Blasted Allegories – Works from the Ringier Collection

One of the most important art collections in Switzerland, the Ringier Collection is presented here through a selection of more than 200 works from artists ranging from John Baldessari (from whom the title of this book has been borrowed), Richard Prince, and Fischli/Weiss, to Urs Fischer, Rodney Graham, Karen Kilimnik, and Trisha Donnely. Organized as a visual essay rather than an exhaustive account of the last four decades, the publication attempts to map the contemporary art scene by following alternative as well as mainstream currents.

Edited by Beatrix Ruf, Director of Kunsthalle Zürich and Curator of the Collection, the book gathers together essays on different topics particularly relevant to understanding the present contexts of a scene whose main debates are often over shadowed by its globalized and market-driven aspects.