{"product_id":"9783775762977","title":"Franz Gertsch. Blow-Up","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith the publication “Blow-Up,” the comprehensive, richly illustrated catalog of Franz Gertsch's (1930–2022) work is now available in German and French. Accompanying the exhibition cooperation, which after stops at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek (DK) and the Deichtorhallen Hamburg (D), is now on display at the Kunstmuseum Bern (CH) and the Museum Franz Gertsch in Burgdorf (CH), the book illuminates Gertsch's radical redefinition of realism – from the legendary “Medici” painting to his meditative late work. The focus is on the eponymous “blow-up” method: the monumental enlargement of photographic templates, which Gertsch meticulously transferred to canvas or wood over months. With a comprehensive list of works and contributions by Tobia Bezzola, Kathleen Bühler, Florian Illies, Dora Imhof, Ulrich Loock, and an interview with Hans Ulrich Obrist, this is a seminal volume on one of the most important contemporary Swiss artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Swiss artist Franz Gertsch (1930–2022) achieved worldwide fame with his monumental painting “Medici” at documenta 5 (1972). He is considered a pioneering protagonist of photorealism and an innovator of the contemporary woodcut. His oeuvre is characterized by artisanal perfection and the transformation of photography into large-format painting and graphics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53356652921096,"sku":"9783775762977","price":36.97,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775762977_0560a797-a765-42c2-abad-4f79ceea8eeb.jpg?v=1773563432","url":"https:\/\/hatjecantz.com\/products\/9783775762977","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}