Publications

Kinderbuch, Sven Völker

Willkommen im Museum der Formen. Jeden Tag kommen neue Formen im Museum an, manche sind spitz, manche rund und manche wackelig oder schräg. Alma organisiert eine Ausstellung über die vielen verschiedenen Formen, die die Welt um uns herum ausmachen. In diesem farbenfrohen Buch wird nicht nur erklärt, welche verschiedenen Formen es gibt, sondern auch wie eine Ausstellung gemacht wird. Beim Lesen und Schauen werden Kinder dazu eingeladen, mitzumachen. Die interaktiven Texte und inspirierenden Illustrationen werfen ein ganz neues Licht auf die Schönheit der Geometrie.

Sven Völker arbeitet als Bilderbuchautor und -illustrator und lehrt als Professor an der Fachhochschule Potsdam. Er ist der Autor von „Sind wir schon da?“ und „Eine Million Punkte“, das von der New York Times 2019 als eines der besten illustrierten Kinderbücher ausgezeichnet wurde.

Hatje Cantz, 2025
ISBN: 978-3-7757-6051-5
18.00 € [D]

Englische Ausgabe:
Cicada Books, 2025
ISBN: 978-1-8006-6059-5
18.00 € [D]

Exhibition Catalogue

In 2021, Susa Templin brought her concept of photography into the space of the Museum of Concrete Art — quite literally. Through her Spatial Abstractions — “rooms made of images of rooms” — the artist creates installations that respond directly to the museum’s architecture.

The catalogue goes beyond a simple documentation of the installation, presenting works, exhibitions, and art-in-architecture projects from the past ten years. Essays by specialists in Concrete Art and photography accompany the different bodies of work. Dr. Theres Rohde, curator of the exhibition, explores the tension between abstraction and concretion in Templin’s practice, while Dr. Christina Leber, head of the DZ Bank Art Collection, identifies a photographic philosophy of space.

Through both text and images, the catalogue introduces the artist’s oeuvre and opens up a perspective on a contemporary photographic practice that extends far beyond conventional notions of photography.

With texts by Christina Leber and Theres Rohde

Snoek Verlag, 2021
Texts (German/English)
ISBN 978-3-86442-349-9
€29.80 (Germany)

Exhibition Catalogue

This publication not only documents a selection of lamps from the collection of the Stiftung für Konkrete Kunst und Design through photography. In addition, art and design historians explore the history of the Brunnquell company from a variety of perspectives in extensive essays.

With texts by Marie-Luise Heske and Simone Schimpf

Stiftung für Konkrete Kunst und Design, 2019
Text (German)
ISBN 978-3-00-063784-1
€19.00

Exhibition Catalogue

What is the relationship between infographics and art? This compelling question lies at the heart of the exhibition Painted Diagrams. Beginning with the Bauhaus, the presentation traced a line to contemporary art, featuring around 30 positions that demonstrate the ironic, subversive, and also affirmative use of diagrams in artistic practice. Conversely, it also examined the range of artistic design strategies that graphic designers employ as a matter of course.

From both perspectives, one thing becomes clear: the focus is always on processes of knowledge shaped by aesthetic means—processes that, at their worst, can be manipulative, and at their best, can generate insight.

Participating artists: Karl-Heinz Adler • Shūsaku Arakawa • Gerd Arntz • Frank Badur • Maja Bajević • Horst Bartnig • Willem Besselink • Katja Berlin • Max Bill • Böhler & Orendt • Hartmut Böhm • Christian Cap • Ariamna Contino / Alex Hernández • Jochen Flinzer • José Heerkens • Channa Horwitz • Nick Koppenhagen • Margaret Camilla Leiteritz • Richard Paul Lohse • Mark Lombardi • Frank Maier • Lucía Simón Medina • Vera Molnár • Hermann J. Painitz • Andreas Siekmann / Alice Creischer • Jorinde Voigt • Stephen Willats

With texts by Walter Krämer, Theres Rohde, Patrick Rössler, Simone Schimpf, Astrid Schmidt-Burkhardt and Michael Stoll

Kerber Verlag, 2019
Texts (German/English)
ISBN 978-3-7356-0553-5
€65.00

Exhibition Catalogue

Carlos Cruz-Diez (1923–2019) was a master of Op Art and is regarded as a key figure of the 20th century in the field of colour theory. True to his statement, “Art and life cannot be separated because they are one and the same thing,” the Venezuelan artist realised numerous works and installations in public spaces. In these, he explored the effects of colour through movement, light, and optical perception.

