The Chocolate Master / Der Pralinenmeister
  • artists' book
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • duotone
  • 26.5 x 20.1 cm.
  • [28] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered
  • ISBN 0920956114

The Chocolate Master / Der Pralinenmeister

Hans Haacke

The Chocolate Master / Der Pralinenmeister

description

Artists' book documenting the work by Haacke of same title, which features seven diptychs. Artists' book reproduces each of the 14 panels of the work which deconstruct the business activities of Peter Ludwig and his Leonard Monheim AG. chocolate conglomerate as it intersects with this art collecting activities. Principally it takes Ludwig to task for his treatment of workers in his chocolate factories, tax avoidance though art donations, and the manipulations of his art foundation by Ludwig himself and his wife. A vicious and provocative book. Uncredited book design by AA Bronson. Texts in English and German.

references

No. 113 in "Die Bücher der Künstler : Publikationen und Editionen seit den sechziger Jahren in Deutschland" by Michael Glasmeier. London / Frankfurt, United Kingdom / German : Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, 1994, pp. 69.
Toronto, Canada: Art Metropole,
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