Natural Sources
Jochen Lempert
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, 2024, 272 pp. with 32 pp. insert (b/w ill.), 20 × 27.5 cm, English
Price: €48

“For more than 35 years, Jochen Lempert’s photographs have stood out as a singular oeuvre within contemporary art. The trained biologist’s gaze is marked by constant wonder. At first, and not without irony, at the history and forms (and warps) of our cultural fascination for the inexhaustible potential of plants and animals. He is increasingly interested in the phenomena of perception and how they are translated into images, in the life forms of flora and fauna and their analogies to his own creative process… Following the publication of Phenotype in 2013 by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Natural Sources is Jochen Lempert’s second major artist’s book.” Florian Ebner

#2024 #jochenlempert #photography #verlagderbuchhandlungwaltherkonig
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
Chêne de Weekend
Lucy McKenzie
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, 2009, 124 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 19.2 × 28.5 cm, English/German
Price: €24

This book by Lucy McKenzie presents her work from a three year period in text and image. Her huge paintings illustrate interiors and reference interior design drafts from the 19th century. In these paintings, which are up to eight metres tall, in this book she explains the motivation behind her complex approach. This is complimented by two more written pieces: a fictional account of her time studying Trompeloeil painting at the Ecole van der Kelen (a traditional painting school in Brussels) and a homage to the fashion designer Beca Lipscombe, one of her collaborators in Atelier EB.

Designed by HIT Studio. Cover design by Torsten Slama.

#2009 #becalipscombe #hit #lucymckenzie #painting #torstenslama #verlagderbuchhandlungwaltherkonig
Cinematographa
Margaret Salmon
Published by Secession, Vienna & Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, 2023, 120 pp. with 46 pp. brochure insert (b/w ill.), 14.8 × 21 cm, English
Price: €18 (Temporarily out of stock)

Conceived by artist and filmmaker Margaret Salmon, this publication pairs an enquiry into women’s filmmaking practice with a comprehensive survey of experimental analogue technique across generations. Nine filmmakers—Peggy Ahwesh, Betzy Bromberg, Rose Lowder, Babette Mangolte, Rhea Storr, Deborah Stratman, Alia Syed, Malena Szlam and Salmon herself, speak about the ways they use and think about their cameras, sharing technical knowledge and reflections on camera work to reveal their creative philosophies and intentions. Included with the book is a separate manual: An Artists’ Guide to Analogue Cinematography. This learning pamphlet was written and photographed by Salmon, and includes step by step instructions to the loading and basic use of three cine cameras.

#2023 #aliasyed #babettemangolte #betzybromberg #deborahstratman #malenaszlam #margaretsalmon #peggyahwesh #rheastorr #roselowder #saboday #secession #verlagderbuchhandlungwaltherkonig
Theatre in Review: Upper Austria
Christopher Williams
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, 2024, 62 pp. (b/w ill.), 15 × 23 cm, English / German
Price: €12

Produced on the occasion of Christopher Williams: Radio / Rauhfaser / Television at Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society, University of Chicago, 8 February – 19 April, 2024. Designed by Petra Hollenbach.

#2024 #christopherwilliams #petrahollenbach #verlagderbuchhandlungwaltherkonig
Inklusive 1972 / Inclusive 1972
Christopher Williams
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln & Maxwell Graham, New York, 2023, 36 pp. with insert (colour & b/w ill.), 20.5 × 29 cm, English / German
Price: €14

Produced on the occasion of Christopher Williams: Werbung: A 48 hour display of quality framing materials at Maxwell Graham, New York, 15 – 17 December, 2023, which presented for the first time, Provisional Prop: Formal Public Disclosure and marked the announcement of the availability of Christopher Williams’ adaptation of Franz Xaver Kroetz’s 1971 play Inklusive for broadcast on radio, along with wall coverings, radio, printed matter, picture frames, photographs, films, and arrangements. Presented within a 48 hour time frame, these elements constitute a staging of materials for submission to the public record.

#2023 #christopherwilliams #maxwellgraham #verlagderbuchhandlungwaltherkonig