Paul Goesch (1885-1940) produced one of the most inventive, peculiar, and poignant bodies of work to emerge from Weimar Germany. An artist and architect, he made both fanciful figurative drawings and visionary architectural designs. The latter, from the extensive holdings of the Centre for Canadian Architecture in Montreal, are the focus of this publication, the first in English dedicated to Goesch, on the occasion of his first solo exhibition in North America. A century ago, amid the ruins of the First World War and the ferment that birthed Germany's first democracy, a generation of young architects sketched their visions for Utopia. Goesch stands out among them for his formal range, kaleidoscopic color sense, and playful and pluralistic embrace of architectural history. He stands out, too, for his long struggles with schizophrenia, a condition for which he was institutionalized and ultimately murdered by the Nazis. This publication highlights the decorative portals and archways that predominate in Goesch's work. These represent, for THE authors, the artist'S metaphysical PASSAGES, as a spiritualist steeped in diverse religious and esoteric beliefs, AS well as his altered psychological states. They ALSO suggest Goesch's liminal status between art and architecture, "sanity" and "madness," the trained insider and the institutionalized "outsider." Celebrated in his time and since forgotten, Goesch is presented here in the context of vibrant period discussions on art, architecture, and mental health.
- ISBN:
- 9780300269697
- 9780300269697
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Category:
- Individual artists
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
-
17-08-2023
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Sterling & Francine\Clark#Art Institute
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Dimensions (mm):
- 256x203x9.31mm
- Weight:
- 0.36kg
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