Optik Schröder II
Subtitle: Werke aus der Sammlung Schröder
By: herausgegeben von Karola Kraus, Mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien
Contributors: Nedo, Kito; Kelsey, John; Museum Moderner Kunst (Vienna)
Publisher: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Köln
Language: ger
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9783960983139; 9783902947512; 9783960983132; 9783960983149
Subjects: Modern Art; Exhibitions
Other titles: Werke aus der Sammlung Schröder
Description: Optik Schröder II' presents a representative selection from the collection of Alexander Schröder. This includes important works by Kai Althoff, Tom Burr, Bernadette Corporation, Claire Fontaine, Gelitin, Isa Genzken, Anne Imhof, Sergej Jensen, Pierre Klossowski, Manfred Pernice, Martha Rosler, and Reena Spaulings, and is one of the most important German private collections of contemporary art. These works illustrate some of the key conceptual trends and positions in the development of Western art in the past three decades, including references to social issues, queer lifestyles, the critique of institutions and the economy, critical investigation of public spaces and architecture, poetry, and contemporary forms of critical painting.
Notes: Includes an interview with Alexander Schröder by Kito Nedo, and an essay by John Kelsey.

Includes bibliographical references.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition, 'Optik Schröder II, works from the Alexander Schröder Collection,' at the Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, February 3-June 3, 2018.

Text in German.