.10.2017).

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Summary:	Abbas Akhavan can be counted among a generation of emerging Canadian artists reflecting on social issues through ephemeral, sitespecific works.khavan's works sculptures, installations, drawings, videos, and performances deal with destruction and exclusion, but also with acts of preservation and restoration.
Item Description:	Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Villa Stuck, München, June 29-October 1, 2017. Includes contributions by Vassilis Oikonomopoulos, Amy Zion, Burcu Dogramaci and Michael Buhrs and Verena Hein.
Physical Description:	126 pages : color illustrations, 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9783954762064 3954762064