Irène Zurkinden: Love, Life (eBook)

Kulturstiftung Basel H. Geiger, Irène Zurkinden (Herausgeber)

Quinn Latimer, Marie-Eve Celio-Scheurer, Florian Illies, Rebecca Eigen, Reto Thüring, Raphael Suter (Text von)

Irène Zurkinden (Künstler)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
312 Seiten
Hatje Cantz Verlag GmbH
978-3-7757-6197-0 (ISBN)

Infos

A unique insight into the work of Irène Zurkinden – with sketchbooks published for the very first time
Accompanying the exhibition of the same name, this book offers a fascinating insight into the multifaceted work of Irène Zurkinden. Over more than five decades, the artist created intimate, powerful, and uncompromisingly expressive works that continue to captivate today. The beautifully designed catalogue not only presents her most renowned paintings and drawings but also, for the very first time, her sketchbooks – a rare window into the creative process of an exceptional artist. 
Book Highlights: 


- First-ever publication of Irène Zurkinden's sketchbooks
- Comprehensive overview of more than 50 years of artistic work 
- High-quality reproductions of paintings, drawings, and sketches 
- Exhibition catalogue and collector's item for art enthusiasts 

This publication reveals how Zurkinden's oeuvre oscillates between grace, beauty, and critical engagement with her time – an art book that unites inspiration, insight, and visual intensity.
Swiss painter Irène Zurkinden (1909–1987) trained as a fashion illustrator in Basel before turning to the visual arts. A leading figure of the city's cultural scene, she spent her life between Basel and Paris—her place of longing. Throughout her career, she exhibited widely in Basel galleries and Swiss institutions, with her paintings and sketchbooks bearing witness to a unique view of society and her personal surroundings. 

Inhalt

Cover
Title Page
Contents
The Other Irène Zurkinden
Introduction
Irène Zurkinden: Life, Love, Stage
Painting Desire: Irène Zurkinden's Art in 1930s Paris and Her Poetics of Space
Irène Zurkinden: Life in the Parisian Avant-Garde and the Surrealist Milieu
Sketchbooks
Body Work: Eros and Economy in the Drawings and Notebooks of Irène Zurkinden
Look at Me When I Look at You: The Gaze as Agency
Plates
Irène Zurkinden (1909–1987)
Image Credits
Transcriptions of the Sketchbooks
Acknowledgements
Imprint

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.9.2025
• Mitarbeit: Designer: Studio Marie Lusa
• Verlagsort: Berlin
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik
• Schlagworte: 20th-century women artists • Art book drawings • Art exhibition catalogue • art history book • Ausstellungskatalog Kunst • contemporary art history • Expressionist art • Expressionistische Kunst • Irène Zurkinden • Irène Zurkinden works • Kunstbuch Zeichnungen • Kunsthistorisches Buch • Kunstkatalog Basel • Künstlerinnen 20. Jahrhundert • Kunstpublikation Schweiz • Moderne Malerei Schweiz • Modern Swiss painting • Schweizer Künstlerinnen • Sketchbook publication • sketches and paintings • Skizzenbuch Veröffentlichung • Skizzen und Gemälde • Swiss art publication • Swiss women artists • Zeitgenössische Kunstgeschichte
• ISBN-10: 3-7757-6197-7 / 3775761977
• ISBN-13: 978-3-7757-6197-0 / 9783775761970