This publication appeared in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name Druckgraphik 1970–85, which took place in 1986 at the Grazer Kunstverein. The collection shows a selection of the most impressive works created between 1970-85 and is intended to give an insight into the medium as well as its contemporary use and importance.
Editor: Peter Pakesch
Authors: Bice Curiger, Martin Disler, Monika Faber, Johannes Gachnang, Günther Gercken, Per Kirkeby, David Shapiro, Emilio Vedova, Wolfgang Wunderlich
Artists: John Baldessari, Georg Baselitz, Marcel Broodthaer, Günter Brus, Werner Büttner, Francesco Clemente, Enzo Cucchi, Gunter Damisch, Martin Disler, Jörg Immendorf, Jasper Johs, Hubert Kiecol, Per Kirkeby, Sol Lewitt, Markus Lüpertz, Hermann Nitsch, Albert Oehlen, A.R. Penck, Arnulf Raier, Dieter Roth, Emilio Vedova, Franz Wanner
120 pages, 158 images in total, 124 b/w, 34 color images., 27 x 21,5 cm, 540g, German
Published by: Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, Graz 1986
ISBN 3-201-01326-9
Price: 31,– Euro
The articles of the first issue of the magazine Durch deal with space, the interweaving of art and science, philosophy and poetry and a lot more.
Editors: Peter Pakesch, Elisabeth Printschitz, Klaus Feichtenberger
Authors: Rudolf Haller, Rolf Herken,Peter Kogler, Roger Penrose, August Ruhs, Ferdinand Schmatz, Elisabeth Schweeger, Albert Oehlen, Peter Weibel, John A. Wheeler, Oswald Wiener, Erich Wonder
Artists: Günther Förg, Reinhard Mucha, Meuser, Hubert Kiecol, Georg Herold, Albert Oehlen
Design: John Baldessari
66 pages, 33 images in total, 10 b/w, 23 color images, 24 x 16,5 cm, 180g, German/ English
Published by: self-published
Price: 29,– Euro
Die Wahlverwandtschaften is the publication of the exhibition of the same name, which took place as part of steirischer herbst ’86 at the Stadtmuseum Graz from 21 September to 20 November 1986. The exhibition dealt with the relationship between literature and the visual arts.
Editor: Peter Pakesch
Authors: Elechi Amadi, Alberto Boatto, Konrad Bayer, Elias Canetti, Raymond Carver, Daniil Charmes, Joseph Conrad, Alain Cueff, Gustave Flaubert, Sigmund Freud, Allen Ginsberg, Jenny Holzer, Per Kirkeby, Pierre Klossowski, Joseph Kosuth, Giacomo Leopardi, Thomas Mann, Mario Merz, Peter Pakesch, Edgar Allen Poe, Ezra Pound, Reinhard Pressnitz, Dieter Roth, Claude Royet-Journoud, August Ruhs, Johannes von Schlebrügge, Ferdinand Schmatz, William Shakespeare, Mariella Simoni, Daniel Walter, Franz West, Elisabeth Wiesmayr-Schlebrügge, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Denys Zacharopoulos, sowie aus dem Alten Testament, den Nachtwachen des Bonaventura und Suburban Souls
Artists: Hans Holbein, Mario Merz, Pierpaolo Calolari, Johan Baldessari, Alighiero Boetti, Reinhard Priessnitz, Norbert Brunner, Günter Brus, Werner Büttner, Francesco Clemente, Gilbert & George, Jenny Holzer, Ilja Kabakov, Per Kirkeby, Pierre Klossowski, Joseph Kosuth, Reinhard Mucha, Bruce Nauman, Dieter Roth, Mariella Simoni, Jan Vercruysse, Franz West, Ferdinand Schmatz, Otto Zitko
158 pages, 95 images in total, 57 b/w, 38 color images, 27 x 21 cm, 685g, German
Published by: Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, Graz 1986
Price: 29,– Euro
The exhibition catalogue was created in the course of the exhibition of the same name Malerei – Wandmalerei, which took place from 20 September to 24 October 1987, in cooperation with steirischer herbst ’87, in the premises of the Stadtmuseum Graz.
Editor: Peter Pakesch
Authors: Otto Demus, Ludwig Hevesi, Dieter Bogner, Friedrich Kiesler, Georg Schöllhammer, Christian Gagerle, Markus Brüderlin, Denys Zacharopoulos
Artists: Mario Merz, Sol Lewitt, Arnuf Rainer, Robert Ryman, Gerhard Richter, Dan Flavin, Niele Toroni, Pat Steir, Blinki Palermo, Pierpaolo Calzolari, Günther Förg, Ernst Caramelle, James Welling, Herbert Brandl
Design: Günther Förg
120 pages plus issue, images in total 87, 44 b/w, 43 color images, 27 x 21 cm, 560g, German
Published by: Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, Graz
Price: 29,– Euro
The exhibition catalogue was created in the course of the exhibition of the same name Bildhauerzeichnungen, which took place in June 1987 in the premises of the Grazer Künstlerhaus. Curator Peter Pakesch put together the exhibition to define the behavior of contemporary sculptors in another medium.
