DAAB Journal 2/2015 English Issue by DAAB

no. 2/2015 Journal of the Cologne Art and Culture House

IvĂĄn Navarro, Traffic // International Light Art Award 2015 ÂŠ Frank Vinken and Centre for International Light Art Unna

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c o n te n t 03 Editorial

12 STUDIO The Studio is the World is the Studio

04 Ingenious Encounters World Tour to Nobel Laureates

14 Swiss Sensibility The Culture of Architecture in Switzerland

06 Global Corporate Collections

16 Holz Hollywood 30 Years of Portraits

08 Paola Navone

18 Madonna Nudes ll

22 Almost Nothing 100 Artists comment on the work of Mies van der Rohe 24 Encyclopaedia of Clothing Culture

26 Daab Salon

28 Cologne Fashion Days

30 The QVEST Hotel

10 OFF/ON The Story of Light Art

20 Été. Toujours. Summer. Forever. Mirage Anthology 31 Backlist

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e d i t o ria l Numerous encounters with very special people have contributed to the fruitful development of our publishing house. With our first literary non-fiction book – Ingenious Encounters – World Tour to Nobel Laureates – we have expanded our program to include a genre that will surely open new perspectives, both for ourselves and our readers. Ingenious Encounters clearly demonstrates that the greatest achievements in our society have been brought about by people who believe firmly in something and follow their paths unswervingly. With our program for 2015, we also strive to do the same: We continue to come up with new and exciting ideas and implement these with great passion. It is this very special dynamism, which helps us bring people together and develop new projects. One of these is the new Daab Salon – a place where those who are interested in art and culture can come together and exchange ideas. The concept was greeted with great enthusiasm and, after three successful exhibitions, the Daab Salon has already established itself as one of the hotspots of the Cologne art scene. We also initiated a new fashion fair – the Cologne Fashion Days – which also serves as a platform for the direct and immediate ex change between young designers and their customers. In November 2015, we plan to make Cologne yet again the focus of the world of fashion with the second edition of the CFD – with even more exhibi tors and a more extensive program of events. We strive to bring the contents of our books to life and invite our readers, friends and partners to actively participate in this. Why not join us ?

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DAAB // Ingenious Encounters

i n g enio u s enc o u nt e r s W o r l d To u r t o N o b e l L a u r e a t e s by Peter Badge and Sandra Zarrinbal

„In this one-of-a-kind collection, Peter Badge shows us the wonderful gifts that make Nobel Laureates unique – and how they help us connect our interesting differences to our c o m m o n h u m a n i t y. “ Bill Clinton, former US - President

Portraits of Nobel Laureates

Authors Peter Badge and Dr. Sandra Zarrinbal © Volker Essler

More information about » Ingenious Encounters « www.ingeniousencounters.com

– Since 2000, the German photographer Peter Badge has been travelling around the world for this exciting project. More than 400 encounters to date have provided him with incomparable insights in to the world of those who, as Alfred Nobel wrote in his last will and testament, “have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind”. This book is much more than the mere documentation of a long- term photo project. Ingenious Encounters reflects upon personalities, achievements and the lives of laureates from a very unique and special perspective – unusual and fascinating. Peter Badge’s impressive tales of his experiences have been written down by Sandra Zarrinbal in one captivating genre - crossing volume: as authentic as a diary, as informative as a work of popular science, as thrilling as the documentation of an adventure, as touching as a coming of-age novel, as amusing as a celebrity biography and as poetic as Alfred Nobel himself preferred to approach the world.

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Excerpt from the chapter J O U R N E Y I N T O T H E PA S T E p i s o d e : “ R o t b l a t ’s p a r a d i s e ” Professor Rotblat ...?” I whisper tentatively into the paper mountain, seriously fearing that the breath from my words

could bring it crashing down. […] I’m standing in a room stacked high with piles of papers, notebooks, and books, which must amount to millions of pages. I hesitate to take another step in case I unleash a worst -case scenario of paper. Joseph Rotblat, on the other hand, is always one crucial step ahead of other people. Firstly the one he took out of Los Alamos, the laboratories of the Manhattan Project. He sees the role of the scientist in the nuclear armaments race in the same way as Lord Zuckerman, scientific adviser to the British government during World War II: “When it comes to nuclear weapons [...] it is the man in the laboratory who at the start proposes that for this or that arcane reason it would be useful to improve an old or to devise a new nuclear warhead. It is he, the technician, not the commander in the field, who is at the heart of the arms race.” Joseph Rotblat quits the atomic bomb project in 1944 before the job is finished. He is co - signatory of the Russell-Einstein Manifesto and co -founds with Bertrand Russell its continuation in the form of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs. He shares the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995 with this organization. Because he took one step further than everyone else:

