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MAGAZINKUNST

ROBERT WALSERWalsers Einfluss auf die Künste

damals und heute

2014 / 15

BENTELIKULTUR

KERAMIK AUS SOLOTHURNRettung eines bedrohten Kulturerbes

vor dem Vergessen

FOTOGRAFIEVERGESSENE SCHÄTZE

Die Fotoarchive der Schweiz beherbergen Raritäten von histrorischem Wert

Magazines 2014 / 2015

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All prices given in this preview are in Swiss Francs and Euro, incl. the respective VAT. The prices in Swiss Francs are recommended retail prices for Switzerland. The prices in Euro are fixed retail prices for Germany, respectively recommended retail prices for Austria. All prices, descriptions and release dates are subject to alterations or errors.

Picture on the cover: © Joël Tettamanti, from: Joël Tettamanti.

Works 2001–2019, ISBN 978-3-7165-1807-6.

Image on page 3: © Kantonsbibliothek Vadiana, St. Gallen: Oscar Rietmann,

Kreuzegg, 1922, from: Fotoarchive der Schweiz. Nordostschweiz,

ISBN 978-3-7165-1802-1.

This autumn, our BENTELI program offers you both no-

table and debatable items, beginning in May 2014 with our brilliant catalogue titled Paying No Attention I Notice Everything, which accompanies an exhibition of the same name at the Aar-gauer Kunsthaus. Current positions clearly indicate what kind of impact author Robert Walser is having on contemporary art, viewed against the backdrop of the world of images of Walser’s times. We invite you to participate in this dialogue between liter-ature and visual arts. In the photographic genre, we focus on the whole spectrum of documentary and artistic works. In his photographic essay Im Keller/In the Basement, Austrian film director Ulrich Seidl undertakes a nightmare journey through the depths of the Aus- trian soul. This publication is due to appear in autumn 2014, when Seidl launches his new film of the same name. Reports for Freedom of Information, edited by Reporters Without Borders, Switzerland, represents a completely different form of documentary report. This annual reminds us that human rights are not observed everywhere in the world. In our photography program you will also find an unusual book project by Swiss photographer Joël Tettamanti, which is the first of a series of publications. This book will be extended in a print-on-demand procedure, and thus continually re-edited. Swiss photo archives also open up unknown worlds of im-ages; the first volume of a new series features numerous pho-tographic treasures from archives in northeastern Switzerland.

See for yourself! Find out more about our current publications on the following pages.We are happy to support any ideas you may have on possible events and activ-ities concerning the publications pre-sented here. Please get in touch with our representatives Giovanni Ravasio and Hans Frieden, or call Kirstin Meditz directly at our office. We look forward to working with you in the future.

Andrea Wiegelmann, Publishing Manager and colleagues at BENTELI

FOREWORD

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Ulrich SeidlIm KellerFilmbilder und EssaysBenteli

• Photographic book by Ulrich Seidl accompanying the launch

of his latest film titled Im Keller (In the Basement)

• A photographic essay on human obsessions that emerge

in the basement

• An unfathomable and humorous topography of the basement

area – both as a scene of horror and favourite playground

• Planned photo exhibitions amongst others in Zurich, Vienna

and BerlinFollowing his large-scale PARADISE trilogy, Ulrich Seidl’s latest film essay Im Keller is due to be released in autumn 2014. It is the director’s return to the documentary film. Im Keller is a nightmare journey through the depths of the Austrian soul: it is about brass band music and opera arias, expensive furniture and sleazy jokes, sexuality and sadism, fitness and fascism, snakes and weapons, love and the yearning for it. This accompanying book intends to draw attention to the specific aesthetics and social dimension of Seidl’s tableaux with the help of film frames and texts. Selected motifs of this tour through the basement of a typical Austrian family home communicate with texts by film critics, philosophers, psychologists, authors and essay writers, shedding light on subterranean secrecy.

ULRICH SEIDLIM KELLER[ IN THE BASEMENT ]

Claus Philipp, Astrid Wolfig (eds.)ULRICH SEIDLIM KELLERWith texts by Stefanie Carp, Adelheid Kastner, Herbert Lachmayer,

Olaf Möller, Claus Philipp, Franz Schuh, and many others

With film frames from Im Keller, Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion

German/English, approx. 160 pages and 40 colour images,

approx. 30 × 20 cm, hardcover

approx. Euro (D) 38.–, (A) 39.10, CHF 48.–

ISBN 978-3-7165-1799-4

Release September 2014

Ulrich Seidl, born 1962, is film director, screenwriter and producer. In 2001, his

first film Dog Days won the Silver Lion Jury’s Special Award at the international

Venice Film Festival. Some of his earlier documentaries such as Good News, Animal

Love and Models have also received numerous prizes. His PARADISE trilogy Love,

Faith and Hope, which premiered in Cannes, Venice and Berlin, has lately received

worldwide attention. Seidl works with partly disturbing formal means – long and sta-

tic shots, abrupt editing and distance. He is regarded as a radical filmmaker whose

impressive documentaries set the scene for taboo themes.

