Documentation | Susanne Kessler

360° Tour “Undatiert”

360° tour of the exhibition “Undatiert – Susanne Kessler” Kunstverein Lippstadt, 13.2.22 – 3.4.22

Erich Franz: Processes of seeing 2022

Text by Erich Franz in Catalogue „Undatiert”, Kunstverein Lippstadt 2022

Kartographische Linienwerke von Susanne Kessler

„Es nehmet aber und gibt Gedächtnis die See“ (Hölderlin) Kartographische Linienwerke von Susanne Kessler Catalogue of the exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Bayreuth, 11.01. – 24.02.2023

Susanne Kessler: Ozeane

Susanne Kessler: Ozeane Catalogue of the exhibition at the Kunstverein Würzburg e.V auf dem Schiff Arte Noah, 31.08. – 02.10.2022

Boundless

“Susanne Kessler – Boundless” Kunstverein Lippstadt, 13.2.22 – 3.4.22

Line Catcher

“Susanne Kessler – Line Catcher” Exhibition “Arteporto – Fuori confine”, Area Archeologica del Porto di Traiano, Rome – 2021

Dorothée Bauerle-Willert: Susanne Kessler – Oceans 2022

The works of Susanne Kessler are like picture puzzles of the old mirror question: “Why do we worry that the map is contained in the map and a thousand and one nights in a thousand and one nights?”

New Treasures – Susanne Kessler, Europa, 2018

“Susanne Kessler – Europa 2018” New Treasures at the Museum Kunst der Westküste, 28. February 2021 to 13. February 2022 ...

Odissea

“Odissea” Museum Kunst der Westküste, 2018 click here to see the video

Susanne Kessler: about roots and borders

Susanne Kessler: about roots and borders Installations and works on the theme of »border« or »common ground«, in works such as »Europa«, »Jerusalem« or »Mappa Mundi«. Catalog for the exhibition “about roots and borders” in the Council of Europe...

Kathrin Merkle: About Roots and Borders – Foreword 2020

Foreword of Catalogue „About Roots and Borders”, Conseil de l’Europe, Strasbourg, editor Art in Flow Berlin, 2020

Christoph Tannert: Art as a Space of Possibility 2020

Text of Catalogue „About Roots and Borders”, Conseil de l’Europe, Strasbourg, editor Art in Flow Berlin, 2020

Sabine Urban: Some reflexions on Europe in the world 2020

Sabine Urban, “Susanne Kessler in Strasbourg”, 2020

Dokumentation Teilstück einer geplanten Meereinstallation

“Dokumentation Teilstück einer geplanten Meeresinstallation” Museum Kunst der Westküste, 2018 ...

Susanne Kessler: Odissea

Susanne Kessler: Odissea Susanne Kessler. Installations, painted books, drawings, project models and films Author: Ulrike Wolff -Thomsen Publisher: Boyens Verlag 2018 ISBN 978-3-8042-1499-6 64 pages, catalog,adhesive binding, 27,5 x 21,5...

Susanne Kessler: 99 Days around Cape Horn…

Susanne Kessler: 99 Days around Cape Horn… Historical template for the exhibition Susanne Kessler. Odissea Publisher: Museum Art of the West Coast Editor: Boyens Verlag 2018 22 pages, saddle stitching, 27,5 x 21,5 cm

Susanne Kessler: Ulysses in Cosenza

Susanne Kessler: Ulysses in Cosenza Photos by Susanne Kessler and her urban interventions in the city of Cosenza, Italy Authors: Beniamini Quintieri, Alberto Dambruoso Publisher: Gangemi Editore Int. Roma 2018 ISBN10: 9788849236149 71 pages, hard cover, thread sewn...

