Album/Tracks A+B, 2010
ALBUM/TRACKS A+B is the title of the comprehensive publication accompanying Ana Torfs’ solo exhibitions in K21, Düsseldorf and Generali Foundation, Vienna, which the artist conceived in collaboration with the curators. The book, congenially designed by Jurgen Persijn comprehensively documents Torfs’ œuvre between 1993 and 2010, with essays about each individual work from multiple critical voices such as Mieke Bal, Michael Glasmeier, Sabine Folie, Anselm Franke, Doris Krystof, Steven Jacobs, Gabriele Mackert, Friedrich Meschede, and Catherine Robberechts. An introductory essay by Kassandra Nakas and a correspondence of Gabriele Mackert with the artist complete the wide spectrum of perspectives on Torfs’ work.
Published by Verlag fur Moderne Kunst Nurnberg with Generali Foundation Vienna and K21-Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen Düsseldorf
Contents:
Kassandra Nakas: Beauty in Doubt. On Ana Torfs’ Work with Pictures and Texts
Sabine Folie: A Sentimental Journey to the North
Anselm Franke: Missing Bodies
Catherine Robberechts: Out of the Picture
Doris Krystof: Elegies on the World Wide Web
Gabriele Mackert: Images of Condensed Rhetoric
Friedrich Meschede: Elective Metamorphoses
Mieke Bal: Intertwined Dualities
Steven Jacobs: A Conversation Piece
Michael Glasmeier: Sound, Body, Language
Gabriele Mackert, Ana Torfs: “Never Trust the Artist, Trust the Tale.” An Email Correspondence