Peter Zimmermann’s Travel Guides Series on View at Kunstmuseum Villa Zanders

Installation view of Peter Zimmermann’s Travel Guides series (Courtesy of the artist)

Renowned German contemporary artist Peter Zimmermann’s Travel Guides series is currently on view in the exhibition, Bibliomania: The Book in the Art, at Kunstmuseum Villa Zanders, Germany. The exhibition incorporates artworks of multiple forms and media such as painting, drawing, photography, film, installation, and artist’s book, exploring the importance of the paper-based medium of “book” in this age of digital media, as well as rethinking and recreating the role “book” plays in contemporary societies.

 The Travel Guides series marks the beginning of Zimmermann’s use of epoxy. Graduated from art school and started creating conceptual art in the 1980s, Zimmermann imitates and enlarges book covers to challenge the interaction between one’s perceptions and feelings, including one’s experience of interpreting these paradoxical artworks. This series also became the first milestone in Peter Zimmermann’s career as a professional artist.