Burkhard Spinnen Book order

German author Burkhard Spinnen revisits moments of bibliophilia mixed with anguish through a personal and historical journey of the books we encounter and the places we meet them. With anecdotes of serendipitously finding vintage copies of literary classics and bemoaning the loaned book you'll never get back, Spinnen reminds us that even if the eBook has made reading during a commute easier, it will never bring us as much pride as a well-stocked shelf. Or recover the smell of ink on paper, or the pleasure of good margins and letter-spaced capitals. For those wanting to keep their hard copies close and chat with friends about the joy books have brought into their lives, The Book offers up a kindred spirit.

In 1977 the exhibition skulptur77 took place in Münster, with a complementary part of nine location-related bigger works as contemporary spots in an urban surrounding. This idea was revived in 1987 where the exhibition series Skulptur Projekte in Münster, which is acknowledged worldwide, was founded. Burkhard Spinnen and Eva Pieper-Rapp-Frick wrote „Flagged“, a history of 40 years of exhibitions in short examples for the Skulptur Projekte 2017. Using interviews, protocols and researches they show intellectual landmarks. The texts evoke an image of the beginning, the evolution, the changes and the importance of this exhibition series in a simple, but profound way. The reader is invited into the world of an art project, which changes – at first unnoticed, but from today’s view vehemently - a town and its inhabitants and which, hence, is an example of how art effects the society. With a foreword by Kasper König.