Publications
(selected):
Polonca Lovsin. Back to the City. ( Engl/Slo/Ger) revolver publishing Berlin 2011
Incl. an interview of the artist by Silke Opitz.
Stromausfall im Bauhaus. Illustrated by Judith Drews (interactive children's book, German edition only - so far). Weimar 2011
awarded - by Children's and Youth's media magazine ESELSOHR with the ESEL of the month September 2011
William Lamson - On Earth. Ed. by Silke Opitz for Kunstverein Erfurt. Including an essay by Silke Opitz and an artist's interview by Liza Statton. Bielefeld/Leipzig 2010 (English/German).
Anna Gierster. For your own safety. Kunstverein Ludwigburg 2010. Download booklet
Markus Wueste. Moving Stones. Kunstverein Ludwigsburg 2010. Download booklet
Geliebte Masse. Porzellangeschichten von Laura Straßer/Beloved Mass. Stories in Porcelain by Laura Straßer. Hrsg. v./Ed. by Kathrin Kunze u./and Silke Opitz. With contributions by Silke Opitz and Laura Straßer. Bielefeld/Leipzig 2009 (German/English)
*recommended by German Design Council, Germany
*shortlisted for "Die schönsten deutschen Bücher/The most beautiful German books 2010" by Stiftung Buchkunst, Germany
Dissolving Absolute Structures. Mona Vatamanu and Florin Tudor. Ed. by Silke Opitz. With essays by Mihnea Mircan and Silke Opitz. Berlin 2009 (revolver publishing by VVV, German/English)
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Anna Talens. From the Mediterranean, with silky scales. Kunstverein Ludwigsburg 2009.
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Additions - Statuary and Sculpture in and in front of the Main Building. In: Henry van de Velde's Art School Buildings in Weimar. Architecture and Interior. Ed. by Silke Opitz. Weimar 2009, pp62-84
Henry van de Velde's Art School Buildings in Weimar. Architecture and Interior. Edited by Silke Opitz.
Millimallikas. ichduersiees. Mari Sunna. Exhibition Catalogue Kunstsammlung Gera, 30/04 until 03/08/2008. Ed. by S. Opitz and H.P. Saupe. Bielefeld/Leipzig 2008, pp. 10-13, German/Engl.
Show us everything. Bitte, Mutti?! - Erica Eyres. Exhibition Catalogue Kunsthaus Erfurt, 16/02 until 28/03/2008. Ed. by T. Buechner and S. Opitz. Frankfurt/M. 2008, pp. 9-10, German/English
UN-VERBLUEMT. Sinn und Sinnlichkeit floraler Motive im Werk von Otto Dix. UN-VERBLUEMT: Otto Dix. Exhibition Catalogue
Kunstsammlung Gera, 24/06 until 23/09/2007. Ed. by Kunstsammlung Gera, Gera 2007, pp. 9-50
Beetroot Baroque. Maria Thereza Alves. What is the Color of a German Rose?/Welche Farbe hat die deutsche Rose? Exhibition Catalogue Kunstsammlung Gera 2007, 24/06 until 23/09/2007. Ed. by S. Opitz and H.P. Saupe. Gera 2007, no page numbers, German/English
In the Monster Mirror Stadium. The exhibition of works by Jakob S. Boeskov at Otto Dix House Gera. Monster Mirror. Jakob S. Boeskov/Otto Dix. Exhibition Catalogue Kunstsammlung Gera/Otto-Dix-Haus 2006. Ed. by. S. Opitz and H. P. Saupe. Frankfurt/M. 2007, pp. 54-67, German/English.
