{"product_id":"hundertwasser-english-edition","title":"Hundertwasser: English Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eFriedrich Stowasser, born in Vienna in 1928, called himself \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFriedensreich Hundertwasser Regentag Dunkelbunt\u003c\/span\u003e. True to the variety of his names, his practice spanned innumerable forms—from painting and designing buildings to creating stamps and coins—and his titles were many: environmental activist, philosopher, individualist, architect, ecologist, and visual artist. He was, in his own words, “one who awakens identities.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcross his work, Hundertwasser embraced the \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ebiomorphic\u003c\/span\u003e, the irregular, and the irrational. Drawing inspiration from masters as varied as Gaudí and Gustav Klimt, his categorical \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003erejection of the “godless and immoral” straight line\u003c\/span\u003e, as well as his boycott of “monotonous architecture,” infused his \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ebold, colorful works\u003c\/span\u003e with a vitality that set him aside from most. Born of this fervent activism and unique universe was \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ehis own belief system, called “transautomatism,”\u003c\/span\u003e which privileged the viewer’s experience above all. Whether he was planting trees in urban settings or proclaiming the “right to a window,” Hundertwasser’s \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003evisions of a harmonious future between humans and nature \u003c\/span\u003econtinue to resonate with increasing urgency.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eOnce out of print\u003c\/span\u003e, this re-edition of a TASCHEN classic works in\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e close collaboration with the Hundertwasser Foundation\u003c\/span\u003e to present the Viennese master’s oeuvre in all its different facets. Because his work is, by nature, virtually inseparable from his biography, private life, and political actions, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ea vivid portrait \u003c\/span\u003eof Hundertwasser takes shape through his own lens. Excerpts from \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003econversations between the author and the artist\u003c\/span\u003e add immediacy and authenticity to this intimate monograph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"TASCHEN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52209165959477,"sku":"9783836567619","price":12.0,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/4157\/3429\/files\/51G4SFe8viL._SX342_SY445.jpg?v=1768477611","url":"https:\/\/capbookshop.com\/ar\/products\/hundertwasser-english-edition","provider":"CAP BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}