Piktogramme
Die Einsamkeit der Zeichen = Pictograms - The Loneliness of Signs
ed. by Marion Ackermann ; texts by Marion Ackermann, Georges Didi-Huberman, Hadwig Goez …[et al.]

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Auteur(s)

Marion Ackermann, Georges Didi-Huberman, Hadwig Goez, Pirkko Rathgeber, Cara Schweitzer, Daniela Stöppel, Wolf Tegethoff, Theodora Vischer, Ulrich Wilmes, Tanja Zimmermann

Editor(s)

Marion Ackermann

Uitgever

München ; Berlin : Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2006

Omvang

380 p., geïllustreerd, 26 cm.

ISBN

9783422066748

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This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition at Kunstmuseum Stuttgart 04.11.2006-25.02.2007, and traces the art history of the pictogram right up to the present day. Fire exit signs, arrows, no smoking signs - modern humanity is surrounded by pictograms. Essential elements of a universally understood code, they naturally occupy a central position in any discussion surrounding the role of signs in art. In fact, as early as the beginning of the 20th century artists were already working on the development of an international language which went beyond the written or spoken word. Using some 350 exhibits from Germany and abroad, the exhibition »Pictograms - the loneliness of signs« traced the previously little explored art history of the pictogram right up to the present day. At the end one was faced with the fascinating question: what happens when an artist takes the mundane sign, intended to be read quickly, intuitively and unambiguously, and throws it into the arena of art where everything is open to interpretation?

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Persoon als onderwerp

A.R, Penck, Dieter Roth, Thomas Bayrle, ...[et al.]

Trefwoorden

information design , aesthetics - critical aesthetics , politics

Locatie in de bibliotheek

Kast 11 - 2: Informatievormgeving

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