The Manhattan Project Dropout never saw the problem as ensuring that things did not fall into the » wrong hands « . The atomic bomb should not be allowed in anyone’s hands—this realization comes to him not after the event like other scientists, but before its completion. […] This nuclear physicist has written hundreds of appeals, pamphlets, and reports in his campaign for the complete abolition of nuclear weapons. The question of whether he has kept them all is answered by the appearance of his study. “Professor Rotblat ?” – I try it a bit louder this time, clearing my throat slightly in the process. Did that sheet of paper at the back twitch then ? […] I am on the point of a third appeal to the professor when a shock of white hair appears. There is something comical about our mutual » revelation« , and we both burst out laughing when we realize it, even before shaking hands. The amusement continues when it takes a couple of attempts to carefully maneuver our hands through the piles of paper to greet each other. The »paper trader« is familiar with the standard question when someone sees this room for the first time, and gets his answer in before I have a chance to ask: “Yes, I know exactly where and what everything is when I need it.” […] Professor Rotblat does not offer me a seat, because there are none, apart from his own office chair. A whole set of chairs may well be lurking under one of the book mountains in this room, but I will never know. So what now ? Small talk about the atomic bomb? I am astonished at how casually this professor talks about things that are very hard to swallow, and even has the occasional mischievous grin. I’m absolute ly fine with that. It seems a bit like a lecture when someone is at pains to emphasize the gravity of an issue by using very solemn words, as if the person he is talking to cannot grasp it otherwise. The weight of the matter is beyond dispute, and the facts are certain ly powerful enough. This highly gifted physicist is in fact the only top scientist to leave the US atomic bomb project before the wayward child is born […]. Like the others, he was recruited to help build an atomic bomb against Hitler. When it becomes clear that Hitler is losing both the atomic bomb race and the world war, Rotblat does not see the point of seeing the destructive enterprise to its perverse conclusion. […] They build the atomic bomb without him, and he becomes a commit ted opponent of the nuclear arms race and advocates the abolition of all nuclear weapons. As he observes in his Nobel Prize speech, you can’t reverse -engineer it ! […] According to Rotblat, the fact that it has not yet come to nuclear war — at the time of the Cuban missile crisis, for example — is sheer luck. And the physicist knows that relying on luck is not a good strategy. Abolishing war would be better. He tirelessly explains to people who regard the destruction of all nuclear Joseph Rotblat—“Paper trader” and the man weapons as utopian that it is only an interim position as far as he is who quit the Manhattan Project concerned: Firstly we have to get rid of nuclear weapons, then war itself. […] Rotblat, however, refutes the objection that there has always been war: “Well, people have always changed what has always been there. Including the things they initially thought impossible...!” Then he smiles like a rascal with a watertight alibi.

Ingenious Encounters Authors: Peter Badge, Sandra Zarrinbal Design: Meiré und Meiré Text in English 14 x 21 cm/8.2 x 5.5 in, 576 pages Hardcover with dust jacket ISBN: 978 - 3 - 942597 - 30 - 2 € 29.95 | $ 39.95 | £ 24.95

DAAB // Global Corporate Collections

Collaboration with Deutsche Standards Editionen

G l o ba l c o rpo r ate collections

LARS Ø. RAMBERG Caring, 2014 Neon tubes and electrical wiring over aluminum chassis ø 400 cm Statoil ASA, Stavanger, Norway

Many companies have art collections that, in terms of both significance and scale, are clearly on par with museum collections. Some corporate art collections find their roots in the collecting activity of the entrepreneurs themselves or their families, whereas others were founded on the passion for art of the respective senior managers or boards of directors. Behind most corporate art collections, however, is a curatorial team, which looks after the collection, develops it further and presents it both within the company itself as well as externally. And although the larger corporate collections have clearly become an integral component of the respective corporate culture, those in charge of the collections continue to be under pressure to justify, both internally and externally, why they are so committed to the art. That and how art collections can be a positive component of corporate culture – and this far beyond national borders – and in which culturally and economically significant context a company with an art collection can find itself, will be impressively demonstrated in the book Global Corporate Collections. The exquisitely produced and bound volume Global Corporate Collections presents approx. 80 of the world’s largest and most important corporate art collections, as well as private collections with connec tions to the respective companies, and provides for the first time ever a broad survey of corporate collections across the globe.

CHARLOTTE POSENENSKE 8 reliefs from the series C, 1967 Sheet aluminium, yellow, on edge 120 × 40 × 40 cm each Daimler AG, Stuttgart/Berlin, Germany

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PIPILOTTI RIST The Shimmering Solution – The Tender Pixel Storm, 2011 Installation with printed backlit screens, RGB LED displays and control system, Fornebu/Norway 1,200 sqm Statoil ASA, Stavanger, Norway

ANNE-KARIN FURUNES Outdoor site-specific artwork at the Statoil- operated Grane oil platform, North Sea Perforated aluminum 320 × 350 cm Statoil ASA, Stavanger, Norway

Global Corporate Collections Editors: Friedrich Conzen, Olaf Salié and Max Hollein Authors: Gérard A. Goodrow and Marcel Krenz Design: Meiré und Meiré Text in English 24 x 29 cm, 9.5 x 11.5 in ca. 420 pages Hardcover with dust jacket ISBN: 978 - 3 - 942597- 39 - 5 € 78 | $ 98 | £ 65

DAAB // Paola Navone

pa o l a n avo n e

IS...

...ARCHITECT who graduated at the Polytechnic of Turin

...DESIGNER with: the objects of Mondo and Driade; the sofas for Poliform; the beds for Orizzonti; the first collection of Armani Home; and the Arcade vases and the lamps for Oltrefrontiera; the Casamilano armchairs; the collection for Roche Bobois; the Egizia table collection, the Punto Rosso- Punto Oro and Evergreen collections for Baxter; the ceramics for Terre Blu. The bathroom collection for Falper and Viva. The rotational moulding for Slide. The collection Gingerbread and Nuova Falegnameria for Lando. The Sofas collection for Linteloo. The metal outdoor collection for Emu. The textile bed collection for Redaelli. The objects for Habitat. The kitchen Menu for Bontempi and the collection of tap for Mamoli. The collection I Fondamentali for Natuzzi. The collection Eu/ phoria for Eumenes. Lelit for Poltrona Frau. A new beds collection for Letti&Co. Blue collection of rugs for Kasthall. The new outdoor collection for Triconfort. The collection Out of India for Anthropologie The collection of furniture, ta bleware and sofas for Crate and Barrel

Point Yamu Hotel, Outdoor Corridor, Phuket 2014 © Enrico Conti

...ART DIRECTOR for Gervasoni and Kieffer by Rubelli

. . . I N T E R I O R D E C O R AT O R of her homes throughout the world, of restaurants in Athens and Mykonos, of the Piazza Sempione showrooms to be found in Milan, Düsseldorf, Rome, Vienna, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Tokyo and the United States. The restaurant »Pane e Acqua« in Milano. The Art Trading office in Moscow. The new Dodo shops for Pomellato in Florence, Bergamo, Lecce, Bologna, Düsseldorf, the United States and the opening in London, Milano and Paris. The new hotels Point Yamu – Phuket and Metropolitan by Como at Miami beach for Como Hotels and Resort

