Heike Endter

The intention of Reinhold Ziegler's jewellery objects is to move the attention of the wearer or onlooker from themselves onto something greater - a radical strategy within a field that is strongly occupied with emphasising the individuality of the wearer. Ziegler's art is influenced by the French philosopher Georges Bataille, who in his work Eroticism identifies a strong dilemma in humanity in which, on one hand, we want to fight for our individuality yet, at the same time, have a strong desire to be united with what he calls 'everything that is'. In this book, Ziegler deals with this topic from many angles - gravitation, vibration, meteorites, fossils, and general aspects of humanity such as tools (from the Stone Age), talismans, spirituality, and consciousness.

The pictorial world of German painter Florian Thomas (born 1966) is sourced mostly from a collection of his own and other, old and new, found or already printed photos and postcards by amateurs and professionals. I Didn't Know What Time It Was surveys his works.

Dutch painter Koen Vermeule (born 1965) has said that the title of one of his paintings, "Out and About," would be "a good title for the rest of my work," as his subject material is found from his travels around the world. Brightly lit figures in the street and on the beach dominate this collection of his paintings.