Isabelle Graw, Helmut Draxler, André Rottmann

Erste Wahl (II) (First Choice (II))
20 Jahre »Texte zur Kunst«, 2. Dekade (20 Years of Texte zur Kunst, the 2nd Decade)
VOLUME 201

Where Do You Stand, Colleague? Volume 2 of the Anthology of German Art Criticism

Texte zur Kunst gave German art criticism a fresh start in 1990. Here, it finally caught up with the international theory landscape, and here it repeatedly dared to bridge the gap between art and society, despite its attention to specifically artistic semantics. This is undoubtedly what made Texte zur Kunst into one of the most renowned German-language art magazines and a leading theory platform.

For the twentieth anniversary in 2010, publisher Isabelle Graw, editor-in-chief André Rottmann, and long-standing advisory board member Helmut Draxler made a pointed selection of essays, interviews, and roundtable discussions that were published in the magazine since its inception. Compiled in two volumes (Vol. I, FUNDUS 200), the anthology provides a cross-section of debates in contemporary art, the reception of French theory in the German-speaking world, and disciplines such as social art history, gender studies, and reflections on cultural politics. Even more than a decade after its publication, these collected contributions by leading representatives from the fields of art criticism, art history, and philosophy continue to inspire. Renowned artists sharpen these discourses with insights from their own practice as well as their own theoretical knowledge and criticism: a document of its time that continues offering relevant insights for the most recent art, its scenes, and themes.

Including:

Judith Butler, Merlin Carpenter, Douglas Crimp, Diedrich Diedrichsen, Helmut Draxler, Stefan Germer, Isabelle Graw, Renée Green, Tom Holert, Jutta Koether, Rosalind E. Krauss, John Miller, Josephine Pryde, Juliane Rebentisch, among others

Isabelle Graw (b. 1962 in Hamburg; lives and works in Berlin) is an art critic, the publisher of Texte zur Kunst, and teaches art theory and art history at the Städelschule in Frankfurt/Main.

Helmut Draxler (b. 1956) was director of Kunstverein München from 1992 to 1995 and organized exhibitions by Andrea Fraser, Imi Giese, Christian Philipp Müller, Adrian Piper, and Christopher Williams, among others, in addition to numerous thematic shows. From 1999 to 2012, he was Professor of Aesthetic Theory at the Merz Akademie. Draxler is currently Professor of Art Theory at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.

André Rottmann (b. 1977) was editor-in-chief of Texte zur Kunst and has published in Artforum, among others. He is Junior Professor for Theories of Art and Media at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder).