The complex and extraordinary work of the Schw\u00e4bisch Gm\u00fcnd-based artist Ed Sommer (1932\u20132015), who preferred to call himself a Bildsprachenmaler<\/em> (painter of visual imagery), includes metal objects, formations of acrylic glass, gestural painting, erotic films, projection photography, dialogical portraits, and spoken texts. In 2014, the ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe added a large number of works by the artist to its collection. This publication now presents the collection holdings, supplemented by further works by Ed Sommer.<\/p>\n Ed Sommer, together with his artist friend Marc Adrian, was one of the most important representatives of op and kinetic art and received considerable attention in the 1970s with his films and photographs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Monograph on the Pioneer of Op Art<\/p>\n The complex and extraordinary work of the Schw\u00e4bisch Gm\u00fcnd-based artist Ed Sommer (1932\u20132015), who preferred to call himself a Bildsprachenmaler<\/em> (painter of visual imagery), includes metal objects, formations of acrylic glass, gestural painting, erotic films, projection photography, dialogical portraits, and spoken texts. In 2014, the ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe added a large number of works by the artist to its collection. This publication now presents the collection holdings, supplemented by further works by Ed Sommer.<\/p>\n Ed Sommer, together with his artist friend Marc Adrian, was one of the most important representatives of op and kinetic art and received considerable attention in the 1970s with his films and photographs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":416,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[2208,2210,2213,2211,2217],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-958","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-painting","9":"product_cat-photography","10":"product_cat-sculpture","12":"first","13":"instock","14":"taxable","15":"shipping-taxable","16":"purchasable","17":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n