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William Kentridge - Stop Here
2016
English edition
Jannink - L'art en écrit
Notebook from the South African artist featuring fountain pen's drawings and writings with inserted typescripts.
Jean-Christophe Norman - Matières – Stoffe
2016
bilingual edition (German / French)
various
Issue of the Cahiers du Centre Dürrenmatt Neuchâtel dedicated to French artist Jean-Christophe Norman with essays by Jean-Michel Espitallier, Patrice Joly, Frank Smith, Ulrich Weber, and an original work by Norman inspired by Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt's library.
Olga Lewicka - Cloudility
2016
bilingual edition (English / German)
Bom Dia Boa Tarde Boa Noite
With this collage book Polish artist Olga Lewicka draws an illuminating parallel between the visual and cultural history of clouds and the historical development and structures of capitalist and neo-liberal society.
Manuel Raeder - Makulatur - 2010-2016
2016
English edition
Bom Dia Boa Tarde Boa Noite
A collection of misprinted sheets originating from books designed by graphic designer Manuel Raeder: a “behind the scene” project, which documents the early stage of book production and its conventions.
Andrew Liles - Très Chère Mère / Mother Dearest (+ CD)
2016
bilingual edition (English / French)
Lenka lente
Influential musician Andrew Liles releases a dark and fantastic literary work relating to childhood and sufferings, illustrated with six images and a sound piece.
Flore Kunst - Amoureuse ou esclave
2016
no text
United Dead Artists
Collage-book from vintage strip-tease magazines.
Adrián Torres Astaburuaga - Réactiver, stratigraphier, naturer - Valencia
2016
French edition
ESAAA (Higher School of Art Annecy)
A radical reading of the Spanish city of Valencia, drawing on the works of urban ecology pioneer Patrick Geddes.
Raphaëlle Paupert-Borne - L\'Abeille de Déméter - Une comédie antique (livre / DVD)
2016
French edition, DVD in French version
Immédiats / Analogues - Monographs
22.00 11.00 €
French artist Raphaëlle Paupert-Borne summons the myth of Demeter in an epic film shot in the Mediterranean city of La Ciotat. This edition also features a short documentary on a series of drawings made by the artist in Algeria, and an accompanying book which includes texts by specialists, film captions and sketches.
William Kentridge - Stop Here - Limited edition
2016
English edition
Jannink - L'art en écrit
Limited edition of the notebook from the South African artist featuring fountain pen's drawings and writings with inserted typescripts, and an original work, numbered and signed, printed on various formats (1920's coal mining register, books pages, card stock).
Virgile Novarina - Au cœur du sommeil - Avec Michel Butor, Clément Rosset, Pierre Pachet, Jean-Luc Nancy (DVD)
2016
film in French version with English subtitles
a.p.r.e.s editions - Documents & Video Works (DVD)
A literary and philosophic exploration of the various states of sleep. Embark upon a dreamlike path to the heart of sleep through the reading of four texts by Michel Butor, Clément Rosset, Pierre Pachet and Jean-Luc Nancy, and a series of sleepers.
Joachim Koester - Maybe One Must Begin with Some Particular Places
2016
bilingual edition (English / Spanish)
Bom Dia Boa Tarde Boa Noite
This publication serves as an extension of Joachim Koester's artworks and research on Jerzy Grotowski's (1933-1999) mythical persona and experimental approach towards theater. More specifically here, Koester retraces Grotowski's trips to Mexico with the help of historians, anthropologists, and former students.
Michel Parmentier - Décembre 1965 - 20 novembre 1999 - Une rétrospective
2016
French edition
Loevenbruck
Reference monograph (also available in English).
 Argo - Flüchtige Musik (2 vinyl LP)
2016
Edition Telemark
31.00 24.00 €
A collection of recordings from 1987 to 2013 by German experimental band Argo. The double vinyl LP features mostly live performances overviewing the work of the trio (violin, viola, clarinet) around the notion of transient music.
 Calla Henkel & Max Pitegoff - Berlin, Zürich, Zürich, Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, London
2016
English edition
Humboldt Books - Artist's Travels
This publication collects black and white photographs taken at apartment viewings in Berlin, London and Zürich in 2015. The images render a landscape of apartments, mostly empty, punctuated by potential buyers or renters projecting their own possible futures onto the spaces.
Rä di Martino - The Day He Swims Thru Marrakech
2016
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Humboldt Books - Artist's Travels
Photographic companion book to the film La controfigura (“The stand-in”) by Rä di Martino: the tale of a cinema troupe in Marrakech trying to shoot the remake of The Swimmer, the 1968 film with Burt Lancaster, based on a short story of the same name by John Cheever.
Frédéric Acquaviva - Kiss Music (vinyl EP)
2016
AcquAvivA
First QR-Code EP, edition of 100 copies, recorded at EMS, Stockholm, December 2015, with the voices of Frédéric Acquaviva and Loré Lixenberg.
