Contemporary Art

Forthcoming Books

new

Eva-Maria Fahrner-Tutsek et al.

About Us
Young Photography in China

What does photography tell us about the lifestyles and mentality in China in the face of the rapid social change? Artists in search of their identity explore the medium of photography experimentally and provide insight into the individual complex ...

» further information
new

Ed. Alex Gartenfeld et al.

Paulo Nazareth
Melee

Accompanying Paulo Nazareth’s first US museum show at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Miami in 2019, "Melee" presents an engaging and timely look at the artist’s multifarious work and elaborates on how it engages the ...

» further information
new

Kristine Bilkau et al.

Miwa Ogasawara
Unspoken

People between light and shade, love and despair, closeness and distance, calm and restlessness. Miwa Ogasawara’s painting represents the attempt to approach Man quietly in all his nuances. In her pictures she captures the brittle, shimmering ...

» further information
new

Ed. Sadia Abbas et al.

Shahzia Sikander
Extraordinary Realities

Pioneering Pakistani American artist Shahzia Sikander is one of the most influential artists working today. Sikander is widely celebrated for expanding and subverting miniature painting to explore gender roles and sexuality, cultural identity, ...

» further information
new

Ed. Wiebke Steinmetz et al.

Ruth Baumgarte
Werde, die du bist! Lebenskunst / Become Who You Are! The Art of Living

During a period of radical change, Ruth Baumgarte (1923–2013) created an artistic oeuvre in which humankind and its fragile existence form the main area of focus. This volume introduces her as a passionate creator of drawings, a versatile ...

» further information
new

Ed. Cheryl Sim

Relations
Diaspora and Painting / La diaspora et la peinture

This richly illustrated volume explores the multiple and evolving meanings of diaspora, its condition, and its experiences as expressed through painting. The book, based on an exhibition held at the Phi Foundation brings together artists who ...

» further information
new

Ed. Ingo Clauß

Elina Brotherus
Why not?

Diary-like series, landscape photos and situational mood pictures – Elina Brotherus (*1972 in Helsinki) is constantly searching for new possibilities in photography. This lavishly illustrated volume with related essays pursues the latest ...

» further information
new

Ed. David Evans Frantz et al.

Gerald Clarke
Falling Rock

This survey brings together three decades of work by contemporary Native American artist Gerald Clarke (Cahuilla). Utilising wit and humour to expose historical and present-day injustice, Clarke brings a decolonial perspective to urgent cultural ...

» further information
new

Ed. Elsy Lahner et al.

Xenia Hausner
True Lies

Xenia Hausner ranks among the most important Austrian painters of our time. This splendid volume focuses on the aspect of stagecraft which characterizes all her works. Starting from the early paintings of the 1990s up to her moving Exiles series, ...

» further information
new

Ed. Rafael Jablonka et al.

My Generation
The Jablonka Collection

The Jablonka Collection is regarded as one of the highest-profile holdings of American and German art of the 1980s. In this catalogue the art dealer, gallerist and curator Rafael Jablonka (*1951) provides for the first time an insight into his ...

» further information
new

Ed. Annegret Laabs

Max Uhlig
Die Fenster der Johanniskirche / The Windows of the St. Johannis Church

The Dresden artist Max Uhlig (*1937) created one of the greatest window cycles of contemporary art for the Gothic Church of Saint John in Magdeburg. Vines and coloured foliage together with lines in expressive rhythms which are a revelation in ...

» further information
new

Ed. Contempo Rotterdam et al.

Isabelle Dyckerhoff
on canvas / on paper

How can you paint colour? That is the question which the Munich artist Isabelle Dyckerhoff asks herself anew before every picture. The material presence of colour, its expressive power and spatial effect are characteristic for her works on canvas ...

» further information
new

Ed. Beat Wyss

Heinz Mack
Skulpturen - Sculptures. 2003 - 2020

Steles, rotors, light sculptures and monumental works for the public space – over the past 20 years the range of Heinz Mack’s sculptures has remained as comprehensive as it is diverse. He has created spectacular works like "The Sky ...

» further information
new

Ed. Dario Gamboni et al.

The Aesthetics of Marble
From Late Antiquity to the Present

This magnificent book sheds new light on the celebration and uses of marble in art and literature and on the iconic potential of the stone. With 240 color illustrations, it showcases the marble cladding of architecture, the carving of marble and ...

» further information
new

Ed. Damian Lentini

Phyllida Barlow
frontier

Phyllida Barlow (*1944) tests boundaries with her monumental sculptures in an eccentric yet humorous manner, reflecting on the relationship with our environment through her use of industrial and everyday materials. With impressive installation ...

