1983
Books published on the occasion of the inauguration of a sound work, 1983
Max Neuhaus began his career as a musician, a percus-sionist. He continues to use sound as his medium. Why. then, do we find his works in the world of art, in places dedicated to seeing, not to listening? Why, in other words, does so much of his work appear on sites, indoors and out, where we would expect to find painting and sculpture? I think answers to these general questions about Neuhaus entire oeuvre must precede the attempt to say anything in particular about specific pieces. We must account for what appears to be an immense, overarching anomaly before taking up the puzzles presented in turn by each of Neuhaus various works.
Carter Ratcliff
Texts by:
Jean-Christophe Ammann, "Notes on Max Neuhaus", 1983
Carter Ratcliff, "Space, Time and Silence: Max Neuhaus' Sound Installations", 1983
Max Neuhaus, Sound Installation (German, English), Basel: Kunsthalle Basel 1983 (Catalog)
Ammann and Ratcliff texts reprinted in:
Max Neuhaus, Sound Works, Volume I, Inscription, (Ostfildern-Stuttgart: Cantz, 1994).
