Gillian White ― Tanz in Eisen. Werke aus 40 Jahren / Dance in Steel. 40 Years' Work

British-born sculptor Gillian White has gained wide recognition for her f monumental steel sculptures, the majority of them commissioned for public spaces in Switzerland. White’s unique contribution to contemporary Swiss sculpture has never been examined until now. Gillian White. Dance in Steel focuses on her public sculptures and her art-in-architecture works, as well as her paintings and small, playful sculptures. Many of Gillian White’s abstract shapes are informed by her early education at the Elmhurst School of Dance in Camberley, Surrey, and her life-long interest in contemporary dance. The many rich images of her precisely composed works are complemented by critical essays and personal texts by art writers and contemporaries. Gillian White. Dance in Steel will be a beautiful introduction to the oeuvre of one of Europe’s most significant contemporary sculptors.

Sabine Altorfer is chief arts editor of the Swiss daily newspaper Mittelland Zeitung. Uli Daster is a free-lance art critic in Switzerland. Jochen Hesse is head of the collection of prints and drawings of the Zurich University library and has been a research assistant with the Swiss Institute for Art Research in Zurich. Frieda Vogt-Baumann works as a lecturer in teachers' education and in local politics.