In Versionen: Camille Claudel. Camille Claudel 1864-1943. Das Leben der ersten großen europaeischen Bildhauerin. Exhibition Catalogue Kunsthaus Avantgarde Apolda. Ed. by H.-D. Mueck, Apolda 2006, pp. 137-151
Like the Laboratory Nature. Exhibition Catalogue of the winners of Marion-Ermer-Award 2006 – Christiane Haase -, Neues Museum Weimar. Ed. by Marion Ermer Stiftung, Weimar 2006, pp. 57-61, German/English
Karlotta and Karlotta or: The “I” as a living image. On a new group if works by Santeri Tuori. Posing Time. Santeri Tuori at the Otto Dix House Gera. Exhibition Catalogue Kunstsammlung Gera 2005. Ed. by S. Opitz and H.P. Saupe. Bielefeld 2006, pp. 51-60, German/English
No Place. Everywhere. On the series Passover and Level 01 by Verena Landau. Diskretionsbereich. Verena Landau. Exhibition Catalogue Kunstverein Leipzig/Kunsthaus Erfurt 2004-2005. Ed. by Kunstverein Leipzig/Kunsthaus Erfurt. Leipzig 2005, no page numbers
Aus die Maus. Kinderspielzeug in der zeitgenoessischen Kunst. Tierfotografie. Ed. by Hermann Stamm. Weimar 2004, pp. 50-63.
Unaussprechlich schoen. Das mystische Paradoxon in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhanderts (=Ineffable Beauty. Mystical Paradox in 20th Century Art). Exhibition Catalogue Kunsthalle Erfurt 2003. Ed. by K. U. Schierz and S. Opitz. Koeln 2003. German/English
Die Sache selbst. Zu den Arbeiten von Peter Heckwolf anlaesslich der Ausstellung im Ernst-Haeckel-Haus Jena. Die Sache selbst. Ed. By S. Opitz and G. Wiesenfeldt. Incl. contributions by Olaf Breidbach, Karl Schawelka et al. Weimar 2002, pp. 58-77.
Richard Engelmann in Weimar. Revision 2001: Leben und Werk des Bildhauers Richard Engelmann (1868-1966). Exhibition Catalogue Stadtmuseum Weimar, 29/11/2001 until 20/01/2002. Ed. by Herausgebergremium der Bauhaus-Universitaet and S. Opitz. Incl. contributions by Ursel Berger, Cornelius Steckner, Magdalena Droste, Thomas Fuchs, Karl-Heinz Hueter, Michael Klant, Silke Opitz u. Karl Schawelka, =thesis. Wiss. Zeitschrift der Bauhaus-Universitaet Weimar, vol 3/4-2001, pp. 40-55.
Aus der Botanisiertrommel des jungen Dionysos. Die Werkgruppe der fruehen Pflanzengouachen. Dix avant Dix. Exhibition Catalogue Kunstsammlung Gera/Staedtische Galerie Albstadt 2000/2001. Ed. by U. Ruediger. Jena/Leipzig 2000, p. 153-162.
Max Reger im plastischen Portraet. In: Reger-Studien 6. Musikalische Moderne und Tradition. Internationaler Reger-Kongress Karlsruhe 1998. Ed. by Alexander Becker, Gabriele Gefaeller and Susanne Popp (=Schriftenreihe des Max-Reger-Instituts Karlsruhe, vol. XIII). Wiesbaden 2000, pp. 145-171.
Ein Gentlemankuenstler. Leben und Werk des Bildhauers Richard Engelmann (1868-1966).(=PhD thesis Weimar 2000) Weimar 2000.
Im Schatten der Avantgarde. Hochschule fuer bildende Kunst and Bauhaus in Weimar 1921-1925. Aufstieg und Fall der Moderne 1890-1990. Exhibition Catalogue Kunstsammlungen zu Weimar 1999. Ed. by Kunstsammlungen zu Weimar. Ostfildern/Ruit 1999, pp. 344-364.
Lessings Fragment einer Faustdichtung im 17. Literaturbrief - oder doch ein „alter Entwurf dieses Trauerspiels”? Zeitschrift fuer Germanistik, NF 1/94, pp. 99-103.