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Evolver, Switzerland, 2010

Qaqortoq, Greenland, 2004

• Israel, Greenland, China, Niger, Kuwait and other countries:

travelling with the photographer Joël Tettamanti

• The world as an apparently surreal place – pictures of a

cross-cultural journey

• Exhibitions planned in Switzerland and Germany

• Individually designable special editions available Since his 2009 solo exhibition Local Studies at Fotostiftung Schweiz, Swiss Joël Tettamanti has gradually built up his reputa-tion as a photographer. Assignments for international magazines and global company groups take him to known and unknown places all over the world, which he more or less coincidentally approaches as an artist. In his oeuvre, Tettamanti focuses on places that give each location its specific identity. Moving from unspoiled countryside across the borders between nature and civilisation to the centres of agglomeration, he explores the de-tails where seemingly rationally constructed civilisation encoun-ters natural forms. The places Tettamanti reveals in his pho-tographs seem somehow surreal; they show just how absurd man-made structures can appear.

Worldwide unique photographic book projectWorks 2001 – 2019 also appears as a special edition, reviving the photo book as a medium in times of digitalisation. It is a profes-sionally and conventionally published book combined with print-on-demand production. The artist offers various types of special editions, thus enabling customers to participate in the design process by selecting photos for their own edition.Special editions are available from our publishing company. We are happy to inform you of our procedures and conditions.

JOËL TETTAMANTIWORKS 2001–2019

Nicolas Bourquin, Sven Ehmann (eds.)JOËL TETTAMANTI WORKS 2001–2019German/English, approx. 200 pages and 150 monochrome images,

25 × 34.5 cm, cloth binding with dust jacket

approx. Euro (D) 38.–, Euro (A) 39.10, CHF 48.–

ISBN 978-3-7165-1807-6

Release October 2014

Joël Tettamanti, born 1977 in Cameroon, is a photographer based in Switzerland.

In 2001 he graduated from ECAL/Lausanne with a diploma in graphic design and

photography. In 2006 he published his first book Local Studies. Since 2009 he has

been giving photography workshops. His works are shown in numerous internatio-

nal and Swiss exhibitions.

Sven Ehmann, born 1973, is a creative director based in Berlin. He studied North

American studies, film studies and journalism. Together with Nicolas Bourquin he

runs the independent publishing platform etc publications.

Nicolas Bourquin, born 1975 in Switzerland, lives and works as a creative director

in Berlin. He studied graphic design at the School for Applied Arts in Biel. 2001 he

founds the graphic design studio onlab visual communications.

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Dahab, Egypt, 2005 Leng, China, 2008

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• Switzerland’s visual heritage in a new series

• Each of these seven volumes features one region – Volume 1:

Region of Northeastern Switzerland

• First comprehensive publication on the subject of Swiss photo

archives – unknown cultural wealth awaiting discovery

Swiss photo archives house a treasure trove of photographs documenting all aspects of Swiss life over the past decades. Whether depicting industrial settings or rural traditions, crafts-men or bridal couples, the absurd or commonplace – these pic-tures slumbering in the archives represent a significant, yet hith-erto disregarded part of Swiss cultural heritage. This new series of publications now presents them in their national dimension. Initiated by renowned photographic expert Paul Hugger, this se-ries presents a world of images from the past two centuries that are awaiting discovery in Swiss state and communal archives, museums and libraries. These volumes thus arouse awareness for the wealth and abundance of visual evidence from the past. Subdivided into regions, the first volume of the series explores twelve photo archives in the Cantons of Appenzell Ausserrhoden and Appenzell Innerrhoden, Schaffhausen, St. Gallen und Thur-gau in the northeastern region of Switzerland.

FOTOARCHIVE DER SCHWEIZ

Nordostschweiz

[ Swiss Photo ArchivesNortheastern Switzerland ]

Paul Hugger (ed.)FOTOARCHIVE DER SCHWEIZNordostschweizGerman, approx. 256 pages,

approx. 200 color/monochrome images,

23 × 28 cm, hardcover


ISBN 978-3-7165-1802-1

Release November 2014

Paul Hugger, born 1930, is professor emeritus of Ethnology at Zurich University,

editor of Handbuch der schweizerischen Volkskultur, amongst others, and author of

numerous publications on the history of Swiss photography.

“Paul Hugger [not only saved] the history of forgotten and unknown photographers

[…] and numerous bequests. He also initiated the revival of works way beyond main-

stream aesthetics and media”, Peter Pfrunder, Director of Fotostiftung Schweiz, ac-

knowledges Hugger’s work in his book Schweizer Fotobücher 1927 bis heute (2011).

Still available:

Paul Hugger und Paul Wolf (eds.)

Wir sind jemand

Gruppenfotografien 1870–1945 – ein Spiegel der Gesellschaft

ISBN 978-3-7165-1720-8

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• Reporters Without Borders’ annual of press photography

• Participant photographers in recent years: Christoph Bangert, Jan

Grarup, Thomas Kern, Meinrad Schade, Olivier Vogelsang, Zalmaï

• Key topics: North Korea, Ukraine, Russia, Palestine, Haiti

Reporters do very dangerous work in many regions of the world, in places where freedom of speech is restricted or completely banned, where censorship, repression, armed conflict, criminal militias or the Mafia pose a great threat to professional activities of journalists, bloggers and internet dissidents. Just one word or image can result in their death, persecution or long prison sentences. The association of Reporters Without Borders docu-ments global breaches of freedom of information and fights against censorship and restrictive media legislation.This volume of photographs contains impressive background re-ports and portfolios of well-known photographers and journal-ists from Switzerland and other countries. Their stories take us to current hotspots as well as forgotten corners of world events. Photos and texts supplied free of charge open our eyes for the importance of free reporting, showing us both the beauty and mystery of the world, but also condemning violence. Reports for Freedom of Information raises public awareness for the most important concern of reporters without borders, name-ly, the freedom to inform people and get informed all over the world.

