Hans Ulrich Obrist has been conducting ongoing conversations with the
world's greatest living artists since he began in Switzerland, aged 19,
with Fischli and Weiss. Here he chooses 19 of the greatest figures and
presents their conversations, offering the reader intimacy with the
artists and insight into their creative processes. Inspired by the great
Vasari, Lives of the Artists, Lives of the Architects explores the
meaning of art and artists today, their varying approaches to creating,
and a sense of how their thinking evolves over time. Including David
Hockney, Gilbert and George, Gerhard Richter, Louise Bourgeois, Rem
Koolhaas, and Oscar Niemeyer, this is a wonderful and unique book for
those interested in modern art.