Thomas Schutte Hardcover by Thomas Schutte & Robert Walser

Product Details

• Publisher: Thames and Hudson (2016-03-08)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 114 pages
• ISBN-13: 9782851171788
• Item Weight: 816.48 grams
• Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.1 x 1.0 cm

The modernist poems of Robert Walser alongside the stunning watercolors of Thomas Schütte

Pairing a selection of recent watercolors from 2011 and 2012 by Thomas Schütte with a selection of previously unpublished poems by Robert Walser, written between 1924 and 1933, this book is a deeply personal exploration of our everyday selves, choreographed by one of the greatest living artists. This book is dedicated by the artist to the gallerist Donald Young, who invited the artist to participate in an exhibition dedicated to Walser in Chicago in 2012. Published in original German with new English translations of each poem and with an introduction by Dr. Reto Sorg, director of the Robert Walser Archives.

About the Author

Thomas Schütte (b. 1954) is a German artist.

Robert Walser (1878–1956) was born in Switzerland. He left school at fourteen and led a wandering and precarious existence working as a bank clerk, a butler in a castle, and an inventor's assistant while producing essays, stories, and novels. In 1933 he abandoned writing and entered a sanatorium—where he remained for the rest of his life. "I am not here to write," Walser said, "but to be mad."

Dr. Reto Sorg is Director of the Robert Walser Archives in Bern, Switzerland.