Taschen Basic Art

Taschen Basic Art is a best selling art collection books, published by Taschen, starting in 1985. Each book looks at a different artist, with a biography, and illustrations of their work. The books are published as affordable hardcover books of 21 x 26 cm. As of 2022, 78 titles had been published.[1] Similar series entitled Taschen Basic Architecture, Taschen Basic Cinema and Taschen Basic Photographies were started after the success of the Basic Art series.

In the spring of 2014, Taschen's Basic Art series received major criticism in Swedish media for its focus on male artists. The series then consisted of 95 books, only five of which were of female artists. The artists Ditte Ejlerskov and EvaMarie Lindahl highlighted the disparity with an art installation at Malmö Konsthall in Sweden.[2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ "Basic Art Series: Art, Architecture and History. TASCHEN Books". TASCHEN. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  2. ^ [email protected]. "Malmö Konsthall". Konsthall.malmo.se. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  3. ^ NODE, André Pahl (25 April 2014). "Kunstkritikk — Taschen under Fire". Kunstkritikk.com. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  4. ^ "About: Blank Pages – feminist history in the making at Malmö Konsthall". Culturenordic.com. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Storverk av systerskapet". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). 20 November 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2022.