Walk in Sizzling Air
2024
Paperback, 22 x 16,5 cm, 76 pages, edition of 150.
With a prologue by Raffael Bader and a text by Chihiro Watanabe. Bader & Enari Gallery published the book in cooperation. Walk In Sizzling Air contains a selection of charcoal drawings from 2023 as well as installation shots of his solo exhibition at the Contemporary Art foundation in Tokyo.
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'22
2022
Hardcover, 22,5 x 17 cm, 68 pages, edition of 150.
With an essay (in English and German) by Carlotta Jacobi. Published in cooperation with Verlag Marian Arnd. ‘22 contains a selection of works and "notes" created in 2022 and documents Raffael Bader's artistic process in an exemplary manner.
On Two Islands
2021
Softcover, 22 x 16,5 cm, 48 pages, edition of 100.
33 ink drawings from the On Two Islands series, which I made after a trip to Greece. Reflecting on a journey to two islands in the aegean sea between goats, stones, thorn bushes and wind, surrounded by a clear salty sea.
Traveling Museum Attendant
2020
Softcover, 12,5 x 19 cm, 52 pages, edition of 100.
The 23 drawings were made between October 2019 and February 2020, while I was employed as a museum attendant. The work didn't seem like that to me, and the excruciating boredom often became unbearable, so I went on an imaginary journey.