Koenig Books

Here, the work by Francesca WOODMAN is read for the first time in the context of the photographic 'Tableaux Vivant'. She used her body as a medium & as an actor and devoted herself to two with femininity associated genres: female nude and 'living image'.

Catalog volume for the exhibition in Stockholm. The American photographer Francesca WOODMAN created a corpus of fascinating photo works a few intensive years before her early death. Her photographs deal with gender, representation, sexuality and body.

'Ludwig Wittgenstein. Photography as Analytical Practice' contains his album, photographs of automata, and other self-portraits. In addition, the book places his photographs in a dialogue with the photographic practice and theory of contemporary artists.

Set of 3 SC in three different colors (yellow, red & green), each 21 x 27,5 cm., 372 pp. 138 color ills.

Broschierte Ausgabe ohne Schutzumschlag (wie erschienen), 18,5 x 15 x 0,5 cm., 68 S., 35 S/W-Abb. (+1 in Farbe), deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!

This extensive, also in English available catalog volume, 'Werkstatt für Photographie 1976-1986', presents the history of German photography in the 1970s and 1980s, its international relationships, protagonists & networks, e.g. to the 'New Topographics'.

The catalog 'Carrie Mae Weems. Hasselbald Award 2023' honors the award winner with a series of photo works, including 'Family Pictures and Stories' (1978-84), 'The Kitchen Table Series' (1990) and 'From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried' (1995-96).

English edition. The text and picture book 'Andy Warhol. EXHIBITS a glittering alternative' explores the exhibition strategies of the American artist Andy WARHOL. It presents probably the most famous icon of Pop Art as an installation artist and curator.

The German-language edition of the text and photo book about the exhibition strategies of Pop Art icon Andy WARHOL.

German Ed,tion. Gebundene Ausgabe ohne Schutzumschlag (wie erschienen), 26 x 29,5 cm., 136 S., Farbaufnahmen, deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY! (english ed. also available!)

Broschiertes Ausgabe ohne Schutzumschlag (wie erschienen), 18 x 23,5 x 2,5 cm., 192 S., etwa dreißig Farb-Abb., deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!

Published in conjunction with a major exhibition, 'Wolfgang Tillmans: To look without fear' surveys four decades of his career. With essays on his multifaceted practice, and a new text by himself elucidates the methodology behind his system of presenting.

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 16 x 24 x 1 cm., approx. 100 color ills., English

SC, 15 x 23,5 cm., 144 pp.

Today, when civilian supersonic air travel - once a futurist's dream - has become a cultural relic, the images in 'Concorde' by the German photographer Wolfgang TILLMANS mark not only a starting point for his own work, but also a larger historical moment.

US-American Artist and art collector Jim SHAW is constantly on the hunt for pop culture pieces. 'The Hidden World' gives the chance to dive into an overflowing world of paintings, sculptures, brochures, t-shirts, books, vinyls and educational material.

Works by Tina BARA, Sibylle BERGEMANN, Kurt BUCHWALD, Lutz DAMMBECK, Thomas FLORSCHÜTZ, Ute MAHLER, Eva MAHN, Sven MARQUARDT, Barbara METSELAAR-BERTHOLD, Helga PARIS, Manfred PAUL, Rudolf SCHÄFER, Gundula SCHULZE-ELDOWY, Gabriele STÖTZER and Ulrich WÜST

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 22,5 x 22,5 x 2 cm., 208 pp., 84 color ills., multilingual: German, English, Norwegian, Hebrew

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 15 x 21 x 1 cm., 80 pp., color ills., bilingual text: German / English

Pb. with poster as dust jacket, 22 x 28 x 1 cm., 72 pp., with 42 color & 11 b/w ills., bilingual texts: German / English

HC, 16 x 24,5 cm., 272 pp., 133 color ills., text language: English

'At the Edge of Pictures' is the first monographic study of life and work of John STEZAKER. By using the eventful decades of the 1970s and 80s as a prism, Yuval Etgar offers a new reading of his mode of operation and a mapping of the strategies of collage

For one summer, Heidi SPECKER portrayed pupils in her hometown and, through the subtle positioning that creates rituals, developed a sensitive picture essay that represents an examination of her own biography, which is shaped by the agricultural industry.

'Two Rivers' offers an extended view on the works of Joachim BROHM & Alec SOTH. In addition to the juxtaposition of 'Ruhr' & 'Sleeping by the Mississippi', it also contains also groups 'Ohio', 'Dessau Files' & 'Culatra' as well as 'Songbook' & 'Niagara'.

'I love you stupid' illustrates the fast life of young deceased artist Dash SNOW and his importance for the New York scene. The abundance of material as well as the 'appearances' of many people of the scene make this volume a document of US youth culture.

