Susan Tallman

Parkett Collaborations & Editions Since 1984: A Small Museum & A Large Library O Susan Tallman

This newly completed box set of 128 color postcards features each one of Parkett's ingenious and fascinating editions, objects, prints, and other works, providing a summation of some of the most vital and exciting aspects of contemporary art. The box also contains a 64-page booklet with a foreword and two texts taken from Parkett's exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 2001. Deborah Wye looks at the different ways in which Parkett has collaborated with artists, including the editions, inserts, spines, covers, texts, and the very design of the publication. Susan Tallman explores the diversity and richness of the artists' editions, which represent a unique musae en appartement, with distinct responses from many of the most inspiring and influential contemporary artists worldwide. The booklet also includes color reproductions of Parkett covers from issues 1 through 64.