Esther Haase says that her life is a dance through the world with the camera. Indeed, the Bremen-born photographer, who currently commutes between Hamburg and London, initially studied ballet and stoo
Ever since his first visit to the Arctic in 2003, the photographer Olaf Otto Becker (*1959 in Travemünde, Germany) has returned there again and again. Starting in Ilulissat, one of the oldest settleme
On the occasion of the Beyeler Fondation's 20th anniversary, this richly illustrated publication gathers quotes, letters, interviews and writings from Arp, Bourgeois, Cezanne, Degas, Dubuffet, Kandins
A pioneering artist in film, photography, video art and performance, Indian artist Nalini Malani is a transition figure between the modern and contemporary art of her country. Her work, which criticiz
Since the end of the apartheid era, Cape Town, South Africa?s metropolis par excellence, has become a major tourist destination, offering sunny backdrops for commercials and homes for the moneyed clas
What does “family” mean today? Which notions and prejudices come to light with it? How is modern family life shaped these days? In her project A Real Danish Family, the British artist Gillian Wearing
The first institutions to bring contemporary art to the German public were supported by the middle class and called Kunstvereine, or “art associations.” The 200th anniversary of the Kunstverein in Ham
At the Edges of Power is Winfried Bullinger’s (*1965 in Munich) conceptual work of portraiture about people in Africa. Members of the Nuer, the Afar, the Karamajong, and other tribes live and survive
The photographer and architect Gabriela Torres Ruiz (*1970 in Mexico City) shows how silence can be captured photographically and the associations it engenders. With a fine sense for the poetic interp
The need for the portrayal of the individual identity is not a modern invention: the idealization of the sitter was already a matter of course in eighteenth and nineteenth century portrait painting. I
What is a video recorder? According to the market, it’s a long-outdated machine that’s been replaced by digital players and storage media. Joep van Liefland (*1966 in Utrecht) proposes a different per
Alongside reproductions of films, sculptures and light works, this volume on Sicilian filmmaker Rosa Barba (born 1972) features the new 35mm film From Source to Poem (2016), in which hundreds of archi
Like no other city in the world, Los Angeles encourages the observer to play with illusions -- and to be played with in turn. At every street corner one wonders if they are still in ordinary life, hav
Kiki Kogelnik (1935–1997) worked in the United States for almost four decades, for many years on an equal level with pop artists like Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. However her work was overlooked
In his photographs, Dieter Seitz narrates a journey that begins in the original nomad’s land and ends in the cities of Kazakhstan, the homeland of today’s urban nomads. Seitz is interested in the live
The special sector of Art Basel, Unlimited, has been taking place under the auspices of the world’s most important art fair since 2000. The concept of this large, museum-like exhibition within an art
Lucian Freud's artwork is both intimate and raw. The viewer is confronted with corpulent figures, nudity, and glimpses into the psyches of those he portrayed. The painter, who died in 2011, was the gr
The pictorial creations by Martin Eder (*1968), whether committed to kitsch, eroticism, or Surrealism, have always been interwoven with deep melancholy and symbolism. This feature of his creative work
They danced on the roofs of Manhattan: in the 1960s a group of artists in New York began developing a new form of art that went beyond the object. The new, time-based practices of artists such as Robe
His work method could best be described as “funky minimalism.” Often grouped with the so-called Neo-Geo artists of the early 1980s, Gerwald Rockenschaub (*1952) left this label behind long ago. In the
Léopold Rabus (*1977 in Neuchâtel) is considered one of the most gifted Swiss representatives of figurative painting. His colorful, in part photorealistic pictures radiate into the darkest corners of
With her authentic Light Art, Brigitte Kowanz (*1957 in Vienna) is one of the most prominent artists in this field worldwide. Since the early 1980s she has been working with the medium of light as an
Latif Al Ani (*1932 in Baghdad) who was the first to capture cosmopolitan life in Iraq in the 1950s to 1970s is known as the “father of Iraqi photography”. His black and white images represent a uniqu
Over the past decade American-Swiss filmmaker Mark Boulos (* 1974) has expanded the scope of time-based media in exhibitions. His ethnography transforms actual life into essay-like hybrid films blendi
Made of iron, glass, and mirror, the six, monumental sculptures by José Pedro Croft (*1957 in Porto) establish a direct dialogue between the architecture and the landscape of Venice, a city defined by
The body of work produced by the Milan-based artist Roberto Cuoghi (*1973 in Modena) evades obvious categorization or genre. Not only are his themes unusually multifaceted, but his choice of media is,
Cinema Olanda by artist Wendelien van Oldenborgh and curator Lucy Cotter is the Dutch entry for the 57th Venice Biennale 2017. Featuring three new filmic works, presented in a site-specific installati
Tomorrow is Another Day is not only a catalogue for Mark Bradford’s representation of the United States at the 2017 Venice Biennale; it is a different kind of book. This substantial publication blends
This catalogue focuses on Robert Longo’s recent series of charcoal drawings of well-known Abstract Expressionist paintings. Rendered in charcoal, the original paintings are immediately recognizable, b
In his works of art the Korean photographer Han Sungpil confronts the themes of environment, energy production, and humankind’s impact on nature. The three series in this book of photographs are disti
Although Emil Nolde is famous for his dramatic ocean views and colorful flower gardens, his love of the fantastical and grotesque has received less attention to date. Yet, it is clear from his autobio
Although Emil Nolde is famous for his dramatic ocean views and colorful flower gardens, his love of the fantastical and grotesque has received less attention to date. Yet, it is clear from his autobio
Yearning, vulnerability, self-image, and desire―all of this can be found in the densely atmospheric photographs by Florian Geiss (*1969 in Koblenz, Germany), which emanate a fascinating, yet disturbin
What happens in amusement parks when the lights go out? What happens at children’s playgrounds at night? A desolate quiet takes over the spaces where, when the sun shines, children play and adults rel
Mount Fuji is widely considered a majestic mountain―lauded, interpreted, surmounted. In the early nineteenth century, Katsushika Hokusai honored it with thirty-six woodcuts. Working according to Japan
The photographer Achim Lippoth (*1968 in Ilshofen) discovered his subject―childhood― while studying art. Geschichten über das Kindsein / Storytelling presents a comprehensive view of Lippoth’s practic
If time were condensed into a single moment, the world might look like one of Idris Khan’s works of art. Born in Birmingham in 1978, the artist, who’s currently rising rapidly in the art world, works
Nives Widauer (*1965 in Basel) works in a variety of different media. Besides photographs and films, her portfolio also includes paintings, sculptures, and installations for the stages of theaters and
In eight chapters Ulf Küster presents aspects of life and work of the painter Claude Monet. Not only the development of Impressionism and the fascinating late work with the waterlily-paintings from hi
If time were condensed into a single moment, the world might look like one of Idris Khan’s works of art. Born in Birmingham in 1978, the artist, who’s currently rising rapidly in the art world, works