By purchasing this book, you help to support Reporters Without Borders and freedom of information.

REPORTAGEN FÜR DIE INFORMATIONSFREIHEIT

[ Reports for Freedom of Information ]

Reporters Without Borders, Switzerland (ed.)REPORTAGEN FÜR DIE INFORMATIONSFREIHEITGerman / French, approx. 100 pages, illustrated throughout,

21 × 27.5 cm, Swiss brochure

CHF 16.–

ISBN 978-3-7165-1798-7

Distribution in Switzerland only


Founded in 1985 by a handful of journalists in Montpellier in southern France, today

Reporters Without Borders is a globally active human rights organisation. This

network consisting of over 150 correspondents, nine sections and three offices

campaigns for freedom of speech and the press around the world, researches and

records breaches of those human rights and supports persecuted journalists and

media as well. The headquarters of this international organisation are in Paris. Repor-

ters Without Borders is an internationally recognised NGO with consultative status

to the Council of Europe, the United Nations Human Rights Council and UNESCO.

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1 DECKELSCHÜSSELMATZENDORF, UM 1815Steingut, bemalt in den Untergla-surfarben Blau, Grün, Violett, Schwarzviolett und Braunrot.Niedrige, unten schräg eingezo-gene Zylinderform mit schräg leicht nach aussen schwingender Lippe, hochgestellten bogenför-migen Henkeln und Fussring mit vertieftem Boden. Unter der Lippe ein Stab. Gewölbter Deckel mit profiliertem Rand und Pilz-knauf über erhabenem Kreis.Auf Wandung und Deckel Blu-mengirlanden. Über dem Fuss Band mit sich überschneidenden Bögen. Am Deckel Blütenzweige und Blumenranke. Blaue und schwarze Randlinien.H. 125, B. 165, T. 140 mm

MBS, Inv. Nr. 1912.116

Geschenk Otto Fröhlicher, 1912 (1911

erworben bei Oskar Häfeli, Antiquar in

Solothurn)

Biblio.: Weisz 1953, Abb. S. 91;

Schnyder 2008, Abb. 25

2 SCHREIBGARNITURMATZENDORF, 1818Steingut, bemalt in den Untergla-surfarben Blau, Grün und Braun-rot.Säulenförmiges kombiniertes Gefäss in drei Teilen (2b), beste-hend aus einem konkav eingezo-genen Fuss mit profiliertem Rand und senkrechtem Kragen als Tin-tenfassbehälter (das eingesetzte Tintenfass fehlt), einer zylindri-schen Streusandbüchse mit hoch-gestelltem Kragen und durchlö-cherter Deckplatte und einem fla-chen Deckel mit vorkragendem Rand. Der Deckel gekrönt mit einer niedrigen viereckigen Fuss-platte, darauf der untere Teil eines runden Fusses. Der Knauf (ursprünglich in Form einer Vase?) abgebrochen.Auf der Streusandbüchse die Inschrift «Frantz Anton Flury Kabalon (Kaplan) 1818» in Blu-menkranz, auf der Gegenseite ein Blumengebinde (2c). Auf dem Fuss Band mit blauem Kettenmo-tiv und radial angesetzten Blüm-chen. Der untere Teil des Deckels mit Blattgirlanden. Grüne Rand-linien.D. 140, H. 210 mm

MBS, Inv. Nr. 1912.199

Ankauf, 1912 (von Pfarrer Karl

Sulzberger in Trimbach)

Biblio.: Schwab 1927, Taf. nach S. 468;

Weisz 1953, Abb. S. 91; Schnyder 2008,

Abb. 26a–b

3 SCHÜSSELMATZENDORF, 1818Steingut, bemalt in den Untergla-surfarben Blau und Braunrot.Form wie Nr. 1. Deckel fehlt.Unter dem Rand Band mit blauem Kettenmotiv. Unter dem Stab gezähnte Linie, Blattgirlanden mit Blümchen und Inschrift «Jungfrau Susana Kully soll Leben 1818». Die Henkel mit braunroten S-förmigen Motiven. H. 65, B. 160, T. 140 mm

MBS, Inv. Nr. 1912.117

Geschenk Otto Fröhlicher, 1912 (1911

erworben bei Oskar Häfeli, Antiquar in

Solothurn)

Biblio.: Schnyder 2008, Abb. 23a–b

4 STREUSANDBÜCHSEMATZENDORF, 1818Steingut, bemalt in den Untergla-surfarben Blau, Grün und Braun-rot.Zylinderform mit hochgestelltem Kragen, durchlöcherter Deck-platte (beschädigt) und Fussring mit vertieftem Boden.Auf der Schauseite Inschrift «Amanz von Sury dem Andenken geweyhet 1818» in Blumenkranz. Blaue Randlinien.D. 72, H. 110 mm

KMM, Inv. Nr. KMM 63

Ankauf, 2008

«Stammt von Oberst von Sury d’Aspremont» (vermutlich Oberst Josef von Sury [1780–1843], Sohn des Urs Franz Josef und der Jose-pha von Sury d’Aspremont. Er bekam 1818 den französischen Grafentitel als Dank für die Hilfe, welche die Familie den emigrier-ten Adligen während der Revolu-tion geleistet hatte.) Die Büchse war vermutlich Bestandteil einer Schreibgarni-tur wie Nr. 3, welche Oberst von Sury Amanz von Sury d’Aspremont (1718–1784), dem Begründer des mütterlichen Familienzweigs widmete.

