“Artists books are incredibly important and even if no one seems to care for them they remain a genuine indication of the artist’s attitude and belief. They convincingly express the artist’s individual mythologies and vision.”
– Jürgen Partenheimer, Wilderswil, February 2023
72 artist books
1981 – 1992
unique copies
drawings, texts, photos, collages
USA, Europe
- GRATIS Spiegelbergbuch- Zu Gast bei ANDREAS Züst und MAYA StUBER, unique copy, A4, drawings and texts, Spiegelberg, 1992
- KUNST LEXIKON, unique copy, drawings and texts, 21 x 15 cm, Düsseldorf, 1992
- 25. oktober 1992, unique copy, drawings and texts, 29.5 x 11 cm, Stockholm, 1992
- ZEICHNEN UND SO WEITER, unique copies, drawings and texts, A4, Düsseldorf, 1992
- Lippenbekenntnisse, unique copy, drawings and texts, 13.3 x 10 cm, Oxtorp- Sweden, 1991
- 1 + 2, 2 books, unique copies, drawing, A4, Zürich, 1990
Exhibtion “UNIKAT und EDITION”, Künstlerbücher in der Schweiz
Helmhaus Zürich, 18. Nov. – 31. Dez. 1989
feat. Ernesto Baltiswiler, John Armleder, Miriam Cahn, Martin Disler, Helmut Federle, Peter Fischli, David Weiss, H.R. Giger, Meret Oppenheim, Markus Raetz, Dieter Roth, Klaudia Schifferle, Roman Signer etc.
“Die bildenden Künstler haben alle Regeln des Buchmachens gebrochen, um auf neue Art zum Buch zurückzukommen”
– Marie-Louise Lienhard
- Spitzbergenbücher, 5 books, unique copies, 136 drawings, A4 and 21 x 17 cm, Svalbard, 1989
- NONONONONON, 5 copies and each different, blueprint drawings, 21.5 x 15.5 cm, Zürich, 1989
- EB EB EB, unique copy, ink pen drawings, 22 x 17.5 cm, Santa Maria, 1989
- This is love, unique copy, ink pen drawings, 25.3 x 17.9 cm, Düsseldorf, Stockholm, 1989
- Svartlöga, unique copy, 83 ink pen drawings, 32 x 29 cm, Svartlöga, 1989
- 3 Stk, 3 books, unique copies, drawings, A4, Svartlöga, Düsseldorf, Zürich, Santa Maria, 1989
- Mein Reisehandbuch quer durch die Schweiz und vielleicht anders wohin, unique copy, drawings, 22 x 17.5 cm, Switzerland, 1989
- Der Dorfplatz von Gais, unique copy, 68 drawings, 32 x 29 cm, Appenzell, Zürich, 1989
- KOKA BUCH, unique copy, texts and drawings, 29.7 x 22 cm, Zürich, 1989
- ANNA KARENINA 3, oil pastel drawings, 19 x 12 cm, Zürich, 1986-1989
- Nr 1, unique copy, drawings, 14 x 22 cm, Zürich, 1988
- ERNESTO BALTISWILER, unique copy, marker drawings, 25 x 19 cm, Zürich, 1988
- ERNESTO BALTISWILER I + II, 2 books in cardboard boxes, unique copies, charcoal drawings, 33 x 26.5 cm, Zürich, 1988
- SPECIAL SHOW 1, 2, 3, unique copy, paintings, 27 x 21 cm, Zürich, 1988
- PERVERS, with Anders Ljungman, box promotion, Stockholm, 40 copies, collages, 23 x 15 cm, Stockholm, 1987
- ZU WASSER, ZU LAND UND IN DER LUFT, Homage to Joseph Beuys, trip from Stockholm to Düsseldorf, the same day Joseph Beuys dies in Düsseldorf, 24th January 1986, unique copy, texts, collages and drawings, 14.8 x 10.5 cm, Düsseldorf, 1986
- HUNTER VAGABUNDENBUCH, unique copy, drawings, texts and collages, 24.5 x 16 cm, Düsseldorf, 1986
- Easy Drawings, Part I – III, 3 small booklets while on tour across Sweden with the Swedish underground theater group “Teater Sputnik” and their famous performance “Socker-Conny”:
- EKSTRÖMS RECEPTBOK – NORRLAND BOOK, Strömsund, Övik-Örnsköldsvik, Sollefteå and Sundsvall with “Teater Sputnik”, unique copy, drawings, collages and text, 17 x 12.5 cm, Sweden, 1986
- Nya tider, Västerås, Eskilstuna and Örebro with “Teater Sputnik”, unique copy, collages and drawings, 21 x 10 cm, Sweden, 1986
- BARNKALAS, Helsingborg, Malmö and Lund with “Teater Sputnik”, Radioaktiver Regen von Russland, Part III- Easy Drawings, unique copy, texts, drawings and collages, 19 x 13 cm, Sweden, 1986
- Mein Nordbuch, Trip above the arctic circle in Sweden, Norway and Finland, unique copy, drawings and photos, 30.5 x 23 cm, 1986
- From Gibraltar to Constantinopel, Mediterranean trip from Gibraltar to Constantinopel, unique copy, drawings, texts and collages, 30 x 22 cm, 1985
- KINA SLOTT, unique copy, drawings and collages, 44 x 31.5 cm, Stockholm, Düsseldorf, 1985