Jannelli & Volpi, Wallpaper Temporary Exhibition, Milan 2011 © Enrico Conti

...INDUSTRIAL PLANNER of surfaces – in primis and right from the beginning – for Abet Laminati

Metropolitan Miami by COMO, Miami 2014 © COMO Hotels and Resorts

. . . C R E AT O R O F E V E N T S in the form of exhibitions and parties all over the world

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Maison et objet, ELLE Decor Temporary Cafe, Paris 2010 © Enrico Conti

...SOMEONE

Paola Navone is straightforward, a dreamer and eclectic: her mind and soul are a combination of flavours and colours of the south of the world – known, loved and lived – together with the taste and forms of the West, rich in traditions, open and continuously in movement. All of this produces her untiring curiosity in her search for matters and materials, forms and structures. In her search for the pre sent, the past and the future.

who doesn‘t want to design systematically, in order to be always just a little bit more curious than the others (in the words of the motivation of the International Design Award won in Osaka in 1983, first of all) who wants to be a citi zen of the world in order to look and discover who is a little bit of an anthropologist who doesn‘t want to throw away the past but make it relive who wants to cultivate the East and its spontaneous manual skills (as she has learned to understand after working for years together with craftsmen in the Philippines)

DODO Boutique 2014 © POMELLATO and Enrico Conti

IBAJI Restaurant, Paris 2014 © Enrico Conti

Paola Navone has been chosen to create the special presenta ti on for Italy, the partner country of Ambiente 2016 – a leading international trade fair for consumer goods.

Paola Navone Author: Spencer Bailey Design: Meiré und Meiré Text in English 28 x 34 cm, 11 x 13.3 in ca. 320 pages Hardcover ISBN: 978 - 3 - 942597- 40 - 1 € 88 | $ 99 | £ 66 Fall 2015

10 DAAB // OFF/ON

off/on The Story of Light Art It is an undisputable fact that light has been one of the most essential themes of art since time immortal. From Leonardo’s gentle sfumato to Caravaggio’s dramatic chiaroscuro, from the invention of photography (which means literally »drawing with light «) in the first third of the 19th century to the all but scientific investigation of the painterly effects of light on the part of the Impressionists and the experimental photograms by avant- garde artists such as Man Ray and Lászlo Moholy - Nagy in the 1920s: For centuries, light has always been for many artists not only a source of fascination, but also and especially a mystery – also for contemporary artists. In the late 1950s, the artist group known as ZERO, for which light played an exceptional role, was founded in Düsseldorf by Heinz Mack and Otto Piene. Shortly after, artists in the United States began creating installations with the ephemeral medium of light – at first glance, the fluorescent tubes of Dan Flavin might seem minimalist or conceptualist, but their transcendental, mystical effect remains undisputed. The same can be said of the nearly esoteric colour and light installations by his colleague James Turrell. To this day, artists across the globe experiment with artificial light to create works of art, which not only enthuse and fascinate viewers, but also confront us with themes as varied as epistemology and transcendence, political and social criticism, pop culture and the interrelation ship between art and design. Artist personalities such as Ólafur Eliasson and Mischa Kuball, Keith Sonnier and Joseph Kosuth, as well as Martin Creed and Tracey Emin are all prime examples for dozens of artists around the world, who make use of light in all its many facets. OFF/ON tells the story of light art from its inception to the present day – with a special focus on the future of the medium, exemplified by the new International Light Art Award, which was presented for the first time in 2015 by the Centre for International Light Art in Unna.

Mischa Kuball, Space – Speech – Speed, 1998/2001 3 mirror balls, 3 projcetors, 2 ceiling rotors, 3 text slides © Frank Vinken and Centre for International Light Art Unna

James Turrell, Floater 99, 1999/2001 Luminescent elements (neon and argon), light control system © Frank Vinken and Centre for International Light Art Unna

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Keith Sonnier, Tunnel of Tears for Unna, 2002 147 luminescent elements (neon and argon) © Frank Vinken and Centre for International Light Art Unna

John Jaspers (1959 ) presently is the director of the Centre for International Light Art in Unna. The museum shows light art installations by renowned light artists from all over the world in the underground exhibition rooms of a former beer brewery. Formerly he was director of the Light Art Museum in Eindhoven, where he also was

curator of the international Light Art Festival GLOW. John Jaspers studied at the University of Amsterdam, and worked for many years as presenter of current affairs and arts programmes, and later as general manager at various radio- and television stations. He currently lives in Amsterdam and Unna. Photo: Frank Vinken

Gérard A. Goodrow (1964 ) is a freelance curator and author based in Cologne. He studied in New Jersey, New York and Co logne. Among the most important stations of his career are the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, the Ursula Blickle Foundation in Kraichtal, the auction house Christie‘s in London, the art fairs Cologne Fine Art, Art Cologne, and CIAM – Centre for Interna-

tional Art Management in Cologne and Düsseldorf. Over the last 25 years, he has curated over 50 exhibitions in museums. He is author of numerous texts and has lec tured extensively on international contem porary art and the global art market. His most recent book, Passages, was pub lished in Oktober 2014 with Daab. Photo: Heidrun Hertel

OFF/ON Editors: Gérard A. Goodrow, John Jaspers Authors: Gérard A. Goodrow, John Jaspers Regine Anacker, Marcel Krenz, Katrin Osbelt and Julia Ritterskamp Design: Meiré und Meiré Text in English 24 x 28 cm/9.4 x 11 in ca. 400 pages, Hardcover ISBN: 978 - 3- 942597- 41 - 8 € 79.95 | $ 89.95 | £ 59.95 Fall 2015

12 DAAB // STUDIO

st u d i o T h e S t u d i o i s t h e Wo r l d i s t h e S t u d i o Works by Nobert Tadeusz at ESMoA, El Segundo, CA In collaboration with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Exhibition from June 7th – September 27th, 2015

