TY - BOOK AU - Gisbourne,Mark AU - Rakete,Jim AU - Meyer zu Küingdorf,Ulf TI - Berlin art now SN - 0500286477 U1 - 709.43155 22 PY - 2006/// CY - London PB - Thames & Hudson KW - Art KW - Germany KW - Berlin KW - Art, German KW - Artists N2 - "Here curator and critic Mark Gisbourne asks what it is about Berlin that has drawn so many artists to live and work there. Mixing revealing interviews with commentary, he offers profiles of nineteen of the most important practitioners in the city, including such internationally important artists as Thomas Demand, Tacita Dean, Norbert Bisky, Mona Hatoum and Michael Wesely. These profiles are accompanied by visual essays from renowned photographer Jim Rakete, exploring the studios, creative life and secret places of Berlin, and capturing the city's excitement, chaos and sheer vitality."--BOOK JACKET ER -