BOOK SERIES INDEX

Hans Ulrich Obrist Conversation Series

This affordable and accessible series from the renowned German art book publisher and bookseller Walther König collects conversations between curator and culture activator Hans Ulrich Obrist and other seminal and emerging figures in the worlds of art, architecture and ideas. Obrist's interest in interviews was first triggered by two very long conversations that he read when he was a student. One was between Pierre Cabanne and Marcel Duchamp, and the other between David Sylvester and Francis Bacon. "These books somehow brought me to art," he has said. "They were like oxygen, and were the first time that the idea of an interview with an artist as a medium became of interest to me. They also sparked my interest in the idea of sustained conversations—of interviews recorded over a period of time, perhaps over the course of many years; the Bacon/Sylvester interviews took place over three long sessions, for example." All of the books in this series are designed by the Paris graphic design team, M/M.

Hans Ulrich Obrist & Matthew Barney: The Conversation Series Over the course of about ten years, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Matthew Barney met several times to discuss Barney’s past work, current projects and his plans for the future. The resulting collection of interviews provides >>more Walther König, Köln ISBN 9783863351991 US $25.00 CAN $34.50 TRADE Pbk, 5 x 8 in. / 167 pgs / 25 b&w. Pub Date: 06/30/2013 Out of stock Hans Ulrich Obrist & Tacita Dean: The Conversation Series British video artist and filmmaker Tacita Dean (born 1965) is internationally admired for her patient and sensitive approach to her subject matter, explored in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist in this collection of in-depth interviews. >>more Walther König, Köln ISBN 9783863352622 US $25.00 CAN $34.50 TRADE Pbk, 5 x 8 in. / 119 pgs / color / 30 b&w. Pub Date: 06/30/2013 Not available Hans Ulrich Obrist & Robert Crumb: The Conversation Series This out-of-sequence first volume in Hans Ulrich Obrist's Conversation Series is devoted to the influential cult comics artist, Robert Crumb-creator of Fritz the Cat, Zap Comics and Mr. Natural, among many other iconic underground mainstays. >>more Walther König, Köln ISBN 9783883759487 US $16.00 CAN $23.00 TRADE Paperback, 5.5 x 8.25 in. / 47 pgs / 1 b&w. Pub Date: 12/15/2007 Not available Hans Ulrich Obrist & John Chamberlain: The Conversation Series The American sculptor John Chamberlain, known for using parts of wrecked automobiles in his volumetric, abstract work, is widely considered one of the most important artists of the 60s generation. Here, he speaks with curator, >>more Walther König, Köln ISBN 9783883759227 US $20.00 CAN $27.95 TRADE Paperback, 5.5 x 8.5 in. / 128 pgs / 18 b&w. Pub Date: 12/15/2007 Out of stock Hans Ulrich Obrist & Konrad Klapheck: The Conversation Series In this German-language-only installment of Hans Ulrich Obrist's Conversation Series, the acclaimed curator-conversationalist speaks with the German Pop Surrealist painter Konrad Klapheck, and includes the German conceptual photographer Hans-Peter Feldmann--who was there to document the >>more Walther König, Köln ISBN 9783865600356 US $20.00 CAN $27.95 TRADE Paperback, 5.5 x 8.25 in. / 68 pgs / 16 color / 21 b&w. Pub Date: 12/15/2007 In stock Hans Ulrich Obrist & Rem Koolhaas: The Conversation Series In this traditional paperback, renowned critic and curator Hans Ulrich Obrist teams up with Dutch avant-garde architect and paradigm-shifting intellectual, Rem Koolhaas, for a discussion of Koolhaas's work in China, his designs for Prada, architecture >>more Walther König, Köln ISBN 9783865600776 US $17.95 CAN $25.50 TRADE Paperback, 5.5 x 8 in. / 68 pgs. Pub Date: 03/01/2007 In stock Hans Ulrich Obrist & Wolfgang Tillmans: The Conversation Series Over the course of two very personal conversations, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Wolfgang Tillmans discuss the photographer’s work, his changing artistic vision and various thematic pursuits since the 1980s. Tillmans’ recent book Manual is discussed >>more Walther König, Köln ISBN 9783865601339 US $22.00 CAN $30.50 TRADE Paperback, 5.25 x 8.25 in. / 140 pgs / 30 b&w. Pub Date: 03/01/2008 Not available Hans Ulrich Obrist & Yona Friedman: The Conversation Series "People make too much of architecture. I have a running quarrel with architects who overestimate architecture. Reality is at eye-level with people walking down the street." Born in 1923 in