Karel Martens – Unbound

Unbound has been produced on the occasion of Karel Martens’ 2025 solo exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. The book brings together a wide-ranging body of work Karel made and collected over the entire span of his decades-long career. Containing works from the show, collaged, overprinted and juxtaposed with elements found around his studio, the book balances between being an artist book and a catalog. “This publication, thoughtfully designed by Jordi de Vetten and Susu Lee in close collaboration with Martens himself, functions as a handbook to his work. But it’s an unconventional one: unstructured, non-hierarchical, playful, personal, and associative.” With texts by Thomas Castro, curator of the exhibition and Rein Wolfs, director of the Stedelijk Museum. Designed by Karel Martens, Susu Lee, Jordi de Vetten Published by Roma Publications, 2025 Softcover, 216 pages, full color offset, 6.7 × 9.4 inches ISBN: 978-9-44-46084-1