These stories from behind the Scenes of Dutch Moral Modernism' examine how the new image of contemporary Dutch architecture has been constructed by carefully revisiting the image of Dutch Modernism of the early 20th century. Authors, architects, and interviewees include Peter Smithson, Rem Koolhaas, Phillip Johnson, and J.J.P. Oud, among many others.
In the last two years the German art scene has experienced a tremendous growth unlike anything since the early 1980s-owing to a revitalized Berlin and an ever-expanding cultural diversity. German Open captures this energy by giving an overview of more than 30 of the best young artists working in Germany today. The artists documented represent the entire spectrum of visual art, from installation to painting to video, and their work can no longer be viewed as a matter of scattered individual gestures, but must be examined in a group context. Among the artists included here are Franz Ackerman, Kai Althoff, Simone Bhm, Coisma von Bonin, Matti Braun, Olafur Eliasson, Stefan Hoderlein, Stefan Kern, Michel Majerus, Tobias Rehberger, Daniel Richter, Heidi Specker, Johannes Wohnseifer, and Joseph Zehrer.