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SLAVS AND TATARS
Kidnapping Mountains
Slavs and Tatars is a multi-artists’ collective which is fascinated by the area east of the former Berlin Wall and west of the Great Wall of China. Through their often-playful art they delve into the riches of this cultural crossroads, the romantic sphere of influence between Slavs, Caucasians, and Central Asians. Here they plunge into the fables and myths of the mountainous Caucasus region: the first part addresses the complexity of languages and identities on the fault line of Eurasia, and the second part, slyly titled Steppe by Steppe, explores the region’s seemingly reactionary approaches to romance. Whether they’re looking at art, fashion, lifestyle or science, Slavs & Tatars bring a new point of view to the table.
96 pp / 16 b&w and 80 color
ISBN: 978-1-906012-19-9
Retail Price: $32.00
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Sowing and Weeding
Folk Culture in Contemporary Art
Over 20 young artists approach this tricky topic – sowing and weeding, and the transformation of specific folk cultures within contemporary art – from a host of different angles, coming up with a wealth of thought-provoking and entertaining works of art. Based on a German-U.S. exhibition, this lavishly illustrated catalog is focused on the construct of an “old” folk culture, in the final throes of dissolution, and how it can still become part of the creative process, in positive or negative ways. Just as Kandinsky, Jorn and Beuys idealised folk culture in the romantic tradition as the vehicle of a primordial energy, so this group of artists insists that “the more the ruination of the world proceeds, the better the everyday world of the peasant lends itself to a regressive idealization.”
7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches / 124 pp / 120 color
ISBN: 978-3-940953-13-1
Retail Price: $55.00