Things matter, Dinge zählen
Wolfgang Tillmans
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, 2025, 312 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 21 × 29.7 cm, English/German
Price: €30

Things matter, Dinge zählen is published on the occasion of my exhibition Weltraum at Albertinum museum in Dresden. In 1998 when I first visited Dresden I bought a collection catalog of the Neue Meister in Gemäldegalerie Dresden for five marks in the bargain bin outside the museum bookshop. I was fascinated by it and the grid structured, black and white display of paintings in alphabetical order. It inspired me in 2003 to design my catalogue for the Tate Britain exhibition in exactly the same but chronological style. If one thing matters, everything matters is now 22 years old and I happen to now have a solo exhibition in the same Neue Meister museum which is now called Albertinum. So for the catalogue of this show I fused and rephotographed the books from 1987 and 2003 and placed new works from the 2025 on top of the pages.” Wolfgang Tillmans, Instagram

#2025 #photography #verlagderbuchhandlungwaltherkonig #wolfgangtillmans
Feelings
Cosima von Bonin
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, 2024, 224 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 22 × 28 cm, German/English
Price: €38

Produced on the occasion of the exhibition Cosima von Bonin, feelings at Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, March 21–June 9, 2024.

This publication richly illustrated catalogue juxtaposes recent works never shown in Germany before with familiar pieces. Cosima von Bonin creates transformations of the everyday, drawing on numerous references from pop culture, film, fashion, music and art. In her installations, exhausted soft toys, soft fences, rockets and textile images or cartoon figures like Daffy Duck or Bambi populate the space.

Designed by Yvonne Quirmbach.

#2024 #cosimavonbonin #verlagderbuchhandlungwaltherkonig #yvonnequirmbach
2 Positionen auf einmal / 2 Positions at once
Cosima von Bonin
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, 2004, 134 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 21 × 29.7 cm, German/English
Price: €15

Produced on the occasion of Cosima von Bonin’s exhibition 2 Positionen auf einmal / 2 Positions at once at Kölnischer Kunstevrein, Köln, October 30, 2004–January 16, 2005.

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.

Designed by Yvonne Quirmbach.

#2004 #cosimavonbonin #kolnischerkunstverein #verlagderbuchhandlungwaltherkonig #yvonnequirmbach
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
The Fatigue Empire
Cosima von Bonin
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, 2010, 320 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 18 × 23 cm, German / English
Price: €70

Produced on the occasion of the exhibition Cosima von Bonin, The Fatigue Empire at Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, July 18 – October 3, 2010.

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 essays by Yilmaz Dziewior, Mark von Schlegell, and John Welchman. Designed by Yvonne Quirmbach.

#2010 #cosimavonbonin #markvonschlegell #verlagderbuchhandlungwaltherkonig #yilmazdziewior #yvonnequirmbach
Familienbande. Die Schenkung Schröder/Family Ties: The Schröder Donation
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, 2019, 384 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 19.8 × 25 cm, English/German
Price: €25

Family, kin, clan, clique, coterie, fandom, elective affinity, alliance, collaboration, network. These forms of social structures are reflected in the materials assembled in this catalogue: invitation cards, flyers, fanzines, journals, and texts from the 1990s and 2000s. Documents that are arranged chronologically on a timeline provide an insight into the developments of visual art at that time in Cologne and New York. Selected historical essays and reviews reflect virulent theoretical debates; interspersed data point to socio-political events and influential exhibitions. The catalogue accompanies the exhibition of the Schröder Donation with works by Kai Althoff, Cosima von Bonin, KP Brehmer, Tom Burr, Lukas Duwenhögger, Isa Genzken, Dan Graham, Renée Green, Ull Hohn, Hilary Lloyd, Lucy McKenzie, Christian Philipp Müller, Nils Norman, Stephen Prina, and Danh Vo.

#2019 #alexanderschroder #christianphilippmuller #cosimavonbonin #dangraham #danhvo #hilarylloyd #isagenzken #kaialthoff #kpbrehmer #lucymckenzie #lukasduwenhogger #nilsnorman #reneegreen #stephenprina #tomburr #ullhohn #verlagderbuchhandlungwaltherkonig #yilmazdziewior