Les presses du réel – editions
 
Yayoi Kusama - Performance & environnement - 1962-2000
2002
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Coinciding with a travelling show that presented ten specially created environments, this book assembles the artist's extravagant works of the 60's when she organized performances, happenings and orgies in the streets of New York, as well as the environments of the 80's and 90's that distort reality to propose near-hallucinatory experiences.
Yayoi Kusama - Performance & environnement - 1962-2000
2002
German edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Coinciding with a travelling show that presented ten specially created environments, this book assembles the artist's extravagant works of the 60's when she organized performances, happenings and orgies in the streets of New York, as well as the environments of the 80's and 90's that distort reality to propose near-hallucinatory experiences.
Steven Parrino - Exit/Dark Matter
2002
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
sold out
A re-appropriation of the comic books iconography.
George Brecht - Chance-Imagery
2002
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap) – Paperback
sold out
The first critical edition treating a fundamental text by one of the principle actors of Fluxus.
Kendell Geers - My Tongue in your Cheek
2002
texts in English, German, French
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
The first full length survey of the work of Kendell Geers.
Yayoi Kusama - Kusama Orgy - Vol.1 Reprint (1969)
2001
English edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – Misceallenous
sold out
Reprint of Kusama's porno-artistic tabloid of 1969.
Wang Du -
2001
bilingual edition (English / Korean)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Foreword The Rodin Gallery has benn the site of an outstanding series of exhibitions featuring a wide spectrum of contemporary artists and including works such as The Gates of Hell and The Burghers of Calis by modern sculpture's seminal artist and master, Auguste Rodin. Thus it gives us great pleasure to develop for the first time a collaborative work with Le consortium, a leading contemporary art center in France on the occasion of the presentation of Wang Du's Disposable Reality. Wang Du, who was trained as sculptor in China within an academic tradition, works with images taken as readymade from newspapers, magazines and advertisements and transforms these two dimensional media images into three dimensional painted sculptural works with his own masterly skill. Through the information conveyed by articles on politics, economics, society, sports, leisure and fashion the artist expresses his feeling, often in a pointed, satirical manner, about the ordinary and our social reality. In this exhibition I believe there is special meaning in seeing the direct confrontation and dialogue between the works of Rodin, which deal with human emotions and those of Wang Du, which deal with contemporary issues in our daily life with sculptures as a common denominator. The vocabularies of contemporary art have expanded so much that somtimes we have a tendency to consider painting and sculpture to be outmoded media fot artistic expression. However, it is high time to demonstrate that it is not the medium which matters, but how it is used. Ra Hee Hong Lee Director, Samsung Museum of Modern Art
Philippe Parreno - Speech Bubbles
2001
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
sold out
An anthology of Parreno's writings.
Sylvie Fleury -
2001
trilingual edition (English / German / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Reference monograph.
Yayoi Kusama - Performance & environnement - 1962-2000
2001
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Coinciding with a travelling show that presented ten specially created environments, this book assembles the artist's extravagant works of the 60's when she organized performances, happenings and orgies in the streets of New York, as well as the environments of the 80's and 90's that distort reality to propose near-hallucinatory experiences.
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.
Richard Huelsenbeck - En avant dada - L\'histoire du dadaïsme
2000
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap) – Paperback
sold out
Richard Huelsenbeck's En avant dada is his first proclamation of Dada in Berlin.
Dan Graham - Rock/Music Textes
1999
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
sold out
A collection of Dan Graham's articles about rock and experimental music.
 César - La suite milanaise
1999
trilingual edition (German / French / Italian)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Exhibition catalogue.
Liam Gillick - Erasme est en retard
1997
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
sold out
Artist's writings.
On Kawara - Whole and Parts - 1964-1995
1996
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
A monumental monograph: works (1964-1995), texts (around thirty since 1970), the most important solo and group shows since 1969.
Rémy Zaugg - Herzog et de Meuron, une exposition
1995
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
sold out
How to exhibit the architecture? Two Swiss architects answer this question (a conversation with Rémy Zaugg).
Rémy Zaugg - Le musée des Beaux-Arts auquel je rêve ou le lieu de l\'œuvre et de l\'homme
1995
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
sold out
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)
Alain Coulange - Peut-être - Bertrand Lavier et Niele Toroni
1994
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
sold out
Max Reithmann - Joseph Beuys - Si nécessaire nous serons aussi privés de coeur
1994
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
sold out
Claude Rutault - Mes peintures ont la vie courte mais elles ont plusieurs vies - définitions/méthodes vol.7
1994
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
sold out
Artist's writings.