5 TELLERMATZENDORF, 1818Steingut, bemalt in den Untergla-surfarben Blau, Grün und Braun-rot.

Rund mit leicht ansteigender Fahne. Ohne Standring.Im Spiegel die Inschrift «Anna Maria Schad 1818» umrahmt von einem kreisförmigen gezähnten Band und radial angelegten Blu-men. Am Rand rot getupftes, gezähntes Band.D. 240, H. 30 mm

MBS, Inv. Nr. 1915.14

Leihnahme, 1915 (Besitz des Kantons

Solothurn – 1915 erworben bei J. Boner

in Laupersdorf)

Biblio.: Weisz 1953, Abb. S. 91;


6 DECKELSCHÜSSELMATZENDORF, 1819Steingut, bemalt in den Untergla-surfarben Blau und Rotbraun.Form wie Nr. 1.Unter dem Rand blaues Ketten-band, unter dem Stab Blattgir-landen mit Blümchen, Inschrift «Catharina Alimann soll leben», Datum «1819» und ein brennen-des Herz. Die Henkel mit rotbrau-nem S-Muster. Am Deckel blaue Kettenmotive und Blattgirlanden. Blaue Randlinien.H. 148, B. 185, T. 170 mm

KMM, Inv. Nr. KMM 67

Ankauf, 2006

7 DECKELSCHÜSSELMATZENDORF, 1821Steingut, bemalt in den Untergla-surfarben Blau und Rotbraun.Form wie Nr. 1. Knauf abgebro-chen.Auf dem Stab und am Deckelrand blaues Band mit braunroten Punkten. Auf Schüssel und Deckel Blattgirlanden mit Blüm-chen. Zwischen den Girlanden die Inschrift «Barbara Allema – Anno 1821».H. 117, B. 163, T. 150 mm

MBS, Inv. Nr. 1917.36

Leihnahme, 1917 (Besitz des Kantons

Solothurn – bei G. Boner in Laupersdorf

erworben)

Biblio.: Schwab 1927, Taf. nach S. 468;


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• Continuation of the series on the national ceramics inventory –

continuation volume of Ceramica CH, Volume 1: Neuchâtel

• Modern ceramics (1500–1950) from the inventory of publicly

available collections

• Preventing threatened cultural heritage from being forgotten

Swiss museums hold vast and immensely invaluable collections of ceramic treasures. These precious objects from national and international manufacturers are not only widely unknown to the general public, but to experts as well – mainly because most of them are no longer on exhibition and have never been published.Based in Basel, the foundation Ceramica-Stiftung has been de-voted to promoting research on ceramics since 1954. In 2009, Ceramica-Stiftung initiated the Ceramica CH project aimed at compiling a national inventory of publicly available collections of modern ceramics (1500–1950). Each volume of this series will be dedicated to one canton; the first volume features the ce-ramic collections of Neuchâtel. The second volume focuses on the ceramic collections of the Canton of Solothurn, cataloguing and analysing collections from Blumenstein Museum in Solo-thurn, the Olten Historical Museum, Thal Ceramics Museum and the Felchlin collection in Matzendorf, Alt-Falkenstein Castle and Wasseramt Museum in Halten.

Still available: Ceramica CHVolume 1: NeuchâtelISBN 978-3-7165-1776-5

Planned:Ceramica CHVolume 3: VaudRelease autumn 2015

CERAMICA CHVolume 2: Solothurn

Ceramica-Stiftung (ed.)CERAMICA CH Volume 2: SolothurnWith texts by Roland Blaettler, Peter Ducret and Rudolf Schnyder

German, approx. 400 pages, illustrated throughout,

23 × 27 cm, cloth binding with jacket


Subscription price until January 1, 2015:


ISBN 978-3-7165-1801-4

Release September 2014

Roland Blaettler, lic. phil., former conservator of the Musée Ariana, Swiss Museum

of Ceramics and Glass in Geneva, and member of the Foundation’s scientific ad-

visory board. He is now responsible for carrying out the Ceramica project (docu-

menting objects and compiling the database, photos, scientific research, elabora-

ting manuscripts).

Peter Ducret, Dr. phil., author of several publications on the subject of ceramics.

Rudolf Schnyder, Prof. Dr. phil., former conservator of the ceramics collections at

the Swiss National Museum and vice-president of Ceramica-Stiftung.

