The Exquisite Mayhem Of Benedikt Taschen

By Sara V. Buckwitz
Published on November 13, 2007

The Exquisite Mayhem Of Benedikt Taschen, Brendan Bernhard, L.A. Weekly
Not all publishers are struggling to find a profit. Germany’s Benedikt Taschen makes big bucks selling cutting-edge coffee table books. “Taschen is a postmodern tycoon for the 21st century, a brash and stylish entrepreneur who has turned the world of illustrated-book publishing upside down,” writes L.A. Weekly journalist Brendan Bernhard. Taschen and his wife, Angelika, produce “coffee table books that range in subject matter from the complete etchings of 18th-century Italian engraver Giovanni Battista Piranesi to the pornographic digital diaries of 21st-century Internet exhibitionist Natacha Merritt,” Bernhard writes. His “impeccable, scholarly tomes” of Western Art, contemporary design and underground sexuality make him notorious.
–Sara V. Buckwitz
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