Passer-by
Atelier E.B.
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln and Lafayette Anticipations, Paris, 2019, 244 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 24 × 31 cm, English / French
Price: €28

Atelier E.B: Passer-by is edited Beca Lipscombe & Lucy McKenzie and examines an essential facet of the fashion industry: the world of mannequins and retail display. Since the Surrealists took them up in the early twentieth century, mannequin have been an enduring motif within fine art. Lipscombe and McKenzie un-pack the disciplines of window dressing, look to radical thinkers and makers who dissolved the dividing line between fine art and commercial display, and piece together a compelling narrative that encompasses ethnography, statuary, dolls, the world fairs and our digital future.

This catalogue is published on the occasion of the exhibition Passer-by, by Atelier E.B, at the Serpentine Galleries, London 3 October 2018–6 January 2019; Lafayette Anticipations-Fondation d’entreprise Galeries Lafayette, Paris, 21 February–28 April 2019; Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow 31 January–10 May 2020.

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recent works 2023
Tishan Hsu
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, 2023, 64 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 17 × 24 cm, English
Price: €18

Produced on the occasion of the exhibition Tishan Hsu: recent work 2023 at Secession, Vienna, 1 December, 2023 – 11 February, 2024.

Hsu’s preoccupation with the body in a world of technology dates back to the 1980s. How bodies and consciousness change in the interaction with digital technology is a question he has insistently probed. Hsu’s insights into the interpenetration of human and technology have proven visionary; science fiction anticipated its culmination in the hybrid existence of the cyborg, but it left few traces in the art of the 1980s.

You can see Tishan Hsu in conversation about the exhibition with Patrizia Dander here.

Designed by Sabo Day.

#2023 #saboday #secession #tishanhsu #verlagderbuchhandlungwaltherkonig
Archive Matters
Valie Export
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, 2021, 436 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 22 × 33 cm, English / German
Price: €49

VALIE EXPORT Archive Matters provides a first insight into the holdings of the artist’s premature legacy. It seeks to contextualize archival material with the works of art. Moreover, it documents the archive’s presentations in the exhibitions in Linz, Berlin and Montréal between 2017 and 2021, showing not only the rich archival material but also experimental forms of display in relation to the format of the archive. The extensive publication containing numerous illustrations and texts is being published as volume 2 within the VALIE EXPORT Center Linz publication series.

#2021 #sabinefolie #valieexport #verlagderbuchhandlungwaltherkonig
Armadillo House
Marc Camille Chaimowicz
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, 2022, 96 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 12 × 20.3 cm, English
Price: €18

A conversation between the artist Marc Camille Chaimowicz and the architect Roger Diener about their collaboration, The Armadillo House in Basel. Chaimowicz claims the interior as a pictorial space while also referencing the history of architecture, art and design.

#2022 #architecture #marccamillechaimowicz #verlagderbuchhandlungwaltherkonig
Photo Book(s)
Daan van Golden
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, 2013, 412 pages (colour & b/w ill.), 24 × 32 cm, English
Price: €50 (Out of stock)

Daan van Golden Photo Book(s) reproduces the photo pages of Van Golden’s earlier books (most of which have long been out of print), as well as two little known photo essays, in their entirety.

The reproduction of preexisting material, the insistent adherence to a set of core elements, gestures and images, the conviction that creating different juxtapositions and interactions between those same elements yields new readings and meaning: these are the hallmark of van Golden’s work, and here for the first time they serve as the organising principle for a book, one whose patient rhythm creates the space for the logic of a practice to establish its sensible presence.

#2013 #daanvangolden #photography #verlagderbuchhandlungwaltherkonig
Kölnische Dramaturgie
Christopher Williams
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, 2023, 50 pages (b/w ill.), 20.5 × 22.8 cm, English
Price: €24

With a text by Tom McDonough.

#2023 #christopherwilliams #verlagderbuchhandlungwaltherkonig