Slipcased DVD, region code: 2 / PAL, 16:9, 50 min., English

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 21 x 27 x 2 cm., 272 pp., 136 color & 61 b/w ills., text language: English

The out-of-print volume 'Accept the Expected' provides an overview of works by the Iranian photographer Shirana SHAHBAZI from the years 2000 to 2005: Genres (portraits, landscapes, still life) and figures (mother & child, cities, birds etc.).

Text volume 'Energies/Synergies 9' reflects an interesting and entertaining conversation between Wilhelm SCHÜRMANN and Klaus Honnef. It unfolds the exciting drama of documentary photography as an art form between the world of magazines and the art world.

Out-of-print 'Architectures of Waiting' by Ursula SCHULZ-DORNBURG shows bus stops in Armenia and stations of the Hejaz Railway in Saudi Arabia on a railroad line that once connected Damascus with Medina, but on which no trains have been running for long.

'Die Natur der Natur' by Norbert SCHOERNER contains photographs of bonsais from a rearing near Fukushima from seeds of tree species found in the shadow of the volcanic mountain Azuma-Kofuji. The pictures show them in constructed diorama-like environments.

The out-of-print catalog for huge Michael SCHMIDT retrospective, took place in Berlin, includes well-known and rarely seen works as well as the very informative texts by renowned authors can already be considered a reference work about Berlin photographer

The photo book 'Waffenruhe' (Truce) by Berlin photographer Michael SCHMIDT, reissued after 30 years - here in the English-language version - contains a subjective view of his hometown in the 1980s and is one of the most important photo books of all time.

This version of the book 'EIN-HEIT' (U-NI-TY) is a re-edit. Originally published in 1996, Michael SCHMIDT investigated the question of 'unity', tracing the symbolism & iconography of political systems, their propaganda & the images of people they project.

'Die Farbe Grau' combines photographs by Michael SCHMIDT - the series 'Berlin-Wedding' (1976-1978) and 'Waffenruhe' (1985-1987) with several pictures by famous artist Gerhard RICHTER from the years 1965 to 1974 as well as the work 'Siegel/Grau' from 1991.

2nd print run, linen bound HC with dust jacket, 26,5 x 24,5 x 1,5 cm., 120 pp., b/w ills., text language: German (the insert with three columns of text 'Berlin-Wedding' by Thomas Weski is bilingual: German / English)

Broschierte Ausgabe ohne Schutzumschlag (wie erschienen), 11 x 18 x 3 cm., 252 pp., deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!

Pb. with poster as dust jacket, 21,5 x 28 x 1 cm., 68 pp., with 14 color & 23 b/w ills., bilingual texts: German / English

HC with dust jacket, 29 x 39 x 6 0 cm., 552 pp., highly illustrated, German only

For his 'Tableaux chinois', Thomas RUFF has digitally processed Chinese propaganda images distributed worldwide by the Communist Party. In this large-format photo volume, the work transports the images of the 20th century into today's visual language.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 19 x 24,5 x 1,5 cm., 108 pp., 49 (48 in color) fullpaged ills., bilingual text: German / English (English text as inlet)

This catalog volume contains a summary of Thomas RUFF's exhibitions to date - from his earliest beginnings to his most recent works - and thus provides a complete overview of the entire oeuvre of one of the famous artists of the Düsseldorf Photo School.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 22,5 x 27 x 2cm., 144 pp., 80 color ills., English text (over 20 pp.)

'A New American Picture' by Doug RICKARD contains color photographs of machine-generated images. He defines his own image section - in this way detaches them from the context of their automated origin to create snapshots of urban & rural decay in the U.S.

For 'Wald' (forest) Gerhard RICHTER chose photos from an extensive collection, which was created since 2005 in the forest near his house. It follows a dramaturgy developed together with text pages and opens up analogies to the overall work of the artist.

The catalog 'Übermalte Fotografien' (Overpainted Photographs) contains 72 standard photographs taken by prominent photo artist Gerhard RICHTER and developed in an ordinary laboratory - snapshots of family celebrations, people, landscapes or architecture.

The title of the out-of-print autonomous artist book 'Sindbad' by Gerhard RICHTER comes from a series of 98 colored lacquer paintings behind glass (2008). Already in his first installation he created the book's concept by putting them together as diptychs

6 slipcased HC, 22 x 26 cm., 1930 pp., 1.900 color ills.,

In his volume 'Engadin', Gerhard RICHTER explores his deep relationship with the Swiss Alpine region, which he first visited in the late 1980s. The volume contains 80 illustrations: Paintings, overpainted photographs, plus previously unpublished documents