Produced on the occasion of the exhibition Op Losse Schroeven: Situaties en Cryptostructuren, 1969, a groundbreaking exhibition organized by Wim Beeren that is still considered one of the most innovative surveys of new art from that decade. Including the artists Giovanni Anselmo, Walter De Maria, Robert Morris, Robert Smithson, Richard Serra, Neil Jenney, Michael Heizer, Ben d’Armagnac, Marinus Boezem, Bill Bollinger, Michael Buthe, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Gerrit Dekker, Jan Dibbets, Ger van Elk, Pieter Engels, Barry Flanagan, Bernhard Höke, Paolo Icaro, Immo Jalass, Olle Kåks, Hans Koetsier, Roelof Louw, Bruce McLean, Mario & Marisa Merz, Bruce Nauman, Panamarenko, Emilio Prini, Bob Ryman, Richard Serra, Robert Smithson, Keith Sonnier, Lawrence Weiner, Gilberto Zorio, Joseph Beuys, Douglas Huebler, Rafael Ferrer, Gianni Emilio Simonetti, Frank Viner Engels, Roelof Louw, Bruce McLean, Panamarenko, Emilio Prini, Gerrit Dekker, Hans Koetsier.

Designed by Wim Crouwel & Jolijn van de Wouw. SM Cat no.457

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

For the first time, the 35 legendary box catalogues of Städtische Museum Mönchengladbach have been published as a book. Museum director Johannes Cladders developed the idea of catalogues in the form of a box with Joseph Beuys in 1967. Until 1978, Cladders worked closely with exhibiting artists to create such catalogues, which radically re-envisaged the traditional exhibition and museum publication. They embody the participatory approach of their time and instance a vision of a porous democratic work. Viewers are invited to actively participate in this artistic and institutional endeavour and engage both intellectually and physically. Researched by Susanne Rennert, designed by Petra Hollenbach, with photographs documenting all catalogues by Tobias Hohn & Stanton Taylor, and introductory essays by Susanne Rennert and Susanne Titz.