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George Condo. Mental States

The catalogue ‘George Condo. Mental States’ pictures the distinctive body of work of the American artist Condo has produced since the early 1980s. His artistic style  combines mercilessly the beautiful and the grotesque, seriousness and absurdity. Thereby he is ironic, provocative and witty. Skillfully drawing on the pictorial language of past centuries, Condo incorporates a variety of painterly and pictorial styles into his work. One focus is on his imaginary portraits – archetypes, evoking different mental states, which unsparingly exposes the yawning abysses and ridiculousness of modern society.

Edited by Ralph Rugoff. With a preface by Ralph Rugoff, Max Hollein  and Sjarel Ex, texts by Ralph Rugoff, Laura Hoptman and Will Self, and a short story by David Means.

English edition, 172 pages, hard cover, 31 x 28,5 cm, ca. 100 color illustrations, graphic design SMITH: Victoria Forrest, Hayward Publishing London, 2011, ISBN 978-1-85332-289-1

 

 

 

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Edvard Munch. Der moderne Blick

“Edvard Munch. Der moderne Blick” foregrounds the little researched late works of the artist, proving that Edvard Munch (1863–1944) was as much as an artist of the 20th century as the 19th. The focus is on the artist’s interest in the modern representational techniques of his time, such as photography and film. His works reveal the extent to which he adopted specifically photographic or filmic forms of composition and narration, poses, or even effects, in his paintings. The volume furthermore demonstrates how Munch worked on one and the same subject in different media of painting, drawing, graphic arts, photography, and even sculpture. His frequent return to previously rendered motifs is a crucial key to the understanding of Munch’s work.

Edited by Angela Lampe, Clément Chéroux and Max Hollein. With a foreword of Max Hollein and texts of Magne Bruteig, Clément Chéroux, Arne Eggum, Mai Britt Guleng, Lasse Jacobsen, Angela Lampe, Philippe Lanthony, Pascal Rousseau, Iris Müller-Westermann, Sivert Thue, Ingebjorg Ydstie Gerd Woll. German Edition, 320  pages, ca. 300 illustrations, 24 x 30,5 cm, soft cover, grafic design by Tauros/ibach, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern 2012, ISBN 978-3-7757-3282-6

 

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Edvard Munch - Art to Hear

This volume in the series Art to Hear is the first book to focus on the artist’s interest in the modern representational techniques of his time, such as photography, film, illustrated magazines, and stage design. The publication proves how his paintings took on specific structural and narrative forms, poses, and even effects used in photography and film. The volume furthermore demonstrates how Munch worked on one and the same subject in painting, print, drawing, photography, and even sculpture. His frequent use of the same motifs is an important key to understanding his work.

German edition, spoken by Joachim Król

44 pages, 25 illustrations, 22,5 x 22,5 cm, hardcover, with CD, 60 minutes, graphic design by KOMA AMOK, Hatje Cantz Verlag

ISBN 978-3-7757-3325-0

 

16,80 €

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KIENHOLZ. THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES

Rebellious, provocative, and polarizing, the oeuvre associated with the name Kienholz has always caused quite a stir since its beginnings in the mid-1950s, first the works by Edward Kienholz (1927–1994) alone, then later, from 1972 on, the collaborative projects with his wife, Nancy Reddin Kienholz. This is hardly astonishing, since religion, war, death, sex, and the more inscrutable sides of society and its social conflicts have always been at the center of their work. The Schirn’s exhibition offers a complex overview of the essence of their oeuvre, from the early small-format three-dimensional works by way of conceptual works to tableaux that fill an entire room.

The extensive, richly illustrated exhibition catalog places particular attention on the visual documentation of how the works shown were created; large-format illustrations are supplemented by numerous photographs from Nancy Reddin Kienholz’s archive, some of which are being published for the first time. In addition to three scholarly essays and an interview with the artists, shorter texts provide an introduction to the main works in the exhibition.

Edited by Martina Weinhart and Max Hollein. With a foreword by Max Hollein, and introduction by Martina Weinhart, textes by Dietmar Dath, Martina Weinhart, and Cecile Whiting, an interview with Nancy Reddin Kienholz by Martina Weinhart, and a biography by Lisa Beißwanger. German-English edition, 248 pp., ca. 80 color and 66 black-and-white illustrations, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König GmbH, 2011, ISBN 978-3-86335-087-1

 

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Edvard Munch. Der moderne Blick

This booklet presents the key works and theses of the exhibition and explains Munch as a modern artist.

Edited by Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, redaction and text: Katharina Bühler, Laura Heeg. 40 pages, c. 35 illustrations, German edition

* school classes (more than 15 pupils) can buy the booklet.

 

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KIENHOLZ. DIE ZEICHEN DER ZEIT

This booklet presents the key works and theses of the exhibition and explains them in context with history, art and society.

Edited by Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, redaction and text: Katharina Bühler, Laura Heeg. 40 pages, c. 30 illustrations, German edition

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MIKE BOUCHET. NEW LIVING

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EBERHARD HAVEKOST. RETINA

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