Norbert Tadeusz‘s Atelier VI (Konkordiastr.), 1979

The exhibition STUDIO examines some of the various readings of the artist’s studio through the work of Norbert Tadeusz (1940 – 2011), a German artist who frequently made the studio his subject, while at the same time introducing the basic themes and stylistic characteristics of Tadeusz’s oeuvre. Though he is represented in major museum collections and exhibited widely in Germany and internationally in his lifetime, Tadeusz is not well known in the United States. Born in 1940, he grew up in the industrial town of Dortmund (where he started his career as an apprentice window dresser) before relocating to Düsseldorf, the hub of the West German art world, in 1961. He studied for five years with the eponymous Joseph Beuys, with whom he had a stormy friendship, later becoming a respected professor in his own right by teaching at a number of renowned art academies, including Düsseldorf, Karlsruhe, Berlin, and Braunschweig. A contemporary of internationally recognized artists such as Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke, Blinky Palermo, Georg Baselitz, and Jörg Immendorff, Tadeusz was associated with the so -called Neo -Expressionist (or New Wild) German figurative painting of the 1980s, though he always resisted categorization. ESMoA is a new art laboratory in El Segundo, California, run by » artlab21 Foundation « . Artlab21 foundation is a non profit Public Benefit Corporation 501(c)(3). The specific purpose of artlab21 foundation is the promotion of education though art and appreciation of art. For further information visit: www.esmoa.org

Tadeuszene, 1995 © Norbert Tadeusz

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Hunde (Dogs), 2006 © Norbert Tadeusz

STUDIO Editor: artlab21 foundation Author: Nana Bahlmann Foreword: Michael Govan Design: Meiré und Meiré Text in English 21.5 x 28 cm, 8.5 x 11 in 112 pages, Hardcover ISBN: 978 - 3- 942597 - 45 - 6 € 39.95 | $ 45 | £ 29.95 Fall 2015

14 DAAB // Swiss Sensibility

Roduit House, Chamoson (2004/05) by Savioz Fabrizzi Architectes, Sion © Thomas Jantscher

Interior of Roduit House, Chamoson (2004/05) by Savioz Fabrizzi Architectes, Sion © Thomas Jantscher

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s wi s s se n si bi l i ty The Culture of Architecture in Switzerland

Francesco Borromini is widely known as an Italian Renaissance architect, but he was actually born in Bissone near Lugano in the Old Swiss Confederacy. He began his ca reer by following his father’s footsteps as a stonemason. Le Corbusier originally came from La Chaux -de -Fonds, a small town in Neuchâtel canton; his father painted delicate images onto the dials of watches. Peter Zumthor, one of the most revered contemporary architects, was born to a cabinet-maker and started his career as a carpenter. These ex amples highlight the relationship that many Swiss architects have with craftsmanship and their intimate knowledge of working with materials. It is this deep understanding of the physical nature of making objects out of real materials – wood, stone, glass, concrete – that shines through the buildings of many Swiss architects, both historically and today. Swiss Sensibility examines the rich and deep -rooted tradition of architecture in Switzerland, the sensibility of many Swiss architects and a pervasive culture of architecture. That such a small, land- locked country has produced the wealth of fine architecture is testament to this tradition. The volume of work produced in Switzerland might not seem significant when compared to larger nations, but the resonance and influence of the work is considerable. Swiss Sensibility traces the history of this trajectory, examining the country’s architectural prosperity and the development of its many talented architects.

Why it is that architects in Switzerland have managed to achieve their standard of excellence ? What are the forces at play that have combined to create the fertile ground for the discipline to flourish? Switzerland has a large reservoir of small, creative practices that support a sophisticated culture of building design. This resource, coupled with an excellent standard of architectural education, high quality craftsmanship and a tradition of open competitions allowing new talent to emerge, are all aspects that influence the production of architecture in this country. In most countries the role of the architect has been diminished, whereas in Switzerland architects still tend to have authorship of their work; steering their designs from the sketch stage all the way through to the final finished building. Building in Switzerland’s alpine topography poses a significant challenge but, at the same time, forces architects to think three - dimensionally from the onset. Though one can’t talk of a Swiss style per se, what is evident is a certain understatement and a strong sense of belonging with the context. The extreme weather impacts on detailing; keeping the icy cold out and the heat inside is vital to survival. Ad ditionally, there are not many natural resources like oil and steel in Switzerland, so architects have had to be innovative and use the natural resources they have had at their disposal in abundance: stone and wood. If the definition of sensibility is having an acute awareness and responsiveness, then the architecture presented in this book shows in myriad ways Swiss architects’ keen sensitivity to their environment and history, whether it be the restrained renovation of an old farmhouse in Ticino or a bold, new Youth Hostel in Graubünden; a multi - storey apartment buil ding in Basel city or a museum in Flims village. Buildings, both large and small, each display the architect’s attention to detailing and material, beautiful craftsmanship and precise construction. The catalogue of projects shown have been designed by Swiss architects and built in Switzerland during the past few decades. Each project is examined with the aid of texts, photographs, and drawings. Twenty- four projects from across the country by seventeen architecture practices are interspersed with five essays by prominent academics – both architects and non- architects – and an interview with a master architect. The chosen kaleidoscope of buildings is intended to inspire the reader and convey the admiration shared by many.

Anna Roos studied architecture at the University of Cape Town and a postgraduate degree at the Bartlett School of Architec ture at UCL in London. Moving to Bern, Switzerland in 2000, she worked as an architect, designing projects in South Africa, Australia, and Scotland. She has been working as a freelance architecture journalist since 2007 and writes for A10, En suite Kultur Magazin, Mononcle Magazine, and Swisspearl Ar chitecture Magazine. She also copyedits books for numerous publishing houses in Germany and Switzerland including: Lars Müller, DOM, Gestalten, DETAIL Green, Birkhäuser and Prestel. Anna seeks to convey her passi on for architecture in her writing about the discipline. Swiss Sensibility the first book she has written and edited. Photo: Dominique Uldry

Swiss Sensibility is not about promoting a brand, but rather sets out to illustrate the broad approach to a highly valued discipline. The book is an exploration of the difference and uniqueness that gives this small country its great architectural reputation and pays homage to architecture produced with hard graft, passion, and integrity.

