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Barbe-Bleue, 2007
Design and Text: Chiara Carrer
La Joie de Lire S.A., Geneva
17.6 × 30 cm
Neue Sammlung Friedrich C. Heller
 

Non Stop, 2019
Pictures and Text: Tomi Ungerer
Diogenes Verlag, Zurich
21.5 × 30.5 cm
Neue Sammlung Friedrich C. Heller
© 2019 Diogenes Verlag AG Zürich
 

Mazookas Panorama, 2018
Pictures: Henning Wagenbreth
Buschfunk, Berlin
30 × 30 cm
Neue Sammlung Friedrich C. Heller
 

Mouse and Kat and the Evil One, 2004
Design: Stuart Sharpe
Ginko Press, Berkeley (USA)
22.8 × 17.8 cm 
MAK BI 124998
© Stuart Sharpe

Graphic Design: Theresa Hattinger

I Prelibri, 1980 (reissue 2002) 
Design: Bruno Munari
Danese Edizioni, Milano/Corraini Edizioni, Mantua 
Various materials (paper, cardboard, wood, plastic)
12 small books, each 10 × 10 cm
MAK, BI 77704
© 1980 Bruno Munari. All rights reserved to Maurizio Corraini s.r.l.
 

SOMETHING TO PUT SOMETHING ON, 2008/2017
Design: Lawrence Weiner
Little Steidl, Göttingen
21.7 × 25.4 cm
MAK, BI 90394
 

Basic Space, Fanny Millard, 2015 © EXTRA 2022 

Prelibri © 1980 Bruno Munari. All rights reserved to Maurizio Corraini s.r.l

Non Stop, 2019
Pictures and Text: Tomi Ungerer
Diogenes Verlag, Zurich
21.5 × 30.5 cm
Neue Sammlung Friedrich C. Heller
© 2019 Diogenes Verlag AG Zürich
 

basic space, 2015
Design: Fanny Millard
EXTRA – éditeur d’espaces, Bordeaux 
Foldable red cardboard leporello, explanatory booklet, folder
12 × 12 cm
© EXTRA 2022
Neue Sammlung Friedrich C. Heller
 

basic space, 2015
Design: Fanny Millard
EXTRA – éditeur d’espaces, Bordeaux 
Foldable red cardboard leporello, explanatory booklet, folder
12 × 12 cm
© EXTRA 2022
Neue Sammlung Friedrich C. Heller
 

SOMETHING TO PUT SOMETHING ON, 2008/2017
Design: Lawrence Weiner
Little Steidl, Göttingen
21.7 × 25.4 cm
MAK, BI 90394
 

La doble historia de un vaso de leche, 2007
Design and Text: Menena Cottin
Ediciones Tecolote, Mexico
Drawings and text in white and yellow on black background
14 × 28 cm
Neue Sammlung Friedrich C. Heller
 

Exhibition View, Picture Book Art, 2022 © MAK/Georg Mayer

Exhibition View, Picture Book Art, 2022 © MAK/Georg Mayer

Exhibition View, Picture Book Art, 2022 © MAK/Georg Mayer

Exhibition View, Picture Book Art, 2022 © MAK/Georg Mayer

Exhibition View, Picture Book Art, 2022 © MAK/Georg Mayer

Exhibition View, Picture Book Art, 2022 © MAK/Georg Mayer

Picture Book Art

The Book as Artistic Medium

Wed, 12.10.2022—Sun, 5.3.2023

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts

Picture Book Art

The Book as Artistic Medium

Wed, 12.10.2022—Sun, 5.3.2023

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts

Picture books—whether for children or adults—can impressively express the different artistic tendencies through the medium of the book. During this process, the artists’ deeply impressive creativity becomes visible, which knows how to bring not only the beauty, wealth, and hope, but also the threats of our world into pictures. A selection of picture books from the 1960s to the present, for example by Sonia Delaunay, Bruno Munari, Olaf Nicolai, and Lawrence Weiner, gives an impression of this diversity. This exhibition is a continuation of the children’s book exhibitions shown at the MAK in the past. In addition to loans from the Friedrich C. Heller Collection, objects from the MAK Collection’s significant holdings will be presented.

