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Conceived as a platform to bring essential artist writings back into circulation, The Parkett Reader revisits texts from the early 1980s through the mid-2000s in a new small-scale text-only format, making them available to a new generation of readers.

The first volume of The Parkett Reader is dedicated to Louise Bourgeois, bringing together texts that illuminate her deeply personal and psychologically charged approach to sculpture, drawing, printmaking, and writing, with texts from Parkett vol. 9 (1986), Parkett vol. 27 (1991), and vol. 82 (2008), by Josef Helfenstein, Christiane Meyer-Thoss, Mignon Nixon, Manuel J. Borja-Villel, Harald Szeemann, Tracey Emin, Robert Storr, and Grisela Pollock.

Editorial director: Bice Curiger
Managing editors: Emma Whisler, Carolina Nitsch, Till Burckhardt
Translation: David Britt (p. 11-18)
Book design: Hanna Williamson-Koller
Print run: 2000 copies

ISBN 978-3-907582-71-8

Conceived as a platform to bring essential artist writings back into circulation, The Parkett Reader revisits texts from the early 1980s through the mid-2000s in a new small-scale text-only format, making them available to a new generation of readers.

The second volume of The Parkett Reader is dedicated to Sigmar Polke, presenting writings that reflect his incisive, experimental, and often subversive engagement with images, materials, and ideology, with texts from Parkett vol. 2 (1984), vol. 30 (1991), and vol. 40/41 (1994), by Bice Curiger, Thomas McEvilley, Gary Garrels, Laszlo Glozer, Dave Hickey, Gabriele Wix, G. Roger Denson, Anne Rorimer, and Laura Cottingham.

Editorial director: Bice Curiger
Managing editors: Emma Whisler, Carolina Nitsch, Till Burckhardt
Translation: Catherine Schelbert (p. 4-12, 15-36, 66-74, 85-91, 106-112), David Britt (p. 13-14)
Book design: Hanna Williamson-Koller
Print run: 2000 copies

ISBN 978-3-907582-70-1

63 Volumes in Parkett’s Signature Book Design

We are pleased to present this survey of Parkett’s compelling library. The 63 titles include a total of 208 monographic, in-depth artists’ portraits, each featuring 3-4 illustrated texts by renowned authors, forming an unparalleled time capsule on artists from the last three decades.

· 208 artists monographic collaborations, each with 3-5 texts
· 800 texts by leading authors and writers
· More than 4000 illustrations


Browse all 63 available volumes here

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"A source of inspiration, reflection, revelation and delight . the multi-perspectival approach to writing; the puzzle-book spines; the finger on the pulse choice of artists; and the alluring programme of editions: these are the ingredients that make Parkett one of the most influential forces in post war art ... Parkett gives ... a 360 degree view. Bringing together a group of writers to focus on one artist's work also reveals distinct genres in art criticism - the interview, the long form essay, the artist's statement ."
Iwona Blazwick, Director, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London

“... a concise survey of contemporary art.”
Deborah Wye, Chief Curator emer., Prints and illustrated Books, Museum of Modern Art , New York

“Congratulations on a quarter century of exceptional publishing.”
Sir Nicholas Serota, Director , Tate, London

“... one of the best art publications”
Centre Pompidou, Paris

Cover Value of All Available Parkett Volumes €1900.00

Complimentary shipping in Switzerland. For a detailed shipping quote, please contact Emma Whisler at e.whisler@parkettart.com

This digital e-book book documents for the first time Parkett’s thirty three year time capsule and its core focus to explore and present the work of compelling artists in direct collaboration with them. Following the closing print issue 100/101, the book features all editions made by artists especially for Parkett, all volumes and their covers, a selection of art-ists sketches and letters, an index to all authors and texts, artists contributions to the closing print issue 100/101 and more. In her essay, Deborah Wye, curator of MoMA New York’s Parkett exhibition, looks at the various ways in which Parkett has collaborated with artists, including the books, texts, editions, inserts, spines, covers, and the design of the publication.

372 pages, texts in English by Deborah Wye, Curator emerita MoMA/New York et al., 21 x 25,5 cm / 8 1/4 x 10", 270 color illustrations of all editions

“… Parkett charts a vast array of changes that have swept through the art world since the 1980s … including not only the inevitable march of new and old ideas … but through Parkett’s history one can study the increasing interconnectedness of artistic centers across the globe and the impact of new technologies on artmaking. Parkett really is a special case... and has influenced artists in ways that stretch far beyond exhibition and publishing, and this influence will likely continue well into the future,” noted Glenn Phillips, curator and head of Modern and Contemporary Collections at the Getty Center in Santa Monica.

