Außenprojekte/Projects for Outside
Isa Genzken
Published by Galerie Buchholz & Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, 2020, 192 pages (colour & b/w ill.), 24 × 28 cm, German / English
Price: €48 (Temporarily out of stock)

Produced on the occasion of Isa Genzken: Models for Outdoor Projects, held at the Bundeskunsthalle Bonn in 2016. The publication introduces Isa Genzken’s complete 42 projects for outdoor sculptures, from the years 1984–2016. Each project is extensively illustrated, with accompanying texts by Manfred Hermes both in German and English. In addition, the book contains an introductory text by Susanne Kleine.

#2020 #galeriebuchholz #isagenzken #verlagderbuchhandlungwaltherkonig
Apothekerman
Michael Krebber
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, 2000, 80 pages (colour & b/w ill.), 21.6 × 27 cm, German / English
Price: €35

With texts by Merlin Carpenter, Fritz Heubach und Mayo Thompson.

Having had a major influence on the art scene in Cologne during the 80’s and 90’s and ever since, Michael Krebber has a conceptual approach to painting that he explores beyond all pictorial conventions. His practice is marked by ambivalence, subversion, intransigence, and a feigned body language.—CAPC musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux press release

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Außerirdische Zwitterwesen / Alien Hybrid Creatures
Michael Krebber
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, 2005, 180 pages (colour & b/w ill.), 14.5 × 21 cm, German / English
Price: €90 (Out of stock)

Außerirdische Zwitterwesen / Alien Hybrid Creatures is a book by Michael Krebber, published on the occasion of a seminar to which the artist had been invited at the Institute for Art History at the University of Cologne in 2003. Beside an introductory text by Michael Krebber and numerous reproductions the publication contains a list of book recommendations on the theme of Dandyism compiled by Oswald Wiener.

Designed by Yvonne Quirmbach.

#2005 #michaelkrebber #oswaldwiener #verlagderbuchhandlungwaltherkonig #yvonnequirmbach
WORPSWEDER LANDSCHAFT: MODELLBUCH PROTOTYPE COMPROMISED
Christopher Williams
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, 2018, 72 pages (1 colour ill.), 9.6 × 14.8 cm, English / German
Price: €7 (Out of stock)

This book, in the tradition of the famous Reclam book series, documents Christopher Williams’ contribution to the exhibition We Call It Ludwig. The Museum Is Turning 40!. With a text by Christopher Williams.

#2018 #christopherwilliams #museumludwig #verlagderbuchhandlungwaltherkonig
SECESSION
Christopher Williams
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, 2005/06, 96 pages (colour & b/w ill.), 21 × 29.5 cm, English / German
Price: €45 (Out of stock)

Christopher Williams precise photographs retain in a paradoxical way what is in the process of vanishing. His photographs, influenced by the advertising aesthetics of the 1960s or 70s tend to become as anachronistic as their motifs. Published as the second volume of the De Rijke / De Rooij catalogue on the occasion of their exhibition at the Vienna Secession, the two volumes are, however, independently conceptualized artist`s books.

#2005 #2006 #christopherwilliams #secession #verlagderbuchhandlungwaltherkonig
Horses
Yng­ve Ho­len
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, 2018, 48 pages (colour ill.), clothbound hard cover, 22 × 33 cm, English / German
Price: €25

Produced on the occasion of Yng­ve Ho­len Horses, 1 September–16 September 2018, Kunsthalle Düssseldorf.

The star­ting point of the se­ries Ro­se Pain­ting is the rims of fi­ve dif­fe­rent SUV mo­dels. Their iso­la­ted cores we­re 3D scan­ned, sca­led to a dia­me­ter of two me­ters, and mil­led in cross-la­mi­na­ted tim­ber. The shift in si­ze and chan­ge of ma­te­ri­als, from alu­mi­num to wood, makes the works re­call the wa­gon wheels of his­to­ri­cal hor­se-drawn car­ria­ges or sta­ge­coa­ches. In their de­li­be­ra­te non-func­tio­na­li­ty, they par­ti­cu­lar­ly em­pha­si­ze the or­na­men­tal qua­li­ty and point to an en­t­i­re spec­trum of con­cen­tri­cal­ly de­si­gned ele­ments, from the ro­se pain­ting style to the Go­t­hic ro­se win­dow.

To­ge­ther wi­th the Ja­pa­ne­se pho­to­gra­pher Sa­to­shi Fu­ji­wa­ra (*1984 in Ko­be, Ja­pan, li­ves and works in Ber­lin), Ho­len has pro­du­ced an ar­tist’s book for the ex­hi­bi­ti­on. In it, Ho­len and Fu­ji­wa­ra, who is known for his ex­tre­me clo­seups and sen­si­ti­vi­ty to struc­tu­res, com­bi­ne their in­te­rest in sur­faces and ap­pearan­ces.

#2018 #kunsthalledusseldorf #verlagderbuchhandlungwaltherkonig #yngveholen