Budapest, Hungary, Yona Friedman is >>more Walther König, Köln ISBN 9783865601711 US $22.00 CAN $30.50 TRADE Paperback, 5.5 x 8.5 in. / 126 pgs / 29 b&w. Pub Date: 07/01/2007 In stock Hans Ulrich Obrist & Zaha Hadid: The Conversation Series The celebrated architect and Pritzker Prize-winner speaks with series editor Hans Ulrich Obrist about the projects that established her distinctive, deconstructivist style, and shares her thoughts about contemporary architecture. Conceptual and structural questions are discussed >>more Walther König, Köln ISBN 9783865600783 US $22.00 CAN $30.50 TRADE Paperback, 5.25 x 8.25 in. / 136 pgs / 35 color / 45 b&w. Pub Date: 03/01/2008 Out of stock Hans Ulrich Obrist & Gilbert & George: The Conversation Series Series editor Hans Ulrich Obrist here collects seven years worth of interviews with the hugely influential British artistic collaborators Gilbert & George, providing an intimate vision of what they consider the most important landmarks in >>more Walther König, Köln ISBN 9783865602176 US $25.00 CAN $34.50 TRADE Paperback, 5.25 x 8.25 in. / 192 pgs / 22 b&w. Pub Date: 03/01/2008 In stock Hans Ulrich Obrist & Thomas Demand: The Conversation Series Volume number 10 in the Conversation Series with the influential museum director, curator, writer and conversationalist Hans Ulrich Obrist, is given over to an intensive talk with the important German conceptual artist, Thomas Demand, who >>more Walther König, Köln ISBN 9783865602046 US $25.00 CAN $34.50 TRADE Paperback, 5.5 x 8.5 in. / 174 pgs / 20 b&w. Pub Date: 07/01/2007 Not available Hans Ulrich Obrist & Nancy Spero: The Conversation Series For more than half a century, the influential American artist and activist Nancy Spero has been known for her relentless honesty and her unshakable commitment to political, social and cultural causes--from women’s issues to war >>more Walther König, Köln ISBN 9783865603227 US $22.00 CAN $30.50 TRADE Paperback, 5.25 x 8.25 in. Pub Date: 03/01/2008 Not available Hans Ulrich Obrist & Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster: The Conversation Series The challenging French conceptualist Gonzalez-Foerster is prominent on the international scene. For Skulptur Projekte Münster 2007, she showed small-scale replicas of other Münster fair works, past and present; for her recent ARC Paris museum show, >>more Walther König, Köln ISBN 9783865603340 US $22.00 CAN $30.50 TRADE Paperback, 5.25 x 8.25 in. / 190 pgs / 31 b&w. Pub Date: 03/01/2008 Out of stock Hans Ulrich Obrist & Olafur Eliasson: The Conversation Series Hans Ulrich Obrist and Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson have known each other for many years, and have worked together intimately--on exhibitions, book projects, performances and more. Their legendary conversations, gathered here, are revealing, challenging, philosophical--and >>more Walther König, Köln ISBN 9783865603357 US $22.00 CAN $30.50 TRADE Paperback, 5.25 x 8.25 in.color. Pub Date: 03/01/2008 Not available Hans Ulrich Obrist & Philippe Parreno: The Conversation Series The French filmmaker and artist Philippe Parreno born in Algeria, has been working and collaborating with curator/thinker/editor Hans Ulrich Obrist for many years; over many projects they have taken huge risks and broken countless conventions >>more Walther König, Köln ISBN 9783865603401 US $22.00 CAN $30.50 TRADE Paperback, 5.25 x 8.25 in. / 154 pgs / illustrated throughout. Pub Date: 03/01/2008 Out of stock Hans Ulrich Obrist & Enzo Mari: The Conversation Series Text by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Enzo Mari. Volume 15 of The Conversation Series features a riveting dialogue between series editor and cultural catalyst Hans Ulrich Obrist and the renowned Italian designer Enzo Mari. More concerned with theoretical issues in design than commercial >>more Walther König, Köln ISBN 9783865604019 US $25.00 CAN $34.50 TRADE Pbk, 5.25 x 8.25 in. / 88 pgs / 35 b&w. Pub Date: 03/01/2009 Not available Hans Ulrich Obrist & Gustav Metzger: The Conversation Series Text by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Gustav Metzger. In volume 16 of The Conversation Series, Hans Ulrich Obrist presents an in-depth exchange with the venerable German-born artist and activist Gustav Metzger, which illuminates the artist's fascinating life and 60-year career. In 1959, Metzger >>more Walther König, Köln ISBN 9783865604989 US $25.00 CAN $34.50 TRADE Pbk, 5.25 x 8.25 in. / 168 pgs / 41 b&w. Pub Date: 03/01/2009 In stock Hans Ulrich Obrist & Yoko Ono: The Conversation