Softcover
2015 · Ostfildern, Germany
by Engler, Martin (editor)
Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz / Städel Museum, 2015. Softcover. VG. Black & color illus. wraps, French flaps, 264 pp., color & BW illus. Text is in German. Issued in conjunction with a 2015 exhibition of figurative paintings by 27 artists from West Germany in the 1980s, before German unification. The artists are: Hans Peter Adamski, Peter Angermann, Elvira Bach, Ina Barfuss, Peter Bommels, Werner Buttner, Luciano Castelli, Walter Dahn, Jiri Georg Dokoupil, Rainer Fetting, G. L. Gabriel, Georg Herold, Gerard Kever, Martin Kippenberger, Jan Knap, Milan Kune, Helmut Middendorf, Christa Naher, Gerhard Naschberger, Albert Oehlen, Markus Oehlen, Salome, Andreas Schulze, Bettina Semmer, Volker Tannert, Thomas Wachweger, and Bernd Zimmer. Addresses the artists by region (Berlin, Hamburg, and Rheinland). With essays by Martin Engler, Zdenek Felix, and Walter Grasskamp. Includes a panel discussion by Walter Grasskamp, Max Hetzler and Ingrid Raab, moderated by Martin Engler. Also includes artist bios and an extensive bibliography. Interesting!
(Inventory #: 153042)