KORI NEWKIRK

1997–2007

Celebrated multimedia artist Kori Newkirk achieved notoriety by artfully transfiguring pedestrian objects from African-American culture – like beads, basketballs and hair picks – into symbols through which viewers are led to experience and interact with black beauty and life. The first major publication of Newkirk’s compelling work, this softcover exhibition catalog features illustrations and full-color photographs that chart Newkirk’s creative development from 1997 to 2007, as well as a detailed biography, an exhibition history, essays, and a Q+A with the artist himself. Newkirk’s work has refashioned cultural models for himself and his viewers for more than a decade, and there’s not a page of this volume that doesn’t captivate.

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Albert Oehlen

German artist Albert Oehlen is closely associated with the Cologne art scene and Neue Wilde movement. This catalogue, which was published for his second solo exhibition, is a large fold-out poster designed by the artist that contains ten loose, unbound images of works that were on display, as well as the text of a conversation between Oehlen and British artist Nigel Cooke. “If you want to read [the paintings] it doesn’t say anything,” explains Oehlen. “It’s slow and yet there are elements that you recognize. They transmit a feeling, a critical feeling.” A perfect find for a collector of artists’ books.

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