Annemarie Burckhardt, the false documenta catalog for documenta 9 (pillow catalog), linen, foam, cross stitch, 1990
The documenta archiv has one of the most extensive specialized academic libraries on 20th and 21st century art in Germany. More than 100,000 volumes are in the collection - including various estates and many rarities!
among others:
- the documenta 9 pillow catalog: made of linen and foam, Annemarie Burckhardt's edition is perfect for a nap. Not necessarily for the coffee table but maybe for the hat rack in the car or for the sofa at home.
- or: The book "I was a stranger and you took me where?": Created as a conceptual artistic final project by Sina Rockensüß, the book bundles the heated public debate about Olu Oguibe's "Strangers and Refugees Monument" in the aftermath of documenta 14: as a collection of social media posts from 2017 until the temporary removal of the obelisk in 2019 - the digital storm of disparate opinions in analog form.
- or: the handbook on the 1955 Federal Garden Show in Kassel, which was held at the same time as the first documenta in the Karlsaue and was a decisive impetus for the planning of the inaugural documenta.
- ... ∞
Book art and artists' books are the subject of our next studio exhibition in the Reading Room. On view starting in August!
Sina Rockensüß, I was a stranger and you took me where?, 2019
Sina Rockensüß, I was a stranger and you took me where?, 2019
Sina Rockensüß, I was a stranger and you took me where?, 2019
Kassel Garden Book, publication for the Federal Garden Show in the Karlsaue, 1955
Kassel Garden Book, publication for the Federal Garden Show in the Karlsaue, 1955
Kassel Garden Book, publication for the Federal Garden Show in the Karlsaue, 1955