Book Art Worlds latest edition
Issue 01/2026 "Hope"
For some time now, I have noticed a great deal of hopelessness in society. My way of thinking is fundamentally different. This has inspired me to create an artist's book on the theme of ‘hope’.
The creative process took almost six months. My work is now complete. In my artistic exploration of this theme, I decided to keep the images in the book abstract. The viewer's own thoughts should be stimulated by the text and images.
As always, you can read more about the new artist's book in the free magazine “Buchkunstwelten” (free download).
Issue 08/2025 “The Hag”
For early peoples, the hedge was a protective barrier of wild roses surrounding their settlements. The thorny thicket protected them from wild animals and attackers. At the same time, it was the home of the Hagezusse, the village healer, the shaman. She was a blessing for the inhabitants of the settlement. They turned to her for advice when they could no longer cope with their lives on their own.
It was not until the 14th century that they were threatened with death in Europe. Over a period of 300 years, they were persecuted by the Inquisition. It was an unprecedented demonstration of power by the Church.
The persecution was triggered by crises, fear and superstition, social conflicts, political power, economic interests, and gender relations.
This terrible period remains outside the scope of my book. It was important to me to shed light on the social function of these people.
As always, you can read more about the new artist's book in the free magazine “Buchkunstwelten” (free download).
Issue 01/2025 “Transitions”
My new artist's book “Transitions” is about the last spark of life that each of us will experience at the end of our lives.
The idea for this work came to me one night in early February 2025. I found it exciting to deal with this topic. Nobody can talk about it anymore, otherwise they wouldn't be dead.
But the unimaginable can be depicted artistically. Regardless of whether the gaze is directed forwards towards death or backwards towards life. This work addresses our own finiteness.
As always, you can read more about the new artist's book in the free magazine “Buchkunstwelten” (free download).
Issue 01/2025 “Why?”
The deciding factor for the next book was a movie this time. I was very impressed by the film from TV2 Denmark entitled “How ‘the others’ become ‘us’”. It shows how prejudices can be broken down and new communities formed.
In the film, different groups were formed according to prejudices. People were assigned separate spaces. People demarcated themselves according to their ideas. A speaker then asked people to answer his questions honestly. The first question was who used to be the class clown at school. People came out of various boxes and slowly and unsteadily entered the stage. Without realizing it at first, they formed a new group just by asking the question. This change was repeated with every new question.
I found this experience so exciting that I had the idea of using these unifying experiences in other areas as well. I spontaneously thought of the countless wounded, survivors, orphans and widows who always see the other side as the guilty party in the wars on both sides. If it were possible to organize such encounters, how many positive things could come out of them.
Despite the divisiveness, the power of suffering could be transformed into hope. The question arises as to what unites us in suffering, why war, why not the work of love.
Let us now surprise you.
As always, you can read more about the new artist's book in the free magazine “Buchkunstwelten” (free download).
Issue 10/2024 "S´ist wieder Krieg"
The planning for my artist's book began in the middle or end of January 2024. When a book like this is planned, chance, which is a decisive value in a work like this, becomes apparent again and again during the design process. It's a development that can't be predicted, but I still plan the book intensively. The title “It's war again” sounds like a casual, bored mention. It's this powerlessness, this paralysis, but also this fear that resonates it could happen to any of us.
Artists' books are like deep dreams. You can immerse yourself in them and discover new worlds for yourself. Artists' books broaden your own horizons when you create and read them. They open our eyes to new spaces that lie dormant within us, spaces that we have not yet touched.
As always, you can read more about the new artist's book in the free magazine "Buchkunstwelten" (free download).
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Issue 04/2024 "Funfair"
The funfair is always a place of longing for children. My new artist's book is called "Kirmes".
This time, the book presentation of my artist's book "Kirmes" took place in Hamburg at the Museum der Arbeit. It was a great pleasure for me to watch how a slight turning movement of the carousel enchanted the people at my stand and a smile appeared on their faces. Many thanks to all visitors for the many conversations, to the organizers of BuchDruckKunst 2024 at the Museum der Arbeit for the smooth running of the fair, and to NDR for filming my stand for the Hamburg Journal at the beginning of the fair.
As always, you can read more about the new artist's book in the free magazine "Buchkunstwelten" (free download).
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Issue 05/2023 "The dance".
"The dance".
Once again I was able to complete a new work. I have been interested in dance ever since I learned to dance. Translating musical poetry into movement is the fascinating thing about dance. Anyone who dances has to be completely in the now. This is the only way to merge with and surrender to the music.
Dance makes it possible to reproduce every human experience, i.e. to transform it into movement.
Gerd J. Wunderer
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Ausgabe 03/2023 " The Barque of Life ".
„The Barque of Life“.
It was a visit to the harbour city of Genoa that gave me the idea of creating an artist's book with the title "The Barque of Life".
The brilliant idea came to me in a café in Via Garibaldi. There, in an adjoining room, hung a small barque made of brass. This work gave me the inspiration for the new book title. Life in all ist its ups and downs was repeatedly defined as a defined as a journey, in my case as a sea voyage.
As always, you can read more about and about the new artist's book in the free magazine "Buchkunstwelten" (free download).
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Issue 02/2023 "Longing for spring".
"Longing for Spring".
It's that time again, a new artist's book has been created in my studio.
It has become a symbol for the coming spring. It contains the longing waiting for the first messengers of spring. These are the first flowers making their way through the snow cover, the first insects flying through the air, the migratory birds flying north again, for they all sense the change much earlier than we do. They sense that things are looking up again. What hope for us humans and for all of nature.
As always, you can read more about and about the new artist's book in the free magazine "Buchkunstwelten" (free download).
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"Lifelines - Franziska de Paly - 1879-1964"
Once again an extensive artistic work has come to its final conclusion. In mid-June 2022, I had the idea to deal with the exciting life of my grandmother. This examination led me to look at her life year by year and to place it in the respective political environment, or rather, which inventions and discoveries were made during this time.
During the artistic work, in addition to the artist's book and the film for the book, a completely different, completely new, special idea crystallised. I wanted to take up a completely different artistic dimension. Paper sculptures were to become the basis for a film in the form of a concertante, digital opera, arranged in a modern paper theatre. The basis for the plot and the stage design is the artist's book Lebenslinien that was created. Which can also be experienced three-dimensionally through its transformation into paper sculptures.
The title of my new artist's book is: "Lifelines - Franziska de Paly - 1879-1964".
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Issue 03/2022 "Menschengesang"
"Menschengesang", is my new artist book.
Why do humans sing? This is the initial question for my new artist's book "Menschengesang".
With my artistic work I have tried to approach this question. The answers are probably as different as there are people. Some are almost the same. Nevertheless, human song moves the hearts of the performers as well as those of the listeners.
Walk with me a little way down this path into the realm of music.
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Issue 03/2022 "La Danza".
La Danza
"La Danza", the dance, is the title of my new artist's book. "La Danza" reminds me of a bar in Baveno that used to be right on the shore of Lake Maggiore.
My wife and I danced there very passionately and enjoyed the play of lights on the waves of the lake.
Get involved in a book of dance.
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