This monograph offers the most comprehensive and in-depth overview of the long-lasting and multi-faceted artistic career of Cologne-based artist Peter Zimmermann. Structured in a dictionary format that progresses from Z to A, the book delves into the focal points of Zimmermann’s artistic practice over the years through 42 unique concepts, such as ‘Abstraction’, ‘Fake’, ‘Pixel’, ‘Layer’, ‘Instagram’, and ‘Epoxy’, written by different authors. Alongside texts by art historians, critics, curators from various geographies and long-time companions of the artist, the book, published in English by Wienand Verlag in collaboration with Dirimart, is enriched by its distinctive conceptual framework and Felix Rabe’s design.
Zimmermann, Peter: Dictionary from Z to A showcases the artist’s diverse practice, which ranges from his book cover paintings of the 1980s to his signature works, epoxy paintings made from digital templates that are deconstructed, alienated and transferred to the canvas in transparent layers using graphical algorithms. The book offers a polyphonic window into the world of this extraordinary artist, who deconstructs and transforms the images we are constantly exposed to in the age of visual communication and reinterprets the traditional art of painting, questioning the concept of representation.
