Box Catalogues of the Städtisches Museum Mönchengladbach, the

In 1967, Johannes Cladders, director of the Städtische Museum Mönchengladbach, and artist Joseph Beuys developed a new kind of museum catalogue, that would be presented as a self-contained box – a miniature continuation of the exhibition it described. This title presents all 35 "catalogue-boxes", with work by Carl Andre, George Brecht, Marcel Broodthaers, Hanne Darboven, Robert Filliou, Jasper Johns, Richard Long, Piero Manzoni, Panamarenko, Gerhard Richter and Lawrence Weiner.Cladders worked with a number of artists to create unique catalogue-boxes, for each of their exhibitions, up until 1978; they are now legendary collectible objects. From Jasper Johns’ elegant cardboard catalogue, which contained a plastic rose alongside three paper scrolls, to Piero Manzoni’s clear plastic box, the kassettenkataloge embody each artist’s respective style as well as the participatory artistic approach that defined that era.
ISBN 9783960989066. Walther Koenig. hb. 392 pages. 300 colour ills. 22 x 28 cm.
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