Klassen, Norbert, 1941-2011
Dates
- Existence: 1941 - 2011
Biography
Swiss
Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:
Blick-Book / Klassen, Norbert., 1994
Blick-Book / Klassen, Norbert., 1994
The two copies of this book differ in the content of the Bliick pages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[Disney's Pocahontas] / Klassen, Norbert ; Olbrich, Jurgen O.., 1998
Drei Kleine Freunde / Jurgen O. Olbrich; Norbert Klassen; Achim Schnyder., 1994
The photographic portraits on cards document the friendship of the three artists over the years 1988-1994. The plastic toy house poem object has a small window through which a colored photograph of the artists can be seen when the house is held up to the light. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Gesaprachsstoff: Blick / Klassen, Norbert., 1996
Jeder Augenblick ist absolut / Klassen, Norbert., 2003
Kronika, 2002
Most of the pages in this book are blank. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Materialverzeichnis, 1996
Nothing 4 / Klassen, Norbert., 2003
According to a personal communication from Jurgen Olbrich, the "Nothing"-book constituted a series of 23 books, initially the same book with blank pages, but each one treated in a different way. They are numbered but not signed (as you cannot sign nothing). They are from the same period of his work around 2002 - 2005. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Nothing 8 / Klassen, Norbert., 2003
According to a personal communication from Jurgen Olbrich, the "Nothing" book constituted a series of 23 books, initially the same book with blank pages, but each one treated in a different way. They are numbered but not signed (as you cannot sign nothing). They are from the same period of his work around 2002 - 2005. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Nothing 9 / Klassen, Norbert., 2003
According to a personal communication from Jurgen Olbrich, the "Nothing" book constituted a series of 23 books, initially the same book with blank pages, but each one treated in a different way. They are numbered but not signed (as you cannot sign nothing). They are from the same period of his work around 2002 - 2005. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Nothing 15 / Klassen, Norbert., 2003
According to a personal communication from Jurgen Olbrich, the "Nothing" book constituted a series of 23 books, initially the same book with blank pages, but each one treated in a different way. They are numbered but not signed (as you cannot sign nothing). They are from the same period of his work around 2002 - 2005. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Nothing 21 / Klassen, Norbert., 2003
According to a personal communication from Jurgen Olbrich, the "Nothing" book constituted a series of 23 books, initially the same book with blank pages, but each one treated in a different way. They are numbered but not signed (as you cannot sign nothing). They are from the same period of his work around 2002 - 2005. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
par sienne mais travaille / Olbrich, Jurgen O.; Klassen, Norbert., 2004
The images are photocopies of pages from a book with text over the images, e.g, transportation vehicles, sailing ships, human faces, tools, structures, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
P...S / Klassen, Norbert ; Olbrich, Jurgen O.., 1998
The original book is an illustrated copy of Walt Disney's Pocahontas. Klassen and Olbrich collaged the pages with jigsaw puzzle pieces and found handwritten and typed library catalogue cards. Stored in Olbrich box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Nomads & The RedReadymadeTrain / Olbrich, Jurgen O. ; Hainke W ; Klassen N ; Gurtler C ; Monro N ; Pouls G ; Koch W ; Noel A ; Williams E ; Zabelka M ; Wendt HB ; Olbrich JO., 1992
Und Was Sie Sagen / Olbrich, Jurgen O.; Klassen, Norbert., 2004
The images are photocopies of worded photographs with text over the image of upright hands in the background. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Zeichenheft, 1994
This is a book of graphite drawings that consist of portraits, texts and abstractions done as doodles. All five copies comprising the edition run have different image content. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Zeitschrift fur Tiegel und Tumult. No.18 / Norbert Klassen., 1990
Plastic slipcase containing periodical has shape and buttons like a man's shirt. Ths images on the loose sheets depict paintings of animals in the wild. Norbert Klassen was born March 5, 1941 and died December 1, 2011. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
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