» further information
new

Ed. Thorsten Sadowsky

Yinka Shonibare CBE
End of Empire

Yinka Shonibare CBE makes colourful fabrics with presumed African origins into the trademark of his multimedia artworks. At the same time he examines complex themes like hybrid identities, colonialism and power structures with unique irony. This ...

» further information
new

Ed. Bridget R. Cooks et al.

The Black Index

The artists featured in "The Black Index" – Dennis Delgado, Alicia Henry, Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle, Titus Kaphar, Whitfield Lovell and Lava Thomas – build upon the tradition of Black self-representation as an antidote to ...

» further information
new

Ed. Gerda Ridler

Inge Dick

The artist Inge Dick (b. 1941) is one of the famous representatives of contemporary Austrian art. For the past 50 years she has focused on the colour spectrum of natural light. She creates conceptual series of painting, Polaroid photography and ...

» further information
new

Ed. Oliver Kase et al.

Au rendez-vous des amis
Klassische Moderne im Dialog mit Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Goetz / Modernism in Dialogue with Contemporary Art from the Sammlung Goetz

Classical Modernism is an inexhaustible source of inspiration for the generations of artists that followed. This catalogue sheds new light on the relationship between modern and contemporary art across the generations and across the genres, through ...

» further information
new

Ed. Draiflessen Collection

Made Realities
Photographs by Thomas Demand, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Andreas Gursky and Jeff Wall

Recognising strangeness in familiar objects, the present in the past, the construed in what is authentic – the four masterly photographers show excerpts from our world in which the boundary between reality and imagination becomes blurred. ...

» further information
new

Ed. Nicole Gnesa

Philip Grözinger
IF

Philip Grözinger’s art derives from his investigations of future-oriented visions. With his individualistic painterly signature he invites the viewer to join him on a surreal journey through the pictorial traditions of the Pop culture of ...

» further information
new

Ed. Thomas Zuhr

All the Beauty at Hand
A Brief History of Hirmer Publishers

Founded in 1948, Hirmer Publishers soon established a name for art books produced to the highest standards. Over the past decade they have become equally well-known in English-speaking countries, with a reputation as one of the most prestigious ...

» further information
new

Ed. Julie Decker et al.

Thought Experiments
The Art of Jonathon Keats

Jonathon Keats’ work as an artist and thinker is compelling for our time. Keats poses critical questions, asks us to fundamentally reconsider our assumptions, and proposes radical methods of response. In a time when the environment and human ...

» further information
new

Ed. Gaetane Verna

Shuvinai Ashoona
Mapping Worlds

Shuvinai Ashoona (*1961) is a third-generation Inuit artist based in Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada. Best known for her highly personal and imaginative iconography, Shuvinai Ashoona’s imagery ranges from closely observed naturalistic scenes of her ...

» further information
new

Ed. Marcus Trautner

Martin Werthmann
Catastrophe as Space

Martin Werthmann (*1982) is one of the most prominent artists worldwide to make an intensive study of the woodcut as a genre. His monumental colour woodcuts, executed on large widths of paper, enchant by means of his radically new language of forms ...

» further information
new

Ed. Stephanie Götsch et al.

Leif Trenkler
Beauty

Leif Trenkler (*1960) is regarded as one of the most important protagonists of New Figuration in Germany. He has played an important role in this contemporary movement and has achieved international success. His fascinating painting is created by ...

» further information

Contemporary art

Filter acc. to:

Sort by:

new

Eva-Maria Fahrner-Tutsek et al.

About Us

Young Photography in China

What does photography tell us about the lifestyles and mentality in China in the face of the rapid social change? Artists in search of their identity explore the medium of photography experimentally and provide insight into the individual complex worlds of emotions and experiences of their generation.

» further information

39,90 €

add to cart

The article was put in the cart.

go to cart

In stock

new

Ed. Alex Gartenfeld et al.

Paulo Nazareth

Melee

Accompanying Paulo Nazareth’s first US museum show at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Miami in 2019, "Melee" presents an engaging and timely look at the artist’s multifarious work and elaborates on how it engages the complex colonial and racial histories of the Americas.

» further information

39,90 €

add to cart

The article was put in the cart.

go to cart

In stock

new

Kristine Bilkau et al.

Miwa Ogasawara

Unspoken

People between light and shade, love and despair, closeness and distance, calm and restlessness. Miwa Ogasawara’s painting represents the attempt to approach Man quietly in all his nuances. In her pictures she captures the brittle, shimmering present, the beauty and the fragility of our existence.

