Published to accompany the eponymous exhibition at Museum Schloss Cappenberg, the catalog focuses on Konrad Klapheck's (1935–2023) "machine-object" images, in which seemingly banal everyday objects become symbols of a technology-driven society. Through a blend of rational precision, surreal depth of focus, and subtle social criticism, his works offer new perspectives on postwar modernist art and its enduring relevance.

Through his "serving machines" — devices with no apparent function that symbolize cultural roles and social constraints — Konrad Klapheck raised fundamental questions about technology, work, and power structures. His paintings, drawings, and prints are formally precise and unfold a compelling contemporary relevance through their metaphorical exaggeration.