Markus Vater: Objects of Significance

Objects of Significance is an artist’ s book that grew out of a series of photographs and writings which Markus Vater (b. Dusseldorf, 1970; lives and works in London and Dusseldorf) collected over several years. They show and describe what matters to the artist: objects fraught with meaning, questions, relationships, memories. It is a creative and philosophical book, as funny as it is serious, delving into questions like: What do you see when you close your eyes and turn your head toward the sun? Or: How much does a cloud weigh? Vater has interviewed the North Sea for the book and ponders the wind. He sheds light on the conditions in which art comes into being and meditates on what holes are.

Markus Vater (* 1970 in Dü sseldorf) is a contemporary German artist. He lives and works in London and Dü sseldorf. From 2012 to 2016 he taught at the Royal College of Art in London. In 2014, he was a visiting professor at the University of Fine Arts Hamburg. From 2016 to 2019 he taught as a visiting professor at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Kü nste Karlsruhe. Since 2021 he has been Professor of Painting/Graphics and Interdisciplinary Studies at the HBK Essen. Marcus Steinweg (* 1971 in Koblenz) is a German philosopher, author and lecturer. He was Professor of Art and Theory at the Academy of Arts in Karlsruhe.