Guest Curator:
Friedrich C. Heller in collaboration with Ursula Brandstätter
 
Curator:
Kathrin Pokorny-Nagel, Head, MAK Library and Works on Paper Collection/Archive
 

Artists

Otmar Alt • Xavier Armange • Etienne Bastermaghi • Marion Bataille • Barbara & Gerd Baumann • Anne Bertier • Alighiero Boetti • Eugenio Carmi • Chiara Carrer • David A. Carter • Young-kyoung Cha • Menena Cottin • Miloš Cvach • Rébecca Dautremer • Elena del Vento • Sonia Delaunay • Lia Drei • Pablo Echaurren • elffriede • Colleen Ellis • Wolf Erlbruch • Alexandra Exter • Rosana Faría • Amrei Fechner • Mary Fernety • Jérémie Fischer • Erich Fuchs • Alain Gauthier • Mario Grasso • Riccardo Guasco • Anne Herbauts • Christoph Herndler • Friederike Holländer • Marta Ignerska • Roberto Innocenti • Susanne Janssen • Oliver Jeffers • Stephen T. Johnson • Yann Kebbi • Ronald King • Ilona Kiss • Katsumi Komagata • Maria Lai • Warja Lavater • Benjamin Legan • André Letria • Vincent Mahé • Fanny Millard • Mikhail Molochnikov • Jörg Müller • Bruno Munari • Jon J Muth • Norio Nakamura • Olaf Nicolai • Sébastien G. Orsini • Gabriel Pacheco • Květa Pacovská • Emiliano Ponzi • Rathna Ramanathan • Dieter Roth • Antonio Rovaldi • Meg Rutherford • Alessandro Sanna • Johanna Schaible • Noémi Schipfer • Stuart Sharpe • Cindy Sherman • Sydney Smith • Katrin Stangl • Anton Stankowski • Chisato Tamabayashi • Shaun Tan • Jens Thiele • Susanne Tischewski • UG (= Philippe Huger) • Desislava Unger • Tomi Ungerer • Claire Van Vliet • Fernando Vilela • Serena Viola • Sven Völker • Henning Wagenbreth • Issa Watanabe • William Wegman • Lawrence Weiner • Sam Winston • Linda Wolfsgruber • Shomei Yoh • Ed Young • Roberto Zamarin • Lisbeth Zwerger
 

Program (7 Events)

Sat, 10.12.2022 2 pm—4 pm

Mini MAK Advent-tures

Mini MAK Advent-tures
Wir falten Sterne, Christbaumschmuck, Geschenkboxen und auch Grußkarten für das große Fest! Workshop für die ganze Familie (ab 4 Jahren). 

Workshop für die ganze Familie (ab 4 Jahren)
 
Begrenzte Teilnehmer*innen-Zahl: eine Anmeldung ist erbeten.
Materialbeitrag: € 4,50 pro Kind (bei freiem Eintritt), ermäßigter Eintritt für Begleitpersonen
 
Treffpunkt: MAK Säulenhalle 

1459977554986
Sat, 10.12.2022 4.30 pm—5.30 pm

Guided Tour (in German): Picture Book Art

The Book as Artistic Medium
Sat, 17.12.2022 2 pm—4 pm

Mini MAK Advent-tures

Mini MAK Advent-tures
Wir falten Sterne, Christbaumschmuck, Geschenkboxen und auch Grußkarten für das große Fest! Workshop für die ganze Familie (ab 4 Jahren). 

