Richard Artschwager | Hydraulic Door Check

Richard Artschwager

Hydraulic Door Check

Koln, Germany:  Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig, 2002

256 pp., 18.5 × 24 cm., hardcover, boxed

Edition of 500 signed and numbered copies

Housed in an archival cardboard box (21.9 × 26 cm.), the deluxe version of this 2002 exhibition catalogue is covered with the rubberized horsehair that the artist frequently used in his unique sculptures and multiples. The book was published in conjunction with a show held at MAK, Vienna, Austria, from March 27th to June 16th, 2002, curated by Daniela Zyman.

Edited by Peter Noever, the volume includes texts (in both English and German) by Jörg Heiser, Anthony Vidler, and John Yau.  These essays "consider Artschwager's artistic development, the meaning of surface quality in his work, and his place within the context of relevant art movements."

The work is available to purchase for $1000 from Gagosian gallery here. The work is available to purchase for $1000 from Gagosian gallery here. 

The work is part of Approximate Objects, an exhibition of sculptural multiples by Artschwager that is on view at Gagosian’s gallery and shop in the Burlington Arcade, London. The presentation surveys sixteen editioned works created between 1969 and 2012, alongside a selection of the artist’s publications and prints.