Sebald:Künstler innen. Häuser aussen

Katja Sebald and Ulrike Myrzik explore the question of how artists live and lived. In a way, their book is a history book that shows the socio-cultural and architectural-historical aspects of artists' houses in the city and in the countryside. It shows us how the image of the artist ¿ and even more so that of the artist ¿ has changed over the course of around 150 years. Above all, however, it is a storybook and a picture book that reveals a variety of connecting lines: there is almost always an interaction between the work of an artist and his home. Artists want to realise visions and express their attitude to life with the house they live in or have even built, as well as with their art. An artist's living and working house is more than just a roof over their head: it is a self-designed refuge, sanctuary and creative space. At the same time, it is a place of self-dramatisation where artists present themselves and their work to the world. The thirty houses presented in this book are as diverse as the individual personalities of the artists. Some of them can be visited as museums today. And not least for this reason, the book is also an invitation to get involved with art and experience it directly at the place where it was created.