– Anna Roos Casa d’Estate in Linescio (2009/10) by Buchner Bründler Architects Basel © Giuseppe Micciché

Swiss Sensibility Author: Anna Roos Design: Meiré und Meiré Text in English 24 x 32 cm, 9.4 x 12.6 in ca. 240 pages, Hardcover ISBN: 978 - 3- 942597- 42 - 5 € 59.95 | $ 69.95 | £ 44.95 Fall 2015

16 DAAB // Holz Hollywood

H OLZ H OLLYWOOD 3 0 Ye a r s o f P o r t r a i t s In collaboration with Michael Kaune / Kaune, Posnik, Spohr Gallery, Cologne

A love of beauty is common to almost all of us, and every man likes to think himself best able to recognise its presence. But human standards of taste, judgement and dis cernment vary tremendously and standards of female beauty – as well as male – are among those most suscep tible to differences of opinion. Therefore it would be both hopeless and senseless to try to find a common denominator for this most controversial of attributes. If this were not so, one picture would do for all, and there would be no point in producing this book.

George Holz’ photographic career has spanned over three decades. A graduate of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California and pro tégé of the legendary Helmut Newton, his fashion editorials have appeared in Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue Italia and Vanity Fair. The Grammy Award- winning photographer has shot countless advertising campaigns, movie posters and album covers. His nudes have been shown in galleries and museum exhibitions around the world. Photo: Glen Nakasako

Looking at George Holz’s photographs surprises me – they have allure, a certain unexplainable élégance in a very European style. His vita tells me that his great teacher and guru Helmut Newton (31. October 1920, Berlin – 23. January 2004, Los Angeles) still looks over his shoulders, while photographing his delicate models, actresses, and celebrities. George moulds his goddesses with infinite care. In the phenomena of a moment a fine photograph creates an élite image, an icon – that is and will be forever this famous lady or an unknown beautiful girl. Very often in black and white, his images touch you, they are above reality – his intense admiration and respect for graceful women. In the year 1930, Sir Cecil Beaton (14. January 1904, London – 18. January 1978, Broadchalke ) published, in London, his Book of Beauty and wrote: ”What makes a beauty? We despair, we have little inkling of the secret, for often in no way do beauties resemble one another. Some taunt us with their Rubenesque stature, others are of only modest embonpoint, some are decadent and thin, some are sugary as china shepherdesses, many delight us with their imperfections.“ Written more than 80 years ago – this is still valid. Going to Hollywood as a photographer is not easy. So many beauties have been there and will always be photoKevin Spacey, 1999 © George Holz

graphed – and since the invention of photography in August 1839 – donated to the world by the French government – there has been an infinite variety of renderings of feminine beauty. Yet – the delicate knowledge, what makes an image great, George Holz has in his genes – and there in lies the success of this charming and graceful book.

– Renate Gruber

Renate Gruber was born 1936 in Cologne, Germany. In 1958, she and her late husband, Prof. Dr. L. Fritz Gruber (1908–2005), began building the Gruber Collection: Photography of the 20th Century, which became part of the Museum Ludwig in Cologne in 1977. An honorary mem ber of the Photographic Society of Germany and founding member of the International Photoscene Cologne, Gruber works internationally as a juror, adviser, and commentator in all fields of photography. Over the years, she became friends and worked closely with many well-known photogra phers, including Ansel Adams, Henri Cartier -Bresson, Duane Michals, Lucia Moholy, Juliet and Man Ray, August Sander, and Edward Steichen. Gwyneth Paltrow, 1997 © George Holz

Holz Hollywood // DAAB

Joaquin Phoenix, 1996 © George Holz

Holz Hollywood Photographs: George Holz Foreword: Renate Gruber Design: John Heiden for Smog Design, Inc. L.A. Text in English 25 x 32.5 cm / 10.2 x 12.8 in, 304 pages Hardcover with jacket 164 tritone black & white plates 89 four-color plates ISBN 978-3-942597- 32- 6 € 79 | $ 90 | £ 59.95

Edition 1 incl. print – Jack Nicholson 300 copies ISBN: 978-3-942597-35-7 € 600 | $ 800 | £ 500 Fall 2015

Edition 2 incl. print – Madonna 300 copies ISBN: 978 - 3 - 942597- 36 - 4 € 600 | $ 800 | £ 500 Fall 2015

Deluxe Edition incl. all three prints 100 copies ISBN: 978-3-942597- 33 - 3 € 1500 | $ 2000 | £ 1250 Fall 2015

Edition 3 incl. print – Cameron Diaz 300 copies ISBN: 978 - 3 - 942597- 37-1 € 600 | $ 800 | £ 500 Fall 2015

18 DAAB // Madonna

Madonna, 1979 ÂŠ Martin HM Schreiber

Madonna // DAAB

M ADONNA Nudes ll

Madonna, 1979 © Martin HM Schreiber

A f t e r t h e h u g e s u c c e s s o f M a r t i n H M S c h r e i b e r ’s M a d o n n a N u d e s i n t h e 1 9 9 0 ’s t h e n e w e d i t i o n M a donna Nudes II features many recently discovered and never published photos of Madonna besides a selection of the best images published in Madonna Nudes 1979 edition. Produced in a handy format with a sensual touch this book is a perfect gift for all, not only for Madonna fans. Internationally acclaimed photographer Martin HM Schreiber (1946) was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia and immigrated to the United States in 1952. In 1960 Martin joined the US Army where he went to Photo Lab School. This was the beginning of his career and education. Taking up photography full time after the service, he went on to teach and lecture at two prestigious institution:

The School Of Visual Arts and The New School/Parsons both in New York City. Returning to his European roots, Schreiber presently resides in France outside of Paris. His works have been published internationally in every major magazine and newspaper and have been the subject of over eighty group and solo exhibitions. Besides, there are fourteen books published with his works.

