VOSTELL, Wolf. Vostell: Retrospektive 1958 – 1974.

(Berlin): Neuer Berliner Kunstverein e.V. / Nationalgalerie Berlin, 1975. First edition. Oblong quarto. 328 pages. Very nice catalogue published on the occasion of exhibitions held in the Nationalgalerie Berlin and the Neuer Berliner Kunstverein e. V. Superberb retrospective of the work of Vostell who is considered one of the one of the early adopters of video art and installation art and pioneer of Happenings and Fluxus. The volume includes contributions by Wolf Vostell, Wieland Schmied, Achille Bonito Oliva, Jörn Merkert und Astrid and Rainer Wick. The volume covers Vostells’s happenings, environments, films and video work and manifests. Illustrated throughout. A very good copy in wrappers.