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• Arts in dialog with the Swiss author Robert Walser

• With essays by Elfriede Jelinek, Lukas Bärfuss and others

• With works by Thomas Hirschhorn, Markus Raetz,

Thomas Schütte, Rosemarie Trockel, Mark Wallinger and others

• Exhibition at the Aargauer Kunsthaus: May 10 to July 27, 2014

Robert Walser (1878–1956) is considered one of the most im-portant writers of the modern age. His extensive work and life as an outsider have not just fascinated readers and writers all over the world but have increasingly captured the imagination of visual artists. Recent works by Thomas Hirschhorn, Markus Raetz, Thomas Schütte, Rosemarie Trockel, Mark Wallinger and other artists demonstrate Walser’s inspiring force and the great variety of works it has given rise to.Robert Walser was heavily influenced by the art of his age, which reflects the same early 20th-century conflicts between the city and country and between tradition and modernism that are mov-ingly described in his texts.The exhibition at the Aargauer Kunsthaus and the accompanying catalogue bring together historical and contemporary pictorial worlds in a way that yields new perspectives on different aspects of Robert Walser and his work.

PAYING NO ATTENTION I NOTICE EVERYTHING

Robert Walser and the Visual Arts

Madeleine Schuppli, Thomas Schmutz, Aargauer Kunsthaus;Reto Sorg, Robert Walser-Zentrum (eds.)PAYING NO ATTENTION I NOTICE EVERYTHINGRobert Walser and the Visual ArtsGerman / English, 172 pages, 70 images,

21 × 27 cm, softcover with flaps

Euro (D) 38.–, (A) 39.10, CHF 48.–

ISBN 978-3-7165-1796-3

already available

Madeleine Schuppli, born 1965 in Zurich, studied art history at the Universities of

Geneva, Hamburg and Zurich and received her MAS in Cultural Management from

the University of Basel. 1996–2000: Curator at the Kunsthalle Basel. 2000–2007:

Director of the Kunstmuseum Thun. End of 2007 to the present: Director of the

Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau. She has edited numerous catalogues and monographs.

Thomas Schmutz, born 1968 in Biel. Studied art history, political science and

media studies in Bern, Basel and Chapel Hill (North Carolina, USA). From 2007 to

2009 was director of art and cultural education and communication at the Centre-

PasquArt and Museum Neuhaus, Biel; from 2009 to 2011 curator of the Museum

Neuhaus, Biel. Since 2011 deputy director and curator of the Aargauer Kunsthaus,

Aarau.

Reto Sorg, born 1960 in Bern. Studied German language and literature, history

and art history at the University of Bern and the Freie Universität Berlin. Instructor

of modern German literature at the University of Lausanne. Numerous publications

on literature and art of the modern period, also works as an adviser. Director of the

Robert Walser Center in Bern.

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Arthur Schneiter, Bildhauer, geboren 1951 in Frauenfeld, seit 1978 eigene

Werkstatt, zurzeit in Schönenberg an der Thur. Ab 1981 Forschung an und

Entwicklung von Klangsteinen, Skulpturen und Installationen. Interd-

isziplinäre Projekte mit Kunstschaffenden sowohl im literarischen als auch

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musikalischen Bereich. Auftragsarbeiten im öffentlichen Raum, Einzel- und

Gruppenausstellungen, musikalische Lesungen und Konzerte im In- und

Ausland.

• Diaries of the artist Marlies Pekarek from 1991 to the present day

• Individual life story encountering contemporary history, women’s

history and art history

• Collages filled with humour, depth and imagination

Marlies Pekarek’s new book features selected texts from her art diaries that she once began during her studies in Australia and has continued until today. It is based on Australian Woman’s Diaries, an annual calendar with diary sections for personal notes, stories about women in Australia and nostalgic illustra-tions and texts from historical guidebooks for women. Marlies Pekarek has reinterpreted this model and developed it in her own context. She not only includes current global events in her collages con-sisting of press photos and other findings, but general consid-erations as well, such as reflections on symbols of power, differ-ent religions and the position of women. From within the printed frame of the calendar, the artist develops expressive and playful-ly light-hearted illustrations and associative connections. Even if these diaries originally emerged as a kind of artistic by-product of her current work cycles, as independent works, they aptly illustrate key issues in Marlies Pekarek’s creative de-velopment.

TIME SHIFTS, PATTERNS STAY

THE SAME

Marlies PekarekTIME SHIFTS, PATTERNS STAY THE SAMEGerman/English, 160 pages, illustrated throughout,



ISBN 978-3-7165-1800-7


Marlies Pekarek, born 1957 in Bern, studied visual arts in Zurich and at Southern

Cross University in Lismore, Australia. The artist has lived and worked in St. Gallen

since 1996 and is both a freelance artist and teacher.

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Arthur Schneiter, born 1951 in Frauenfeld. Development of resonating stones,

sculptures and installations since 1981. Interdisciplinary projects in literary and mu-

sical genres. Solo and group exhibitions at home and abroad. Recipient of Swiss

Federal Grant of Fine Arts in 1991.

Guido Baselgia, born 1953 in Engadin. Educated at College of Fine Arts. As an author

of various reports, he has undertaken extensive travels and currently works as a

freelance photographer. 2006 winner of the Culture Award of Central Switzerland.

Gerd Gschwendtner, born 1949 in Upper Bavaria. Read Pedagogy, Philosophy

and Art History. Works as a teacher and freelance artist with a strong philosophical

approach to his recent work.

