Philip Metten
concept Julie Peeters ; book selection Philip Metten ; photography Johannes Schwartz
- Editor(s)
- Julie Peeters
- Publication
- Antwerpen ; Amsterdam : Middelheimmuseum ; Roma Publications, 2016
- Scope
- 36 Pages, illustrated, 22 cm.
- ISBN
- 9789491843662
55,000 books are housed in the Middelheim Museum Library in Antwerp. All are related to art, but the collection is defined by a special focus on both sculpture and art in public space. Graphic designer Julie Peeters initiated a series of publications to create an identity for the library – not through a logo or by depicting the library itself, but instead by showing how people use it as a space, as a collection, the way they navigate the shelves. This publication is the first in the series. Antwerp-based artist Philip Metten was invited to make a selection of books from the library. In his selection is shown is obsession with helmets, his way of looking at monuments, the postures of glaring figures, how his ideal building should feel, and which machinery can take over the world
- Person as subject
- Philip Metten
- Keywords
- libraries
- Location
- Cabinet 11 - 5: Installatiekunst ; sculptuur