Editor: Peter Pakesch
Authors: Bruno Corà, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Antje von Graevenitz, Rafael Jablonka, Hubert Klocker, Dieter Koepplin, Ulrich Loock, John Yau
Artists: Richard Artschwager, Joseph Beuys, Bruno Gironcoli, Donald Judd, Hubert Kiecol, Jannis Kounellis, Mario Merz, Bruce Naumann, Walter Pichler, Thomas Schütte, Richard Serra
Cover design: Hubert Kiecol
84 pages, 70 images in total, 41 b/w, 29 color images, 27 x 21cm, 370g, German
Published by: Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, Graz
ISBN 978-3-201-01347-1
Price: 29,– Euro (out of print)
The artist’s book was written during Albert Oehlen’s four-month residency in Graz in 1986, which was summed up with a solo exhibition from 10 to 27 January 1987 at the Graz Künstlerhaus.
Editors: Peter Pakesch, Albert Oehlen
Author: Peter Pakesch
Cover design: Doll by Julia Reichert
48 pages, 20 images in total and collages 81–86; 9 b/w, 11 color images, 24,5 x 17 cm, 310g, German
Published by: Akademische Druck- und Verlangsanstalt, Graz
(out of print)
The second issue of the magazine Durch gives an insight into the art world and scene of the culturally contrasting metropolises of New York and Moscow. It outlines the two cities and their atmosphere.
Editors: Peter Pakesch, Elisabeth Printschitz, Volker Schögler
Authors: Raimund Abraham, Josif Bakstein, Joseph Brodsky, Jean-Joseph Goux, Boris Groys, Gary Indiana, Tama Janowitz, Jonas Mekas, Viktor Misiano, Heiner Müller, Glen O’Brien, Dimitrij A. Prigov, David Robbins, Hans-Joachim Schlegel, Arlette Sennegon-Meister, Willis Truitt, Vadim Zacharov
Artists: Juri Albert, Annette Lemieux, Mc Dermott/ Mc Gough, Barbara Ess, Meg Webster, The Starn Twins, David Robbins, Nicolaj Filatov, A.V. Reuter,Georgij Lititschevskij, German Vinogradv, Igor Kapytjanskij, Vadim Zacharov, Alexander Kossolapov, Komar & Melamid, Erik Bulatov, Ilya Kabakov, Francisco Infante, Jonas Mekas, Raimund Abraham
Design: Ilya Kabakov, Joseph Kosuth
110 pages, 67 images in total, 36 b/w, 31 color images, 24,5 x 16,5 cm, 345g, German/ English
Published by: Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, Graz
Price: 29,– Euro
This issue of the magazine Durch is listed as a double issue due to its size and bilingualism. It is the first issue of a series of planned guest editors. Durch 3/ 4 was designed and editorially supervised by Albert Ohlen.
Editors: Albert Oehlen, Peter Pakesch, Elisabeth Printschitz
Authors: Werner Büttner, Guy Debord, Diedrich Diedrichsen, Rainald Goetz, Georg Herold, Jörg Immendorf, Asger Jorn, Michael Krebber, Markus Oehlen, Roberto Ohrt, Martin Prinzhorn, Mayo Thompson, Gil Wolmann
Artists: Joseph Beuys, Ian Davidson, Guy Debord, Uwe Gabriel, Tita Giese, Jörg Immendorf, Asger Jorg, Michael Krebber, Otto Mühl, Markus Oehlen, Friedrich Seidenstücker, Nic Tenwiggenhorn
Design: Jörg Immendorff
190 pages, 27 images in total, 18 b/w, 9 color images 24,5 x 16,5 cm, 360g, German/ English
Published by: self-published
additional edition of 30 pieces, numbered, signed
ISSN 1010-8378
Price: 29,– Euro
The artist’s book was created in the course of the solo exhibition Michelangelo Pistoletto, which was shown in January 1988 at the Künstlerhaus Graz.
Authors: Bruno Corà, Peter Pakesch
48 pages, 24 images in total, 17 b/w, 7 color images, 14 x 17 cm, 170g, German/ Italian
Published by: Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, Graz
Price: 31,– Euro (out of print)
Kabakov’s installation Vor dem Abendessen deals with transitions and boundaries that separate the work from its environment, the everyday trivial. The fold-out publication with a cardboard cover was designed by the artist and consists of two texts by Kabakov, in German and Russian, as well as colored illustrations of individual parts and sketches of the installation.
Editors: Peter Pakesch, Elisabeth Printschitz
Design: Ilya Kabakov
28 pages, 22 images in total, 13 b/w, 9 color images, 25 x 17 cm, 185g, German/ Russian
Published by: Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, Graz
Price: 185,– Euro (out of print)