PRIMÄR KONTRÄR
Artist book klassefritsch
2022
40.3 × 28.5 cm, 33 riso prints, Hardcover open binding
Edition of 700 copies
Cover and Design Chan-Young Ramert
Illustration Philipp Krabbe
Cover print Siebdruck Klein, Emsdetten
Iris print Druckerei Hitzegrad, Wuppertal
Binding Buchbinderei, JVA Bochum
Artists: Bianca Baierl, Fynn Bierik, Naomi Shintani Deibel, Sabrina Fritsch, Felix Caspar Hengesbach, Kathi Irmen, Hyorim Kim, Philipp Krabbe, Hannah Linden, Erik Mikaia, Lisa Onderka, Oyusuvd-Orgil, Anna Orlinski, Gergana Panayotova, Alexander Reuter, Nura Afnan-Samandari, Lukas Schneider, Anna Shpak, Linda Skellington, Rebekka Ana Aimée Stuhlemer, Levan Svanishvili, Shizuka Uemura, Helena von Blomberg, Konrad Weichs, Rosa Helene Weiland, Sophia C. Aiona Weische, Marjolein Willems, Patía Zingji Lau
SYNTAXERROR – Sabrina Fritsch
2022
DE, EN
29.7 × 21 cm, 96 pages, 65 color images, Hardcover
Editor Daniela Steinfeld, VAN HORN
Concept Sabrina Fritsch, Sichtvermerk
Texts Stephan Engelke, Kay Heymer, Katharina Klang, Klaus Merkel
Translation Suzanne Kirkbright, Robert John Murphy
Copy Editing Regina Hammerl
Design Sichtvermerk
Image editing Henning Krause
Production management DCV
Printing and binding Feindruckerei Gutenberg Beuys, Langenhagen
ISBN 978-3-96912-074-3
Available at DCV
ROSA – Rosilene Luduvico & Sabrina Fritsch
2017
DE, EN
30 × 24 cm, 40 pages, 32 color images, Softcover with dust jacket
Editor & Concept Sabrina Fritsch, Rosilene Luduvico
Texts Katharina Klang, Dr. Doris Krystof
Translation Dr. Suzanne Kirkbright
Copy Editing Doris Lösch
Photography Achim Kukulies, Tamara Lorenz
Design Adeline Morlon
Image Editing Henning Krause
Production DZA Druckerei zu Altenburg GmbH
Edition of 500 copies
ISBN 978-3-95476-191-3
Available at DISTANZ Verlag
XYZ
2017
DE, EN
33 × 24 cm, 64 pages, 36 figures in offset, duplex and iris print, Swiss brochure
Editor Stadt Viersen – Städtische Galerie
Concept Sabrina Fritsch, Leonie Pfennig, Lisa Pommerenke
Text Leonie Pfennig
Translation Dr. Suzanne Kirkbright
Proofreading Jutta Pitzen
Design Lisa Pommerenke
Photography Annette Kradisch, Achim Kukulies, Tamara Lorenz, Daniela Steinfeld
Printing TIAMATdruck GmbH, Düsseldorf
Edition of 300 copies
ISBN 978-3-945111-32-1
Available at Lubok Verlag
“XYZ” is an artist’s book with an innovative presentation of new combinations of Sabrina Fritsch’s paintings as an experiment with print graphics. Several print processes, like iris- and duplex printing, are used to reverse and manipulate colour hues and to stimulate inventive processes.
Print processes and techniques are a growing priority for the artist’s recent work, and their interplay complements and influences the paintings.
A lexicon essay—an imaginary ‘A to Z’ starting with ‘a’ for asymmetry through ‘n’ for neon grey to ‘z’—connects painting, print techniques and a book format as incentives to decipher the artwork.
(Leonie Pfennig)
Sabrina Fritsch
2016
DE
40 × 28.2 cm, 58 pages, 36 color images and 7 limited edition riso prints, Hardcover open binding
Edition of 5 copies
1 / 100
2014
“1/100” artist’s book, bound with sleeve comprising riso prints on RISO GR 3770, with artist’s double-sided imprint of machine-produced motifs, 100 unique copies 64 pages, 29.7 × 20.9 cm, signed and numbered by the artist
Every 10th book appears as a subscription edition with a special insert page (29.7 × 42 cm) on RISO GR 3770
Cover print, binding Hitzegrad, Wuppertal
Available at StrzeleckiBooks
The artist’s book “1/100” marks a turning point in the artist’s work. The project is an archive, experiment, compendium and simultaneously a foundation emerging from the search for a technique to translate the materiality of her paintings onto printed paper. Risograph print involves printing ink on paper using a thermal process; like silkscreen, its haptic and superior quality is intensified by overlapping several ink layers.
Sabrina Fritsch experimented for over a year with the possibilities of using a copier machine for the composition. She finally focused on the reappraisal and review of her entire archive of paintings and photographs to create a compact book. Relying on excerpts from her previous works, draft designs, photographic samples or visual notes, she separated, scanned, processed and copied details onto transparent film. Ultimately, she recombined them using riso print to form new paintings.
In contrast with painting, here it is not the artist’s hand but the copy machine, which defines the final picture with its unpredictable blemishes and automated processes, so influencing the artist book’s layout. Approximately 580 double-page spreads with various motifs are the basis for 100 unique artworks made from 16 A3 sheets. Thanks to the six ink rolls, which she could use for her work, ever-changing new layers and overlaps emerge to generate one-off patterns or to modify the starting motifs.
The sequence of pages of each book and facing-page motifs are the random copier machine product which is completed by the print shop. The book becomes a unique work in its own right—its focus is specially selected work details rather than pre-existing compositions. The next step is the inspiration for the artist’s most recent works in which she uses complex painting processes to translate single pages of the book back to painting. (Leonie Pfennig)
P V
2014
DE, EN
21 × 14.8 cm, 60 pages, Colour, Swiss brochure with open binding
Editor Institut für moderne Kunst Nürnberg
Editing Kathrin Mayer, Anke Schlecht, Petra Weigle
Contributions Stefanie Kreuzer, Pia Niewöhner
Cover and Design Chan-Young Ramert
Translation Susanne Eder
Photography Sabrina Fritsch, Annette Kradisch, Achim Kukulies, Pia Niewöhner
Image Editing Alex Kovacs
Print Druckerei Conrad, Berlin
Edition of 600 copies
Portal opak
2013
DE, EN
27.4 × 20.4 cm, 40 pages, Colour, Swiss brochure
Text Katharina Klang
Translation Katharina Rebel
Layout Pia Niewöhner
Photography Achim Kukulies, Düsseldorf
Print Hitzegrad, Wuppertal
Edition of 600 copies
Sabrina Fritsch
2009
DE
21 × 14.8 cm, 8 pages, Colour, Brochure
Editor & Concept Sabrina Fritsch
Text Catrin Lorch
Photography Achim Kukulies, Sebastian Riemer
Production Jan van der Most, Düsseldorf
Edition of 400 copies
