Se souvenir et témoigner
Thea Djordjadze
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, 2022, 160 pages (colour & b/w ill.), 18 × 25.5 cm, English / French
Price: €28

Produced on the occasion of the exhibition Thea Djordjadze: Se souvenir et témoigner at MAMC+, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, 5 February–15 May, 2022.The publication unveils materials, archives and writings from the artist in the first part, while the second combines exhibition views from the Gropius Bau in Berlin and the Musée d’art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne to apprehend her sense of installation and composition in two opposite spaces. An interview with the artist by MAMC+ director Aurélie Voltz and an essay by the art historian Thomas Boutoux.

#2022 #dansolbach #theadjordjadze #verlagderbuchhandlungwaltherkonig
Elektronisch
Wolf Vostell
Published by Neue Galerie-Sammlung Ludwig, Aachen, 1970, folder with loose leaf cards (b/w ill.), 21.4 × 30.4 cm, German
Price: €24 (Out of stock)

Produced on the occasion of Wolf Vostell’s exhibition Elektronisch at the Neue Galerie-Sammlung Ludwig, Aachen, 15 October-27 November, 1970.

*Please note this publication is secondhand and has some traces of previous ownership.

#1970 #wolfvostell
Ways of Attaching
Rosemary Mayer
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, 2023, 288 pages (colour & b/w ill.), 22.5 × 28 cm, English / German
Price: €30

Produced on the occasion of the touring exhibition Ways of Attaching, the first institutional survey exhibition of American artist Rosemary Mayer at Swiss Institute, New York; Ludwig Forum, Aachen; Lenbachhaus, Munich and Spike Island, Bristol over 2021–2023.

Ways of Attaching provides an overview of the artist’s work, moving from early conceptual experiments of the late 1960s through to textile sculptures and drawings made in the early 1970s, before focusing on propositional and durational performances and temporary monuments made from 1977 to 1982.

Edited by Eva Birkenstock, Laura McLean-Ferris, Robert Leckie, Stephanie Weber.

You can see a conversation between Nick Mauss and Kathy Halbreich on Mayer’s work here.

#2023 #evabirkenstock #lauramcleanferris #rosemarymayer #verlagderbuchhandlungwaltherkonig
Box Construction & Collage
Joseph Cornell
Published by Gatodo Gallery, Tokyo, 1982, unpaginated (colour & b/w ill.), 18.5 × 25 cm, Japanese
Price: €38

Produced on the occasion of the exhibition Box Construction & Collage by Joseph Cornell at Gatodo Gallery, Tokyo, 24 May–5 June, 1982.

*Please note this publication is secondhand and has some traces of previous ownership.

#1982 #josephcornell
Ideenarchitektur 1918-1924 / Entwürfe Für Eine Bewohnbare Welt
Hermann Finsterlin
Published by Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, 1976, unpaginated (colour & b/w ill.), 17 × 23 cm, German
Price: €18 (Out of stock)

Hermann Finsterlin (18 August 1887–16 September 1973) was a German visionary architect, painter, poet, essayist, toymaker and composer. He played an influential role in the German expressionist architecture movement of the early 20th century but due to the harsh economic climate realised none of his projects.

*Please note this publication is secondhand and has some traces of previous ownership.

#1976 #architecture #hermannfinsterlin #utopianarchitecture
Retrospective: Nature and Fantasy 1880–1938
Bruno Taut
Published by Sezon Museum of Art, Nagano, 1994, 341 pages (colour & b/w ill.), 19 × 26.5 cm, Japanese / German
Price: €35 (Out of stock)

Produced on the occasion of Bruno Taut Retrospective: Nature and Fantasy 1880–1938 at the Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo, 9 June–1 August, 1994, and at the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 30 August–2 October, 1994.

Bruno Taut was a renowned German architect, urban planner and author of Prussian Lithuanian heritage. He was active during the Weimar period and is known for his theoretical work, speculative writings and a handful of exhibition buildings. Taut’s best-known single building is the prismatic dome of the Glass Pavilion at the Cologne Werkbund Exhibition (1914).

Also including the work of Paul Goesch, Herman Finsterlin and Wenzel Hablik.

*Please note this publication is secondhand and has some traces of previous ownership.

#architecture #brunotaut #hermanfinsterlin #paulgoesch #utopianarchitecture #wenzelhablik