Les presses du réel – editions
2012
French edition
Les presses du réel – Architecture / design / graphic design – Architecture
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First monograph dedicated to French architect's “avant-garde” vernacular projects with which he develops, since 1980, a sustainable and ecological architecture.
2012
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Fabula
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The story of objectivity, by two of the greatest historians of science today.
2012
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Music & Sound Arts – Ohcetecho (sound arts)
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First issue of the experimental music annual review.
2011
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Dedalus
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A collection of texts, most unpublished in French.
2011
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Misceallenous
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A collection of mostly unpublished essays, notes and letters which shed a new light on Warburg's last studies.
2011
bilingual edition (English / Korean)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
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An artist's book / catalogue that, rather than focusing on the famous images made by Juergen Teller for fashion and luxury industries, aims to underline the particular aesthetic dimension of his photographic work in general.
2011
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
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Reference monograph (available in English edition).
2011
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
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Richly documented, this first monograph published in Europe gathers Larry Bell's archives, alongside with new commissioned essays by the artist, Marie de Brugerolle, Annette Leddy and John C. Welchman.
2011
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
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Richly documented, this first monograph published in Europe gathers Larry Bell's archives, alongside with new commissioned essays by the artist, Marie de Brugerolle, Annette Leddy and John C. Welchman.
2010
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
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First monograph: Charline von Heyl's paintings chronologically presented, each vis-à-vis a detail view manipulated by the artist, with four texts that shed light on the evolution of her work and contextualize her practice regarding the question of the renewal of contemporary painting.
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
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Reference monograph (available in English edition).
2010
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Architecture / design / graphic design – Architecture
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The chronological compilation of Yona Friedman's plans, sketches, drawings, models, collages, installations, etc., since 1945: a monumental publication which offers a complete overview of the work of one of the greatest artists-architects and urbanist theoreticians today, in its many dimensions (urban, economic, ecological, cultural, social and political).
2010
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
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The societal efficacy of art.
2010
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Misceallenous
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First monograph devoted to the visual work of the New York alternative art scene mythical figure, a pioneer of minimalist electronic rock as the co-founder of the cult band Suicide.
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Misceallenous
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First monograph devoted to the visual work of the New York alternative art scene mythical figure.
2010
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
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Reference retrospective monograph (available in English edition).
2010
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
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Reference retrospective monograph:
a complete overview of Lynda Benglis' work and life from the late 1960s to the present day, with more than 350 illustrations, about 20 historical or commissioned essays, an interview, famous and unseen archival material, and a complete chronology.
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Literary field
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Criminal news item as current version of the ready-made:
relations between the history of avant-gardes and the aesthetics of murder.
2010
English edition
Les presses du réel – Dance & Performing Arts –
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Monograph / artist book by American choreographer: essays, documents, reflexions, discussions, images...
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Dance & Performing Arts –
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Monograph / artist book (available in English edition).
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
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The method and genesis of Pierre Molinier's oeuvre (available in English edition).
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
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Shadows of witches, bats and black cats for a street public lighting commissioned work.
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Philosophy / politics – Charles Fourier review
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Walter Benjamin reader of Charles Fourier.
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
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A set of anonymous texts and bikers images collected by Olivier Mosset.
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Architecture / design / graphic design – Architecture
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First publication devoted to the French architecture agency.
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
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An analysis of some major contemporary works that challenge the traditional values of art.
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Philosophy / politics – Second reading
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An essay on the concept of utopia today, more relevant than ever at the time of the economic, social, ecological and intellectual crisis.
2009
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
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A "picture biography".
2009
texts in English and French
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
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The first book bringing together Mike Kelley's autobiographic works since 1995, and offering an overview of the development of Kelley's practice.
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
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Reference monograph on the French artist (available in English edition).
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
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Luxurious retrospective monograph, conceived in close collaboration with the artist, with three essays, an illustrated and commented chronology, major works since the beginning of the 80s, as well as many documents and exhibition views.
2009
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
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Documenting works by artists dealing with performative issues between the 1960s and today (from Paul McCarthy to Jessica Warboys, Spartacus Chetwynd or John Bock), this catalogue, gathering numerous essays, questions the nature and the relevance of “performative” objects in contemporary practices.
2008
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap)
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Essays and interviews on 20th century avant-gardes in France (from Dada to sound poetry, avant-garde reviews, happenings and events, Fluxus, Raymond Hains, Jacques Villeglé, Gil J. Wolman, Camille Bryen...).
2008
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
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Essays and interviews by the American curator and critic: a portrait of the American art scene over the last few decades.
2008
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Positions
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Written texts and films, interviews, symposia, and essays by a central figure in the
history of the New York avant-garde.
2008
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
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A documentary conceived by the artist from the starting point of a former
exhibition whose lightning system is made to flicker at a frequency of 7.8 hz. A compilation of dark-pop music from the eighties and the nineties emphazises
the artist's capture of the flashing apparatus.
2008
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Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
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One drawing by Mrzyk & Moriceau a day (2009 calendar).
2008
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
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Exhibition catalogue around art and low resolution in new technologies.
2008
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Motion Method Memory
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First translation in French of the collection of talks by American poet, critic, linguist and performance artist.
2008
French edition
Les presses du réel – Cinema & video art – Literary field – Fictions
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A film-maker and curator's reflection on moving image and its viewer.
2008
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
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Monograph dedicated to one of the most daring sculptors of his generation, whose work generates a sense of mutability, instability and visual tension, derived from a mixed bag of references
embracing Pop art, Minimalism, New Generation sculpture, Kinetic art and the Tropicalia
movement.
2007
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
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A compendium of texts containing famous exhibition case studies, involving some of the more thought-provoking artists, architects, and scientists of our time. A must-have for anyone interested in the unusual strategies of a curator-at-large.
Fabian Stech
J'ai parlé avec Lavier, Annette Messager, Sylvie Fleury, Hirschhorn, Pierre Huyghe, Delvoye, D.G.-F., Hou Hanru, Sophie Calle, Ming, Sans et Bourriaud 2007
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
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A collection of interviews with artists and curators.
2007
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
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Box gathering the two volumes of the catalogue Consciousness. Meditation. Watcher on the Hills, published for the world tour of the exhibition by On Kawara.
2007
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
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Monograph / catalogue documenting recent, actual and future exhibitions dedicated to Mosset's latest works or to a whole radical and minimalist œuvre.
2007
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
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Monograph / artist's book: reproduction on glossy paper of 3 printer drawings series realised from art books' pages, with a text by Vincent Pécoil.
2007
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
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Catalogue published, as a second volume, after the world tour of an exhibition by On Kawara Consciousness. Meditation. Watcher on the Hills, gathering the complete documentation produced for the exhibitions and presenting the installations views.
2006
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
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Numbered edition of a photography and a poster (Jean-Marc Bustamante fecit), which are added to the special box set by M/M (Paris) containing the last three catalogues of the Printemps de septembre festival.