Les presses du réel – editions
 
Alan Vega - Infinite Mercy
2010
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Misceallenous
sold out
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.
Alan Vega - Infinite Mercy
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Misceallenous
sold out
First monograph devoted to the visual work of the New York alternative art scene mythical figure.
Lynda Benglis -
2010
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Reference retrospective monograph (available in English edition).
Lynda Benglis -
2010
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
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.
Jean-Michel Rabaté - Étant donnés : 1° l\'art, 2° le crime - La modernité comme scène du crime
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Literary field
sold out
Criminal news item as current version of the ready-made: relations between the history of avant-gardes and the aesthetics of murder.
Meg Stuart - Are we here yet?
2010
English edition
Les presses du réel – Dance & Performing Arts –
sold out
Monograph / artist book by American choreographer: essays, documents, reflexions, discussions, images...
Meg Stuart - On va où, là ?
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Dance & Performing Arts –
sold out
Monograph / artist book (available in English edition).
Pierre Molinier -
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
The method and genesis of Pierre Molinier's oeuvre (available in English edition).
Christian Boltanski - Parcours d\'ombres
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Shadows of witches, bats and black cats for a street public lighting commissioned work.
Walter Benjamin - Cahiers Charles Fourier - Walter Benjamin lecteur de Charles Fourier
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Philosophy / politics – Charles Fourier review
sold out
Walter Benjamin reader of Charles Fourier.
Aux anges
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
sold out
A set of anonymous texts and bikers images collected by Olivier Mosset.
 Avignon-Clouet Architectes -
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Architecture / design / graphic design – Architecture
sold out
First publication devoted to the French architecture agency.
Michel Gauthier - Les promesses du zéro - Robert Smithson, Carsten Höller, Ed Ruscha, Martin Creed, John M Armleder, Tino Sehgal
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
sold out
An analysis of some major contemporary works that challenge the traditional values of art.
René Schérer - Utopies nomades
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Philosophy / politics – Second reading
sold out
An essay on the concept of utopia today, more relevant than ever at the time of the economic, social, ecological and intellectual crisis.
Yayoi Kusama - Mirrored Years
2009
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
A "picture biography".
Mike Kelley - Educational Complex Onwards (1995-2008)
2009
texts in English and French
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
The first book bringing together Mike Kelley's autobiographic works since 1995, and offering an overview of the development of Kelley's practice.
Xavier Veilhan - 1999-2009
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Reference monograph on the French artist (available in English edition).
Sophie Ristelhueber - Operations
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
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.
Not to Play with Dead Things
2009
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
sold out
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.
Christian Marclay - Snap!
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Music & Sound Arts – Misceallenous
sold out
First publication dedicated to Christian Marclay's photographic practice.
Loïc Raguénès -
2009
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
New works by French neo-pointillist artist.
Michel Giroud - Paris, laboratoire des avant-gardes - Transformations / transformateurs, 1945-1965
2008
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap) – Paperback
sold out
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...).
Bob Nickas - Theft is Vision
2008
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
sold out
Essays and interviews by the American curator and critic: a portrait of the American art scene over the last few decades.
Thierry de Duve - Faire école (ou la refaire ?) - Nouvelle édition revue et augmentée
2008
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
sold out
An activist analysis of new transmission models in art teaching.
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.
 Petra Mrzyk & Jean-François Moriceau - Calendar
2008
no text
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
sold out
One drawing by Mrzyk & Moriceau a day (2009 calendar).
Basse Def - Partage de données
2008
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
sold out
Exhibition catalogue around art and low resolution in new technologies.
David Antin - Ce qu\'être d\'avant-garde veut dire
2008
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Motion Method Memory
sold out
First translation in French of the collection of talks by American poet, critic, linguist and performance artist.
Jean-Marc Chapoulie - Alchimicinéma - Enquête sur une image invisible
2008
French edition
Les presses du réel – Cinema & video art – Literary field – Fictions
sold out
A film-maker and curator's reflection on moving image and its viewer.
Gary Webb - Mirage of Loose Change
2008
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
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.
Hans Ulrich Obrist - ...dontstopdontstopdontstopdontstop
2007
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
sold out
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
sold out
A collection of interviews with artists and curators.
Olivier Mosset -
2007
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Monograph / catalogue documenting recent, actual and future exhibitions dedicated to Mosset's latest works or to a whole radical and minimalist œuvre.
Wade Guyton -
2007
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
sold out
Monograph / artist's book: reproduction on glossy paper of 3 printer drawings series realised from art books' pages, with a text by Vincent Pécoil.
On Kawara - Consciousness. Meditation. Watcher on the Hills - Volume 2
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.
Pierre Huyghe - Le Château de Turing (DVD)
2006
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
sold out
The film of the exhibition at the 49th Venizia Biennal.
 M/M (Paris) - Printemps de septembre à Toulouse - Boxset + photo
2006
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
sold out
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.
Pae White - Ohms and Amps / Amps and Ohms
2005
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
sold out
Comprising sixteen cardboard pages, this artist's book explores two exhibitions that were literal complements of each other.
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.
 Yan Pei-Ming - Fils du Dragon
2004
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
First monograph.
 Yan Pei-Ming - The Way of the Dragon
2004
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
First monograph.
Pierre Huyghe - Le Château de Turing
2003
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
The sole monograph available on the most internationally known French artist (English edition).
Pierre Huyghe - Le Château de Turing
2003
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Available in English edition.
Christopher Wool - Crosstown
2003
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Paintings and photographies.
Robert Filliou - Catalogue raisonné des éditions et multiples
2003
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap) – Construction
sold out
Filliou's catalogue raisonné.
Chen Zhen - Les entretiens
2003
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
sold out
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).
7th Lyon Biennal - C\'est arrivé demain – Après
2003
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
sold out
The 7th Lyon Contemporary Art Biennal catalogue.
Isabelle Launay - Entretenir - A propos d\'une danse contemporaine
2003
French edition
Les presses du réel – Dance & Performing Arts –
sold out
An interview with French dancer and choreographer.
Nicolas Bourriaud - Relational Aesthetics
2002
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
sold out
Art as a set of practices which take as their theoretical and practical point of departure the whole of human relations and their social context: the manifesto that has renewed the approach of contemporary art since the 1990s.
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