This inspirational book includes an introduction to Karshan’s unique drawing practice and personal history by Jonathan Casciani, a transcript from the film

The Egyptian Postures is a guide to the most advanced Mazdaznan exercises that Johannes Itten taught his students at the Bauhaus. Often performed while singing or humming the postures were intended to activate glands and re-channel internal energies, stirring the blood in ways that contributed to the perpetual evolution of humanity. They were also said to induce auto-illumination, the participant’s body generating an intense light from within.

In “Playing with Ludwig”, artist Nikolaus Gansterer and philosopher Klaus Speidel adress fundamental questions of sense making in language and visual forms. In a playful dialogue with the writings of Ludwig Wittgenstein, they tackle subjects like pain and pictures,

Tabea Blumenschein (1952–2020), Hilka Nordhausen (1949–1993) und Rabe perplexum (1956–1996) waren exzentrische Künstler*innen der achtziger Jahre – sie agierten abweichend von Normen und außerhalb des Zentrums im subkulturellen Milieu.

Diana Al-Hadid's sculptures, drawings, and panels merge figuration and abstraction. Her art involves a wide range of materials?from steel and fiberglass to gold leaf and pigment?