| Dear Schirmer/Moselites!
 Cities
and great artists connected to them seem to be the leitmotif of our forthcoming spring list.
Onomichi, a
fishing town in Japan, is seen viewed with the gentle eyes of film director Wim Wenders.
Berlin,
its architecture, its grandezza, and its destruction before and after the Wall came down, is seen in a warm and summerly,
southern light by Sicilian photographer Giovanni Chiaramonte. This is just as surprising as
Candida Höfer’s cool and precise looks
into the interiors of palaces, churches, museums, libraries, and theaters in
Naples, Italy.
Two great American artists, a woman painter and a male
photographer of men, who both revolutionized the erotic gaze on men and women, represent the most popular books of our new list.
Frida Kahlo of Mexico City, probably the most popular and famous female painter of the 20th century, is back with the
spectacular monograph
by Helga Prignitz-Poda in a reduced-size softcover edition at a very modest price. Robert Mapplethorpe, hero of the New
York art scene of the 80s, is back with a high-quality softcover edition of his erotic classic
The Black Book in original
size and quality.
So I invite you to joyfully join our spring journey
around the world of arts with our beautiful and delightful new Schirmer/Mosel books.
Best regards,
Lothar Schirmer
Munich, January 2010
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