Published in 2009 as the first comprehensive compilation of Thyssen-Bornemsiza Art Contemporary’s collection and commissions, this book tells the story of the Vienna-based art institution. Founded in 2002 by Francesca von Habsburg, TBA21 is committed to supporting the production of contemporary art and is actively engaged in commissioning and disseminating unconventional projects that challenge traditional disciplinary categorizations. This book unfolds distinct paths, forming a topography with sequences of potential narratives and a collective archive of the visual imaginary. Within this seemingly labyrinthine context, the foundation’s work becomes an abstract and at the same time concrete sphere containing its artworks and commissions, projects and exhibitions, themes and ideas: the practice of a foundation that is both a collection and determined by impermanence and placelessness. In this way, the book emphasizes the act of collecting as practice(s) across multiple parallel universes.
Dimensions: 21 x 26 mm (width x height)
480 pages
Spanish hardcover binding.
ISBN: 9783865605405
English language