Carlos Cruz-Diez: Color in Motion was the title of the exhibition at the Museum of Concrete Art, where the artist presented a cross-section of his works and colour studies. The retrospective, specially created (light) installations, and a colour labyrinth came together to form a unique presentation of his work.

With texts by Simone Schimpf, Theres Rohde, Barbara Oettl, Anna Wondrak, Anke Schneider, Dorothea Niggemeier, Julia Steinbach and Alexandra Liebherr

Verlag Form, 2018
Texts (German/English)
ISBN 978-3-943962-69-7
€39.90

Exhibition Catalogue

The connection between logos and the signalling painting of Concrete Art is closer than it might first appear. Many Concrete artists created symbols for major companies, while designers often draw on the same methods used in Concrete Art: using basic forms, bold colours, and striving for formal reduction.

The Museum of Concrete Art explored this relationship for the first time in the exhibition Logo: The Art of the Sign. The catalogue brings together art, graphic design, and branding in a way never seen before. Editors Theres Rohde and Simone Schimpf, together with their team of authors, not only trace a shared history of design from the early 20th century through texts on trademarks and designers, but also show, through thematic essays, interviews, and compelling images, how closely logos and art are intertwined.

With texts by Sarah Kirsch, Theres Rohde, Christian Rummel, Frederik Schikowski, Simone Schimpf, Marco Spies and Sarah Wöhler

Verlag Surface, 2016
Texts (German/English)
ISBN 978-3-939855-44-6
€19.90
Available from the publisher

Exhibition Catalogue

Since 2009, the Munich collector couple Maximilian and Agathe Weishaupt have collaborated with the Museum of Concrete Art and the Stiftung für Konkrete Kunst und Design. During this time, they have acquired many important works of art that had never been publicly displayed. Particularly striking are the reduced works in black and white, including major pieces by François Morellet, Richard Serra, Günther Uecker, Roland Fischer, Günter Fruhtrunk, and Raimund Girke. Sculptures, paintings, works on paper, and photographs were presented in a varied exhibition. Combined with works from the Stiftung für Konkrete Kunst und Design, the museum offered a large overview exhibition demonstrating that black-and-white works are far from colourless. In total, around 80 works by more than 50 artists were shown.

Stiftung für Konkrete Kunst und Design, 2015
Text (German)
ISBN 978-3-86316-999-2
€28.00
Out of print

Exhibition Catalogue

Thirty-six artists from different generations are represented with sculptures, wall works, videos, photographs, and spatial installations, in which familiar everyday materials reveal surprising aesthetic effects and are often treated with wit and humor.

Foreword by Tobias Hoffmann, Annett Reckert, and Isabell Schenk-Weininger. With texts by Amely Deiss and Rasmus Kleine, and interviews with Michael Beutler, Hartmut Böhm, Stefan Eberstadt, Christian Frosch, Tom Früchtl, Knut Henrik Henriksen, Ottmar Hörl, Camill Leberer, Stefan Löffelhardt, Mathieu Mercier, Patrick Fabian Panetta, Katinka Pilscheur, Thomas Rentmeister, Anselm Reyle, Kai Richter, Benjamin Sabatier, Gerold Tagwerker, Heiko Tappenbeck, Timm Ulrichs, Martin Wöhrl, and Beat Zoderer.

Kerber Verlag, 2012
Texts (German)
ISBN 978-3-86678-727-8
€28.90
Out of print