The concept of this exhibition catalog places spotlights on the four major urban centers of Pop Art in Germany: Düsseldorf, Berlin, Munich and Frankfurt am Main. German Pop brings together around 150 artworks and documentary material by 34 artists, including both established and–often unjustly–forgotten practitioners of German Pop Art. In the underlying 2014/2015 exhibition, some surprising works were on display, many of which have never been publicly accessible before. German Pop sees itself as an archaeology of the 1960s to early 1970s. The paintings, objects and sculptures, films, collages and graphics assembled in this volume provide a convincing survey of German Pop Art. Pop is portrayed as an attitude to life that picks up on a subversive change in society at the time, which is still noticeable today in everyday life, but also in art. The works come from private estates and collections, but also from well-known German art institutions of international renown.
Edited by Martina Weinhart and Max Hollein. Foreword by Max Hollein, introduction by Martina Weinhart, essays by Selima Niggl, Dietmar Rübel, interviews with Thomas Bayrle and René Block. German-English edition, 248 pages, approx. 160 illustrations, 31.5 x 31.5 cm (approx. 12.5 x 12.5 inches), hardcover; Moiré design (Marc Kappeler, Dominik Huber, Ruth Amstutz, Zurich); Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne 2014, ISBN 978-3-86335-648-4. Our copy has a minimal production flaw on the bottom back edge, minimal marks on the glued-on outer paper layers of the cover, as shown in the pictures.
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