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NEUES KUNSTMUSEUM LUZERN/GALERIE BOB GYSIN.(Stefan Banz)(Brief Article)
Artforum International, September, 2001 by Reust, Hans Rudolf
STEFAN BANZ
"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee." Muhammad Ali's motto was an apt description of his boxing style. Stefan Banz belongs to the generation of TV kids who grew up with global, live media events like the transmission of Ali's fights. Boxers and pop stars were way ahead of artists in the cult of stardom. For his part, Banz studied art history, worked as an art critic and theorist, and was curator at the Kunsthalle Luzern, which he founded. Now he presents himself as an artist, with photo series, videos, installations, paintings, and texts. Recently he ...
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