Catalogs

• 264 pages with colored illustrations and 5 fold-out pages
• Kerber Verlag Bielefeld/Berlin
• ISBN: 978-3-86678-731-5

The book accompanying the exhibition depicts colored images of the 130 exhibited works as well as numerous pictures and documents from the estate which reveal Kitaj's influences and working process. Five elaborately designed fold-out pages each show analyses of important paintings. Eight essays examine the life, œuvre and relevance of a painter who has unjustly fallen out of general favor.

Cilly Kugelmann, Eckart Gillen, Hubertus Gaßner (eds.), essays by Tracy Bartley, Inka Bertz, Edward Chaney, Martin Roman Deppner, Michal Friedlander, Eckhart Gillen, Cilly Kugelmann und Richard Morphet, David N. Myers

• 160 pages, circa 150 color illustrations
• Format: 20 x 25 cm
• Wallstein, Göttingen 2012
• ISBN: 978-3-8353-1087-2

The exhibition catalogue "Berlin Transit" follows the immigrants’ footsteps and takes a close look at artworks, documents, books, photos and objects which testify to the diverse experiences of eastern European Jews in Berlin of the Weimar Republic. Ten essays describe their points of departure and their legal situations as well as critically analyse some of the better-known photos from the 'Scheunenviertel.' They provide insights into the life of a family in 'Charlottengrad' and pay homage to the cultural and literary production of this particular historical episode.

• Jewish Museum Berlin
• 128 pages
• ISBN: 978-3-9813045-1-0

In conjunction with the exhibition “Heroes, Freaks, and Super-Rabbis. The Jewish Dimension of Comic Art," the Jewish Museum Berlin presents a full-color, illustrated catalogue. The themes addressed in the exhibition are pursued in greater depth in seven texts. Thus you may learn from Paul Buhle why Jewish authors and illustrators were so active in the world of comics, and from Jens Meinrenken about how American comic book heroes began defending themselves against Nazi opponents at an early date. Collector Alexander Braun recounts the history of “MAD” magazine and the EC Publishing Company, and Ole Frahm addresses the origins and current significance of the graphic novel. Andreas Platthaus introduces you to the underground “comix scene,” and cartoonist Trina Robbins reports on a minor revolution: women’s breakthrough into the male-dominated comic scene of the 1970s. Finally, Galit Gaon describes how comics and, in particular, “the Jewish dimensions of comics” have developed in Israel.
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