Psychobuildings

Psychobuildings by Martin Kippenberger published by Walther Konig 1988.

First Ipmpression small format paperback in near fine condition, no internal markings, pages clean, binding firm. There is some very minor wear to the cover, please se pics for reference.

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Psychobuildings amounts to an architectural travelogue of sorts, most of the photographs in the book having been taken during the artist's extended stays in Brazil in 1986, and Spain in 1988. Unbalanced, hastily arranged, or precariously supported design constructions recur throughout the book. Examples of imperfectly realized urban planning abound, including eccentrically executed municipal street repairs, confounded directional signage, and wonky street furniture. The idealism of architectural photography is everywhere undermined.Throughout, the sequence of images is interpolated with images of Kippenberger's own sculptural work, which often echoes the content seen in the photographs.