Forthcoming Books

Eine außergewöhnliche Auseinandersetzung mit dem Werk Otto Dix’. Ruprecht von Kaufmanns Werkserie HUNDERT greift auf unterschiedliche Weisen in mehr als dreißig, meist großformatigen Gemälden Themen und Ästhetik des künstlerischen Vorbilds auf. Mit Detail- und Installationsansichten reich bebildert und mit eingängigen Texten nimmt der Band mit auf eine inspirierende Reise durch die 20er-Jahre zweier Jahrhunderte.

Book art at its finest! This volume presents a distinguished French Gothic prayer book in a lavish and playful light. The breviary’s illuminated texts are marvellously executed: cheerful and whimsical motifs with tiny figures and bustling creatures enliven the manuscript pages, shown here as part of a dedicated monograph. Large reproductions and numerous details celebrate the imaginative decorative art that makes leafing through the book a delight.

Three hundred works from twenty-one countries form a European panorama of the many facets of realism in art that were ubiquitous in Europe during the 1920s and 1930s. They tell of poverty and misery, economic upheaval, artistic flourishing and progress, urban culture, nightlife, emancipation and diversity.  

Two generations of esoteric exploration and material transmutation: The first examination of Beth Ames Swartz and Julianne Swartz’s intergenerational investigation of ethereal systems and the transcendent potential of art, highlighting the alignments within the artistic practices of mother and daughter.

Viewing mannerism in the 21st century: The publication presents highlights from the print collection of Georg Baselitz, one of today’s most celebrated artists, and a selection from the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest’s collection. Exploring artists’ collecting old master prints in the past and today, the book does contain well known and previously unpublished mannerist works.  

Die umfassende Monografie über Juergen Staack (*1978): Was ist und was kann ein (fotografisches) Bild? Der Künstler lotet seit mehr als zwanzig Jahren die Schnittstellen von Fotografie, Konzeptkunst, Performance und Sprache aus. Anhand zahlreicher Abbildungen und Texte wird nachgezeichnet, wie Vorstellungen, Lesarten und Begrifflichkeiten der Fotografie von Staack künstlerisch erweitert werden.

More artist’s book than monograph, this volume traces the exciting interplay between Iman Issa’s (b. 1979) objects, photos , text and video. Is an artwork at the mercy of the viewer’s interpretation, and does its meaning change accordingly? Can art in turn shape perception, or even change memory itself?

Lavishly illustrated, Tiffany Chung: indelible traces is the first scholarly monograph to provide a comprehensive introduction to the multi -disciplinary artist’s work over the last 25 years. Best known for her extraordinarily drawn or embroidered maps, Chung’s artworks pointedly reveal histories thathave too often been overlooked or intentionally ignored.

Modern Iran and the Avant-Gardes explores how the complex cultural tensions of the nation’s period between 1948 and 1978 led to artistic innovation. As Iran modernised, modernism became distinctly Iranian. Iranian artists created a unique form of modernism that addressed the tension between commitments to innovate and an engagement with traditional Iranian ideas and cultural forms.
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