Color and Abstraction
The majority of the collection is permanently exhibited in the German offices of Kienbaum Consultants International GmbH. The collection is presented to the public through loans to museums and thematic exhibition projects within the company headquarters and at external cooperation partners.
Current Exhibition
GLORY TO THE GRID !
Works from the Kienbaum Collection
14.06.2023 – 15.9.2023
The exhibition can be visited after prior registration.
Please register at: Julia.Wedlich@kienbaum.de
Upcoming Event
Opening GLORY TO THE GRID !
Wednesday, 14.06.2023, 4:30 p.m.
The exhibition can be visited after prior registration.
Please register at: Julia.Wedlich@kienbaum.de
Events
The collection and exhibitions are regularly accompanied by vernissages, guided tours and talks with artists – for our colleagues and customers alike.
EXHIBITIONS
Since 2017, regularly changing exhibitions have been arranged at the headquarters, e.g. with the artists of the Kienbaum Artists’ Books Edition, artists associated with the collection or curated presentations of the collection’s holdings.
In addition, parts of the Kienbaum Collection are presented in museums, art associations or at events.
Visit us!
The Kienbaum Collection is accessible by appointment and on weekdays only as part of a guided tour. Every last Thursday of the month, a public guided tour is offered at 6:00 pm. To register for a guided tour, please contact Julia Wedlich, E-mail: Julia.Wedlich@kienbaum.de, phone +49 221 801 72 548
Kienbaum Artists’ Books
Since 2007, Kienbaum has published its own series of artist books. The “artwork in book form” makes it possible to share the artistic approach with a wider audience and is also a special gift for clients and partners. If you are interested in purchasing one of the books, please feel free to contact us using the contact form at the bottom of the page.
2023 | Peter Zimmermann | swipe
112 pages with color illustrations | edited by Jochen und Laura Kienbaum | 20 x 29 cm, hardcover
2022 | Pia Fries | tausend : einerlei
With poems (English/German) by John Yau | 96 pages with 78 colored illustrations | edited by Jochen und Laura Kienbaum | 337 x 305 mm, hardcover
2021 | JONATHAN LASKER | Early Drawings and White Form Paintings
Text (English/German) by Richard Kalina | 96 Pages with 90 coloured illustrations | edited by Jochen und Laura Kienbaum | 245 x 295 mm, hardcover
2020 | GREGOR HILDEBRANDT | pawn
128 pages with 95 colored illustrations | edited by Jochen and Laura Kienbaum | 200 x 125 mm, hardcover with dust-jacket
2019 | BIRGIT WERRES | samples for pieces – maybe
96 pages with 93 coloured illustrations | edited by Jochen and Laura Kienbaum | 230 x 320 mm, clothbound with bicoloured embossing
2018 | KATHARINA HINSBERG | Sequence: Drawings 1–117
214 pages with 118 coloured illustrations | edited by Jochen and Laura Kienbaum | 165 x 240 mm, softcover with dustjacket
2017 | BEAT ZODERER | Um 5 Ecken herum
68 individual colour printed transparent papers 147,5 x 195 mm, tied together with cord in a fold-up box with printed title shield and a hole punchin | with 5 poems (german) by Klaus Merz | edited by Jochen Kienbaum
2016 | INGRID CALAME | Being Born
96 pages with 55 coloured illustrations | edited by Jochen Kienbaum | 240 x 325 mm, hardcover
2015 | CARL OSTENDARP | Book
40 pages with a consistent two-coloured illustrations | hardcover | edited by Jochen Kienbaum | Design: Fahnert & Koch, Cologne
2014 | KLAUS MERKEL | hornbook
225 pages with 164 coloured illustrations | 165 x 240 mm, softcover with dustjacket
2013 | JÜRGEN PARTENHEIMER | Seeds & Tracks and Folded Spirits | South African Diary
texts (german/english) by Jürgen Partenheimer and Bronwyn Law-Viljoen (English) | 80 pages with 60 coloured illustrations | 240 x 325 mm, hardcover
2012 | MARY HEILMANN | Seeing Things. Visions, Waves, and Roads
with an introduction (german/english) by the artist | 40 pages with 25 coloured illustrations | 216 x 280 mm, soft cover with flaps
2011 | JORINDE VOIGT | Botanic Code
with an introduction (German/English) by the artist | 48 pages with 35 coloured illustrations | 240 x 380 mm, hardcover
2010 | BERNARD FRIZE | Die Tarnkappe | The Invisibility Cloak
with an introduction (German/English/French) by the artist | 92 pages with 339 coloured illustrations of linings of envelopes| 170 x 240 mm, softcover
2009 | DAVID REED | Rock Paper Scissors
with an interview (German/English) by Dorothy and Herbert Vogel and Dean Daderko with the artist | 80 pages with 46 coloured illustrations | 230 x 340 mm, clothbound with embossing on title and spine, double folded dustjacket
2008 | RICHARD ALLEN MORRIS | It’s just a certain sound I’m after
with an interview (German/English) with the artist | 96 pages with 60 coloured illustrations | 240 x 170 mm, landscape format, clothbound with embossings on title and spine
2007 | THOMAS ZITZWITZ | Moleskine orangée
with a text (German/English) by Hubertus Butin | 96 pages with 64 coloured illustrations | 240 x 170 mm, landscape format, clothbound with embossings on title and spine
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