Kiki Kogelnik: Falling

Text by Stephen Hepworth
Designed by John Zinons
English
2021, 74 pages, 48 ills.
Digital publication available online

This catalogue was published in conjunction with the solo exhibition
Kiki Kogelnik: Falling at Kayne Griffin, Los Angeles, July 10 – August 28, 2021.

Kiki Kogelnik – Les cyborgs ne sont pas respectueuses

Texts by David Lemaire, Jill Gasparina, Marie Gaitzsch, Sara Petrucci
Designed by Onlab
French
2020, 164 pages, 96 ills.
17 x 23.5 cm
Softcover
Art&Fiction Publications
ISBN: 978-2-940570-97-3
Available through Art&Fiction Publications

This catalogue was published on the occasion of Kiki Kogelnik’s first institutional solo exhibition in Switzerland at the Musée des beaux-arts de La Chaux-de-Fonds, February 23 – September 20, 2020. 

Kiki Kogelnik

Text by Dana Miller
Designed by Matthew Polhamus
English
2019, 76 pages, 49 ills.
24.1 x 27.9 cm
Softcover
Mitchell-Innes & Nash
ISBN 978-0-9986312-8-8
Available through Artbook

This catalogue was published to accompany Kiki Kogelnik’s inaugural solo show with Mitchell-Innes & Nash at the gallery’s Chelsea location, May 23 – July 12, 2019. The fully illustrated publication features paintings, sculptures and works on paper by Kogelnik spanning two decades, from the early 1960s to the late 80s. The essay by Dana Miller gives a new and insightful overview of the artist’s oeuvre of those years.

Kiki Kogelnik: Inner Life

Edited by Pilar Zevallos
Texts by Jenni Sorkin, Wendy Vogel
Designed by Alexander Nussbaumer
English
2017, 120 pages, 55 ills.
24.50 x 30.50 cm
Clothbound hardcover
Hatje Cantz Verlag
ISBN 978-3-7757-4337-2
Available through Hatje Cantz

Kiki Kogelnik (1935–1997) worked in the United States for almost four decades, for many years on an equal level with pop artists like Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. However her work was overlooked for a long time. Kogelnik, who lived and worked in Vienna and New York, investigated themes related to politics, social criticism, the space age and the human body through her often colorful paintings, sculptures, collages and installations. She also experimented with new materials of the time such as vinyl. Kunsthall Stavanger and the Kiki Kogelnik Foundation have worked together to organise Inner Life, a comprehensive overview focussing on her sculptural works. The exhibition, as well as the abundantly illustrated catalogue present several works that have not been shown since the 1960s, as well as performances and happenings by the influential artist.

Kiki Kogelnik: Fly Me to the Moon

Texts by Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith, Ciara Moloney
Designed by Anaïs Horn, Alexander Nussbaumer
English
2015, 75 pages, 54 ills.
19 x 25 cm
Softcover
Modern Art Oxford
ISBN 978-1901352641

This catalogue was published to coincide with the first solo exhibition in the UK of acclaimed Austrian born artist Kiki Kogelnik (1935-1997) at Modern Art Oxford. Working in New York in the 1960s, Kogelnik was a well-known artist and contemporary of figures such as Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol. Throughout her career, Kogelnik employed an exuberant palette, which belied its often apocalyptic subjects; from macabre skulls and severed limbs to disembowelled figures. These deathly bodies, rendered disposable in an increasingly mechanized world, sound a note of caution in an era continually transformed by new technology.

This is a survey of Kogelnik’s creative practice and considers her journey and contribution in the context of postwar society. The publication contains 56 colour images, covering all works featured in the exhibition. Produced in association with and generously supported by the Kiki Kogelnik Foundation.