Karel Martens
Unbound
ed. and designed by Karel Martens, Susu Lee, Jordi de Vetten ; texts by Rein Wolfs, Thomas Castro

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Author(s)

Karel Martens, Rein Wolfs, Thomas Castro

Editor(s)

Karel Martens

Publication, year

Amsterdam : Roma ; Stedelijk Museum, 2025

Scope

216 Pages, illustrated, 24 cm.

Carrier

Book

ISBN

9789464460841

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Unbound accompanied Karel Martens’ first solo exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (, bringing together a wide-ranging body of work Karel made and collected over the entire span of his decades long career. Containing works from the show, collaged, overprinted and juxtaposed with elements found around his studio, the book balances between being an artist book and a catalog. “This publication, thoughtfully designed by Jordi de Vetten and Susu Lee in close collaboration with Martens himself, functions as a handbook to his work. But it’s an unconventional one: unstructured, non-hierarchical, playful, personal, and associative.”

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Person as subject

Karel Martens

Keywords

artists' books , graphic designers

Location

Cabinet 13 - 4: Grafische vormgeving