- RACING, unique copy, texts, collages, photos and drawings, 21 x 16.5 cm, Düsseldorf, 1985
- ALPSTEINER, unique copy, texts, collages, photos and drawings, Düsseldorf, Zürich, Stockholm, 1985
- Quasar, with Christoph Leiber, uniqe copy, drawings, texts, photos and collages, Ennenda, 1985
- SUCCES, Part I & II, with Markus Krips, 2 books, unique copies, polaroid photos, texts, drawings and collages, Düsseldorf, Köln, 1985, 1984
- QUARK, 11 students of Jürgen Partenheimer’s class in the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf created 11 double pages in a book, 500 copies, texts and mixed techniques, 26.7 x 18.9 cm, publisher: Jürgen Partenheimer, Düsseldorf, 1984
- Sadotopp, unique copy, texts and photos, 14 x 22 cm, Düsseldorf, 1984
- norge, round trip from Stockholm to Norway, unique copy, texts, photos, drawings and collages, 14 x 23 cm, 1984
- Leningrad, trip from Stockholm to Leningrad, texts, drawings, collages and photos, 16 x 11 cm, 1984
- PACK, unique copy, xerox copies of drawings, texts and collages, 15.3 x 21.5 cm, Düsseldorf, 1984
- DESSIN, in cardboard box, unique copy, drawings and texts, 31.5 x 24.5 cm, Düsseldorf, 1983
- Schnuderheftli I + II, 2 booklets, unique copies, drawings and texts, 21.3 x 28 cm, Düsseldorf, 1983
- ABC Köpfe, unique copy, 24 oil pastels drawings, 32 x 28.7 cm, Zürich, 1983
- Schulheft, unique copy, collages, 29.4 x 20.7 cm, Düsseldorf, 1983
- block, unique copy, drawings, texts and collages, 21 x 30 cm, Düsseldorf, 1982
- KULTUR UND PASSAGIERGUT, unique copy, drawings and texts, 15 x 21.3 cm, Düsseldorf, 1982
- STADT statt LAND – N.Y.C., unique copy, drawings, texts, collages and photos, 53.5 x 36.5 cm, Lower East Side, New York City, 1982
- 500 PAGES, unique copy, drawings and texts, 21 x 14.8 cm, Lower East Side, New York City, 1982
- gas + goodies, unique copy, xerox copies of drawings, 21 x 15.3 cm, New York City, 1982
- N.Y.C. presents New York City 1982 – TV ZEICHNUNGEN, unique copy, drawings, 25.5 x 17.5 cm, New York City, 1982
- ART AND, unique copy, drawings, texts and photos, 36 x 29 cm, New York City, 1982
- The New York Times, unique copy, photos, 10.8 x 8 cm, New York City, 1982
- ZURIGO Praha NEW YORK, trip to New York, unique copy, drawings, texts, polaroid photos and collages, 31 x 22 cm, Prague, Montreal, 1982
- O.T., limited edition of 50 copies, cardboard book box set with 7 different booklets, potato stamps, original and xerox copies of drawings and texts, Zürich, 1981. Collection: University of Louisville, Art Library Rare Books Collection
- ABLUFT, unique copy, cover is a relief with a chocolate bear, collages, textes and drawings, Bern, 1981
- ZURich, unique copy, drawings, texts and collages, 15 x 23 cm , Zürich, 1981
- Treno Roma, trip to Italy, unique copy, drawings and texts, 15 x 23 cm, 1981
- ESSK – Eine Schöne Studie der alten Kulturen, unique copy, 147 China ink drawings, 31 x 23 cm, Zürich, 1981
- PARADIESVÖGEL, unique copy, photos, drawings, collages and texts, 22 x 30 cm, Zürich, 1981
- Guzibuch, unique copy, drawings, texts and collages, 17.5 x 25 cm, Zürich, 1981
- dessinebaltiswiler, unique copy, 38 oil pastels drawings, 42 x 30 cm, Zürich, 1981
- BEWEGIG, 10 copies, collages, 15 x 11 cm, Zürich, 1981
- Spiegelregeln, unique copy, texts and drawings, 21 x 30 cm, Zürich, 1981
- 10 originells, unique copy, drawings and texts, 29.7 x 21.3 cm, Zürich, 1981
Work Box
1981 – 2022
47 dairy folders
unique copies, drawings, texts, photos, collages
USA, Europe
“Michael Buthe bezeichnete seine Tagebücher einmal als “eine der wichtigsten Grundlagen (meines) Gesamtwerks”. Sie dienten als mobile Ateliers auf Reisen, die es ihm ermöglichten seine künstlerische Praxis unabhängig von einem festen Arbeitsort fortzusetzen. Sie sind Ausdruck eines einzigartigen visuellen Vokabulars, das eine Verbindung zu seinem Gesamtwerk herstellt.”
– “Calling”, 24.6. – 10.9.2023, Kunstverein Düsseldorf (DE)
Ernesto Baltiswiler: Work Boxes
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