Harald Szeemann
Harald Szeemann (11 June 1933 – 18 February 2005) was a Swiss museum director, curator and organiser of exhibitions.
Contents
Exhibition catalogues[edit]
- Art suisse au XXe siècle / Schweizer Kunst im 20. Jahrhundert / Arte svizzera nel XXo secolo, Lausanne: Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, 1964, 132 pp. (French)//(German)/(Italian)
- Weiss auf Weiss, 1966. (German)
- Formen der Farbe, Bern: Kunsthalle Bern, 1967. [1] (German)
- Science Fiction, Bern: Kunsthalle Bern, 1967.
- Freunde + Freunde. Friends + Fruend. Karl Gerstner, Diter Rot, Daniel Spoerri, André Thomkins und Freunde, Stuttgart: Hansjörg Mayer, 1969, 200 pp. [2] (German)
- Live In Your Head: When Attitudes Become Form: Works-Concepts-Processes-Situations-Information, ed. Harald Szeemann, Bern: Kunsthalle Bern, 1969, [164] pp. Exh. held at Kunsthalle Bern, 22 Mar-27 Apr 1969. Video documentation. Exh. photographs. [3] [4] (English)/(German)/(French)
- Happening & Fluxus: Materialien, ed. Hans Sohm, Cologne: Kölnischer Kunstverein, 1970, [340] pp. Exh. curated by Hans Sohm and Harald Szeemann; held at the Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, 6 Nov 1970-6 Jan 1971. [5] (German)
- documenta 5. Befragung der Realität – Bildwelten heute, 2 vols., eds. Harald Szeemann, Marlis Grüterich, Katia von den Velden, and Jennifer Gough-Cooper, Kassel: documenta and Bertelsmann, 1972, 64+80 & 740+ pp. (German)
- Großvater: Eine Ausstellung und eine Einladung zur Subskription, Bern: Galerie Toni Gerber, 1974. Exh. brochure. (German)
- Junggesellenmaschine / Les machines célibataires, eds. Jean Clair and Harald Szeemann, Venice: Alfieri, 1975, 236 pp. Curated by Harald Szeemann and Jean Clair. (German)/(French)
- Le Macchine Celibi / The Bachelor Machines, New York: Rizzoli, 1975; repr., Vienna: Springer, 1999. (Italian)/(English)
- De jonggezellenmachines, Brussels: Vereniging voor tentoonstellingen van het Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, 1975, [28] pp. (Dutch)
- Monte verità: antropologia locale come contributo alla riscoperta di una topografia sacrale moderna, eds. Gabriella Borsano, Anna Della Valle, Claire Halperin, Ingeborg Lüscher, and Harald Szeemann, Locarno: Dadò, and Milan: Electa, 1978, 183 pp. [6] (Italian)
- Monte verità. Berg der Wahrheit: lokale Anthropologie als Beitrag zur Wiederentdeckung einer neuzeitlichen sakralen Topographie, Milan: Electa, 1978, 191 pp. (German)
- Der Hang zum Gesamtkunstwerk. Europäische Utopien seit 1800, Aarau: Sauerländer, 1983, 511 pp. Review: Artforum, Rein (Kunstforum). (German)
- Zeitlos. Kunst von heute im Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, ed. Harald Szeemann, Munich: Prestel, 1988, 232 pp. Video documentation.
- Einleuchten Will, Vorstel Simul in HH, eds. Harald Szeemann and Carsten Best, Hamburg: Christians, 1989, 289 pp. Curated by Harald Szeemann. (German)
- LightSeed: Cy Twombly, Wolfgang Laib, Michel Verjux: An Exhibition, Tokyo: Waturi-Um, 1990, 115 pp. (English)/(Japanese)
- Visionäre Schweiz, ed. Harald Szeemann, Aarau: Sauerländer, 1991, 304 pp. (German)
- Suiza visionaria, Madrid: Museo Nacional Reina Sofía, 1992, 314 pp. (Spanish)
- Joseph Beuys: Ausstellung, Zürich: Kunsthaus, 1993, 316 pp. (German)
- Joseph Beuys: exposición, Madrid: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, 1994, 320 pp. (Spanish)
- Austria im Rosennetz / Wunderkammer Österreich, 2 vols., eds. Jessica Beer (v.1) and Peter Noever (v.2), Vienna: Springer, Vienna: MAK-Oesterreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst, and Zürich: Kunsthaus, 1996, 336 & 336 pp. Curated by Harald Szeemann. [7] (German)
- Austria im Rosennetz: visionair Oostenrijk, Brussels: Vereniging voor Tentoonstellingen in het Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, 1998, 336 pp. TOC. (Dutch)
- Austria im Rosennetz: l'Autriche visionnaire, Brussels: Palais des Beaux-Arts, 1998, 336 pp. (French)
- Epicenter Ljubljana, ed. Mika Briski, Ljubljana: Moderna galerija Ljubljana, 1997, 112 pp. Curated by Harald Szeemann. (Slovenian)/(English)
- L'Autre. 4e Biennale d'art contemporain de Lyon, Lyon: Réunion des Musées nationaux, 1997, 221 pp. TOC. (French)
- D'apertutto / Aperto over all / Aperto par tout / Aperto über all. La Biennale di Venezia, 48a esposizione internazionale d'arte, 2 vols., eds. Harald Szeemann and Cecilia Liveriero Lavelli, Venice: Marsilio, 1999, 407 & 287 pp.
