Volume 28 John Anthony Thwaites Das erste Opfer ist Yves Klein Späte Kunsttexte des Engländers in Deutschland - aus den 1960er Jahren Yves Klein is the first victim Late critical texts from the Englishman in Germany - from the Sixties with a postcript by Beate Eickhoff edited by Walter Vitt for AICA Germany and published by Steinmeier Cologne/Deiningen 2018 ISBN 978-3-943599-70-1 With occasionally very snappy British humor John Anthony Thwaites wrote his German reviews primarily for a broad audience. He wanted to educate them in recognizing creative art. Thwaites' comments are not free from self-contradictions, yet he was obviously read just because of his critical ratings, his humor and certainly also because of his polemical style.
Volume 27 Barbara Hess Die Anfänge der documenta - eine „Frage der Schaufenster“? Mit einem Nachwort von Walter Vitt The beginnings of documenta - a matter of showcase? with a postscript by Walter Vitt an edition of AICA Germany published by Steinmeier Cologne/Deiningen 2017 ISBN 978-3-943599-62-6 For the second time, the publication series (Schriften-Reihe) is addressing the topic of “documenta”. Ten years ago Dirk Schwarze wrote a contribution entitled “Expansion of the documenta critique”. The current volume focuses on the beginning of this extensive exhibition in Kassel out of which emerged the Cologne contemporary art fair in 1967. The art fair itself was responsible for a wave of newly-founded art galleries. As a result of this development many other modern art fairs were launched worldwide. In this new edition, Barbara Hess, who has written her dissertation on this subject, deals with the early documenta exhibitions and their proximity to the market.
Volume 26 Lothar Romain Kunsttexte aus den 1970er Jahren Romains Beiträge aus dem Kulturteil des sozialdemokratischen „Vorwärts“ Mit einem Nachwort von Walter Vitt Art Essays from the 70ties Romain's essays from the cultural section of the social democratic newspaper "Vorwärts" With a postscript by Walter Vitt Köln/Deiningen 2017 ISBN 978-3-943599-57-2 Before his career as an academic professor in Munich and finally as president of the Berlin University of Arts, Lothar Romain (1944-2005) has been an art critic in radio stations (Südwestfunk, Westdeutscher Rundfunk) and press („Vorwärts“). His articles, written at the end of the 1970s, are reflections on the further development of the awakening of fine arts in the final stage of the 60s. During this time, part of the official DDR-art found its lead off in Western Germany, especially with the documenta 6 (1977). His writing style is factual, informative, argumentative. He avoids the use of adulation in media, mailing and events of the art event manager.
Volume 25 Andreas Hüneke Fund Gurlitt - Fall Kunstkritik Der Nazi-Schatz - Analyse einer Berichterstattung Fund Gurlitt - Case of art critic The Nazi Tresure - Analysis of reporting Cologne/Deiningen 2015 ISBN 978-3-943599-42-8 The spectacular discovery of modern art in the house of Cornelius Gurlitt in Munich and the partly helpless response at the beginning, respectively the later overreaction in parts of communication media – that is the subject of Andreas Hüneke’s essay. This is the third volume, for which our „art critic library“ has to say thank you to the Potsdam aica-member. The author himself finally said: In many cases was the early Gurlitt reporting nor balanced neither objective.
Volume 24 Leo Lecci Marcel Duchamp: widersprüchlich & widersprochen Vom vergeblichen Versuch, die Kunst scheitern zu lassen - über den Tod hinaus Marcel Duchamp: contradictory and controvert About the vain attempt to let art collapse - beyond death Cologne/Deiningen 2014 ISBN 978-3-943599-30-5 The Genoese art historian Leo Lecci is primarily engaged in the early reception of Duchamp’s art. His essay was written on behalf of the publisher of the “Schriften zur Kunstkritik” (Writings on Art Criticism); the original Italian version has not yet been published. The profound impact of Duchamp’s ready-mades on the development of art in the 20th century has clearly been demonstrated. Duchamp himself has expressed “regret” in a subtle manner with the remark that his attempt failed to put an end to art once and for all.
Volume 23 Paola Valenti Nah und fern Valori Plastici, Magischer Realismus und Neue Sachlichkeit im Licht der Kunstkritik Near and far Valori Plastici, Magischer Realismus,and Neue Sachlichkeit in the light of critic Cologne/Deiningen 2013 ISBN 978-3-943599-18-3 After her essay "Klee Conquers Italy" (volume 19 of the edition) the Genoese author explains the correlations between the Italian pittura metafisica and the German Magischer Realismus. Centre of her statement is the Roman art magazine "Valori Plastici", be published from 1918 to 1922 with 15 editions.
