Painting, Object, Film, Concept

Book excerpt: This book was produced to coincide with the exhibition at Christie's in New York of artworks collected by Jost and Barbara Herbig. The Herbig's collection represents one of the most important for avant-garde art from the 1960s and 70s, and includes works by such artists as Baselitz, Beuys, Flavin, Gilbert and George, Knoebel, Nauman, Oldenburg, Polke, Richter, Ryman, etc. Approximately thirty artists are represented, and the book includes detailed and informative text from noted art scholars and critics -- including samples from the working diary of the curator and critic Harald Szeeman.