Madonna. Nudes ll Photographs: Martin HM Schreiber Design: Olga Funk Text in English 20 x 23 cm/8 x 9.1 in ca. 80 pages, Hardcover ISBN: 978 - 3 - 942597 - 46 - 3 € 29.95 | $ 35 | £ 22.50 Fall 2015

20 DAAB // Été. Toujours. Summer. Forever.

É té . T o u j o u r s. S u mme r . F o r e ve r. Mirage Anthology by Henrik Purienne and Frank Rocholl

Kim Riekenberg. Atlantis Dunes, ZA. © Henrik Purienne

Mirage was founded in 2009 by Henrik Purienne and Frank Rocholl as a 400-page, international fashion and culture magazine, inspired by the photographic aesthetics and the hedonistic culture of the 1960s and 70s. K e y w o r d s i n c l u d e : S u m m e r, S u n , S e x , B e a c h , S k i n , H o liday and Nostalgia. Four issues of Mirage have been published to date and have

quickly

become

highly

sought-after

c o l l e c t o r ’s

i t e m s . N o w, f o r t h e f i r s t t i m e , a l l f o u r i s s u e s h a v e b e e n b o u n d t o g e t h e r a s o n e b o o k w i t h t h e t i t l e É t e . To u j o u r s . S u m m e r. F o r e v e r.

Été. Toujours. Summer. Forever. Mirage Anthology Editor: Purienne & Rocholl Design: Purienne & Rocholl Text in English 24 x 32 cm/9.4 x 12.6 in ca. 400 pages, Hardcover ISBN: 978 - 3 - 942597- 43 - 2 € 59.95 | $ 69.95 | £ 44.95 Fall 2015

22 DAAB // Almost Nothing

al m o st n o thin g 100 Artists comment on the work of Mies van der Rohe by Christian Bjone

w i t h : A l e x a n d e r C a l d e r, C l a e s O l d e n b u r g , I s a G e n z k e n , T h o m a s Ruff, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Daniel Libeskind, Philip Johnson, Rem Koolhaas-OMA, Ed Ruscha, Yves Klein, Christo...

The architect Mies van der Rohe is one of the famous of the modern masters. His works are the point of debate for the achievements and failures of the modern move ment. This book takes the unique approach of enlisting the works of one hundred artists whose work has in some way commented and engaged the constructions, words or images of the famous architect. And it is from those artists that new and exciting interpretations of the architect are recorded. This collection of artists, which includes painters, sculp tors, photographers, film makers, designers, cartoonists

Daniel Libeskind, City Edge Projekt in Berlin (Flottwellstraße 24), 1987

and other architects, creates a dazzling colorful bouquet of images. All of them are linked by a continuous essay from the author that establishes the background of each artist and the relevance to the ongoing debate on the values of one architect and all that he represents. The title »Almost Nothing« comes from Mies himself in his description of the best of his own work. Where simplicity is merged with sophistication and the world is ordered a new.

Mark Wallinger

N e u e It isNrather a hard t i onotnto be a sympathetic l g a l eto the r iperformance e ( 1 9by the 6 British 8 ) Artist Mark Wallinger in dressing up in a cuddly fuzzy bear costume and a nasty

Mark Wallinger taxidermied growling bear head for his work at the New National Gallery Sleeper at the NeuebyNationalgalerie designed Mies. Wallinger positions himself visibly in the windows of the Perfomance/Video, 2005 ground floor gallery space after closing hours and is seen by passerby’s on the outside plaza, like most good Berliners these sarcastic citizen’s show up at cultural events to poke the Bear (metaphorically). It is reported that Wallinger runs in circles, waves endlessly to no one, hops, jumps and falls asleep (exhausted) on the polished granite floor. Performance art requires the audience to suspend logic and good taste to appreciate its meaning or its lack thereof. But the Wallinger piece does have a certain charm of pure confusion. Whether it has links to the Berlin DaDa performances of the twenties or the

Almost Nothing // DAAB

Barcelona Pavilion (1929) Andrés Jaque Phantom: Mies As Rendered Society Installation, 2013

Farnworth House (1950) Iñigo Manglano - Ovalle La Baiser (The Kiss) Installation/Video, 1999/2000

Almost Nothing Author: Christian Bjone Design: T.R. Nimen Text in English 22 x 28 cm/8.6 x 11 in ca. 200 pages, Hardcover ISBN: 978 - 3 - 942597- 44 - 9 € 49.95 | $ 59.95 | £ 39.95 Fall 2015

24 DAAB // Encyclopaedia of Clothing Culture

en c y c l o pa e d i a o f c l o t hin g c u lt u re “No one with a sense of style would change the way he dresses radically, just to follow fashion,” Giorgio Armani once stated. And he knew what he was talking about. Clothing culture bows to the highest quality, excellent cuts, outstanding workmanship and a style, whose rules are, unfortunately, increasingly threatened by ignorance. This 8 -volume compendium is conceived to counter this. Here, a small foretaste on the trench coat as business wear: As usual, the train between Hamburg and Berlin is delayed. You are used to this – and have taken it into account. Although other passengers begin crowding the aisles minutes before the train pulls into the station, you remain calm. Nevertheless, you have already put on your trench coat. It creases only very little, and its pockets are large enough to hold a newspaper. You finish reading the article without haste until the train actually pulls into the station. The famous trench coat is a double -breasted wet weather coat, typically with exactly 10 buttons, shoulder epaulets and a belt with metal D - rings. It is traditionally tailored from gabardine or poplin, and also occasionally available in leather. Because of the collar loop, the belts around the cuffs and the rear yoke on the back, it is particularly wind and weather resistant. […] Do & Don’t: The trench coat can be worn on almost any occasion and, with its both practical and masculine -elegant note, conveys the image of an experienced professional. Not suitable for casual, private events. Wearing a trench coat on private occasions conveys the impression of an overworked commissi oner, who cannot free himself from his intense professional life. In such cases, it is advisable to wear a casual, elegant leisure jacket.