Workshop für die ganze Familie (ab 4 Jahren)
 
Begrenzte Teilnehmer*innen-Zahl: eine Anmeldung ist erbeten.
Materialbeitrag: € 4,50 pro Kind (bei freiem Eintritt), ermäßigter Eintritt für Begleitpersonen
 
Treffpunkt: MAK Säulenhalle 

1459977554986
Tue, 3.1.2023 6 pm—6.30 pm
Guided Tour

kurz und gut (in German): BILDERBUCHKUNST. Das Buch als künstlerisches Medium

Thu, 5.1.2023 4.30 pm—5.30 pm
Guided Tour

MAKtually (in German): Overview of all current exhibitions

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<BODY><div>Barbe-Bleue, 2007</div><div>Design and Text: Chiara Carrer</div><div>La Joie de Lire S.A., Geneva</div><div>17.6 × 30 cm</div><div>Neue Sammlung Friedrich C. Heller</div><div> </div></BODY>
Barbe-Bleue, 2007
Design and Text: Chiara Carrer
La Joie de Lire S.A., Geneva
17.6 × 30 cm
Neue Sammlung Friedrich C. Heller
 
<BODY><div>Non Stop, 2019</div><div>Pictures and Text: Tomi Ungerer</div><div>Diogenes Verlag, Zurich</div><div>21.5 × 30.5 cm</div><div>Neue Sammlung Friedrich C. Heller</div><div>© 2019 Diogenes Verlag AG Zürich</div><div> </div></BODY>
Non Stop, 2019
Pictures and Text: Tomi Ungerer
Diogenes Verlag, Zurich
21.5 × 30.5 cm
Neue Sammlung Friedrich C. Heller
© 2019 Diogenes Verlag AG Zürich
 
<BODY><div>Mazookas Panorama, 2018</div><div>Pictures: Henning Wagenbreth</div><div>Buschfunk, Berlin</div><div>30 × 30 cm</div><div>Neue Sammlung Friedrich C. Heller</div><div> </div></BODY>
Mazookas Panorama, 2018
Pictures: Henning Wagenbreth
Buschfunk, Berlin
30 × 30 cm
Neue Sammlung Friedrich C. Heller
 
<BODY><div>Mouse and Kat and the Evil One, 2004</div><div>Design: Stuart Sharpe</div><div>Ginko Press, Berkeley (USA)</div><div>22.8 × 17.8 cm </div><div>MAK BI 124998</div><div>© Stuart Sharpe</div></BODY>
Mouse and Kat and the Evil One, 2004
Design: Stuart Sharpe
Ginko Press, Berkeley (USA)
22.8 × 17.8 cm 
MAK BI 124998
© Stuart Sharpe
<BODY>Graphic Design: Theresa Hattinger</BODY>
Graphic Design: Theresa Hattinger
<BODY><div>I Prelibri, 1980 (reissue 2002) </div><div>Design: Bruno Munari</div><div>Danese Edizioni, Milano/Corraini Edizioni, Mantua </div><div>Various materials (paper, cardboard, wood, plastic)</div><div>12 small books, each 10 × 10 cm</div><div>MAK, BI 77704</div><div>© 1980 Bruno Munari. All rights reserved to Maurizio Corraini s.r.l.</div><div> </div></BODY>
I Prelibri, 1980 (reissue 2002) 
Design: Bruno Munari
Danese Edizioni, Milano/Corraini Edizioni, Mantua 
Various materials (paper, cardboard, wood, plastic)
12 small books, each 10 × 10 cm
MAK, BI 77704
© 1980 Bruno Munari. All rights reserved to Maurizio Corraini s.r.l.
 
<BODY><div>SOMETHING TO PUT SOMETHING ON, 2008/2017</div><div>Design: Lawrence Weiner</div><div>Little Steidl, Göttingen</div><div>21.7 × 25.4 cm</div><div>MAK, BI 90394</div><div> </div></BODY>
SOMETHING TO PUT SOMETHING ON, 2008/2017
Design: Lawrence Weiner
Little Steidl, Göttingen
21.7 × 25.4 cm
MAK, BI 90394
 
