Books published by Kerber Verlag

A longing for togetherness - for love - shows insistently in this 17th edition of MOMENTA Biennale de l'image. The artists and authors invite us to forge intimate kinships with nonhuman life-worlds and celebrate that we are in relation with nature.

Reduction as a painterly approach: Master of Reduction shows juxtapositions of and relationships between painterly ideas by artist Daniela Trixl. Text in English and German

Have you ever watched Douglas Gordon cook? Do you know Harun Farocki's favourite dal? Would you like to recreate Agnieszka Polska's pirogi with trumpets of death? 80 of the most renown video artists of our time reveal their favourite recipes.

A monograph on the work of contemporary artist Ellen Akimoto, with a text by the popular German art historian Wolfgang Ullrich. Text in English and German.

A monograph on the work of sculptor Dana Meyer whose works are forged freehand, in steel. Text in English and German.

The Opera embodies contemporary nude photography and stands for an unconditional commitment to art and the body. This is the ninth edition.

For the first time, this publication and the accompanying exhibition examine the significance of the architectural visions developed in East and West Berlin in the final decade before the fall of the Berlin Wall.

For his new book, photographer Jonas Dahlstroem studied urban environments in Sweden. He captured their beauty in a continuous sequence of images taking place during exactly 12 hours. Text in English and Swedish.

A catalogue to accompany the Jewish Museum Frankfurt exhibition The Female Side of God, which is based on numerous objects from cultural history and contemporary works of art. Text in English and German.

A monograph of projects from 1963-2020 by artist couple Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Text in English and German.

First international survey on Wolfram Ullrich's oeuvre over the past four decades. Text in English and German.

A monograph of works dedicated to the Vietnamese painter Nguyen Xuan Huy. Text in English and German.

For three years, photographer Janina Wick has portrayed young people on the ruinous outskirts of Berlin city in a haunting contemporary portrayal of present-day youth culture. Text in English and German.

Ulrich Wust's (*1949) photographs are a bold critique of the former GDR's planned urbanism. His first monograph includes 200 images, rare ephemera and an in-depth interview.

This publication brings to life the artistic friendship and collaborations of Carlfriedrich Claus (1930-1998), pioneer of text-based art, with French artists Ilse and Pierre Garnier. Text in German and French.

The book presents some of China's most exciting talents, accompanied by texts and documents, it becomes an invaluable source for the understanding of the young Chinese art scene. Text in English and simplified Chinese.

Today, animals are 'optimised', almost entirely based on human ideas. The designers and artists in this publication evaluate human-animal relations and design scenarios for a different future. Text in English and Dutch.

Since 1996, John Peter Askew (*1960) has photographed the Russian city of Perm, Europe's easternmost city: an epic portrait of three generations of a single family.

The book presents an unfamiliar side of Sean Scully: a series of large-scale figurative paintings, material from his private archive, and essays on his new painterly freedom.

Canadian artist Kelly Richardson (*1972) creates hyperreal landscapes. Her digitally-born works envision a scenario in which we might have to look beyond our current planet for refuge and survival.