This catalogue raisonné fully documents all 200 artworks made by artists for Parkett in the first 25 years. The book contains an essay by Deborah Wye, Chief Curator emeritus, Prints and Illustrated Books, Museum of Modern Art, New York, who looks at the different ways in which Parkett collaborates with artists, including the editions, inserts, spines, covers, texts and the design of the publication. Susan Tallman, art historian and author, explores the range and diversity of Parkett’s editions which represent distinct responses from many of the most inspiring and influential contemporary artists worldwide. The publication features 200 full-page color reproductions of all editions, as well as artists’ sketches and letters, color reproductions of 85 Parkett Covers, and indexes of all Insert and Spine projects. It also includes a list of all authors and 1400 texts.

Published on the occasion of Parkett’s evolving travelling Retrospective, which has been on view at MoMA/New York (2001), Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (2001), Kunsthaus Zurich (2004), the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan (2009), the STPI, Singapore (2010), the Seoul Arts Center, Hangaram Museum, Seoul (2010/11), UCCA, Beijing (2012), Taipei Fine Arts Museums (2013) et al.

514 pages, texts in English and Japanese, 19,5 x 16 cm / 7 1/2 x 6 3/8”, copublished with Ikkan Art, ISBN 978-3-907582-25-1

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“Commissioned by PARKETT, the most important artists of our time have created editions that represent the essence of their art or reveal an unexpected dimension. The works cover every ossible medium including painting, photographs, drawings, prints, sculptures, videos, DVDs, and sound pieces.”
Iwona Blazwick, Director, The Whitechapel Art Gallery, London

The catalogue explores Parkett’s first 20 years since 1984. A particular focus is on the making of the journal’s signature artist’ collaborations and editions, which are featured with artists documents, interviews with the co-founders, statements and other background information. The publication includes artists’ documents, letters, and sketches by Doug Aitken, Laurie Anderson, Louise Bourgeois, Maurizio Cattelan, Gilbert & George, Roni Horn, Cindy Sherman, Gerhard Richter, Jeff Wall, and others.

Edited in English and German by Mirjam Varadinis, Curator Kunsthaus Zurich. Foreword by Christoph Becker, Director, Kunsthaus Zurich. Published on the occasion of the Parkett Exhibition «20 Years of Artists‘ Collaborations » at Kunsthaus Zurich (winter 2004/05).

248 pages, 9 x 7.4 inches / 23 x 19 cm, paperback with dust jacket, approx. 120 reproductions, 30 in color, designed by Elektrosmog, published by Parkett, ISBN: 3-907582-24-1, Euro 36.- / $ 48.-/ CHF 45.- .

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“A rare behind-the-scenes look at one of the art world’s most
respected magazines”
D.A.P. , Distributed Art Publishers, New York

The large size color poster displays all artists’ editions made for Parkett from 1984-2004. Published on the occasion of the Kunsthaus Zurich exhibition "Parkett – 20 Years of Artists’ collaborations", the poster is a dense summation of the artists’ ingenious works and a mirror of some of the most inspiring aspects of contemporary art. For the photograph all works were laid out next to each other to reflect their actual dimensions and proportions. The poster comes with a check list for each artists’ edition.

127 x 90 cm / 50 x 35”, designed by Elektrosmog, photographed by Mancia/Bodmer, FBM Studio Zurich, (folded).

This boxed Set contains 168 color postcards of ingenious and fascinating editions, objects,prints and other works made by artists for Parkett and provides a comprehensive, portable summation of some of the most vital and exciting aspects of contemporary art. The box also contains a 64 page booklet with a foreword and two texts from Parkett’s exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Box with 168 color Postcards and a 64 page Booklet with texts from Parkett’s MoMA NY exhibition, 16 x 12 x 6 cm / 6 1/4 x 4 3/4 x 2 3/8”, ISBN 3-907582-23-3, Euro 36.- / $ 48.00 / SFr. 45.- (excl. postage)

In fall 2009 Sigmar Polke (1941–2010) completed a series of twelve windows for the Grossmünster cathedral in Zurich, setting new standards for the mutual relationship between art and church. One group of seven Romanesque windows shows luminous ‘mosaics’ of thinly sliced agate, some of it artificially colored, to produce pulsating blocks of back-lit color. For the remaining five windows, Polke designed images of figures from the Old Testament, based on medieval illuminations, which have themselves undergone transformation in the course of their long journey through time. Polke’s figures now appear as radiantly contemporary icons created in colored glass, using a variety of traditional and customized techniques devised especially for this project.

With contributions by Gottfried Boehm, Jacqueline Burckhardt, Bice Curiger, Ulrich Gerster, Regine Helbling, Claude Lambert, Käthi La Roche, Katharina Schmidt, and Marina Warner.