- Blut & Honig. Zukunft ist am Balkan / Blood & Honey: Future's in the Balkans, Klosterneuburg: Sammlung Essl, 2003, 287 pp; 2nd ed., 2004. Interview with curator. [8] [9] (German)/(English)
- The Real Royal Trip / El real viaje real, ed. Alanna Heiss, New York: P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, 2003, 325 pp. Curated by Harald Szeemann. (English)/(Spanish)
- La bellesa del fracàs, el fracàs de la bellesa / La belleza del fracaso, el fracaso de la belleza / The Beauty of Failure, the Failure of Beauty, Barcelona: Fundació Joan Miró, 2004, 260 pp. (Catalan)/(Spanish)/(English)
- La alegría de mis sueños / The Joy of My Dreams: I. Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo de Sevilla, Sevilla: Funcación BIACS, 2004, 281 pp. (Spanish)/(English)
- La Belgique visionnaire: c'est arrivé près de chez nous / Visionair België , eds. Barbara Costermans and Claude Fagne, Brussels: Palais des beaux-arts: Fonds Mercator, 2005, 92 pp. Curated by Harald Szeemann. (French)/(Dutch)
Publications[edit]
- Anfänge der modernen Buchillustration: die Buchillustrationen der Nabis [1960], Bern: self-published, 1973, 396 pp. Dissertation. (German)
- with Jean-Christophe Ammann, Von Hodler zur Antiform: Geschichte der Kunsthalle Bern, Bern: Benteli, 1970, 191 pp. (German)
- Museum der Obsessionen: von, über, zu, mit Harald Szeemann, Berlin: Merve, 1981, 239 pp. Essay collection. (German)
- Individuelle Mythologien, Berlin: Merve, 1985, 255 pp. Essay collection. (German)
- Zeitlos auf Zeit: das Museum der Obsessionen, Regensburg: Lindinger & Schmid, 1994, 413 pp. (German)
- Écrire les expositions, pref. Michel Baudson, trans. Mariette Althaus, Brussels: La lettre volée, 1996, 158 pp. Selected texts from 1969-1996. (French)
- editor, Beuysnobiscum: eine kleine Enzyklopädie, Dresden: Verlag der Kunst, 1997, 392 pp; repr., Hamburg: Philo Fine Arts, 2008, 392 pp. (German)
- Harald Szeemann: Selected Writings, ed. Doris Chon, Glenn Phillips, and Pietro Rigolo, trans. Jonathan Blower and Elizabeth Tucker, Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2018, 424 pp. TOC, Introduction. Review: grupa o.k. (Art Journal). (English)
Interviews[edit]
- Nathalie Heinich, Harald Szeemann, un cas singulier: Entretien, Paris: L’Échoppe, 1995, 74 pp. (French)
- "Mind over Matter: Hans-Ulrich Obrist Talks with Harald Szeemann", Artforum, Feb 1996.
- "Harald Szeemann Talks to Chinese Artists about Venice, CCAA, and Curatorial Strategies", trans. Karen Smith, in Chinese Art at the Crossroads: Between Past and Future, Between East and West, ed. Wu Hung, Hong Kong: New Art Media, and London: Institute of International Visual Arts, 2001, pp 148-161.
Literature[edit]
- Nathalie Heinich, Michael Pollak, "From Museum Curator to Exhibition Auteur: Inventing a Singular Position", in Thinking About Exhibitions, eds. Reesa Greenberg, Bruce Ferguson, and Sandy Nairne, London and New York: Routledge, 1996, pp 231-250.
- Søren Grammel, Ausstellungsautorschaft: Die Konstruktion der auktorialen Position des Kurators bei Harald Szeemann. Eine Mikroanalyse, Frankfurt am Main: Revolver, 2005, 64 pp. Review: Bismarck (Perspective). (German)
- Hans-Joachim Müller, Harald Szeemann: Ausstellungsmacher, Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2006, 168 pp. Review: Bismarck (Perspective). (German)
- Harald Szeemann: The Exhibition Maker, trans. Leila Kais, Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2006, 167 pp.
