Thought Through My Eyes: Writings on Art, 1977-2005

In this volume, the acclaimed art critic and curator has gathered the bulk of his innovative writings on art. KLAUS OTTMANN combines his background as a philosopher with the vision and ideas of contemporary artists. His interest in creative ideas originating from a wide range of disciplines places art in the context of philosophy, literature, poetry, and science. Among the texts included are "Painting in an Age of Anxiey" (1984), "The Solid and the Fluid: Bartlett, Laib, Kiefer" (1985), "The Spectacle of Chaos" (1987), "Heidegger, Beuys, and the Consequences" (1990), "Spiritual Materiality: Contemporary Sculpture and the Responsibility of Forms" (2002), "The Art of Happenstance: The Performative Sculptures of James Lee Byars"(2002), "Frank Stella's Prince of Ambiguity" (2004), and interviews with leading contemporary artists, including Richard Serra, Wolfgang Laib, Jeff Koons, and Jessica Stockholder.