• Artist’s book by renowned sculptor and sound artist Arthur

Schneiter (sculptures and public works amongst others in Kassel,

St. Gallen, Vals, Kriens, Steckborn and Kreuzlingen)

• Intimate workshop portrait of an artist in a symbiosis with stone

material

• Exploring the possibilities of stone as a material, a resonator and

dialogue partner

This book takes us on a sensitive and intimate walk around sculptor Arthur Schneiter’s workshop in a photographic essay by Guido Baselgia. It is a laboratory where the artist has cast life in stone in a self-experiment, living in his work and between his stony trains of thought. In Arthur Schneiter’s sculptural realities, we encounter objects conceived by hand and ear. Sculptures show us apparently free, abstract forms. These works, however, are not conventional forms of art, but rather petrified dialogues between man and material; investigations into a material as a language, instrument, and surface. Gert Gschwendtner’s accompanying essay is a philosophical and associative reflection on various aspects of Schneiter’s work: sculptures, photography and drawings in the sign of the stone.

FACETTEN 15Arthur Schneiter | Leichter werden

Kulturstiftung des Kantons Thurgau (ed.)FACETTEN 15Arthur Schneiter | Leichter werdenWith photographs by Guido Baselgia and texts by Gert Gschwendtner

German, 40 pages, 17 black-white images,

16.5 × 24 cm, block with cover

Euro (D) 17.50, (A) 18.–, CHF 22.–

ISBN 978-3-7165-1797-0

already available

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• Kandinsky’s writings due for release as e-books in June

• Classics in a modern format

• Over 100 years old and still modern

WASSILY KANDINSKY

Art theory soon available as e-book

Wassily KandinskyPUNKT UND LINIE ZU FLÄCHEApparat und Kommentar zu den Abteilungen I und II der GedichteGerman, 212 pages, 128 images,

14.8 × 21 cm, softcover

Print: Euro (D) 17.50, (A) 18.–, CHF 22.–

ISBN 978-3-7165-0182-5

E-book: Euro (D) 12.90, (A) 13.30, CHF 14.90

ISBN 978-3-7165-1804-5

Wassily KandinskyÜBER DAS GEISTIGE IN DER KUNSTinsbesondere in der MalereiWith a foreword by Jelena Hahl-Fontaine and an

introduction by Max Bill

German, 176 pages with eight plates and

ten original woodcuts,

14.8 × 21 cm, softcover

Print: Euro (D) 17.50, (A) 18.–, CHF 22.–

ISBN 978-3-7165-1326-2

E-book: Euro (D) 12.90, (A) 13.30, CHF 14.90

ISBN 978-3-7165-1803-8

Wassily KandinskyESSAYS ÜBERKUNST UND KÜNSTLERGerman, 260 pages, 50 images,

14.8 × 21 cm, sofcover

Print: Euro (D) 17.50, (A) 18.–, CHF 22.–

ISBN 978-3-7165-0181-8

E-book: Euro (D) 12.90, (A) 13.30, CHF 14.90

ISBN 978-3-7165-1805-2

Karla Bilang (ed.)KANDINSKY, MÜNTER, WALDENBriefe und Schriften 1912–1914With a foreword by Jelena Hahl-Fontaine

German, 280 pages, 20 black-and-white images,

15 × 21 cm, softcover with fl aps

Print: Euro (D) 17.50, (A) 18.–, CHF 22.–

ISBN 978-3-7165-1724-6

E-book: Euro (D) 12.90, (A) 13.30, CHF 14.90

ISBN 978-3-7165-1806-9

Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944) published his essay Concerning the Spiritual in Art over 100 years ago, thus creating an art theory that is still signifi cant in 2014. His collected thoughts formed the foundation for the further development of abstract art. In 1926, he published Point and Line to Plane, which is an organic con-tinuation of Concerning the Spiritual in Art (1911). It emerged at the time as a compendium of Kandinsky’s Bauhaus concept, ex-ploring the possibilities of drawing beyond its descriptive func-tion. Alongside Concerning the Spiritual in Art and Point and Line to Plane, the collected edition Essays on Art and Artists contains Kandinsky’s other theoretical treatises. In his writings, Kandinsky formulates his groundbreaking theories on the rela-tions between concrete and abstract art. Correspondence be-tween the artist and Herwarth Walden, gallery owner and editor of Der Sturm, gives an insight into Kandinsky’s personality and understanding of art. Art historian Karla Bilang has collected and commented on his letters and writings in: Kandinsky, Münter, Walden – Briefe und Schriften 1912–1914.

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• The special relationship between father and son in pictures

• Photographic gift book for fathers and all those wishing to

become a father

• With a story by Wladimir Kaminer and an essay by

Guido Magnaguagno

The loving relationship between father and son is especially inti-mate and intense. Closeness, trust, pride and responsibility, joy and sorrow – these are some of the deepest emotions that both of them share with one another. This book unites moving mo-ments of togetherness captured by eminent photographers of our time, accompanied by a story written by Wladimir Kaminer and an essay by Guido Magnaguagno.

With photographs by René Burri, Robert Capa, Henri Cartier- Bresson, Jim Goldberg, Stefan Moses, and Gotthard Schuh and many others.