Series Edited by Hans Ulrich Obrist. In this volume, Hans Ulrich Obrist elicits from New York art veteran Yoko Ono a portrait of her life and career that is unprecedented in detail. Across five interview sessions, Obrist quizzes Ono about her >>more Walther König, Köln ISBN 9783865606525 US $27.00 CAN $37.00 TRADE Pbk, 5.25 x 8.25 in. / 96 pgs / 16 b&w. Pub Date: 03/31/2010 Not available Hans Ulrich Obrist & John Baldessari: The Conversation Series Volume 18 Edited by Hans Ulrich Obrist. Hans Ulrich Obrist has been a staunch supporter of the Los Angeles maestro of Conceptualism John Baldessari from early on in his career. For these conversations, the artist and curator were joined by, among others, >>more Walther König, Köln ISBN 9783865605009 US $26.00 CAN $36.00 TRADE Pbk, 5.5 x 8.5 in. / 242 pgs / 20 b&w. Pub Date: 02/28/2010 In stock Hans Ulrich Obrist & Christian Boltanski: The Conversation Series Hans Ulrich Obrist and Christian Boltanski are not only associated through their longstanding friendship: Boltanski was also the first artist that Obrist ever exhibited. Over the course of this friendship the two have often met >>more Walther König, Köln ISBN 9783865605139 US $34.00 CAN $45.00 TRADE Pbk, 5.25 x 8.25 in. / 234 pgs. Pub Date: 10/31/2009 In stock Hans Ulrich Obrist & Rirkrit Tiravanija: The Conversation Series Edited by Hans Ulrich Obrist. Rirkrit Tiravanija is easily one of the most important artists developing the social and relational aspects of art today. He has transformed gallery spaces into de facto banquet halls, pirate radio stations and even a >>more Walther König, Köln ISBN 9783865606549 US $29.00 CAN $39.50 TRADE Pbk, 5.5 x 8.25 in. / 150 pgs / 25 b&w. Pub Date: 03/31/2011 Not available Hans Ulrich Obrist & Cedric Price: The Conversation Series Edited by Hans Ulrich Obrist. The British architect Cedric Price (1934-2003) completed relatively few buildings, but through his drawings, proposals, teachings and conversations, he exerted an enormous influence across many disciplines. For Price, as for an increasing number of architects >>more Walther König, Köln ISBN 9783865600936 US $35.00 CAN $47.50 TRADE Pbk, 5.25 x 8.25 in. / 172 pgs / 26 b&w. Pub Date: 03/31/2010 Not available Hans Ulrich Obrist & Jeff Koons: The Conversation Series Edited by Karen Marta. Reflecting on 20 years of making art, Jeff Koons talks to Hans Ulrich Obrist about his vocation and its frequently controversial highlights. Koons makes acknowledgement here of determinative influences such as Marcel Duchamp, Salvador Dalí >>more Walther König, Köln ISBN 9783865606358 US $19.95 CAN $27.95 TRADE Pbk, 5.25 x 8.25 in. / 123 pgs / 28 b&w. Pub Date: 08/31/2012 In stock Hans Ulrich Obrist & Marina Abramovic: The Conversation Series Edited by Hans Ulrich Obrist. Over the past three and a half decades, Marina Abramovic’s astonishing oeuvre, with pieces in which she performs feats of extreme endurance or mortification of the flesh, has laid bare--perhaps more than any other artist >>more Walther König, Köln ISBN 9783865604750 US $35.00 CAN $47.50 TRADE Pbk, 5.5 x 8.5 in. / 192 pgs / 25 b&w. Pub Date: 08/30/2010 Out of stock Hans Ulrich Obrist & Cerith Wyn Evans: The Conversation Series Edited by Hans Ulrich Obrist. Cerith Wyn Evans’ gloriously uncategorizable oeuvre has spanned installation works, sculptures, photography, film, text and a recent collaboration with industrial-music pioneers Throbbing Gristle. Preoccupations with language and perception generally lead the works, from an exhibition >>more Walther König, Köln ISBN 9783865606334 US $35.00 CAN $47.50 TRADE Pbk, 5.5 x 8.25 in. / 196 pgs / 25 b&w. Pub Date: 03/31/2011 Not available Hans Ulrich Obrist & Dan Graham: Conversation Series Edited by Hans Ulrich Obrist. Since the mid-1960s when he started out as a fledgling critic, Dan Graham has carved out a unique role for himself, expanding the scope of the Conceptual artist to incorporate art criticism, music criticism, photography >>more Walther König, Köln ISBN 9783865607911 US $25.00 CAN $34.50 TRADE Pbk, 5.5 x 8.5 in. / 134 pgs. Pub Date: 03/31/2012 In stock Hans Ulrich Obrist & Kazuyo Sejima: Conversation Series Edited by Hans Ulrich Obrist. Japanese architect Kazuyo Sejima (born 1956) has established her Tokyo studio SANAA, cofounded with Ryue Nishizawa, as one of the art world's favorite architectural teams. SANAA has been responsible for some of the most innovative >>more Walther König, Köln ISBN 9783865609274 US $25.00 CAN $30.00 TRADE Pbk, 5.5 x 8.5 in. / 110 pgs. Pub Date: 03/31/2012 Not available