208 pages, 11 3/4 x 8 1/2”, hardcover, 110 color images, English-German Parkett Publishers / Grossmünster Zürich ISBN 978-3-907582-27-5

“The window images lay themselves open to contradictions and conflict, to illusion and wonder, to good faith, severity, and healing, to the beauty of the earth and the dignity of living things. These are images one can constantly return to and repeatedly interrogate.” Katharina Schmidt

“Sigmar Polke’s design of the Grossmünster windows ranks among the world’s outstanding dialogues between contemporary art and traditional church architecture.” Gottfried Boehm

„The high carat, exceedingly carefully designed book crowns an already outstanding project. It puts the work in its historic context and simultaneously opens the view to the contemporary. The publication with contributions by renowned authors such as Gottfried Boehm or Katharina Schmidt is an appreciation: multifaceted, in-depth investigating, poetic, more than fitting of this artist’s work.” Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich

Ende 2009 vollendete Sigmar Polke (1941-2010) den Zyklus von zwölf Fenstern im Grossmünster Zürich und setzte dabei neue Massstäbe im Verhältnis Kunst und Kirche. Eine Gruppe der Fenster besteht aus geschnittenen, teilweise künstlich gefärbten Achatscheiben, die im romanischen Bau wie «leuchtende Mosaike», aufscheinen. Marina Warner schreibt: «das Innere von Gesteinsbrocken kann nicht nur unerwartete Farben, vor Zeiten eingesperrtes, heute funkelndes Strahlen und Schimmern enthüllen, es öffnet auch einen Blick zurück in die unendlich ferne Vergangenheit geologischer und kosmologischer Jahrtausende.» Die weiteren Fenster aus Buntglas gestaltete Polke nach Motiven des alten Testaments. Sie basieren auf mittelalterlichen Illustrationen, die ihrerseits in einer langen Zeitreise ihre Transformation erlebt haben und jetzt als höchst zeitgenössische Ikonen erstrahlen. die Bilder wurden in einer Vielfalt von traditionellen und neu dafür entwickelten Techniken im Glas selber zur Entstehung gebracht und nicht wie üblich auf das Glas aufgetragen.

Mit Texten von Gottfried Boehm, Jacqueline Burckhardt, Bice Curiger, Ulrich Gerster, Regine Helbling, Claude Lambert, Käthi La Roche, Katharina Schmidt, Marina Warner.

208 Seiten, 30 x 21, 5 cm, gebunden mit Schutzumschlag, 110 Farbabbildungen, Deutsch-Englisch Parkett Verlag / Grossmünster Zürich ISBN 978-3-907582-27-5

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„Die hochkarätige, überaus sorgfältig gestaltete Buchpublikation setzt dem ohnehin herausragenden Projekt die Krone auf. Sie stellt das Werk in den historischen Diskurs und weitet den Blick gleichzeitig auf die Gegenwart. Das Buch mit Beiträgen so namhafter Autoren wie Gottfried Boehm oder Katharina Schmidt ist eine Würdigung: vielseitig, tief lotend, poetisch – ganz so, wie es der Arbeit dieses Künstlers gebührt.“ Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zürich

„Sigmar Polke’s Gestaltung der Fenster des Grossmünsters … gehört zu den herausragenden Dialogen, die ein zeitgenössischer bildender Künstler mit einem Gebäude der Tradition geführt hat.“ Gottfried Boehm

„Eindeutig sind diese [Fenster] nie und ihr symbolischer Gehalt bleibt unausschöpfbar. Sie öffnen sich den Widersprüchen und dem Zwiespalt, der Illusion, dem Wunder und dem guten Glauben, der Härte und der Heilung, der Schönheit der Erde und der Würde der Kreatur. Zu diesen Bildern kann man zurückkehren, um sie immer wieder neu zu befragen.“ Katharina Schmidt

This CD presents for the first time a comprehensive survey of the signature INSERTS made by artists especially for PARKETT during its first 25 years. Faithful to its core principle of working closely with artists, PARKETT has invited 75 artists to work directly with the format of the magazine and the offset printing process. The artists have each produced a series of original artists’ pages, an ongoing study in the freedom within a book and in the rhythm and flow of the pages.

PARKETT INSERTS can take any form the artist desires within the given magazine format and budget. An astounding variety and diversity of paper-based artists’ ideas have been published. These INSERTS tell stories in images, colors, signs, and lines that include the use of text (Barbara Kruger, Jonathan Monk et al.), photography (Richard Mapplethorpe, Sigmar Polke, Nan Goldin, Damien Hirst, Henry Bond, Shirana Shahbazi et al.), drawing (Toba Khedoori, Silvia Baechli, Matthew Ritchie et al.), comics (Robert Crumb, David Shrigley, Dan Perjovschi), painting (Adrian Schiess, Richmond Burton, Kara Walker, Jeremy Blake, Marcel Dzama et al.) or graphic elements (Daniel Buren, General Idea, Niele Toroni, Nic Hess, Matthew Brannon, Ryan Gander’s hand torn pages et al.).