Peter Zimmermann (b. 1956, Freiburg; lives and works in Cologne) is one of the most important conceptual media artists. With his work, he consistently experiments with visual reproduction techniques and gained international recognition in the late 1980s with his Book Cover Paintings<\/em>: motifs from book covers such as that of the Diercke Weltatlas or the Polyglott travel guides, which Zimmermann transfers to the canvas with oil and epoxy resins. The relationship between original and copy is the central theme of his work, with which he addresses the ambivalence of artistic and digital authorship. This monograph brings together early works and a selection of current productions.<\/p>\n Peter Zimmermann studied at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Ku\u0308nste Stuttgart and was professor at the Kunsthochschule fu\u0308r Medien K\u00f6ln, Cologne, from 2002 to 2007.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Treading the Limits of Originality<\/p>\n Peter Zimmermann (b. 1956, Freiburg; lives and works in Cologne) is one of the most important conceptual media artists. With his work, he consistently experiments with visual reproduction techniques and gained international recognition in the late 1980s with his Book Cover Paintings<\/em>: motifs from book covers such as that of the Diercke Weltatlas or the Polyglott travel guides, which Zimmermann transfers to the canvas with oil and epoxy resins. The relationship between original and copy is the central theme of his work, with which he addresses the ambivalence of artistic and digital authorship. This monograph brings together early works and a selection of current productions.<\/p>\n Peter Zimmermann studied at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Ku\u0308nste Stuttgart and was professor at the Kunsthochschule fu\u0308r Medien K\u00f6ln, Cologne, from 2002 to 2007.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1861,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[2208,2212,2213,2217],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1868","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-all-books","7":"product_cat-installation-art","8":"product_cat-painting","9":"product_cat-sculpture","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"taxable","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n