Table of Contents

Contents
Preface - Joram Harel 16
Prologue - Glimpses of Hundertwasser in New Zealand 9
1 Arrival in Paradise 15
2 Commitment to Nature 37
3 Frederick's Farm 55
4 The Regentag in Aotearoa 85
5 Hundertwasser's 'Five Skins' Unfold 113
6 Beautiful Paths Along the Spirals of Life 145
7 A Dream Realised Posthumously: The Hundertwasser Art Centre with Wairau Maori Art Gallery 175
Epilogue - Hundertwasser's Romantic Legacy for a World that Has Not Improved 203
Selected biography 214
List of Hundertwasser works in this book 218
Notes 220
Bibliography 231
Photograph credits 233
Acknowledgements 234
Index of people and places 236
About the author 245

About the Author

Andreas J. Hirsch is a writer, art curator and photographic artist who lives in Vienna, Austria. In 2011 he edited the book Hundertwasser - The Art of the Green Path and curated the exhibition of the same title for the Kunst Haus Wien (Hundertwasser Museum) in Vienna. His other writings include books on Picasso, Giger, Beethoven, and the history of Vienna.