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SPRING 2012
Fred Sandback
Drawing Spaces
texts by Fred Jahn, Kerstin Skrobanek
edited by Kerstin Skrobanek, Reinhard Spieler
The American artist Fred Sandback
became famous in the 1970s for
his sculptures made of coloured
acrylic yarn, which he used to rewrite
geometric bodies or to impact upon
spatial situations. This catalogue
presents for the first time a broad
selection of Sandback’s works on
paper, drawings and prints. This
provides impressive evidence of
how Sandback has seamlessly
transferred the classic techniques of
lithography, etching and woodcuts
into the aesthetics of his time and
retraced the development process of
his sculptures in his prints. Published
on the occasion of the exhibition Fred
Sandback: Räume zeichnen, May –
August 2011, Wilhelm Hack Museum,
Ludwigshafen am Rhein.
Kerber Verlag £20.00
ISBN 978-3-86678-558-8
softback 64 pages
43 colour illustrations
150 x 240 mm
English and German text
Alina Szapocznikow
texts by Anda Rottenberg, Philip Topolovac
preface by Harald Spengler
Alina Szapocznikow has left a
unique legacy of sculptures and
drawings, which she created in both
the Communist East and in the
West. At the heart of her oeuvre is
the human body, which according
to the artist, a Holocaust survivor, is
probably the most sensitive among
all the manifestations of volatility as
a source of joy, sorrow and truth.
Szapocznikow’s works have really
only been visible in their totality in
the last 10 years and this is the first
comprehensive publication to provide
an overview of her life and work.
Published alongside the exhibition,
Skulpturen und Zeichnungen von
Alina Szapocznikow at Kunstparterre
e.V., Munich in 2010.
Kerber Verlag £36.50
ISBN 978-3-86678-597-7
hardback 160 pages
46 colour illustrations
280 x 216 mm
English, German and Polish text
UNDER THE RADAR
Andrea Stappert: Photographs
1985 – 2011
texts by Jonathan Dronsfield, Marc Glöde,
Veith Loeers, Julie Sylvester
edited by Kerber Verlag, Andrea Stappert
Andrea Stappert’s photographs
make up a sizeable visual archive
of the international art scene, which
she has been observing with her
uncompromising eye since the
1980s. After studying painting,
she received her first photography
commissions through her association
with Martin Kippenberger and
has kept returning to the arena of
photography ever since. As an artist
and not a trained photographer,
Stappert uses innovative, very
personal means of expression, far
removed from the usual set pieces
of portrait photography. UNDER
THE RADAR brings together many
previously unpublished images,
and provides a detailed view of her
comprehensive photographic work.
Kerber Verlag £57.50
ISBN 978-3-86678-568-7
hardback 240 pages
47 colour, 110 duplex illustrations
300 x 240 mm
English and German text
VIEW YORK
Nine Perceptions
artists: Andrew Lichtenstein, Erich Hartmann,
Gundula Friese, Guy Le Querrec, Hally Pancer,
Inge Morath, Klavdij Sluban, Leonard Freed,
Patrick Zachmann
texts by Gundula Friese, Ruth Bains
Hartmann, Andrew Lichtenstein, Anna-Patricia
Kahn, Arthur Miller, Hally Pancer,
Klavdij Sluban, Patrick Zachmann
edited by Anna-Patricia Kahn, CLAIR Galerie,
Markus Penth
As a world stage, New York
seems to provide an almost
inexhaustible source of inspiration to
photographers from a wide variety
of backgrounds. This catalogue
reveals the views of international
photographers and authors who feel
like New Yorkers. Some of them live
or have lived there, many however
are just passers-by, who have
cultivated a secret pact with this city
as they return over and over again.
Featuring selected works from the
years 1954 – 2010, including some
previously unpublished works by
renowned photographers, VIEW
YORK offers nine personal insights
into the essence of this supermetropolis.
Published to accompany
the exhibition at Galerie CLAIR,
Munich; German-American Institute,
Tübingen; and German-American
Institute, Freiburg in 2011 – 2012.
Kerber Verlag £44.50
ISBN 978-3-86678-596-0
hardback 138 pages
11 colour, 53 b&w illustrations
240 x 280 mm
Verlag der Buchhandlung
Walther König
distributed by Cornerhouse in the UK
Tomma Abts
edited by Gregor Jansen, Magdalena Holzhey
Tomma Abts is one of the most
outstanding painters of her
generation. Her paintings are created
in a slow and strict process in which
she applies purely geometric forms,
layer upon layer, with oil and acrylic
paints, always using the same
portrait format of 48 x 38 cm. Isolated
recognisable edges and translucent
layers make Abts’ works a reflection
on the painting process itself. This
catalogue brings together her older
as well as her most recent works,
and includes for the first time her
drawings that have been created
in parallel with her canvases. This
publication is a visual continuation
of her work, designed by the artist
herself, and contains installation
views as well as numerous
large-format illustrations.
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König £20.00
ISBN 978-3-86335-060-4
softback 64 pages
40 colour illustrations
235 x 190 mm
English and German text
Ai Weiwei
Art / Architecture
texts by Andres Lepik, Reto Geiser,
Yilmaz Dziewior
edited by Yilmaz Dziewior
Since constructing his own studio in
1999, the dissident Chinese artist
Ai Weiwei has designed or realised
together with other architects a
wide range of architectural projects.
Architecture has become a discipline
within the artist’s creative work by
means of which, over and above the
visual arts, he is able to develop a
physical and lasting effect on society.
This exhibition catalogue explores
this aspect of Ai Weiwei’s work. It
elucidates the architectural projects
and examines the role of architecture
in relation to Ai Weiwei’s political
activities. Featuring some new
works and many of the artist’s most
important urban projects, including
the famous ‘Bird’s Nest’ Olympic
stadium in Beijing which he cocreated
with architects Herzog & de
Meuron. Published on the occasion
of the exhibition Ai Weiwei: Art /
Architecture at Kunsthaus Bregenz,
Austria, 16 July – 16 October 2011.
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König £42.00
ISBN 978-3-86335-041-3
hardback 144 pages
80 colour, 10 b&w illustrations
300 x 220 mm
English and German text
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