Artists and Their Childhood Memories
Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 756 g
ISBN: 978-3-7757-5682-2
Verlag: Hatje Cantz Verlag GmbH
Childhood never lets go of anyone. For many artists, it was the trigger for making art in the first place, and still is what drives them today. For , Gesine Borcherdt asked 33 artists, including Ai Weiwei, Marina Abramovic, Lynda Benglis, Vaginal Davis, Marcel Dzama, Mona Hatoum, Jeff Koons, Gregor Schneider, and Jordan Wolfson, about their memories of childhood. The result is an anthology of deeply personal, sometimes tragic, sometimes funny, often heartbreaking and always surprising stories. Accompanied by never-before-seen childhood photographs and drawings, this book sheds new light on what it means to make art.
GESINE BORCHERDT (*1976, Braunschweig) is a Berlin-based curator, art critic and author for , , , , and . Recent exhibitions include Dream Baby Dream (2020) revolving around childhood fantasies and traumas, and (2023) at Haus Mödrath in Kerpen, Germany.