Ulrike Wolff-Thomsen: Susanne Kessler, Odissea 2018

Text for the catalog “Susanne Kessler – Odissea” of Prof. Dr. Ulrike Wolff- Thomsen, Director of the Museum of the West Coast, Alkersum/Föhr, Germany

Beniamino Quintieri: Preface “Susanne Kessler – Ulysses in Cosenza” 2018

Text of the scholar Prof. Dr. Beniamino Quintieri, Rome for the Book “Susanne Kessler – Ulysses in Cosenza”, 2018

Alberto Dambruoso: Susanne Kessler in Cosenza 2018

Text of the Italian art historian Alberto Dambruoso for the book “Susanne Kessler – Ulysses in Cosenza”, 2018.

Die 99-tägige Irrfahrt des Kapitäns Christian Simon Jürgens von Föhr

“Die 99-tägige Irrfahrt des Kapitäns Christian Simon Jürgens von Föhr – Kap Hoorn 1905” animated drawing / Trickfilm von Susanne Kessler, 2017-2018 ...

“The Gold and Tar Project” – video

Lori Adragna and Maria Arcidiacono: Scudi / Shields 2016

Text for the exhibition “Susanne Kessler – Scudi” in Sala Santa Rita, Rome, 2016

Heimat – Jerusalem a holy place

Homeland Jerusalem is home to the three monotheistic religions: Judaism, Islam, and Christianity; and receives from them both its greatest gifts and its most intractable challenges. The plant -like shape of its map and its layers that have experienced continual...

Susanne Kessler: Framing Space

Susanne Kessler: Framing Space Publisher: Distanz Verlag Berlin Authors: Achille Bonito Oliva, Johannes Nathan, Vincenzo Mazarella ISBN: 978-3-95476-119-7 2015 Book, hardcover, 232 pages

Vincenzo Mazzarella: Nine Meditations 2015

Vincenzo Mazzarella, Gallery owner in Rome, collectionist, Performance artist, friend of the artist, dedicates one of his last texts to Kessler, published in the book “Susanne Kessler – Framing space”, 2015.

Sarah Bliss: Jerusalem 2015

Text by Sarah Bliss for the exhibition “Susanne Kessler – Jerusalem“, American University Museum, The Katzen Art Center, Washington DC , 2015

Achille Bonito Oliva: Art as Dwelling 2015

Text for the book Susanne Kessler – Framing Space, for the solo exhibition in the American University Museum / Katzen Art Center, Washington, DC, 2015.

Achille Bonito Oliva: Conversation 2015

A conversation between Achille Bonito Oliva and Susanne Kessler in the book „Susanne Kessler_Framing Space“, for the solo exhibition in the American University Museum/Katzen Art Center, Washington, DC, 2015.

Susanne Kessler: Mäander

Susanne Kessler: Mäander Documentation of the artist’s 16 m high installation in the atrium of the Dominohaus, Reutlingen Authors: Wolfgang Riehle, Raimund Stecker Publisher: DominoArt 2014 18 pages, saddle stitching, transparent book cover, 30×19,3...

The Jerusalem Project

A Film by Peter...

The Flying Temple

The Flying Temple 2

MÄANDER – Susanne Kessler

The sculptural drawing “MEANDER”, 2014, realized by the Berlin and Rome based artist Susanne Kessler, was developed site specifically for the atrium in the Dominohaus Reutlingen and supported by the Domino Foundation . Dimensions: 15 x 9,5 x 9,5 m...

Susanne Kessler: Baustelle Zeichnung

Susanne Kessler: Baustelle Zeichnung author: Karin Scheel Publisher: Galerie M, Berlin Palladino Editore ISBN 978-88-8460-206-0 2011 80 pages, plastified book cover, thread sewn binding, 23,5 x 15,5 cm

La Bilancia

Susanne Kessler. Ritmo e Linea

Susanne Kessler. Ritmo e Linea author: Lorenzo Canova A documentation of a site specific outdoor exhibition Chiostro di San Giovanni di Orvieto 2010 48 pages, thread sewn binding, paperback with plastified book jacket, 13,5 x 21...

