Inklusive: Franz Xaver Kroetz 1971
Christopher Williams
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, 2020, 42 pages (b/w ill.), 15 × 23 cm, English / German
Price: €14 (Out of stock)

As part of his practice as an artist and professor Christopher Williams’ art is founded in historical research, and the manifestations of realism in relationship to theatrical, cinematic, and photographic production from the late 60s and early 70s in Germany. Thus he inevitably came across the plays of legendary German author Franz Xaver Kroetz, this first English language translation of his play Inklusive (1971) is the product of his curiosity. Inklusive consists of seven scenes of tightly scripted dialogue of a West German couple on a prepaid all-inclusive vacation package in Italy. It is the 2nd part of a new series of books edited, designed and produced by Christopher Williams.

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Portraits of Rucola
Karin Iturralde
Published by Stepan Lipatov & Tilde, Amsterdam, 2020, 320 pages (b/w ill.), 9.5 × 14.5 cm, English
Price: €15

Initiated and designed by Stepan Lipatov, based on the project by Karin Nurnberg Iturralde, a documentation and mapping of rucola growing wild in Amsterdam.

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The Sun Does Not Move, Chapter 35
R.H. Quaytman
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, Fundação Serralves, Porto 2020, 284 pages (colour & b/w ill.), 16 × 25 cm, English / Polish
Price: €54

Produced on the occasion of R.H. Quaytman: The Sun Does Not Move, Chapter 35, Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, a kind of conceptual retrospective, where the artist has re-read earlier Chapters of the constantly developed project, and returned to its origins closely related to Lodz and the works by Katarzyna Kobro and Wladyslaw Strzeminski. Apart from precisely selected works from earlier chapters, the exhibition has presented new paintings in which R.H. Quaytman continues her dialogue with the work of Polish artists and explores other aspects of her personal relationship with the Lodz museum.

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Dovetail
Kasper Bosmans
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln & Wiels, Brussels, 2020, 268 pages (colour & b/w ill.), 21 × 28 cm, English
Price: €30 (Temporarily out of stock)

Dovetail offers the first monographic overview of Kasper Bosmans’ oeuvre to date. The book is richly illustrated with photographs of individual works and exhibition views, including a collaboration with artist Marina Pinsky. With texts from Piero Bisello, Phillip Van den Bossche, Martin Germann, Zoë Gray & Julia Mullié.

Designed by Nerijus Rimkus.

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Corona Tales: Let Life Happen to You
Chus Martínez
Published by Lenz Press, Milan, 2020, 204 pages (b/w ill.), 10.5 × 17 cm, English
Price: €15

When she started writing the Corona Tales, Chus Martínez had been weighing how people and the media were addressing the outbreak of the virus as an unprecedented disaster. One possible contribution, as curator and writer, would be to write a short story a day and post it on an Instagram account that many could access…

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Shame
Andrea Büttner
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, 2020, 128 pages, 13.8 × 20 cm, English
Price: €18

From shaming and shamefulness to shame-avoidance and shamelessness, the experience of shame influences our social behaviours, decision making abilities, and desires. Shame determines what we show and what we hide. And yet, as an emotion that begs for its own concealment, what is the structure and appearance of shame? How does shame interact with the realm of the visible, and where does it surface in visual culture? In this extensive historical and contemporary analysis of shame and its power, artist Andrea Büttner probes the definitions and representations of shame. The book includes close readings of Sigmund Freud’s writings on play and fantasy, challenges theoretical approaches to Andy Warhol’s queer performativity on film, and frames Dieter Roth’s representations of shame in his writing and moving image work.

Designed by HIT.

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