{"product_id":"gunther-wizemann","title":"Günther Wizemann","description":"Günther Wizemann, born 1953 in Graz (Austria), came to Switzerland as a child in 1960. He graduated from Zurich's School of Design and has since been working as a painter and concept artist. Studying the Russian modernists raised the question of what he could possibly paint in the aftermath of Kazimir Malevich and Aleksander Rodchenko. Equally, Mario Merz's installation \u003ci\u003eChe fare?\u003c\/i\u003e or, as Barnett Newman put it, \u003ci\u003eWhat to paint?\u003c\/i\u003e  were statements that became programmatic for Wizemann's work.\n\nThe 43 paintings of \u003ci\u003eThe Black Garden\u003c\/i\u003e Wizemann has created between 2003 and 2013 are a possible response to his queries. Done in oil and resin on canvas, they are the result of lengthy artistic processes and a multitude of layers of paint, forming an inner and outer image space.\n\nFeatured in its entirety for the first time in this new book, the paintings are published alongside essays placing Wizemann's largest series to date in art history. The accompanying texts reveal formal and conceptual relations, ranging from the Renaissance to his contemporaries. Starting from the title \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Black Garden\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e they also look at literary and philosophical connotations.\n\nText in English and German.","brand":"Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54252819251544,"sku":"9783858815507","price":55.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9783858815507_2f3fc268-39ba-4aba-a596-ff997603ef52.jpg?v=1777104070","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/gunther-wizemann","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}