Sporty elegant Valstar raincoat

Thomas Rusche (1962 ) is a textile entrepreneur, economic ethicist, philosopher and art collector. He studied Social and Economic Sciences, Philosophy and Catholic Theology and was accorded the titles of Dr. rer. pol. in 1991 and Dr. phil. in 2002 for his philosophical disser tation » Aspects of Dialogue - based Business Ethics « . Since 1988 he has been as sole managing partner, head of the family -owned business SØR Rusche GmbH in Oelde in the fourth generation. Under his own name as well as un der the pseudonym Oskar Lenius, Thomas Rusche design luxury menswear collections, is the author of numerous publications on clothing culture and initiated the blog » Kleidungskultur - soer« . His bestseller »Das kleine SØR Brevier der Kleidungskultur « has appeared in various editions and translations with a total print run of 100.000 copies. He is author and editor of The Label Book of Clothing Culture, published by Daab in 2012. He has also published various books on social and business ethics. Photo: Lars Beusker

Encyclopaedia of Clothing Culture // DAAB

Tenue de Ville or Business suit with notched lapels and patch pockets

Encyclopaedia of Clothing Culture Editor: Thomas Rusche Design: Meiré und Meiré 8 Vol. Set on Coffret Each book: 15 x 22 cm/5 .9 x 8 .7 i n 80 - 112 pages, Clothbound English Edition: ISBN: 978 - 3 - 942597 - 29 - 6 € 350 | $ 495 | £ 325 Summer 2016

26 DAAB

Daab Salon // DAAB

DAAB SALON A Fascinating Place to Meet and Exchange Ideas Encounters with interesting people are the basis of everything we do. Thus, when we were consi dering moving to a new office space, it seemed only logical to search for space where we could hold book presentations, readings, exhibitions, artist talks, lectures, soirées and other events. In the end, the space found us – and so, in the sum mer of 2014, we moved to Brüsseler Platz in the very heart of Cologne’s vibrant creative scene. There couldn’t be a better symbiosis between the books we publish and distribute and a fascinating place to meet and exchange ideas. Even more so, since we have Gérard Goodrow at our side – our friend, author and editor – as an excellent curator and »partner in crime«. The inaugural exhibition with works by Kai Rich ter and Lars Breuer was already a major hit – and the Daab Salon quickly established itself as one of the new hotspots of the Cologne art scene. Especially Kai Richter’s »Tribüne« (Bleachers), created specifically for the exhibition, perfectly epitomized our vision of a space, in which people can come together and everything is possible. The series of pictures by Lars Breuer with the volatile title »Esplosione« left no doubt: We began with a BANG! This attitude was continued in the second exhibition, featuring works by the Cologne-based photo-artist Tobias Grewe, who created his very first video work especially for this very special »home game « – a world premiere in his own back yard, so to speak! In the most recent exhibition, the Düsseldorf based Ukrainian artist Aljoscha introduced visi tors and guests to the strange and magic world

Lars Breuer »Esplosione«

Tobias Hildebrand with Ralf Daab on the »Tribüne« (Bleachers) by Kai Richter

of »Bioisms«. With his seemingly organic forms, Aljoscha comments on the way we deal with biotechnical processes and speaks of a future, in which artists will actually create life. For this year as well, we plan to provide a plat form for young artists from the Cologne-Düsseldorf region. A particular highlight at the end of the year will certainly be the exhibition of »No bel Portraits« by the Berlin-based photographer Peter Badge, whose new book »Ingenious En counters«, co-authored by Sandra Zarrinbal, is scheduled to appear in September. Get ready for your own ingenious encounters in the new Daab Salon! We look forward to seeing you! If you are not already on our guest list, simply send us an e-mail to mail@daab-media.com or visit our Facebook page. By the way, galleries and companies can also rent the Daab Salon for their own exhibitions, presentations, conferences or meetings. Just drop us a line!

»Ingenious Encounters« book presentation

Your Daab Team

28 DAAB // Cologne Fashion Days

Cologne Fashion Days 2014 ÂŠ Taimas Ahangari

Cologne Fashion Days // DAAB

COLOGNE FAS H I ON DAYs COLOGNE CATWAL K powered by daab

When it comes to fashion – Cologne is back! In November 2014, following three successful editions of the COLOGNE C A T WA L K , w e l a u n c h e d t h e C O L O G N E F A S I O N D AY S . A t t h i s n e w f a s h i o n trade fair for ultimate consumers, 30 young designers presented their collections in Dock.One in the Mülheim district of Cologne. The response was incredible: Numerous visitors and guests let themselves be seduced by the fabulous designs – and shopped till they dropped! Equally successful was the program of auxiliar y events, featuring numerous talks and lectures. T h i s y e a r, t h e C O L O G N E F A S H I O N D AY S w i l l t a k e p l a c e f r o m t h e 1 3 t h through the 15th of November in with even more exhibition space and an expanded program of events. We e s p e c i a l l y l o o k f o r w a r d t o t h e s u p p o r t o f o u r s p o n s o r s a n d m e d i a partners, as well as to the cooperation with the exclusive QVEST Hotel a s p a r t n e r h o t e l o f t h e C O L O G N E F A S H I O N D AY S . Come visit the CFD 2015 – experience the newest young couture and urban chic fashion and let yourself be inspired by exciting encounters with d e s i g n e r s a n d o t h e r k e y p l a y e r s i n t h e f a s h i o n i n d u s t r y. Come and join us! Yo u r C F D Te a m ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Registration for exhibitors and further information www.colognefashiondays.com

30 DAAB // The QVEST Hotel

T HE QVEST H OTEL P a r t n e r H o t e l o f t h e C O L O G N E F A S H I O N D AY S

Finally, Cologne has a location especially for creative personalities, which is on par with international standards. Following two years of renovation and refurbishment, The QVEST Hotel, conceived and developed by the makers of QVEST magazine, has recently opened its doors to guests from all over the world!

