Jan J. Schoonhoven

Jan J. Schoonhoven

Schoonhoven

Mönchengladbach, Germany: Städtisches Museum, 1972

21 x 17 x 2.5 cm.

Edition of 300 numbered copies

An exhibition catalogue for a show which ran from October 27th to - November 26th, 1972. The white cardboard box contains 33 items including leaflets and printed cards. With texts by Schoonhoven, curator Johannes Cladders, Hans van der Griten, Klaus Honnef, Walter Kambartel, and Jean Leering, in German.

The publication is part of the influential Stadtisches Museum Mönchengladbach publications, which were published between 1967 and 1985. Rather than illustrate the exhibitions, the boxed works were typically an independent artistic project, some without any reference to the accompanying show at all. Most included essays and exhibition check lists, but they might also contain found objects, an artists’ production or other interventions into the format.

Other artists included in the series include Carl Andre, Joseph Beuys, George Brecht & Robert Filliou, Marcel Broodthaers, Daniel Buren, Hanne Darboven, Braco Dimitrijevic, Joel Fisher, Jonas Hafner, Jasper Johns, Jannis Kounellis, Richard Long, Piero Manzoni, Panamarenko, Gerhard Richter, and Lawrence Weiner.