This publication brings together four texts which analyze Gerhard Richter's monumental project Atlas, an assemblage of photographs that he has collected since 1962. Atlas, which at present comprises more than 5,000 images -- ranging from political portraits to landscapes and from found photojournalistic pictures to photographs taken by the artist himself -- constitutes an ordered collection of personal visual memories from which Richter draws the themes and motifs for his ongoing exploration of the possibilities of painting. Buchloh examines At

MEGHALAYA is a book inspired by myths, traditions and everyday stories I collected and recorded during a month living amongst the Khasi tribe in the Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, a remote area in Northeast India. The Khasi of Meghalaya in Northeast India are a matrilineal tribe, which means that women own all property and pass their surnames to their children, while husbands move into the wife's household after marriage. The Kadduh, the youngest daughter

Born from Boas' deep interest in the manifestations of material culture, the book is one of the most fortunate monographs on the artistic expressions of pre-industrial societies. The forms and styles, motifs and symbols used in the decoration of objects, the complex techniques that make their production possible, are the subject of careful examination. Under the anthropologist’s lens, the very rich sampling of the artifacts described - embroidery, paintings, blankets, totemic poles, headgear, tools, weapons, boxes,

From 2010 to 2013 Göran Gnaudschun photographed the scene on Berlin’s Alexanderplatz, a scene comprised of stranded individuals and runaways, the homeless and marginalised, attention-seekers and show-offs. Many are on drugs; all of them drink. But, in a way, the Alexanderplatz is their home. It allows them to escape their social isolation and offers a sense of safety and security, even if tenderness and violence make for a volatile blend. Göran Gnaudschun was the

Rato, Tesoura, Pistola gathers together photographs by Pedro Guimarães, produced in collaboration with Nuno Engstrøm Guimarães (drawings, 7 years old) and Emma-Sofie Engstrøm Guimarães (monster pancakes, 5 years old). Sara Bichão kidly offered her masks that becomes part of a familiar entertainment revealing what an author can be, literally “one who causes to grow,” and not only in a parental relationship. Combining the drawings of his children together with portraits of