Volume 22 Marie Luise Syring Im Irrgarten der Kunstkritik Eine französische Debatte in den 1990er Jahren In the maze of art criticism A French debate in the nineties Cologne / Deiningen 2012; ISBN 978-3-943599-06-0 In the nineties in France an extensive and heated discourse over contemporary art occurred. The authoress of this volume speaks of a „sort of balancing of accounts". Art market and art criticism, museums and collectors - according to the critics - had to an extent ennobled the decent of art into triviality.
Volume 21 Volker Wahl Bauhaus - frühe Kritik Mit vier Kritiken vom April 1919 Bauhaus - early critic With four critics of April 1919 Cologne/Deiningen 2011 ISBN 978-3-939777-89-2 This volume documents the four early (1919) comments on Walter Gropius' Bauhaus conception. The articles written by Adolf Behne, Paul Klopfer, Max Osborn und Walter Müller-Wulckow are not present in Hans M. Wingler's comprehensive Bauhaus book edited in 1962. They represent models of an affirmative art critic.
Volume 20 Walter Vitt Dexel als Kunstkritiker Mit 4 Text-Beispielen des Malers Dexel as art critic With 4 essays by the artist Cologne/Deiningen 2010 ISBN 978-3-939777-72-4 In his manifold creative work during the period from 1912 - 1933 Dexel was not only concerned with paintings, typographical advertising, luminous traffic signs and curating exhibitions, but also with art critic.
Volume 19 Paola Valenti Klee erobert Italien Italiens Kunstkritik über den Bilder-Zauberer Klee Conquers Italy Italy's Art Criticism of the Image Wizard Cologne/Deiningen 2009 ISBN 978-3-939777-49-6 The independent character of Klee's art remained largely lost to Italian art criticism of the 1920s and 1930s. Only after 1945, in war-torn Europe, was it finally recognized as an "alternative world which one can cling to" (Valenti).
Volume 18 Klaus Honnef Kunstkritik heute. Texte zwischen Wertung und Werbung Art Criticism Today. Words between Assessment and Advertising Köln/Deiningen 2008 ISBN 978-3-939777-39-7 After „Wege der Kunstkritik" (Volume 8 / 1999), the author now deals with the current "condition" of the practice of art criticism. He comes to the conclusion that private collectors have taken over as the art world's opinion leaders, a position once held by art criticism. Art criticism is only used by its proponents.
Volume 17 Walter Vitt / Christoph Zuschlag (Hg.) Der Fall Arno Breker Ein Kritiker-Disput zur Schweriner Ausstellung 2006 The Case of Arno Breker A Critics' Dispute about the 2006 Schwerin Exhibition Cologne/Nördlingen 2007 ISBN-10: 3-939777-20-X ; ISBN-13: 978-3-939777-20-S This volume documents the discussion at AICA's annual meeting in Cologne marking the beginning of Art Cologne 2006. As the person responsible for the Breker exhibition in Schwerin, Rudolf Conrades defends his project. Among the critics, the attitude is predominantly dismissive, to the point of theorizing that art history could do without the "Führer's" favorite sculptor.
Volume 16 Dirk Schwarze Die Expansion der documenta-Kritik Eine Ausstellung im Spiegel der Presse The expansion of documenta criticism An exhibition in the light of the media Köln/Nördlingen 2006 ISBN-10: 3-939777-05-6; ISBN-13: 978-3-939777-05-2 During the half century of its existence, the "documenta" in Kassel has evolved from an art exhibition into a playing field for curators. The approach adopted by art critics has changed accordingly, now increasingly "taking on" the curators: critically, polemically, and even coarsely on occasion.
Volume 15 Isgard Kracht Franz Marc – „entartet“, aber deutsch Kunstberichte unterm Hakenkreuz II Franz Marc - "Degenerate," but German. Art Reportages Under the Swastika II Nördlingen 2005 ISBN 3-936363-32-3 The second essay, after Hüneke's "The Case of Robert Scholz" (volume 11 of the edition), which deals with art reporting during the Hitler regime. The author documents the long years of indecision regarding the question as to if Marc in fact created "degenerate" images, or was a "German" artist.
Volume 14 Wieland Schmied Das Rätsel de Chirico - Zerstörte Legenden, korrigierte Daten, gefälschte Bilder The Mystery of de Chirico - Destroyed Legends, korrected Data, forged Pictures Köln/Nördlingen 2004 ISBN 3-936363-23-4 All his life, the painter Giorgio de Chirico wove himself into legends and mystifications. He also believed in them. Wieland Schmied pursues many of these legends and attempts, successfully, to solve the mystery of de Chirico.
Volume13 Walter Vitt Palermo starb auf Kurumba Wider die Schlampigkeiten in Kunstpublikationen Palermo died on Kurumba. Against the carelessness in art publications Köln/Nördlingen 2003 ISBN 3-936363-10-2 The author laments the numerous biographical and technical mistakes found in artists’ lexica and catalogs which, via uncritical reproduction, mutate into "truths" due to the frequency of their appearances. Vitt no longer trusts the reliability of lexicographic work in the field of the arts.
