The Complete Collection of all Editions
1) The Collection of All Works
Parkett is a one-of-a-kind collection and 33 year time capsule of today's art. The direct collaborations with artists from around the world feature 270 artworks specially made for Parkett and 101 books with three to five texts and portraits of each artist.
In addition to exhibitions, the collection with its large and diverse number of works, books, texts and artists’ documents provides multiple public outreach opportunities for a wide range of educational and academic projects (above: installation view from Parkett’s exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, 2001).
Browse selected works below or view the virtual museum and complete description of all works at the links above.
Liam Gillick, Literally No Place, 2001
Ellen Gallagher, Ruby Dee, 2005
Meret Oppenheim, Pair of Gloves, 1985
Cao Fei, Rumba I: Incubator, 2017
Xu Zhen, The Tribal Chief's New Clothes, 2015
Cosima von Bonin, Color Wheel, 2007
Yang Fudong, Ms. Huang at M Last Night, 2006
Damien Hirst, What goes Up Must Come Down, 1994
Gillian Wearing, Sleeping Mask, 2004
“… the diversity of works … offer a sense of what artists can do with the challenge of how to distill their practices into a single, compact object or image ….”
Philip Tinari, Director, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
“If asked to choose a favorite among Parkett’s artist editions over the past 33 years, my definitive answer would be 'All of them.' The individual editions are wonderful, but collectively they form an extraordinary … collection that charts a vast array of changes that have swept through the art world since the 1980s ...”
Glenn Phillips, Curator and Head of Modern & Contemporary Collections, Getty Research Institute, Santa Monica, California
“… Parkett has greatly contributed to the introduction and deeper investigation of artworks; truly one of a kind and it will be historical… “
Mariko Mori
”Such a singular treat to work with Parkett … so enlivening to be part of something so studious and tempered. And wild! … Working in close cahoots … I felt retrieved, inverted. And I’d never have made (as my edition) a great flap of trammelled face otherwise.”
Ed Atkins
"… a great beacon of intelligence and exuberance, not to mention a constant source of inspiration … surrounded by all that energy and art; the pleasures of making and thinking were truly infectious!"
Helen Marten
3) The Museum Exhibitions
The collection continues to be exhibited in museums jointly with fully documented exhibition catalogues, the Parkett books with 1800 texts, artists’ documents (letters, sketches, photos et al.) and more.
Browse selected exhibitions and quotes below and see a detailed survey of all museum exhibitions here
“… the diversity of works … offer a sense of what artists can do with the challenge of how to distill their practices into a single, compact object or image ….”
Philip Tinari, Director, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
“If you want to see the entire forest, in terms of contemporary art, instead of looking at trees, this exhibition is a fitting choice. While blockbuster exhibitions usually focus on a single artist or group, the exhibition showcases over 200 artworks by as many world-renowned artists ... offering a stunning wrap up of contemporary art at a glance.”
Korea Herald, Seoul
“The MoMA collection contains numerous examples of editions by the most significant artists of the modern period…. the editions made for PARKETT carry on this rich tradition.”
Deborah Wye, Chief Curator emer., Prints and illustrated Books, Museum of Modern Art , New York
UCCA, Beijing, China, 2012
Taipei Fine Arts Museum (TFAM), Taiwan, 2013
Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2001
Kanazawa, Japan, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, 2009
Kunsthaus Zurch, 2004-2005
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1987
“... a wonderland of sometimes fantastical treasures ... the scope and quality of what is on display, not to mention the artists involved … make this show one of the strongest so far this year”
Time-Out, Beijing, April, 2012
“… Parkett’s editions highlight the Zeitgeist, the hopes and fears of artists in the globalized world, their questions of identity, of past and future, their zest for life, and their creation of new utopias...”
NZZ (Neue Zürcher Zeitung), Zurich,
“Since its inception, Parkett has asserted itself as one of the best publications on contemporary art available today. It is one of those rare periodicals that does not resemble a magazine. The quality of its operations and topicality of its discussions combine to make Parkett both a luxurious and necessary publication.”
