From Düsseldorf to New York – 40 Years of Artist Books from the Kaldewey Press

Book artist and printer Gunnar A. Kaldewey has published 90 books over the last 40 years. In the mid 1970s, a succesful antiquarian bookseller for more than 10 years at the time, he decided from then on to completely dedicate himself to the production of artist books. He cooperated with American artists like Jonathan Lasker and Richard Tuttle, but also with German ones.

The Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Düsseldorf are presenting 20 of Kaldewey's artist books in their exhibition. These represent the whole spectrum of his work.

(Text: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Düsseldorf)

Gunnar A. Kaldewey realised two book projects with German artist Heribert C. Ottersbach, of which Edition Kaldewey 52 is on view in the exhibition:

»Friedrich Hölderlin. Häfte des Lebens«, Edition Kaldewey 52, New York 2009

»Walter Benjamin. Angelus Novus. Über den Begriff der Geschichte«, Edition Kaldewey 20, New York 1993

Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Düsseldorf

From Düsseldorf to New York
40 Years of Artist Books from the Kaldewey Press

29 January – 13 April 2020