EN PASSANT

EN PASSANT is the title of an installation, developed by artist group et al.* especially for the show Surreal Objects at the Schirn. Clearly documented in this publication is the respective ‘making of’ and the direct reference to relevant historical sources.

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EN PASSANT

EN PASSANT is the title of this expansive installation filling the entire room with over forty sculptures, developed by artist group et al.* especially for the show Surreal Objects at the Schirn. Clearly documented in this publication a fundamental component of the work by et al.* is, on the one hand, the respective ‘making of’, and on the other hand, the direct reference to relevant historical sources and events. EN PASSANT is a self-contained independent work as well as an idiosyncratic commentary regarding the artistic conception and exhibition practice of the surrealists. They deliberately shifted the boundaries between exhibition and event space, and left the viewer in the dark as to whether the object they were physically confronted with was a work of art or an object of daily use, to be touched and altered. The work of artist group et al.*, whose members are from Germany, Sweden, France and the USA, equally appeals to all senses. The visitors experience an atmosphere of keen anticipation of what they might encounter within the historic exhibition of surreal objects.

Edited by Ingrid Pfeiffer and Max Hollein. With a foreword by Max Hollein, and texts by Matei Bellu and Neil Cox and an interview with Ingrid Pfeiffer and et al.* . German, English Edition, 64 pages, 32 illustrations, Hirmer Verlag GmbH, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-7774-4431-4

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Eugen Schönbeck 1957-1967

This book is the first catalogue raisonné to bring together all the surviving canvases of Eugen Schönebeck.

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Eugen Schönbeck 1957-1967

This book is the first catalogue raisonné to bring together all the surviving canvases of Eugen Schönebeck. It also incluses around 40 of the artist’s works on paper.

This complete retrospective of Schönebeck’s work includes an extensive biography based on personal conversations that establish his position in the context of the socio-political events of post-war Germany. It will help Schönebeck reclaim his rightful place in contemporary art history.



Edited by Pamela Kort and Max Hollein. With a foreword by Max Hollein and a text by Pamela Kort. German/English edition, 176 pages, 205 illustrations, Hirmer Verlag, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-7774-3561-9

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Francesco Clemente. Palimpsest

The catalogue includes not just large format paintings but also more recent, spectacular monumental watercolors.

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Francesco Clemente. Palimpsest

Francesco Clemente has pioneered an extraordinary pictorial language that draws on a variety of timeless symbols, myths, cultures, and philosophies. The variety of mediums which he employs and the subject matter of his work is deeply informed by Clemente’s nomadic artistic life. The catalogue brings to light for the first time the close resemblance of Clemente’s aesthetic to the manner in which references are actualized in a palimpsest: effacement, partial erasure, and superimposition of writing surfaces. In so doing it reveals a concern at the centre of his oeuvre: Clemente’s conviction in his role as an artist as a kind of universal witness of consciousness.
Taking as its starting point Clemente’s early works on paper, the catalogue includes not just large format paintings but also more recent, spectacular monumental watercolors.

Edited by Max Hollein. With a foreword by Max Hollein, an interview between Francesco Clemente and Pamela Kort, texts by Derek Walcott and Andrei Voznesensky, and poems by Gregory Corso, Robert Creeley, Allen Ginsberg, and Peter Handke. German/English edition, c. 160 pages, c. 90 illustrations, Verlag für moderne Kunst, Nuremberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86984-225-7

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Secret Societies

Secret societies—a somewhat intriguing theme in art context. The publication helps to implement the theme and presents correlations.

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Secret Societies

Secret societies—for centuries a fascinating and intimidating byword for structurally complex conspiratorial organisations. At first glance, secret societies would appear to be a somewhat intriguing theme in art context. Yet with their arcane rituals, their secret knowledge and exclusive membership, they do indeed reflect certain mechanisms present in contemporary art, and conversely, artists focus repeatedly upon the secret society phenomenon and its concomitant rituals. The supposition alone that secret societies are connected to all areas of society and have the capacity to influence it imperceptibly, secretly, is reason enough for artistic engagement. For this reason, this publication questions the possible motivations that the art world might have in common with arcane, clandestine movements, that
is to say, which ideas here might be predicated upon mutual ground.

Edited by Cristina Ricupero, Alexis Vaillant and Max Hollein. With a foreword by Max Hollein and Charlotte Laubard, and texts by Ina Blom, Michael Bracewell, Gary Lachmann, Cristina Ricupero, Alexis Vaillant and Jan Verwoert. German, French; English edition, 256 pages, 160 illustrations, Snoeck Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-940953-82-7

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KIENHOLZ. THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES

The catalog provides an introduction to the most important themes in the oeuvre of the Kienholzes and sheds light on the complex process of creating their works.

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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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GEORGES SEURAT. ART TO HEAR

The audio book for the Seurat exhibition examines the inventor of pointillism’s unusual work.

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GEORGES SEURAT. ART TO HEAR

The audio book for the Seurat exhibition uses about thirty illustrations and accompanying commentary to examine the inventor of pointillism’s unusual work, as well as his brief, tragically ended life.

English edition, 44 pp., 30 color illustrations, hardcover, with CD, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern 2009, ISBN 978-3-7757-2535-4

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UWE LAUSEN. ALL'S FINE THAT ENDS FINE

The fortieth anniversary of the death of Lausen is commemorated by the appearance of a catalogue in which his passionate oeuvre can be rediscovered.

