J\u00fcrgen Claus\u2019s (b. 1935, Berlin; lives and works in Aachen and Baelen, Belgium) oeuvre encompasses paintings, films, light and solar installations, and underwater art. He is also a prolific writer on art, with theoretical works that have sold over 100,000 copies. \u201cJ\u00fcrgen Claus is the first one to see the ocean through an artist\u2019s rather than a scientist\u2019s lens,\u201d Michel Ragon writes. In this book, Claus intertwines his experiences working on the fascinating underwater installations with a pressing contemporary concern: the global efforts to restore the seas to health. The publication combines visual art, architecture, poetry, and music for a multifaceted engagement with the world\u2019s oceans.<\/p>\n
J\u00fcrgen Claus majored in theater studies at the Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen and was a research associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and professor of media art at the Kunsthochschule f\u00fcr Medien K\u00f6ln, Cologne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Sea as a Space of Artistic Experience<\/p>\n
J\u00fcrgen Claus\u2019s (b. 1935, Berlin; lives and works in Aachen and Baelen, Belgium) oeuvre encompasses paintings, films, light and solar installations, and underwater art. He is also a prolific writer on art, with theoretical works that have sold over 100,000 copies. \u201cJ\u00fcrgen Claus is the first one to see the ocean through an artist\u2019s rather than a scientist\u2019s lens,\u201d Michel Ragon writes. In this book, Claus intertwines his experiences working on the fascinating underwater installations with a pressing contemporary concern: the global efforts to restore the seas to health. The publication combines visual art, architecture, poetry, and music for a multifaceted engagement with the world\u2019s oceans.<\/p>\n
J\u00fcrgen Claus majored in theater studies at the Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen and was a research associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and professor of media art at the Kunsthochschule f\u00fcr Medien K\u00f6ln, Cologne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11384,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[2208,2210,2212,2218,2216],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11324","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-all-books","7":"product_cat-film-and-video","8":"product_cat-installation-art","9":"product_cat-on-art","10":"product_cat-performance-art","12":"first","13":"instock","14":"taxable","15":"shipping-taxable","16":"purchasable","17":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n