Volume 12 Stefan Koldehoff Meier-Graefes van Gogh Wie Fiktionen zu Fakten werden How fictions become facts Cologne/Nördlingen 2002 ISBN 3-936363-05-6 To this day, many of the legends about Van Gogh which were "invented" by his first biographer, Julius Meier-Graefe, have managed to hold on in the literature about art. The author and editor plead for a critical approach to previous art texts.
Volume 11 Andreas Hüneke Der Fall Robert Scholz Kunstberichte unterm Hakenkreuz The Case of Robert Scholz Art Criticism under the Swastika Cologne 2001 ISBN 3-9805962-9-X Robert Scholz was art critic for the »Völkischer Beobachter« during the Hitler regime, head of the Headquarters for Fine Art under the race-ideologist Rosenberg, and museum director in Halle. For him, it was clearly about »having a share in the power«, according to Andreas Hüneke. His texts about art followed the Nazi ideology - even after 1945.
Volume 10 Wilfried Dörstel Fabris kunstkritische Maximen Der Wiedereintritt von Albrecht Fabris Kritik-Theorie Fabris' art critical maxims The reentry of Albrecht Fabris theory of critique Cologne 2000 ISBN 3-9805962-7-3 Albrecht Fabri sees art criticism as a complement to artwork. The critic is productive based on others' productivity, as long as others' productivity has left something open.
Volume 9 Stefan Römer Fake als Original Ein Problem für die Kunstkritik Fake as Original A problem for art criticism Cologne 1999 ISBN 3-9805962-6-5 The author deals with art criticism's far-reaching helplessness with regard to Appropriation Art, an art that - as with Sherrie Levine - openly appropriates existing art.
Volume 8 Klaus Honnef Wege der Kunstkritik Texte zwischen Theorie und Künstlerlob Means of art criticism Texts between theory and the praise oif artists Cologne 1999 ISBN 3-9805962-5-7 Honnef rounds up his history of art criticism with the suggestion: criticism should not only deal with art-art but must also do this with visual culture in general.
Volume 7 Hanno Reuther Himmel & Hölle: Beuys Vier kritische Umrundungen 1977 bis 1987 Heaven and Hell: Beuys Four ciritical discussions from 1977 to 1987 Cologne 1998 ISBN 3-9805962-4-9 In this volume with texts on Beuys spanning over a decade, it is not an artist's development which is depicted but rather that of a critic and his changing argumentative positions.
Volume 6 Andreas Hüneke / Carl Linfert "Entartete Kunst" Kommentar 1989/1996 zum Kommentar 1937 Degenerate Art Annotation 1989/1996 to the comment of 1937 Cologne 1997 ISBN 3-9802827-9-1 In Linfert's text from 1937 Hüneke recognizes his own camouflaged writings from the GDR era and frees the famous critic colleague from the fellow traveler's odium during the NS period.
Volume 5 Heinrich Hahne Sprache und Kunstkritik Mit Denkversuchen von Kurt Leonhard Language and Art Criticism With deductive reasonings by Kurt Leonhard Cologne 1997 ISBN 3-9802827-7-5 Hahne expects art critics to be capable of not verbally missing the subject. The correspondence of word and work structure is called for.
Volume 4 Sabine Schütz Der "Lackmus-Test" Zur Kunstkritik am Beispiel Kiefer The "Lackmus-Test" About art criticism using Kiefer as example Cologne 1996 ISBN 3-9802827-4-0 Art criticism's overreaction is the striking characteristic of reception when it comes to Anselm Kiefer. Sabine Schütz investigates this polarity, taking international criticism into consideration as well.
Volume 3 Günter Feist Option Gegenwehr Korrektive zur Kunstpolitik in der DDR Option Resistance Correctives to the Art Polixy of the GDR Cologne 1995 ISBN 3-9802827-3-2 Feist's lecture deals with events that accompanied the second banning of the Avantgarde in Germany and depicts how politics in the GDR handled the creators of these »disruptive images«.
Volume 2 Eduard Beaucamp Ästhetische Bußpredigten Mit Antworten von L. Gerdes, J.-C. Ammann und W. Schmalenbach Penitential Sermons Answers by L. Gerdes, J.-C. Ammann und W. Schmalenbach Cologne 1994 ISBN 3-9802827-2-4 Eduard Beaucamp supports the thesis that the Modern is dead and fundamental, radical changes in the visual arts are not to be expected.
Volume 1 Alexander Jakimovic / Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen Zentrum und Peripherie Center and Peripherie Cologne 1993 ISBN 3-9802827-0-8 Two lectures on the loss of central values, held at the Vienna AICA Art Critics Congress in 1992
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