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UWE LAUSEN. ALL'S FINE THAT ENDS FINE

Within the space of just nine years painter Uwe Lausen assimilated styles such as Pop Art and Hyperrealism in a highly individual way while reflecting unsparingly on the authoritarian social structures of postwar Germany. The fortieth anniversary of the death of Lausen, a self-taught artist who took his own life at just twenty-nine years of age, is commemorated by the appearance of two publications: a catalogue in which his passionate and—from today’s perspective—extremely topical oeuvre can be rediscovered, and the artist’s collection of aphorisms, HERE AND NOW (1967).

Edited by Selima Niggl, Pia Dornacher und Max Hollein. With a foreword by Max Hollein, Michael Buhrs, and Harald Falckenberg, texts by Margrit Brehm, Justin Hoffmann, Axel Hinrich Murken, and Selima Niggl. German edition, 132 pages, 130 colored illustrations, Hachmannedition, Bremen, 2010, ISBN 978-3-939429-76-0

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CELLULOID. CAMERALESS FILM

The exhibition catalogue contains outstanding examples of cameraless film from the 1930s to the present day.

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CELLULOID. CAMERALESS FILM

Celluloid is dedicated to a particular genre of artistic film, in which the image is generated directly, by physically processing the film strip. Unlike other forms of experimental film, the film material is interpreted as if it were a canvas by using a diverse range of artistic processes.

The exhibition catalogue contains outstanding examples of cameraless film and features approximately 20 international artists and filmmakers from the 1930s to the present day.

Edited by Esther Schlicht and Max Hollein. With a foreword by Max Hollein and texts by Yann Beauvais, Marc Glöde, Heide Häusler, and Esther Schlicht.

German/English edition, 192 pages, 300 colored illustrations, Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86678-395-9

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MIKE BOUCHET. NEW LIVING

The catalogue shows the new sculpture by Mike Bouchet titled "Sir Walter Scott".

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MIKE BOUCHET. NEW LIVING

At the 2009 Venice Biennale, the artist showed Watershed, a single-family house, which he floated in a Venice canal in an attempt to promote the suburbanization of water. For the Schirn, Watershed was cut into pieces. The transformed house is a new sculpture titled Sir Walter Scott which physical components are used as material for an examination of the physical and psychological dimensions of contemporary suburban architecture.

Edited by Matthias Ulrich and Max Hollein. With a foreword by Max Hollein and an essay by Matthias Ulrich. German-English, 64 pages, 78 illustrations, soft cover, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walter König, ISBN 978-3-86560-760-7

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PLAYING THE CITY 2

DVD zu Playing the City 2

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PLAYING THE CITY 2

Nach dem Erfolg des Projektes PLAYING THE CITY 1 im Jahr 2009 besetzte PLAYING THE CITY 2 erneut den öffentlichen Raum, stellte Fragen nach dessen Grenzen und aktivierte die Passanten. Überall in der Stadt fanden zufällige und sehr überraschende Konfrontationen statt und luden jeden dazu ein, Kunst direkt zu erleben und daran teilzunehmen. Kunst als Idee und Resultat sozialer Arbeit.



Mit: Nina Beier, Clarina Bezzola, Julien Bismuth, Clegg & Guttmann, Cosalux, Christoph Faulhaber, For Use/Numen, Swetlana Gerner, Jördis Hille, Christoph von Löw, Josef Loretan, Jan Lotter, Annika Lundgren, Lee Mingwei, Ivan Moudov, Anny und Sibel Öztürk, Paola Pivi, Plural Art Collective, Reactor, Annika Ström, Leonid Tishkov, Gavin Turk, Vanja Vukovic



Herausgegeben von Matthias Ulrich und Max Hollein. Kamera, Bearbeitung, Schnitt: Ursula Schmidt. DVD, codefree, PAL, Farbe, 160 Min., Deutsch, teilw. Englisch, mit ausführlichem Booklet mit Informationen zu allen Aktionen. Verlag absolut MEDIEN, Berlin 2011, ISBN: 978-3-89848-466-4

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Art to Hear: Courbet. A Dream of Modern Art

The audio book for the Courbet exhibition.

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Art to Hear: Courbet. A Dream of Modern Art

The audio book for the Courbet exhibition introduces this “other” Courbet, one who, inspired by German Romanticism, succeeded in creating the vision of poetic modern art, as it was later refined not only by Cézanne and Picasso, but also by the Symbolists and Surrealists.

German edition, c. 44 pp., c. 40 illustrations, hardcover
ISBN 978-3-7757-2745-7

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Barbara Kruger. Circus

Barbara Kruger's use of large, ostentatious lettering turns characters into images, makes language and meaning perceivable in a spatial manner.

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Barbara Kruger. Circus

In Barbara Kruger’s installation “Circus” developed for the Rotunda of the Schirn in 2010, black and white words and sentences cover all its walls, its floor, and its ceiling, creating an overwhelming impression for the viewer. “I work with pictures and words because they have the ability to determine who we are and who we aren’t,” says the American conceptual artist. The use of large, ostentatious lettering turns characters into images, makes language and meaning perceivable in a spatial manner.

Edited by Ingrid Pfeiffer and Max Hollein. With a foreword by Max Hollein, a text by Annette Urban, and an interview between Barbara Kruger and Ingrid Pfeiffer. German-English edition, 64 pages, 36 illustrations, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-86560-945-8

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