Brigit Pelzer - Le désir tragique - sur Gerhard Richter
1993
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
sold out
A study on Richter's work with illustrations.
Dan Graham - Rock my Religion
1993
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
sold out
Brigit Pelzer - Le désir tragique - On Gerhard Richter (signed edition)
1993
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
sold out
Limited edition signed by Birgit Pelzer and Gerhard Richter.
Maurice Pianzola - Peintres et vilains - Les artistes de la Renaissance et la grande guerre des paysans de 1525
1993
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Misceallenous
sold out
A study of German Renaissance painters and the social movements of the time.
Steven Parrino - 1983, 1984-86, 1987-90, 1991
1992
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
sold out
Drawings and photographs by the artist / text by Lydia Lunch (hand numbered limited edition).
Rémy Zaugg - Le tableau te constitue et tu constitues le tableau - Projets
1991
trilingual edition (English / German / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
sold out
Preliminary graphic designs for paintings.
Dan Graham - Ma position - Ecrits sur mes œuvres
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
sold out
Emmanuel Alloa - Le contemporain, l\'intempestif et l\'imminent - Petits arrangements avec une époque
2025
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
forthcoming
A reflection on our present, through a series of portraits of contemporary artists.
2025
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
forthcoming
Aesthetics of breathing: new ways of getting to know the air we breathe and developing a sensitive culture of air qualities.
2025
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – ArTeC
forthcoming
2025
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Al Dante
forthcoming
An essay on the birth of artistic manifestos in the 19th century, from Jacques Louis David to Gustave Courbet.
Jolanthe Kugler - Cuisine - Entre fonctionnalité et plaisir
2025
French edition
Les presses du réel – Architecture / design / graphic design – Design – Misceallenous
forthcoming
Jolanthe Kugler - Salle de bains - De l\'hygiène au bien-être
2025
French edition
Les presses du réel – Architecture / design / graphic design – Design – Misceallenous
forthcoming
2025
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
forthcoming
What translation does to performance and what performance does to translation: a collective publication exploring the relationship between translation and performance, including the fields of theater, dance, sound and visual poetry, and film.
2025
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Œuvres en sociétés
forthcoming
A pioneering study of the relation between the fine arts and philosophy in France, from the aftermath of the 1789 revolution to the end of the nineteenth century, when a philosophy of being called "monism"—the concept of a unity of matter and spirit—emerged and became increasingly popular among intellectuals, artists and scientists.
2025
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Œuvres en sociétés
forthcoming
2025
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap) – Fundamental
forthcoming
2025
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – Délashiné!
forthcoming
The first major study of the Japanese avant-garde collective emblematic of the post-war artistic revival, bringing together composers, visual artists, musicians, poets, critics and technicians who in the 1950s explored various forms of interdisciplinary collaboration, questioning the classical frameworks of artistic presentation, the relationships between sound and image, time and space.
Hans Ulrich Obrist - The Indian Files
2025
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
forthcoming
A much-needed mapping of the Indian art scene.
Ed Ruscha - A Reader
2025
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
forthcoming
Renewing our understanding of Ruscha's art.
2025
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Cinétisme
forthcoming
A selection of René Berger's lectures and the proceedings of a symposium he had organized around art, technology and communication.
2025
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
forthcoming
A collective work examining fifty years of poetic activity by Bernard Heidsieck (1928-2014), a central figure in sound poetry and performance poetry, a major poet of the second half of the 20th century, along multiple axes.
2025
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
forthcoming
2025
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
forthcoming
2025
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
forthcoming
2025
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
forthcoming
Feminine Futures 2 - Expression / Abstraction – The Membrane of Dreams – Avant-garde Expressive & Abstract Dance Through Photography & Experimental Film
2025
Texts in English and French
Les presses du réel – Dance & Performing Arts – Miscellaneous
forthcoming
Eleven years after the publication of the first volume of Feminine Futures in 2011, this sequel explores the dance history of abstraction in the feminine, during the first half of the 20th century and continuations today, unfolding new research perspectives with a new body of rare or unpublished original photographs.
2025
French edition
Les presses du réel – Music & Sound Arts – Délashiné!
forthcoming
The history of NHK electronic music studio and the making of an international "center" for contemporary music: a wide-ranging, totally unprecedented study of the role and position of a Japanese avant-garde music institution founded in 1955 within international production until the late 1960s, based on first-hand documentation.
2025
French edition
Les presses du réel – Cinema & video art – Cinétisme
forthcoming
A critical history of VideoArt Festival Locarno.
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