Work by 100 artists responds to the buildings and thought of Mies van der Rohe
New York-based architect and writer Christian Bjone’s new book, ‘Almost Nothing’ presents the work of 100 international artists – painters, sculptors, photographers, film directors, designers, cartoonists, and architects – that comments on or appropriates buildings, designs, and statements by or images of Mies van der Rohe.
His selection includes work by Rita Ernst, Daniel Libeskind, Sarah Morris, Erwin Wurm, Rem Koolhaas, Konstantin Grcic, Kurt Schwitters, Carl Andre, Peter Eisenman, Isa Genzken, Alexander Calder, Thomas Ruff, Ed Ruscha, Thomas Schütte, Yves Klein, Christo & Jeanne-Claude and Dan Graham, and is accompanied by a commentary on the artists and their works.
Top: Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Gravity Is a Force to Be Reckoned With, 2010. © Courtesy of the artist
Above: Quisqueya Henriquez, Familiar Things, Barcelona 4, 2011–2012. © Courtesy of the artist
‘Almost Nothing: 100 Artists Comment on the Work of Mies van der Rohe’
Christian Bjone
Park Books, 240pp, £45
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