SKITS.

This volume, belonging to the two-part publication accompanying Müller’s solo exhibition at the Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, is an invitation to readers to discover the artist’s rich field of reference, room by room—from antiquity right up to the present day, from the religious cult to current gender-related questions. The exuberant wealth of material that Müller assembled for his exhibition at the Kunsthalle was already mentioned several times in volume one, but not dealt with exhaustively. What’s more, alongside the wealth of materials, Müller succeeded in including a wealth of substantive references that led through all the Kunsthalle’s nine rooms like a mirror, constantly broadening out. The four-hour performance staged on the opening evening, Dritte Probe für Nietzsches Geburtstagsparty 2313 [Third rehearsal for Nietzsche’s birthday party in 2313], which is also documented in this volume, was a magical experience for everybody involved and for all the visitors. It presented to viewers further points of reference for the materials and subject matter in Müller’s oeuvre, and in this form is also visible to all readers.

Edited by Hendrik Bündge in cooperation with the Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, and Michael Müller
With texts by Hendrik Bündge, Louisa Elderton, Heike Fuhlbrügge, Johan Holten, Travis Jeppesen, Elena Setzer and Lukas Töpfer
Verlag für moderne Kunst / Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Vienna 2019
654 pages, numerous illustrations in color and b/w
German and English
ISBN 978-3-903269-56-9