Black Album/White Cube
After the incredible success of hyper! in Hamburg, Max Dax‘s exhibition moved to famous kunsthal in rotterdam where, in the pandemic year 2020 of all things, the great concept was presented in a rather improved and condensed second edition under a new name. in rotterdam minus also designed the entrance walls of the exhibition as well as all exhibition typography.
catalog book jacket, back cover, 240 x 280 mm., Art direction: Johannes Beck
image: radenko milak, Madonna und Britney Spears, 2018, water color, courtesy of priska Pasquer
catalog cover, 240 x 280 mm, Art direction: Johannes Beck
catalog spread, 480 x 280 mm., Art direction: Johannes Beck
image: Prince, The Black Album, 1987, Warner Bros., album sleeve, designed by unknown,
courtesy of Warner music, germany, photo: luci lux
catalog spread, 480 x 280 mm., Art direction: Johannes Beck
image: Mason Williams, Bus, 1967, Courtesy of Buchholz gallery, Berlin/cologne, Installation view by Ludger Paffrath
catalog spread, 480 x 280 mm., Art direction: Johannes Beck
images (left side above): Henning Strassburger, coverbild 1, 2015, Acrylic on canvas, courtesy of the artist and Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf
(left side down): juro grau, eve of destruction (detail), 2016, watercolor, 28 x 20 cm., courtesy of the artist
(right side): radenko milak, donald trump und Kanye West, 2018, watercolor, 48,5 x 35 cm., courtesy of priska Pasquer gallery
catalog spread, 480 x 280 mm., Art direction: Johannes Beck
image (left side): Julien LEscouer, Sans-Titre # 2 (detail), 2013, from the series aérolithiques, 51 x 51 cm. Courtesy by the artist
catalog spread, 480 x 280 mm., Art direction: Johannes Beck
image (left side): Cyprien Gaillard, Desniansky Raion, 2001, still from Video, 30:30 minuten,
courtesy by the artist and Sprüth Magers, Berlin
catalog spread, 480 x 280 mm., Art direction: Johannes Beck
images: Cyprien Gaillard, Desniansky Raion, 2001, stills from Video, 30:30 min., courtesy by the artist and Sprüth Magers, Berlin
catalog spread, 480 x 280 mm., righ: start page of chapter II, original and copy, Art direction: Johannes Beck
catalog spread, 480 x 280 mm., Art direction: Johannes Beck
image: Rutherford Chang, We buy white albums (installation view), 2016, photo: Rutherford Chang
catalog spread, 480 x 280 mm., Art direction: Johannes Beck
image (right side): Rosemarie Trockel, aware and away, 1990–2018, mixed media, 12“ sleeve, 30 x 30 cm,
courtesy by the artist and Sprüth Magers, Berlin
catalog spread, 480 x 280 mm., Art direction: Johannes Beck
all images: Rosemarie Trockel, aware and away, 1990–2018, mixed media, 12“ Covers, 30 x 30 cm,
courtesy of the artist and Sprüth Magers, Berlin
catalog spread, 480 x 280 mm., Art direction: Johannes Beck
image: Emil Schult, autobahn, 2020, oil on canvas, 150 x 150 cm., courtesy of the artist
catalog spread, 480 x 280 mm., righ: start page of chapter III, remixing and sampling, Art direction: Johannes Beck
images (left side): peter Knoch, Installation views, deichtorhallen Hamburg, 2019, photos: Anselm Dax
catalog spread, 480 x 280 mm., Art direction: Johannes Beck
image left side above: scott king. tubular, bells 8, 2011, oil and acrylic on canvas, 60 x 90 cm.
mage left side down: tubular, bells 4, 2008, oil and acrylic on canvas, 52 x 62,3 cm.,
both imges: courtesy of the artist and herald st, london, photos: andy keate
catalog spread, 480 x 280 mm., Art direction: Johannes Beck
image right side: Henning strassburger, untitled, 2016, charcoal on paper, 29,7 x 42 cm., courtesy of the artist
catalog spread, 480 x 280 mm., Art direction: Johannes Beck
image left side above: Andrea Stappert, spencer sweeny, new york, 2010, Wemhöner collection
left side down: Andrea stappert, douglas gordon, berlin, 2013, courtesy of the artist
right side: andrea stappert, martin kippenberger, cologne, 1986, Wemhöner collection
catalog spread, imprint, sponsors, acknowledgements, 480 x 280 mm., Art direction: Johannes Beck