"Franz Erhard Walther’s pioneering Werksatz series of wearable fabric sculpturesIn 1991, as MAMCO Geneva was preparing to open, founder and museum director Christian Bernard asked several artists to think about how they would like to sum up their practice for presentation in the museum. German artist Franz Erhard Walther (born 1939) proposed a “Werklager”―a storeroom containing works produced between 1961 and 1972. Walther’s “Werklager” ..."
"A superbly designed volume on the father of participatory sculpture The interrelationship of media and the participatory component of art are central to this career-spanning monograph of the work of German artist Franz Erhard Walther (born ..."
FranzErhardWalther(1st Edition) A by FranzErhardWalther Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2020 by Hatje Cantz ISBN-13: 978-3-7757-4603-8, ISBN: 3-7757-4603-X
"Conceived and designed by Franz Erhard Walther (born 1939), A is an artist’s book in which a letter (derived from his Work Sets series) faces a scene from the artist’s life between 1954 and 1973, such as an encounter with Jörg Immendorff or his first show at MoMA."
"In these works, the image is no longer just material matter. Instead, the work demands an active viewer who adds to it the element of his or her own imagination."
Junger Kunstkreis Fulda Setting out for Postwar Modernism. Prints FranzErhardWalther's Turn towards the 1960s Avant-Garde (English and German Edition) by FranzErhardWalther, Carlo : Burschel, Thomas Heiler, Heiko Wingenfeld Hardcover, 200 Pages, Published 2019 by Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt Illustrato ISBN-13: 978-3-89790-540-5, ISBN: 3-89790-540-X
"• The rediscovery of an important episode in German post-war art• Featuring works by Franz Erhard Walther, Verena Pfister and many other excellent graphic printers• Designed in cooperation with Franz Erhard WaltherFrom 1958 to 1973 the Young Art Circle of Fulda (JUKU) was intensively engaged with post-war modernist art. With its mentor Karlfried Staubach almost a hundred exhibitions were carried out that not only enriched the cultural l ..."
"Ausst. Kat. Museo Jumex, Mexico City, 2018Buch mit Leinen-EinbandThis sourcebook features a compilation of texts that are key to understanding and interpreting Walther's objects, and to assessing the cultural impact of an artist who in 1960s and 1970s willfully chose not to form part of any established group or art movement, focusing instead on reformulating the relationship between art and action in order to investigate the use of spac ..."
"Published on the occasion of a Fundación Jumex exhibition, this Franz Erhard Walther sourcebook compiles texts that are key to interpreting Walther’s objects and to assessing the cultural impact of an artist who, in the 1960s and '70s, assiduously avoided joining any group or art movement."