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1 / 1Franz Erhard Walther: First Work Set
Franz Erhard Walther’s highly ambitious 1. Werksatz (First Work Set) consists of fifty-eight fabric elements completed between 1963 and 1969, intended to be unfolded and used by viewers—inviting them to become both beholder and participant. Franz Erhard Walther: First Work Set is the first critical study of Walther’s “instruments for process” to be published in English. This title pairs contemporary scholarship with primary texts to better understand his First Work Set. The book includes contributions by Barbara Clausen, Rachel Haidu, Ulrike Müller, Yasmil Raymond, Erik Verhagen, Gregory Williams, and Jennifer Winkworth, together with previously unpublished texts by Franz Erhard Walther and the first English translation of Walther’s influential 1970 Spaces exhibition diary.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Dia Art Foundation and Koenig Books, London
- ISBN
- 9783863357979
- Publication date
- 2016
- Cover
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 255 pages
- Dimension
- 7.75 x 10.25 in.
- Publication credits
- Edited by Stephen Hoban, Kelly Kivland, and Yasmil Raymond. Essays by Barbara Clausen, Rachel Haidu, Ulrike Müller, Yasmil Raymond, Erik Verhagen, Franz Erhard Walther, Gregory H. Williams, and Jennifer Winkworth
Related Artists
Franz Erhard Walther
Franz Erhard Walther was born in Fulda, Germany, in 1939, where he currently lives and works.
Related Exhibitions
Exhibition
Franz Erhard Walther, Work as Action
October 2, 2010–February 13, 2012, Dia Beacon
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