Publication on the exhibition at the Kölnischer Kunstverein from April 12 – June 23, 2019
Adapted from writings by artists and critics appearing in magazines, catalogs, and other recent publications, The Auratic Narrative was conceived by Jay Chung and Q Takeki Maeda as a framing device for their exhibition at the Kölnischer Kunstverein in 2019. The text-as-artwork offers a dramatic account of an unnamed artist’s ambivalence toward their professional milieu. Here the narrative is presented in its entirety along with bibliographical notes and an introduction by artist and writer Ariane Müller. Photographic documentation of the exhibition––the first survey of the artists’ collaborative practice––accompanies the work. Taken together, word and image chart a course through the show and the artists’ oeuvre.
This publication was made possible with the generous support of Andra Lauffs-Wegner.
Editor: Kölnischer Kunstverein published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, Cologne
Texts: Jay Chung and Q Takeki Maeda, Ariane Müller
Design: Ronnie Fueglister
Format: 30 x 26 cm
Language: English
52 pages with 21 col. fig., softcover
Edition of 500
