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Remember to Dream! Hans Ulrich Obrist, in Conversation
The result is one of the most comprehensive looks at the art world from the inside, inclusive of artists, writers, designers, musicians, actors, architects and public figures. In his open-ended project, Obrist collects an abundance of thoughts for the day, dreams, drawings, musings, jokes, quotations, questions, answers, poems and puns from some of the world’s greatest contemporary artists, handwritten on everyday Post-it notes. From the reassuringly philosophical to the inspiringly straightforward, the ingeniously funny to the tenderly posthumous. Remember to Dream! (a note from American artist Carrie Mae Weems) paints a picture of the art world direct from many of the most celebrated artists of the twenty-first century. The book features an introduction by Hans Ulrich Obrist and is designed by Amsterdam based award-winning book designer Irma Boom.
Time Period:
21st century
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Hans Ulrich Obrist (b. 1968, Zurich, Switzerland) is Artistic Director of the Serpentine Galleries, London. Prior to this, he was the Curator of the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Since his first show 'World Soup (The Kitchen Show)' in 1991 he has curated more than 300 shows.
So far in 2018, Obrist has co-curated at the Serpentine Galleries a solo show for Rose Wylie. In 2014 he curated the Swiss Pavilion at the 14th International Architecture Biennale in Venice, where he presented 'Lucius Burckhardt and Cedric Price --- A stroll through a fun palace'; the building was designed by architects Herzog & de Meuron, and the program was developed with artists Liam Gillick, Philippe Parreno, Tino Sehgal and Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster. Obrist's Art of Handwriting project is taking place on Instagram and is a protest against the disappearance of handwriting in the digital age.
In 2013, Obrist co-founded with Simon Castets the 89plus, a long-term, international, multi-platform research project, conceived as a mapping of the digitally native generation born in or after 1989. In 2011 Obrist received the CCS Bard Award for Curatorial Excellence, in 2009 he was made Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), and in 2015 he received the International Folkwang Prize for his commitment to the arts. Obrist has lectured internationally at academic and art institutions, and is contributing editor to several magazines and journals.
Obrist's recent publications include Mondialité, Conversations in Mexico, Conversations in Colombia, Ways of Curating, The Age of Earthquakes with Douglas Coupland and Shumon Basar, and Lives of The Artists, Lives of The Architects.
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Collages: A Discussion Between Brian Clarke and Hans Ulrich Obrist
World-renowned curator Hans Ulrich Obrist talks with British artist Brian Clarke.
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Hans Ulrich Obrist visits Etel Adnan
A spirited conversation between two friends, curator Hans Ulrich Obrist and artist Etel Adnan.
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1 Minute 1 Work: Beautiful People
Curator Vincent Honoré reflects on David Wojnarowicz's final film, produced at ‘the climax of the aids crisis’.
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World-renowned curator Hans Ulrich Obrist talks with British artist Brian Clarke.
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A spirited conversation between two friends, curator Hans Ulrich Obrist and artist Etel Adnan.
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Curator Vincent Honoré reflects on David Wojnarowicz's final film, produced at ‘the climax of the aids crisis’.
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‘He created a sign that went beyond the border of the art world, beyond the border of the art fair, and invaded the collective imagination of the world.’ — Francesco Bonami on Maurizio Cattelan’s ‘Comedian’.
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Gregg Bordowitz explores the work of Glenn Ligon through the lens of his highly charged painting ‘Untitled (I Am A Man)’, 1988.
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Alison Cole discusses the emotional impact of Michelangelo's 'Taddei Tondo' (c.1504-1505) and the enduring power of his art.