Yoga mats are also available. There is also a library lounge on the first floor and, what is more, the newest issue of QVEST magazine as well as various books published by Daab, are available in all rooms. Breakfast is served at the table.

This hotel with the subtitle of »hideaway« is in fact a place of refuge in the heart of Cologne. It is located on an almost » secret « square, Gereonskloster, in the centre of town, virtu ally unknown even to many residents of Cologne because of the surrounding architecture and the fact that it can only be reached via two small, narrow streets. In the very shadows of the basilica of St. Gereon, one of Cologne’s most famous Romanesque churches, is a small unexpected oasis. Neverthe less, numerous restaurants, bars, museums and galleries are all within walking distance. This hidden jewel in the middle of Cologne’s city centre, located between the Cathedral and the popular Belgian District, surprises most visitors and guests because of its furnishings, all of which has been selected with great attention to detail. Without being dominated by it, the hotel is furnished with a great deal of original art and design. A total of 24 rooms, each with its own unique layout and de sign, range in size from 12 to 120 m² – with even the smal lest room boasting well -designed and high -quality furnishings that would please any art and design enthusiast. The historic building also offers various suites, including the Salon Suite with a nearly six-metre -high cross -vaulted ceiling and who se 40 m² bedroom features what is probably the last hand pain ted medieval wooden ceiling dating back to c. 1390. All rooms are individually furnished, yet clearly in keeping with the overall design of the hotel. This special refuge provides a peaceful atmosphere for all guests. Although it was originally decided to do completely without televisions, these can, of course, be provided in all rooms on request.

THE QVEST HOTEL Gereonskloster 12 50670 Cologne, Germany Reservation: +49 221 278 5780 stay@qvest -hotel.com THE QVEST Hotel Cologne © H.G. Esch

Backlist // DAAB

ba c K l I st RISING

CROSSING CHINA

Young Artists to keep an Eye on!

Land of the Rising Art Scene

Hrsg./Editor: Olaf Salié Design: Meiré und Meiré Text in Deutsch, English 24 x 28.7 cm, 9.4 x 11.3 in 420 pages, Hardcover with jacket ISBN: 978- 3- 942597-03 - 6 € 65 | $ 90 | £ 55

Editor and Author: Gérard A. Goodrow Design: Meiré und Meiré Text in Deutsch, Englisch 24 x 28 cm, 9.4 x 11 in 360 pages, Hardcover in slipcase ISBN 978-3-942597-12-8 € 125 | $ 175 | £ 115

THINK DUTCH

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

Conceptual Architecture and Design in the Netherlands Editor: Robert Thiemann Authors: Jeroen Junte, David Keuning Design: Meiré und Meiré Text in Deutsch, English 22.5 x 28.5 cm, 8.8 x 11.2 in 496 pages, Hardcover in slipcase ISBN: 978- 3- 942597-10 - 4 € 125 | $ 175 | £ 115

PASSAGES

Editor: Friedrich Conzen, Olaf Salié & Arbeitskreis Corporate Collecting des Kulturkreises der deutschen Wirtschaft im BDI e.V. Texte: Gérard A. Goodrow Design: Meiré und Meiré Text in Deutsch, English 24 x 28.7 cm, 9.4 x 11.3 in 468 pages, Hardcover with jacket ISBN: 978-3-942597-22-7 € 65 | $ 95 | £ 60

Indian Art Today

AI WEIWEI Architecture

Editors: Julia Ritterskamp, Gérard A. Goodrow Design: Meiré und Meiré Guest authors: Desmond Lazaro, Peter Nagy Ranjana Steinrücke Text in Deutsch, English 20 x 26.5 cm, 7.8 x 10.4 in 274 pages, Hardcover ISBN: 978- 3- 942597-70 - 8 € 59.95 | $ 79.95 | £ 49.95

Author: Caroline Klein Cover: Meiré und Meiré Layout: Sonia Mion & Nicola Iannibello Text in Deutsch, English, Français, Español, Italiano and Chinese 18 x 23 cm, 7.1 x 9.1 in 176 pages, Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-942597-01-2 € 25 | $ 35 | £ 22.50

BRIGHT!

THE LABEL BOOK OF CLOTHING CULTURE

Typography between Illustration and Art

Tradition. Quality. Style.

Editor: Slanted / Magma Brand Design Design: Lars Harmsen & Jan Kiesswetter Text in Deutsch, English 24 x 28.7 cm, 9.4 x 11.3 in 420 pages, Hardcover ISBN: 978- 3- 942597- 23 - 4 € 65 | $ 95 | £ 60

Editor: Thomas Rusche Design: Meiré und Meiré Text in Deutsch, English 25 x 32 cm, 9.8 x 12.6 in 296 pages, Clothbound ISBN: 978-3-942597-25-8 € 70 | $ 95 | £ 60

PRIDE AND GLORY The Art of the Rocker‘s Jacket by Horst A. Friedrichs

PAOLA NAVONE

Editor: Lars Harmsen Author and Photographer: Horst A. Friedrichs Design: Magma Brand Deisgn Text in English 28 x 35.5 cm, 11 x 14 in 400 pages, Hardcover ISBN: 978- 3- 942597- 20 - 3 € 95 | $ 145 | £ 85

Editor: Caroline Klein Cover: Meiré und Meiré Layout: Sonia Mion & Nicola Iannibello Texte in Deutsch, English, Français, Español, Italiano 18 x 23 cm, 7.1 x 9.1 in 176 pages, Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-942597-02-9 € 25 | $ 35 | £ 22.50

A BOOK THAT KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES Fascinating Insights into the World of Nobel Laureates. Sharp-witted. Multi-faceted. Different!

PETER BADGE · SANDRA ZARRINBAL

INGENIOUS ENCOUNTERS

€ 29,95 $ 39,95 £ 24,95

WOR L D T OU R T O N O B E L L AU R E A T E S

w w w.i ng en iousen counter s.co m Published by DAAB, Cologne // ISBN: 978-3-942597-30-2