<BODY>Basic Space, Fanny Millard, 2015 © EXTRA 2022 </BODY>
Basic Space, Fanny Millard, 2015 © EXTRA 2022 
<BODY>Prelibri © 1980 Bruno Munari. All rights reserved to Maurizio Corraini s.r.l</BODY>
Prelibri © 1980 Bruno Munari. All rights reserved to Maurizio Corraini s.r.l
<BODY><div>Non Stop, 2019</div><div>Pictures and Text: Tomi Ungerer</div><div>Diogenes Verlag, Zurich</div><div>21.5 × 30.5 cm</div><div>Neue Sammlung Friedrich C. Heller</div><div>© 2019 Diogenes Verlag AG Zürich</div><div> </div></BODY>
Non Stop, 2019
Pictures and Text: Tomi Ungerer
Diogenes Verlag, Zurich
21.5 × 30.5 cm
Neue Sammlung Friedrich C. Heller
© 2019 Diogenes Verlag AG Zürich
 
<BODY><div>basic space, 2015</div><div>Design: Fanny Millard</div><div>EXTRA – éditeur d’espaces, Bordeaux </div><div>Foldable red cardboard leporello, explanatory booklet, folder</div><div>12 × 12 cm</div><div>© EXTRA 2022</div><div>Neue Sammlung Friedrich C. Heller</div><div> </div></BODY>
basic space, 2015
Design: Fanny Millard
EXTRA – éditeur d’espaces, Bordeaux 
Foldable red cardboard leporello, explanatory booklet, folder
12 × 12 cm
© EXTRA 2022
Neue Sammlung Friedrich C. Heller
 
<BODY><div>basic space, 2015</div><div>Design: Fanny Millard</div><div>EXTRA – éditeur d’espaces, Bordeaux </div><div>Foldable red cardboard leporello, explanatory booklet, folder</div><div>12 × 12 cm</div><div>© EXTRA 2022</div><div>Neue Sammlung Friedrich C. Heller</div><div> </div></BODY>
basic space, 2015
Design: Fanny Millard
EXTRA – éditeur d’espaces, Bordeaux 
Foldable red cardboard leporello, explanatory booklet, folder
12 × 12 cm
© EXTRA 2022
Neue Sammlung Friedrich C. Heller
 
<BODY><div>SOMETHING TO PUT SOMETHING ON, 2008/2017</div><div>Design: Lawrence Weiner</div><div>Little Steidl, Göttingen</div><div>21.7 × 25.4 cm</div><div>MAK, BI 90394</div><div> </div></BODY>
SOMETHING TO PUT SOMETHING ON, 2008/2017
Design: Lawrence Weiner
Little Steidl, Göttingen
21.7 × 25.4 cm
MAK, BI 90394
 
<BODY><div>La doble historia de un vaso de leche, 2007</div><div>Design and Text: Menena Cottin</div><div>Ediciones Tecolote, Mexico</div><div>Drawings and text in white and yellow on black background</div><div>14 × 28 cm</div><div>Neue Sammlung Friedrich C. Heller</div><div> </div></BODY>
La doble historia de un vaso de leche, 2007
Design and Text: Menena Cottin
Ediciones Tecolote, Mexico
Drawings and text in white and yellow on black background
14 × 28 cm
Neue Sammlung Friedrich C. Heller
 
<BODY>Exhibition View, Picture Book Art, 2022 © MAK/Georg Mayer</BODY>
Exhibition View, Picture Book Art, 2022 © MAK/Georg Mayer
<BODY>Exhibition View, Picture Book Art, 2022 © MAK/Georg Mayer</BODY>
Exhibition View, Picture Book Art, 2022 © MAK/Georg Mayer
<BODY>Exhibition View, Picture Book Art, 2022 © MAK/Georg Mayer</BODY>
Exhibition View, Picture Book Art, 2022 © MAK/Georg Mayer
<BODY>Exhibition View, Picture Book Art, 2022 © MAK/Georg Mayer</BODY>
Exhibition View, Picture Book Art, 2022 © MAK/Georg Mayer
<BODY>Exhibition View, Picture Book Art, 2022 © MAK/Georg Mayer</BODY>
Exhibition View, Picture Book Art, 2022 © MAK/Georg Mayer
<BODY>Exhibition View, Picture Book Art, 2022 © MAK/Georg Mayer</BODY>
Exhibition View, Picture Book Art, 2022 © MAK/Georg Mayer