MACK, GERHARD / VAN DEN BOSCH, PAULA
Swiss artist Roman Signer (b.1938) combines unorthodox sculpture materials (balloons, bicycles, dynamite) with elemental forces (pressure, gravity, fire) to make work that is, at times, literally explosive. A prolific artist, at work since the early 1970s, Signer builds on the traditions of Minimalism, Viennese Aktionism and Arte Povera to create a vision that is uniquely his own. His work has been exhibited at major venues across Europe and North America, as well as at such exhibitions such as Documenta 8 (1987), Skulptur Projekte in Munster (1997) and the 48th Venice Biennale (1999), where he represented Switzerland This book is the first monograph to cover the whole of Signer's distinguished career to date.