Lorenzo Canova: The Secret Netting of Things 2010

Text of the catalogue “Ritmo e Linea”, of the exhibition in the ex cloister of Saint John, Orvieto, IT, 2010

Wenn die Flüsse rückwärts fliessen

Artist in Residence 2009. Susanne Kessler. In Bilico – eine Dokumentation

Artist in Residence 2009. Susanne Kessler. In Bilico – eine Dokumentation author: Nina Hartgenbusch, Adolf Smitmans Publisher: Galerie Epikur Wuppertal 2009 32 pages: paperback, saddle-stitched binding, 28 x 20 cm

Ritmo e Linea – Orvieto

Susanne Kessler. Drawing Space -The New York Room

Susanne Kessler. Drawing Space -The New York Room author: Lisa Farrington Publisher: City University of New York, John Jay College 2008 36 pages, paperback in plastified book jacket, saddle stitched binding, 11 x 19,5...

Susanne Kessler – Synapse

Susanne Kessler – Synapse author: Micol Di Veroli Publisher Dora Diamanti Arte Contemporanea Roma ISBN 978-88-903251-4-4 2008 24 pages, thread sewn binding, black cardboard cover, 22 x 22 cm

Micol Di Veroli: Susanne Kessler – Synapse 2008

Text accompanying the solo show and catalog of “Susanne Kessler – Synapse” in the Galleria Diamanti, Rome, 2008

Lisa Farrington: Susanne Kessler – Drawing space 2008

Text of Lisa Farrington, PH.D. for the catalog “Susanne Kessler_ Drawng space _The New York Room”, 2008
Lisa Farrington, Ph.D. Founding Chair & Professor of Art & Music, City University of New York, John Jay College

Susanne Kessler

Susanne Kessler – Synaptic Drawings

Susanne Kessler – Synaptic Drawings author: Leah Stoddard, Michael. R. Chisolm Publisher: Second Street Gallery Charlottesville, Va, USA, ISBN 0-9778910-2-X 2007 12 pages, paperback, saddle-stitched binding, 23 x 18...

Michael R. Chisolm: Susanne Kessler and the Evolution of Line 2007

Text accompanying the catalog of the exhibition “Synaptic Drawings”, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville/VA by Michael R. Chisolm, curator and art consultant of New York City, 2007

Susanne Kessler. Persian Diary

Susanne Kessler. Persian Diary author: Majid Karshenas Publisher: Proliteratur Verlag Robert Mayer-Scholz ISBN 3-86611-024-3 2005 40 pages, hardboard, thread sewn binding, artist book, limited edition, 22 x 30 cm

Majid Karshenas: In the Name of God 2003

Text by Majid Karshenas Professor at the University of Isfahan, Iran, in the catalogue Susanne Kessler – Persian Diary at the occasion of the exhibition “Susanne Kessler – Evolution Room”, Taleghani Artist Forum, Tehran, IR, 2003

Susanne Kessler. Flechtwerke – Bilder und Gebilde

Susanne Kessler. Flechtwerke authors: Silke Eikermann, Ellen Schwinzer Publisher: Galerie im Elbeforum Brunsbüttel ISBN 3-931279-21-9 2002 36 pages, thread sewn binding, plastified cover, 26,5 x 21cm Susanne Kessler. Bilder und Gebilde authors: Ellen Schwinzer, Diane...

Susanne Kessler. Bilder, Konstruktionen, Arbeiten auf Papier

Susanne Kessler. Bilder, Konstruktionen, Arbeiten auf Papier authors: Franz Joseph van der Grinten, Bettina Paust, Annette Theyhsen, Ute Haug Publisher: Museum Schloss Moyland ISBN 3- 929042-25-8 1999 96 pages, hard cover, thread sewn binding, 25 x 30, 5...

Susanne Kessler in India and Pakistan

Susanne Kessler in India and Pakistan authors: Petra Matusche, Benny Priddy Documentation of a one year residency in the Goethe Institutes of India and Pakistan Publisher: Max Mueller Bhavan India ISBN 81-900739-0-7 1996 72 pages, plastified book cover, thread...