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
4) Parkett Exhibition Catalogs
The collection of all editions is fully documented and illustrated in Parkett’s evolving catalogues raisonnés, published in English, Chinese (simplified & traditional), Japanese and Korean.
A Time Capsule - Complete Catalogue Raisonné of all Works and Books made by and with Artists for Parkett's 33 Years (2019/ English)
200 Artworks - 25 Years - Kanazawa Museum Exhibition Catalogue (2009/Japanese/English)
Taipei Fine Art Museum Exhibition Catalogue (2013, Chinese/English)
UCCA Beijing, Exhibition Catalogue, "Inside a Book a House of Gold" (2012, Chinese/English)
Seoul Art Center - Exhibition Catalogue (2010, Korean/English)
Kunsthaus Zurich - Exhibition Catalogue (2004, English/German)
MoMA, New York - Exhibition Catalogue (2001, English)
5) The Parkett Books
with 270 Artists’ Portraits and over 1800 Texts
The 101 Books can be fully integrated in the museum exhibitions with dedicated reading rooms, and access to all books both analog and digital.
Reading Room, Taipei Fine Art Museum Exhibition
All Books on Wall, Swiss National Library, 2018
Reading Shelf, Swiss National Library, 2012
Taipei Fine Art Museum, 2012
Parkett Vol. 17 on Ipad display
Reading Room UCCA, Beijing, 2012
Reading Room, MoMA, New York, 2001
“…Parkett has included almost all the most important artists and critics in a quarter of the century… we hope that it will enlighten many more Chinese readers… How much we envy a medium that needs no attitude! “
Gong Yan, Director, Power Station Museum, Shanghai
6) Artist Documents
Selected artists’ documents, sketches, letters, photos and more from Parkett’s archive can be included in museum exhibitions (courtesy Luma Foundation).
Sketch by Eija-Liisa Ahtila for her jacket "Veil of Ignorace"
John Baldessari during one of his Zurich visits to the printer's studio
Sketch by Maurizio Cattelan for his photograph
Sketch by Kai Althoff for his specially created fragrance fragrance bottle
Sketch by Xu Zhen for his object "The Tribal Chief's New Clothes"
Sketch by Gerhard Richter for the layout of his Parkett issue
7) Educational Outreach and Research Opportunities
The collection and its key elements mentioned above offer a wide range of educational outreach possibilities, including special programs for children, students, general public and other audiences.
Academic research opportunities include curatorial projects as well as books, texts, and artists’ documents based studies such as Parkett’s permanent viewing room at the Arts Faculty of the University Castilla La Mancha in Cuenca, Spain (see the quotes below).
See the special children’s guide created for the Parkett exhibition at STPI (Singapore).
Guided tours for general audiences (Taipei Fine Art Museum)
Children's guide (Seoul Art Center)
Permanent Parkett Viewing Room, Arts Faculty, University Castilla La Mancha, Cuenca, Spain
Children's Guide, STPI Singapore
General audience tours (Swiss National Library, Bern)
Book outreach project for schools, libraries, universities, museums and other interest groups with the set of the 50 recent Parkett books (featuring 170 in-depth artists' portraits).
Permanen Parkett Viewing Room, Arts Faculty, University Castilla La Mancha, Cuenca, Spain
Children and school tours (Taipei Fine Art Museum)
"The collection allows the University to present a dynamic, lively museum in full dialogue with the main centers of contemporary art in Spain. Together with the artworks, the Faculty also displays all Parkett volumes published since 1984, and in doing so fully reflects Parkett's unique character as a small museum and large library. 'The scholarly and teaching character of this collection is very significant' concludes the Faculty's vice dean."
El Mundo, Madrid
“A Collection to turn your hands inside out and your mind upside down … And with its innumerable possibilities, a stimulating array of objects, but also of critical views and study around some of the most crucial and controversial aspects of contemporary artistic practice … a powerful mix of poetics and politics, aesthetics and critique...”
Helena Cabello, Head of the Parkett Collection and Professor, Faculty of Fine Arts, University UCLM, Cuenca, Spain. Member of the artists’ group Cabello/Carceller.