- Tobia Bezzola, Roman Kurzmeyer (eds.), Harald Szeemann with by through because towards despite: Catalogue of All Exhibitions 1957-2005, Zurich: Voldemeer, and Vienna: Springer, 2007, 759 pp. Incl. chronological documentation of all of Szeemann’s exhibitions. Review: Bismarck (Perspective).
- Florence Derieux (ed.), Harald Szeemann: Individual Methodology, Zurich: JRP/Ringier, and Grenoble: Le Magasin – Centre National d’Art Contemporain, 2008, 248 pp. Distributor. Review: Bismarck (Perspective).
- Harald Szeemann. Méthodologie individuelle, Zurich: JRP/Ringier, and Grenoble: Le Magasin – Centre National d’Art Contemporain, 2008, 248 pp. Distributor. (French)
- Hans Ulrich Obrist, A Brief History of Curating, Zürich: JRP | Ringier Kunstverlag, 2008, pp 80-102.
- Simone Soldini, Gianna Ruepp (eds.), Harald Szeemann: il viaggio meraviglioso / Harald Szeemann: The Wondrous Journey. La fabbrica, Mendrisio: Museo d'arte Mendrisio, 2009, [19]+53+[18]+27 pp. (Italian)/(English)
- Christian Rattemeyer, et al., Exhibiting the New Art: 'Op Losse Schroeven' and 'When Attitudes Become Form' 1969, London: Afterall, Vienna: Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Eindhoven: Van Abbemuseum, 2010. Publisher.
- Christian Rattemeyer, "‘Op Losse Schroeven’ and ‘When Attitudes Become Form’ 1969", Afterall.
- Stefania Zuliani (ed.), La mostra è aperta: artisti in dialogo con Harald Szeemann, Salerno: Fondazione Filiberto Menna, 2012, 84 pp. (Italian)
- Pietro Rigolo, Immergersi nel luogo preselto. Harald Szeemann a Locarno, 1978-2000, Milan: doppiozero, 2013, 209 pp. [10] (Italian)
- Pietro Rigolo, La Mamma. Una mostra di Harald Szeemann mai realizzata, Milan: Johan & Levi, 2014. (Italian)
- "Harald Szeemann's La Mamma: Notes on an Unrealized Exhibition", Getty Research Journal 7, Jan 2015, pp 207-213. [11]
- "Harald Szeemann's La Mamma: Or Twiggy, the Willendorf Venus, the Bearded Curator, and the Maiden", in The Great Mother, ed. Massimilano Gioni, Milan: Palazzo Reale, Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, and Milan: Skira, 2015, pp 241-247.
- Doris Chon, "Harald Szeemann’s Museum of Obsessions: The Legacy of a Mythological Institution", Getty Research Journal 8, 2016, pp 247-256.
- Harald Szeemann: Museum of Obsessions, eds. Glenn Phillips and Philipp Kaiser, with Doris Chon and Pietro Rigolo, Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2018, viii+406 pp. Catalogue. Excerpt. Review: grupa o.k. (Art Journal).
- Harald Szeemann: Museum der Obsessionen, Zürich: Scheidegger & Spiess, 2018, 406 pp. Exh. handout. (German)
- Pietro Rigolo, "Harald Szeemann's Archive", in Curatorial Archives in Curatorial Practices, ed. Michela Alessandrini, Istanbul: Salt, 2018, pp 100-105.
- Pietro Rigolo, "Maurizio Cattelan e Harald Szeemann: due gesuiti molto importanti", Riga 39: Maurizio Cattelan, eds. Elio Grazioli and Bianca Trevisan, Macerata: Quodlibet 2019, pp 169-173. (Italian)
- Max Rosenberg, "Harald Szeemann and the Road Back to the Museum", Getty Research Journal 11, 2019, pp 107-132. [12]
- Ambra Stazzone, Harald Szeemann. L'arte di creare mostre, Fausto Lupetti, 2021. (Italian)
Documentary films[edit]
- Harald Szeemann - Ein Portrait, dir. Gaudenz Meili and Hans-Joachim Müller, 1992, 45 min. TV documentary. (German)
- A Closer Look: Being Harald Szeemann, 2013, 10 min. The Getty Research Institute acquires the Harald Szeemann archive.
Retrospectives, recreated exhibitions[edit]
- Harald Szeemann: Museum of Obsessions, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, February-May 2018; Kunsthalle Bern, June-September 2018; Kunsthalle Düsseldorf October 2018-January 2019; Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli, February-May 2019; and Swiss Institute, New York, June-August 2019. Review: grupa o.k. (Art Journal).
- Harald Szeemann: Grandfather: A Pioneer Like Us (1974), Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, February-April 2018; Kunsthalle Bern, June-September 2018; Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, October 2018-January 2019; Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli, February-May 2019; and Swiss Institute, New York, June-August 2019. A recreation of Szeemann’s exhibition. Review: grupa o.k. (Art Journal).