The Body Decides
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne; Wiels, Brussels & CAPC Musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, 2014, 116 pp. with 6 pop-ups (colour & b/w ill.), 18 × 22 cm, English
Price: €290
Produced on the occasion of the exhibition Franz Erhard Walther at Wiels, Brussels, 21 February–11 May, 2014 and Franz Erhard Walther: The Body Decides at CAPC, Bordeaux, 13 November, 2014–3 March, 2015.
A pop up book for adults, this catalogue on the work of Franz Erhard Walther sought its inspiration in the artist’s work in order to determine the publication-form that might most appropriately convey the centrality of action to the artist’s oeuvre. The performativity at the heart of Walther’s more than a half century long practice is underscored through the appearance of six brightly coloured elementary pop up forms spread throughout the book.