Artists' Writings

A conversation between the sociologist and the artist: a sociology of art at the service of a political project.

Collection of texts.

Lily Van der Stokker's illustrated autobiography of her life in New York in the 1980s, when she opened a gallery in the East Village.

A collection of texts, most unpublished in French.

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

Mike Kelley's major interviews and critical essays.

Chen Zhen talks to Daniel Buren, Hou Hanru, Eleonor Heartney, Emma Lavigne, Ken Lum, Enrico Lunghi, Yves Michaux, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Jérôme Sans and Nari Ward and others who shared his adventure in art (available in English edition).

An anthology of Parreno's writings.

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.

A collection of Dan Graham's articles about rock and experimental music.

Artist's writings.

How to exhibit the architecture? Two Swiss architects answer this question (a conversation with Rémy Zaugg).

In his influential 1986 text, Swiss artist Rémy Zaugg (1943–2005) laid out fundamental ideas on the art museum. For him, the museum is an everyday tool that enables the encounter between viewer and work—raising the question of the kind of architecture appropriate for such a space (available in English edition)

Artist's writings.