"One of Anna Klüssendorf’s (born 1979) central topics is the banality and vulnerability of human existence. In her paintings, gathered in her first monograph, nothing is conclusively formulated, everything seems to be provisional, a mixture of the adopted and the truly experienced."
"Cut-up color-field: deconstructed paintings by Tim Freiwald German painter Tim Freiwald (born 1986) uses many materials--acrylic paint, lacquer, resin, leather, wood, aluminum and various plastics--as well as various techniques--painting, ..."
"This title contains essays by Florian Matzner, Sven-Olov Wallenstein, Lisa Le Feuvre, includes an interview with the artist by Nigel Prince. The house-projects of Wolfgang Weileder offer an exciting perspective on the relationship between time and space, on the interface between reality and virtuality and re-define the interconnection between architecture and art in public space in a novel and trend-setting way. The house - Birmingham w ..."
"Nähe und Distanz, Durchlässigkeit und Abgrenzung, Entstehung und Auflösung. Die Arbeiten von Nina Annabelle Märkl lassen sich nicht auf den ersten Blick erfassen. Die mehrschichtigen, teils skulpturalen Zeichnungen sprengen alle Gattungsgrenzen und hinterfragen so die Durchlässigkeit einzelner Medien und Betrachtungsperspektiven. Das Bild hat bei Nina Annabell Märkl viele Formen - Installation, Anordnung oder Zeichnung - und soll irriti ..."
"Published to accompany the triennial along the Emscher River in Germany, Emscherkunst 2016 presents art on the topics of climate change, ecology and future energies. The volume features the work of Ai Weiwei, Jeppe Hein and Superflex, among many others."
"Zones in which nature can offset the tyranny of the built environment are an essential part of any satisfying urban experience, aesthetically and ecologically. ("Re)Designing Nature" presents innovative design concepts for enhancing the presence and presentation of nature in cities. Inspiring its readers to contemplate our current relationship to nature, it animates debates about ecologically sustainable and aesthetically intelligent en ..."
"In this age of globally connected information societies--of cell phones, email, home shopping, and the Internet--we retreat deeper and deeper within our own four walls. Yet--and perhaps, consequently--public urban spaces are becoming more and more important, having lost none of their significance as interfaces of human communication. Featured here are more than 30 artists who have developed their own personal visions, utopias, and fanta ..."
"Bert Theis regularly opens up spaces for creative interaction which can be occupied by the public, offering the possibility of transforming monotony into something much more monumental: at the 1995 Venice Biennale, Theis erected a Luxembourg pavilion where none had existed before, between the Dutch and Belgian pavilions, both neighbors having denied him a building permit. Edited by Florian Matzner.Essays by Christian Bernard, Walter ..."
"This volume, published on occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, provides a comprehensive history of this institution, which is connected with such names as Wilhelm Leibl, Wassily Kandinsky, Giorgio de Chirico, Franz Marc, Paul Klee and Guenther Baselitz, but did also experience periods of lesser significance. A catalogue provides an overview of the academy's collections in color photographs. Germ ..."
"Eva Weinmayr works with leftovers, fragments of information. For years she has been collecting Evening Standard "teaser bills"--the abbreviated and exaggerated handwritten posters that hawk London's daily papers--and re-creating them as art. Her title piece, "Water Found on Mars," is in good company with "Sex Claims Rock Arnie," "Cigarettes Beer Wine Up," "Asteroid on Earth Collision Course" and "Hollywood Stars Split." Weinmayr's media ..."
"Here is the first extensive documentation of Munich-based sculptor Johannes Brunner and composer Raimund Ritz's collaborative installations in public spaces, their sound and musical productions, and their videos and films."
"Munich-based painter Angela Stauber (born 1977) depicts everyday scenes--a parked car, a stack of books or a sunlit hallway--endowing them with philosophical and existential implications. This exhibition catalogue plots the artist's trajectory between 2011 and 2014."
"Embrace Our Rivers chronicles a public art project in the South Indian city of Chennai. Organized by activist and artist Ravi Agarwal (born 1958), the collaborative project―including Arunkumar HG, Atul Bhalla, Mischa Kuball, Layout Collective, Anna Witt, Suyeon Yun and others―critically examines the role of industry in water contamination, air pollution and resource scarcity."
"This is the first full-length publication devoted to Tobias Rehberger, a shooting star on the German art scene. Born in 1966, Rehberger studied at the Frankfurt Städelschule, and has worked in a dizzying variety of media--architecture and sculpture as well as painting, design, and film--over the past five years. Rehberger is a new breed of artist--one whose work combines a future-oriented modernist ethic with a postmodern sense of play ..."
"This fascinating volume demonstrates how 73 contemporary artists from around the world respond to the challenge of creating "art in public space". Numerous illustrations, most of them in color, let the reader to accompany the artists on their journey from the initial idea through each phase of creation to the final realization of the project. Extraordinarily diverse texts - for the most part written and compiled by the artists themselve ..."
"Die Münchner Kunstszene hat sich international in den letzten Jahren einen bedeutenden Platz erobert. Vor allem die Belebung der Galerienszene und die Selbstorganisation zahlreicher junger Künstler gaben wichtige Impulse und versetzten die Stadt in eine künstlerische Aufbruchstimmung. "Faktor X" versammelt rund 80 Beiträge von Künstlern, Kuratoren, Kunstwissenschaftlern, Kritikern und anderen Kulturschaffenden und ermöglicht eine umfass ..."