Stefan Bachmann, (Eds.) / Lou Hinderhofer / Yvonne Schäfer / Thorben Schumüller
VFMK Publishing House for Modern Art 2022
Set Design
Book publication as a tribute to the nude drawing as an art form
28.02.2022
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The Department of Scenography shows works from 20 years of nude drawing at the Mozarteum University in the bibliophile artist book "Akt / Nude", which has just been published by Verlag für moderne Kunst (VFMK). With texts by Henrik Ahr, Noémie Anneg, Stefan Bachmann, Thomas Ballhausen, Elisabeth Gutjahr, Lou Hinderhofer, Yvonne Schäfer and Thorben Schumüller. Edited by Stefan Bachmann.
Editor
Stefan Bachmann Idea, conception & graphic design
Stefan Bachmann, Lou Hinderhofer, Yvonne Schäfer, Thorben Schumüller Text contributions
Henrik Ahr, Noémie Anneg, Stefan Bachmann, Thomas Ballhausen, Elisabeth Gutjahr, Lou Hinderhofer, Yvonne Schäfer, Thorben Schumüller, a.o. Publisher
VfmK
Stefan Bachmann Idea, conception & graphic design
Stefan Bachmann, Lou Hinderhofer, Yvonne Schäfer, Thorben Schumüller Text contributions
Henrik Ahr, Noémie Anneg, Stefan Bachmann, Thomas Ballhausen, Elisabeth Gutjahr, Lou Hinderhofer, Yvonne Schäfer, Thorben Schumüller, a.o. Publisher
VfmK
Works that stage the nude "AKT / NUDE" is more than a collection of 20 years of nude studies at the Department of Stage Design at the University Mozarteum Salzburg. It is a complex artist*s book dedicated to nude drawing as an art form. The scenographic view and the proximity to theater, film and performance provide decisive impulses. On more than 400 pages, the approximately 520 works of young artists* from the years 2000 to 2020 often show unconventional and experimental approaches that go far beyond the academic study of nature and in a sense put the nude on stage. Nude drawings, impressions of teaching situations, texts and fragments by students and teachers, and thoughts of a nude model enter into a multi-layered relationship with each other in a space of ideas: "In a state between strength and weakness, I bare my soul as well as my body. The nakedness of my soul makes me forget the nakedness of my body." (Noémie Anneg, dancer and nude model) Artistic processes between perception and imagination: a touching encounter with nudity, with the fragility of the body and human existence. rector Elisabeth Gutjahr is enthusiastic about the publication, which she was happy to support from the beginning: "From the students' reports, one learns that for many nude drawing means a special study experience. Concentrated viewing goes far beyond critical analytical looking. It demands time, deepening vision, immersion in light and shadow, in the play of gravity with the body, with its devotion and posture. The line touches and contours the person being looked at, a closeness is created, a wordless knowledge is shared, discreet and abstracted and yet very concrete, as if sketched out by life." A huge treasure Stefan Bachmann, Lou Hinderhofer, Yvonne Schäfer and Thorben Schumüller are responsible for the idea, conception and graphic design of the publication. "20 years of nudes represents a huge treasure that needed to be lifted and brought out of the drawing cabinets into the light of day," says editor Stefan Bachmann, who teaches, among other things, nude drawing at the Mozarteum University. AKT NUDE comprises a "best of" the work of some 70 students, created in about 900 hours per week. "Our compilation does not follow a chronological narrative. Rather, the artist*s book offers an experimental space in which different approaches and handwritings relate to each other anew in a lively discourse." (Stefan Bachmann) ISBN 978-3-903572-56-0
Language: German/English
Hardcover, 30 x 23 cm, 432 pages, 623 illustrations in color, 30 illustrations in black and white
Language: German/English
Hardcover, 30 x 23 cm, 432 pages, 623 illustrations in color, 30 illustrations in black and white