VÄTER UND SÖHNELiebesgeschichten in Bildern

[Fathers and SonsLove Stories in Pictures]

Peter Graf and Till Schaap (eds.) VÄTER UND SÖHNE LIEBESGESCHICHTEN IN BILDERNGerman, 88 pages, 62 images in Duotone,

20 × 25 cm, half-cloth binding

ISBN 978-3-7165-1558-7

New price from June 1, 2014

CHF 14.40 instead of CHF 35.–

Euro (D) 9.95 instead of Euro (D) 28.–

• Monograph of the artist Louis Moilliet, companion of Klee and Macke

• The colors of North Africa in watercolors between abstraction

and concreteness

• The Journey to Tunisia – Klee, Macke, Moilliet exhibition, on show

at Zentrum Paul Klee until 22 June 2014

Although one of most significant representatives of Modern-ism, Moilliet has remained comparatively unknown. His name is closely connected with his legendary journey to Tunisia together with Paul Klee and August Macke on the eve of the First World War. It turned out to be a stunning experience for all three art-ists. Moilliet, who already knew the country and travelled there several times afterwards, found in that distant land the light and inspiration that would finally make him a master of watercolors. This book presents a selection of his watercolors; paintings and drawings give additional insight into his entire creative career. Committed to the idea of distance, Moilliet remained a fervent traveller throughout his life. His works have since enriched and inspired the world of art. For the first time in many years, art lovers are now able to rediscover his fascinating oeuvre in this book.

Anna Schafroth (Ed.) LOUIS MOILLIET 1880–1962Blick in die Ferne (Looking in the Distance)German, 88 pages, 40 color and 20 black-and-white illustrations,

22 × 27.5 cm, softcover with flaps

ISBN 978-3-7165-1586-0

New price from June 1, 2014

CHF 25.– instead of CHF 38.–

Euro (D) 19.80 instead of (D) Euro 29.80

LOUIS MOILLIET1880–1962

Blick in die Ferne [ Looking in the Distance ]

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Luca ZanierPOWER BOOKWith texts by Bill Kouwenhoven

and André Küttel

German / English, 112 pages,

37 color images,

27 × 37 cm, hardcover with dust jacket

Euro (D) 54.–, (A) 55.50, CHF 68.–

ISBN 978-3-7165-1743-7

TIME IN FLUXFrom Basel to Rotterdam on a Container ShipWith images from Elke Fischer

and texts by Sabine Theil

German / English, 200 pages,

135 color images,

28 × 21.4 cm, half-cloth binding

Euro (D) 46.–, (A) 47.30, CHF 58.–

ISBN 978-3-7165-1768-0

Cornelia WilhelmSHOT BY BOTH SIDESA Glimpse of New York 1986With Texts by Cornelia Wilhelm,

Guido Magnaguagno and Reto Sorg

German / Englisch, 100 pages,

72 black-and-white images,

31 × 23 cm, hardcover with silver refl ective foil

Euro (D) 38.–, (A) 39.10, CHF 48.–

ISBN 978-3-7165-1788-8

Sergej ChilikovAUSGEWÄHLTE WERKE 1978–With texts by Dmitri Kijan and Vladimir Dudchenko

German, 192 pages,

155 color and 40 black-and-white images,

22 × 24.5 cm, hardcover with dust jacket

Euro (D) 54.–, (A) 55.50, CHF 68.–

ISBN 978-3-7165-1701-7

SWISS PRESS PHOTO 14German / French / English / Italian,

136 pages, 190 color Images,

23 × 29.7 cm, softcover

Euro (D) 20.–, (A) 20.60, CHF 25.–

ISBN 978-3-7165-1787-1

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Werner GadligerIM ATELIER UND UNTERWEGS:KÜNSTLERPORTRÄTSWith texts by Guido Magnaguagno,

Werner Gadliger, Manfred Papst, Ines Anselmi

and interviews with Nora Iuga, Manfred Papst

and Roman Signer

German, 160 pages,


21.5 × 26.5 cm, hardcover

Euro (D) 34.–, (A) 35.–, CHF 42.–

ISBN 978-3-7165-1779-6

Bertrand CottetKOSOVOWith texts from Bertrand Cottet,

Jean-Arnault Dérens and Ismail Kadare

German / French, 128 pages,

91 color images,


Euro (D) 29.80, (A) 30.60, CHF 38.–

ISBN 978-3-7165-1771-0

Ferit KuyasCHONGQINGCITY OF AMBITIONWith texts by Diana Edkins

and Bill Kouwenhoven

German, 112 pages,

67 color images,

30 × 24 cm, hardcover with dust jacket

Euro (D) 38.–, (A) 39.10, CHF 48.–

ISBN 978-3-7165-1605-8

Igor MukhinMEIN MOSKAUFOTOGRAFIEN 1985–2010With texts from Zakhar Prilepin

German, 196 pages,

205 images in Duotone,

21.5 × 28 cm, hardcover

Euro (D) 42.–, (A) 43.20, CHF 52.–

ISBN 978-3-7165-1722-2

Reporter ohne Grenzen Deutschland (ed.)FOTOS FÜR DIE PRESSEFREIHEIT 2014German, 104 pages, illustrated throughout,

