The Cousins
Cosima von Bonin
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, 2000, 64 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 21.7 × 27 cm, German/English
Price: €26

Produced on the occasion of Cosima von Bonin’s exhibition The Cousins at Kunstverein Braunschweig, February 5–March 26, 2000.

Cosima von Bonin came of age as an artist in the 1990s amid the storied art scene in Cologne. In her practice, mixed references to art history, popular culture, and music are seen in tandem with a destabilising approach to craft and domestic activities. Many of her recent installations are populated with casts of cartoonish fabric characters – fish, whales, mushrooms, dogs, rockets – whose endearing appearances conjure a range of contradictions: delight and horror, softness and rigidity, and humour and sorrow.

With texts by Kai Althoff, Diedrich Diederichsen and Josephine Pryde.

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

#2000 #cosimavonbonin #diedrichdiederichsen #josephinepryde #kaialthoff #karolagrasslin #verlagderbuchhandlungwaltherkonig
Kei Kein Respekt (Kai No Respect)
Kai Althoff
Published by Bridge House Publishing, 2004, 120 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 19 × 25 cm, English
Price: €48 (Temporarily out of stock)

Published in association with the first major survey exhibition of Kai Althoff’s work organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Kai Kein Respekt documents the most important aspects of his work over the past fifteen years. Full-color illustrations of Althoff’s drawings, watercolors, collages, paintings, photographs, performances, and installations present a comprehensive overview of his complex and varied oeuvre. Essays by the exhibition curator, Nicholas Baume; MCA Chicago curator Francesco Bonami; leading German cultural critics Diedrich Diederichsen and Olaf Karnik in addition to several texts by the artist provide a thoughtful and detailed account of Althoff’s work and its significance.

#2004 #diedrichdiederichsen #francescobonami #kaialthoff
75/75
Isa Genzken
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln & Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, 2024, 330 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 21.5 × 30 cm, German
Price: €45

This comprehensive catalogue documents the installation of Isa Genzken’s eponymous exhibition at Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin, 13 July–27 November, 2023. Alongside many photographs, the catalogue assembles texts by Dieter Schwarz, Sabine Breitwieser, Manfred Hermes, Tom McDonough, Juliane Rebentisch, Isa Genzken, conversations with Isa Genzken and Wolfgang Tillmans, and Isa Genzken and Diedrich Diederichsen, a preface by Klaus Biesenbach and Lisa Botti, and a new essay by Diedrich Diederichsen. Designed by Julie Peeters, edited by Daniel Buchholz and Christopher Müller.

#2024 #christophermuller #danielbuchholz #diedrichdiederichsen #isagenzken #julianerebentisch #juliepeeters #tommcdonough #verlagderbuchhandlungwaltherkonig #wolfgangtillmans
Jutta Koether
Published by DuMont Verlag, Köln, 2006, 184 pages (colour & b/w ill.), 16.8 × 24 cm, English / German
Price: €65 (Temporarily out of stock)

Produced on the occasion of Jutta Koether’s exhibition Fantasia Colonia at the Kölnischer Kunsteverin, Köln 26 May–13 August, 2006 and Kunsthalle Bern, 19 January–11 March, 2007.

Texts by Diedrich Diederichsen, Isabelle Graw, Martin Prinzhorn, Michael Kerkmann and a conversation with Jutta Koether, Sam Lewitt and Eileen Quinlan.

Bob Nickas’ review of the Kölnischer Kunsteverin exhibition can be found here.

#2006 #diedrichdiederichsen #eileenquinlan #isabellegraw #juttakoether #kolnischerkunstverein #painting #samlewitt
massen
Jutta Koether
Published by Generali Foundation, Vienna, 1991, 68 pages (colour & b/w ill.), 16.3 × 23 cm, German / English
Price: €35

Produced on the occasion of the German artist, musician and critic, Jutta Koether’s exhibition Massen at the Generali Foundation, Vienna, 6 November–20 December, 1991. Curated by Sabine Breitwieser. With texts by Michaela Eichwald and a conversation between Jutta Koether and Diedrich Diederichsen.

#1991 #diedrichdiederichsen #juttakoether #michaelaeichwald #painting #sabinebreitwieser
Ongoing Becomings 1989-2009
Renée Green
Published by Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne & JRP Ringier, Geneva, 2009, 160 pages (colour & b/w ill.), 23.8 × 28.6 cm, English / French
Price: €40 (Temporarily out of stock)

The first overview of the variety and scope of the research carried out by Renée Green over the past twenty years. Green’s work is located both within the legacy of the most ambitious achievements of Conceptual and post-Minimal art, and within a post-colonial critique of culture. It often takes the form of complex, multi-layered archive-like installations that employ a vast array of sources, and point to a variety of issues, always involving the spectator as active participant through multiple points of access.

Texts by Nora Alter, Diedrich Diedrichsen, Renée Green, Kobena Mercer, Catherine Quéloz, Juliane Rebentisch, Gloria Sutton, Elvan Zabunyan.

#2009 #diedrichdiederichsen #jrpringier #julianerebentisch #reneegreen