• Celebrates the Museum Morsbroich's exhibitions on concept art - one current and one in the sixties - which were the first widely-attended shows of their time• Accompanies the contemporary More Konzeption Conception Now exhibition• Of interest to students of modern art, concept art, and art criticismIn 1969 the Museum Morsbroich hosted an exhibition that became known as the singular pioneering platform for concept art. It allowed this radical new form of art to be featured in a German museum for the first time, on the instigation of the Dusseldorf gallery owner Konrad Fischer. Fischer invited to Leverkusen about 40 artists who boasted an unconventional view of 'finished' work. They saw the final product not as the result of an ever-evolving creative process, but instead placed the initial idea, the sketch - in short, the concept - in the foreground.Allowing these artists to reflect on their own work was a major breakthrough in the world of art criticism, encouraging critics to view concept art as a respectable medium. Today, the 1969 Konzeption Conception exhibition retains its legendary status as the first major collective showing of art in this genre. More than 45 years later, the Museum Morsbroich decided to refresh the world's understanding of concept art, and organised a second exhibition. More Konzeption Conception Now, like the exhibition it is based off of, showcases 20 contemporary artists who, in the context of intervention, performance, and critique, cast a contemporary eye on methodological strategies comparable to the conceptual art of the 1960s.The voluminous publication consists of two volumes in a slipcase: a facsimile of the 1969 catalogue makes an important yet out-of-print title accessible again; a second volume introduces the artists of the current exhibition, including Maria Anwander, Charbel-Joseph H. Boutros, Michal Budny, Matt Calderwood, Sara Christensen, Natalie Czech, Willem de Rooij, Elmgreen &amp; Dragset, Christian Falsnaes, Henning Fehr/Philipp R¸hr, Ceal Floyer, David Horvitz, Bethan Huws, Sven Jíohne, Annette Kelm, Jonathan Monk, Slavs and Tatars, J¸rgen Staack, Fiete Stolte, Studio for Propositional Cinema, Jan Timme, Adam Vackar and Jorinde Voigt.Text in English and German.

More Konzeption Conception Now

Arts & Photography

Heinzelmann, Markus

Kreuzeroa, Stefanie

History & Criticism

Verlag Kettler

* First-ever comprehensive monograph on Albert Weis's oeuvre* Richly illustrated and with extensive information on his worksSince the late 1990s, Albert Weis's art has gained widespread public attention. His installations with their references to architecture, as well as his sculptural and photographic works, analyse the complex nature of urban spaces and examine how people interact with them. In addition to Weis's visual exploration of existing urban spaces with his camera, he also investigates the utopian and dystopian qualities of modern architecture - above all by means of physical interventions. He is particularly intrigued by surfaces as the level where internal and external, inside and outside, private and public are both separated and bridged. Using mirrors, aluminum plates, screentone sheets, coloured foil, perforated plates, and neon tubes, the artist creates intricate structures. These works duplicate, enhance, and even optically negate surfaces through folds, reflections, and mirror images. Weis's installations consistently raise the question of how architecture and design guide, limit, or liberate people's everyday lives. What functions do the buildings that surround us serve? How do roads and walkways allow us to negotiate our urban landscape? How does architecture influence our movements? This book is the first-ever comprehensive monograph on Albert Weis. Containing numerous essays, in-depth information on individual works, and a wealth of images, it provides unique insights into the rich and diverse oeuvre of the artist. Text in English and German.

Albert Weis: Changes

Individual Artists

Maison de Plaisance is a collaboration between German artists Rosemarie Trockel (born 1952) and Paloma Varga Weisz (born 1966), who have created an installation at the Museum Morsbroich, near Cologne. Designed by the artists, this volume reproduces 100 drawings, installations and pottery pieces, about a third of which were created for the exhibition.

Rosemarie Trockel & Paloma Varga Weisz: Maison de Plaisance

Kreuzer, Stefanie

Moderne Kunst Nürnberg

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