FOR NOW. 200 Years Kunstverein München is published on the occasion of its bicentennial. The comprehensive publication is dedicated to the institution, its history, its publics, and its artists. The publication takes stock of the past and provides insights into the association’s activities. These are developed in response to the incompleteness of the archive and the subsequent need to constantly review and rethink it. In addition to contributions by Andrea Fraser, Christian Fuhrmeister, Quinn Latimer, Doreen Mende in conversation with Maurin Dietrich and Gloria Hasnay, Philip Ursprung, and the Kunstverein’s archivists Jonas von Lenthe and Johanna Klingler, the book brings together an extensive collection of visual material and other documents that retrace the institution’s rich artistic as well as its bureaucratic and sociopolitical activities over 200 years.
The anniversary publication of the Kunstverein, founded in 1823, is not a framework for spinning a singular narrative, but rather a container that can hold a multitude of stories. It isn’t just important to fill the historical gaps, but also to change the structures that production, documentation, and archiving take place in so that more permeable narratives can emerge. On the one hand, the publication thus sheds light on various aspects of the association’s polyphonic and antagonistic history, including its role under National Socialism, the role of women, and class relations. On the other hand, it aims to sketch a possible future for the Kunstverein from today’s perspective.
More info: www.distanz.de/en/kunstverein-muenchen/200-years
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Publisher: DISTANZ, Kunstverein München e.V.
Editors: Maurin Dietrich & Gloria Hasnay
Design: Enver Hadzijaj
Soft cover
German, English
30 x 3.5 x 38 cm
480 pages
Edition: 1,000
ISBN 978-3-95476-574-4