Artists' Writings

Positions

The Positions Series, co-published by Les presses du réel and JRP|Editions, is dedicated to artists' writings. It aims to question artistic and curatorial practices from the singular position of an artist who writes about both his/her own work as well as that of other artists.

Co-edition with JRP|Editions.

15 x 21 cm (softcovers)

Walead Beshty
33 Texts: 93,614 Words: 581,035 Characters – Selected Writings (2003-2015)

2016

English edition

Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Positions

A collection of monographic texts and essays by the artist.

Dan Graham
Nuggets – New and Old Writing on Art, Architecture, and Culture

2014

English edition

Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Positions

Other Writing.

John Miller
The Ruin of Exchange

2012

English edition

Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Positions

The production/reception dialectic.

Robert Morris
Bemerkungen zur Skulptur Zwölf Texte

2010

German edition

Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Positions

First comprehensive German edition of legendary texts by Robert Morris.

Susan Hiller
The Provisional Texture of Reality – Selected Talks and Texts (1977-2007)

2008

English edition

Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Positions

Between critical writing and visual art practice.

Liam Gillick
Proxemics – Selected Writings (1988-2006)

2007

English edition

Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Positions

This publication reunites a selection of critical writings for the most part printed in magazines or exhibition catalogues: a reinterpretation of Conceptual and Minimal art, as much as a testimony of the 90's art scene.

David Robbins
The Velvet Grind – Selected Essays (1980-2004)

2006

English edition

Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Positions

A discussion of art and entertainment and their conflictual relationship (interviews and essays).

Thomas Lawson
Mining for Gold – Selected Writings (1976-2002)

2004

English edition

Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Positions

An anthology of the artist's important essays, published between 1978 and today in the pages of Artforum, Flash Art and Lawson's own magazine Real Life.

Yvonne Rainer
Une femme qui... – Ecrits, entretiens, essais critiques

2008

French edition

Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Positions

sold out

Written texts and films, interviews, symposia, and essays by a central figure in the history of the New York avant-garde.

Mike Kelley
Interviews, conversations, and chit-chat (1986-2004)

2005

English edition

Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Positions

sold out

Mike Kelley's major interviews and critical essays.

John Miller
The Price Club – Selected writings (1977-1998)

2000

English edition

Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Positions

sold out

From “polemical” texts to extensive theoretical essays, passing through Ed Ruscha, Bruce Nauman or John Baldessari, these writings have proved to be among the most challenging ones.