» further information

29,90 €

add to cart

The article was put in the cart.

go to cart

In stock

new

Ed. Sadia Abbas et al.

Shahzia Sikander

Extraordinary Realities

Pioneering Pakistani American artist Shahzia Sikander is one of the most influential artists working today. Sikander is widely celebrated for expanding and subverting miniature painting to explore gender roles and sexuality, cultural identity, racial narratives, and colonial and postcolonial histories.

» further information

39,90 €

add to cart

The article was put in the cart.

go to cart

In stock

new

Ed. Wiebke Steinmetz et al.

Ruth Baumgarte

Werde, die du bist! Lebenskunst / Become Who You Are! The Art of Living

During a period of radical change, Ruth Baumgarte (1923–2013) created an artistic oeuvre in which humankind and its fragile existence form the main area of focus. This volume introduces her as a passionate creator of drawings, a versatile applied graphic artist and an expressive painter.

» further information

34,90 €

add to cart

The article was put in the cart.

go to cart

In stock

new

Ed. Cheryl Sim

Relations

Diaspora and Painting / La diaspora et la peinture

This richly illustrated volume explores the multiple and evolving meanings of diaspora, its condition, and its experiences as expressed through painting. The book, based on an exhibition held at the Phi Foundation brings together artists who address questions of diaspora from diverse perspectives, methodologies, and aesthetic languages.

» further information

45,00 €

add to cart

The article was put in the cart.

go to cart

In stock

new

Ed. Ingo Clauß

Elina Brotherus

Why not?

Diary-like series, landscape photos and situational mood pictures – Elina Brotherus (*1972 in Helsinki) is constantly searching for new possibilities in photography. This lavishly illustrated volume with related essays pursues the latest developments. Here the Finnish photo artist combines a keen intellect with humorous lightness and technical precision with joyous spontaneity.

» further information

29,90 €

add to cart

The article was put in the cart.

go to cart

In stock

new

Ed. David Evans Frantz et al.

Gerald Clarke

Falling Rock

This survey brings together three decades of work by contemporary Native American artist Gerald Clarke (Cahuilla). Utilising wit and humour to expose historical and present-day injustice, Clarke brings a decolonial perspective to urgent cultural and political issues facing our world.

» further information

45,00 €

add to cart

The article was put in the cart.

go to cart

In stock

new

Ed. Elsy Lahner et al.

Xenia Hausner

True Lies Englische Ausgabe

Xenia Hausner ranks among the most important Austrian painters of our time. This splendid volume focuses on the aspect of stagecraft which characterizes all her works. Starting from the early paintings of the 1990s up to her moving Exiles series, the publication lures us into a female world filled with mysterious interpersonal relationships.

» further information

45,00 €

add to cart

The article was put in the cart.

go to cart

In stock

new

Ed. Rafael Jablonka et al.

My Generation

The Jablonka Collection

The Jablonka Collection is regarded as one of the highest-profile holdings of American and German art of the 1980s. In this catalogue the art dealer, gallerist and curator Rafael Jablonka (*1951) provides for the first time an insight into his wide-ranging collection, which is dedicated primarily to artists of his own generation.

» further information

39,90 €

add to cart

The article was put in the cart.

go to cart

In stock

Contemporary Art

Eva-Maria Fahrner-Tutsek et al.

Ed. Alex Gartenfeld et al.

Kristine Bilkau et al.

Ed. Sadia Abbas et al.

Ed. Wiebke Steinmetz et al.

Ed. Cheryl Sim

Ed. Ingo Clauß

Ed. David Evans Frantz et al.

Ed. Elsy Lahner et al.

Ed. Rafael Jablonka et al.

Ed. Annegret Laabs

Ed. Contempo Rotterdam et al.

Ed. Beat Wyss

Ed. Dario Gamboni et al.

Ed. Damian Lentini

Ed. Thorsten Sadowsky

Ed. Bridget R. Cooks et al.

Ed. Gerda Ridler

Ed. Oliver Kase et al.

Ed. Draiflessen Collection

Ed. Nicole Gnesa

Ed. Thomas Zuhr

Ed. Julie Decker et al.

Ed. Gaetane Verna

Ed. Marcus Trautner

Ed. Stephanie Götsch et al.

Eva-Maria Fahrner-Tutsek et al.

Ed. Alex Gartenfeld et al.

Kristine Bilkau et al.

Ed. Sadia Abbas et al.

Ed. Wiebke Steinmetz et al.

Ed. Cheryl Sim

Ed. Ingo Clauß

Ed. David Evans Frantz et al.

Ed. Elsy Lahner et al.

Ed. Rafael Jablonka et al.