21 × 28 cm, Swiss brochure

CHF 16.–

ISBN 978-3-7165-1786-4

Distribution in Switzerland only

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3 volumes

of Max Bill

Yves BonnefoyGIACOMETTIGerman, 576 pages, 584 images,

20 × 25,5 cm, hardcover

Euro (D) 46.–, (A) 47.30, CHF 58.–

ISBN 978-3-7165-1725-3

NIKI DE SAINT PHALLE ANDTHE TAROT GARDENWith texts by Jill Johnston and Marella

Caracciolo Chia; Photographys by Giulio

Pietromarchi

256 pages, 166 color and



Euro (D) 62.–, (A) 63.70, CHF 78.–

German Edition: ISBN 978-3-7165-1400-9

English Edition: ISBN 978-3-7165-1537-2

Italian Edition: ISBN 978-3-7165-1538-9

Valentin RoschacherVALENTIN ROSCHACHERDie Schweizer Alpen – Ölbilder 2000–2013German, 282 pages,

over 450 color illustrations,

28 × 32 cm, clothbound hardcover with dust jacket

Euro (D) 62.–, (A) 63.70, CHF 78.–

ISBN 978-3-7165-1772-7

Niki de Saint PhalleTHE TAROT GARDEN76 pages, 50 color images,

21.5 × 21.5 cm, softcover

Euro (D) 14.–, (A) 14.40, CHF 18.–



Italian Edition: ISBN 978-3-7165-1093-3

French Edition: ISBN 978-3-7165-1091-9

Paul-Klee-Stiftung and Kunstmuseum Bern (ed.) PAUL KLEECATALOGUE RAISONNÉ, VOLUMES 1–9German, approx. 600 pages per volume,

numerous color and black-and-white images,

27 × 32 cm, clothbound hardcover with dust jacket

ISBN 978-3-7165-1112-1

CHF 998.– instead of CHF 2700.–

Euro (D) 799.– instead of Euro (D) 2200.–

FUNKTION UND FUNKTIONALISMUS

SCHRIFTEN 1945–1988

German, 208 pages,

25 black-and-white images

14.8 × 21 cm, softcover with fl aps

MAX BILL AM BAUHAUS

German, 96 pages, 35 color and



BILL – BILL – BILL

With a text from Dorothea Strauss

German, 64 pages, 30 mostly color images,


Bill Package ISBN 978-3-7165-1793-2

CHF 49.80 instead of CHF 108.–

Euro (D) 39.80 instead of Euro (D) 85.10

Judit VilligerMADE AND MADE UPWith texts by Stefanie Hoch and

Zsuzsanna Gahse

German/English, 80 pages,

40 color illustrations,


Euro (D) 29.80, (A) 30.60, CHF 38.–

ISBN 978-3-7165-1782-6

Heinz Reinhart (ed.)EINE LANDSCHAFT ERZÄHLTBilder vom Bodensee aus der Sammlung Hans E. RutishauserWith texts by Stefan Keller, Felicitas Meile,

Barbara Stark

German, 140 pages, 147 color images,


Euro (D) 46.–, (A) 47.30, CHF 58.–

ISBN 978-3-7165-1778-9

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Gudrun Sachse (Ed.)WER WOHNT DA?With photographs by Heinz Unger

German, 176 pages,

about 160 color images,


Euro (D) 38.–, (A) 39.10, CHF 48.–

ISBN 978-3-7165-1736-9

Carla SchmidSEEMANNSGARNSPINNENGerman, 196 pages, 150 color images,

21.5 × 29.7 cm, clothbound with screenprint

Euro (D) 46.–, (A) 47.30, CHF 58.–

ISBN 978-3-7165-1730-7

Markus Riek, Jürg Goll, Georges Descœudres (Eds.)DIE ZEIT KARLS DES GROSSEN IN DER SCHWEIZWith texts by 28 authors

German, 328 pages, about 300 color images,

24.5 × 30 cm, clothbound hardcover with dust jacket

Euro (D) 62.–, (A) 63.70, CHF 78.–

ISBN 978-3-7165-1781-9

2nd edition

René GauchICONIC POSTERS – POSTER ICONSGerman / English / Italian, 192 pages,

about 100 color images,


Euro (D) 46.–, (A) 47.30, CHF 58.–

ISBN 978-3-7165-1752-9

Mareile Flitsch and Ethnographic Museum at the University of Zurich (ed.)DRINKING SKILLS AND ICONIC DRINKS288 pages, approx. 160 color images,

22 × 27.5 cm, hardcover




CHARLEMAGNE 2014

Important exhibitions commemorating the 1200th anniversary of the

death of Emperor Charlemagne

Accompanied by great media interest:

• Aachen

Charlemagne. Power, Art, Treasures (20 June–21 September)

• Ingelheim

Dem Kaiser auf der Spur – 1200 Jahre Karl der Große/Following the

Emperor – 1200th Anniversary of Charlemagne (3 April–14 December)

• Lauresham

Opening of the open-air museum at Lauresham, 14 September 2014.

This Carolingian hamlet, which was erected according to historical principles,

is a research centre as well.

• Messkirch

Campus Galli: An early medieval cloister complex is built according to the plan of

the world-famous St. Gall Abbey.

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Picture on the cover: © Joël Tettamanti, from: Joël Tettamanti. Works 2001–2019, ISBN 978-3-7165-1807-6.

Image on page 3: © Kantonsbibliothek Vadiana, St. Gallen: Oscar Rietmann, Kreuzegg, 1922, from: Fotoarchive der Schweiz. Nordostschweiz, ISBN 978-3-7165-1802-1.

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