Visualizing Portuguese Power - The Political Use of Images in Portugal and its Overseas Empire (16th–18th Century)
2016
English edition
Diaphanes - Bilder-Diskurs
This publication offers new insights into the broad and differentiated spectrum of functions images could assume in political contexts in those areas dominated by the Portuguese in early modern times. How were objects and artifacts staged and handled to generate new layers of meaning and visualize political ideas and concepts? And what were the respective reasons, means, and effects of the visualization of Portuguese power and politics?
Michalis Pichler - Une Seconde d\'Éternité
2016
no text
Kunstverein Publishing Milano
This Flipbook by Michalis Pichler is a reformulation of the artist's film Une Seconde d'Éternité (d'après un idée de Charles Baudelaire) by Marcel Broodthaers (8mm film, b/w, 1 sec.).
Nina Childress - Tableaux fluo - 2013-2016
2016
French edition
Bernard Jordan Gallery
Monograph featuring series of paintings made by the French-American artist between 2013 and 2016 and based from photographic documents originating mainly from sexploitation films of the 1960s. The volume also includes two essays and exhibitions views.
Anticipations
2016
English edition
JRP|Editions - Catalogues, Biennales & Collections
This publication brings forward the continuous commitment of Lafayette Fondation towards artistic and interdisciplinary production, on the eve of its forthcoming opening in Paris.
Anticipations
2016
French edition
JRP|Editions - Catalogues, Biennales & Collections
This publication brings forward the continuous commitment of Lafayette Fondation towards artistic and interdisciplinary production, on the eve of its forthcoming opening in Paris.
Sonsbeek - A New Standard for Outdoor Exhibitions – 1971-1986 (DVD)
2016
bilingual edition (English / French)
JRP|Editions - Bureau des Videos (DVD)
Expanding its mapping of landmark exhibitions and curatorial history from the 1960s to today, the “Archives” series dedicates its fifth DVD to Sonsbeek, an art manifestation held in 1971 and 1986 in and around Arnhem (Netherlands). Mainly showcasing large installations and sculptures in natural surroundings, these two events are crucial to the history of outdoor exhibitions, shifting the boundaries of traditional sculpture.
Wesley Willis - Trucks
2016
no text
Nieves
A selection of trucks—coaches, tow trucks, merchandise trucks—drawn with ballpoint pen and pencil by underground legend Wesley Willis. Compiled from different notebooks, this series highlights an essential and almost obsessive motif in the visual work of the Chicagoan artist.
Tirdad Zolghadr - Traction
2016
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
A polemical essay targeting the moral economy of indeterminacy in contemporary art.
Irena Haiduk - Seductive Exacting Realism
2016
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
Project monograph by the Serbian artist revolving around a precious edition of Marcel Proust's collected works translated by Croatian poet Tin Ujević.
Karina Mendreczky - Preis der Kunsthalle Wien 2015
2016
bilingual edition (English / French)
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
Monographic publication on Hungarian artist Karina Mendreczky, the joint recipient of the 2015 Kunsthalle Wien Prize, who creates fictional landscapes using light and shadow with delicate lyricism.
James Richards - Requests and Antisongs
2016
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
Artist's book accompanying a sequence of exhibitions by James Richards in Norway, England, and Germany. The publication contains a series of visual essays by the artist, documentation of recent exhibitions, as well as essays by Dan Fox, Ed Atkins, Steve Reinke, Chris McCormack, and Fatima Hellberg.
Anastasiya Yarovenko - Preis der Kunsthalle Wien 2015
2016
bilingual edition (English / German)
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
Monographic publication on Ukrainian-born artist Anastasiya Yarovenko, the joint recipient of the 2015 Kunsthalle Wien Prize, whose work is concerned with the body's relationship to societal structures, behaviors, and space.
Shezad Dawood - Kalimpong
2016
English edition
Sternberg Press - Fiction
Part fact, part fiction, this collaborative artist's novel is set in the curious town of Kalimpong, India, where past meets present in a multi-layered tale of espionage and the esoteric.
 Rometti Costales - Blue has run
2016
English edition
Bom Dia Boa Tarde Boa Noite
An intervened facsimile of a anthropological catalogue listing the items belonging to three collections of Mexican fabrics and weaving patterns constituted during the mid-seventies.
Petrit Halilaj - Space Shuttle in the Garden
2016
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
Catalogue analyzing the oeuvre of Kosovan artist Petrit Halilaj from multiple perspectives, through a selection of essays by Andrea Bagnato, Leonardo Bigazzi, Adrian Paci, and Roberta Tenconi.
Katja Novitskova - Dawn Mission
2016
bilingual edition (English / German)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
An artist's book / catalogue exploring the new role of the image in a world modeled by visual artifacts.
Valeska Soares -
2016
bilingual edition (English / Portuguese)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
(last copies available!)
This first comprehensive monograph details over ten years of work by Brazilian, New York-based artist, Valeska Soares.
« L\'esprit d\'un temps » / » Zeitgeist «
2016
bilingual edition (German / French)
Archive Books
The publication sheds light on the 20-year history of the presence of French artists in Germany through the voices of selected representatives of the German art scene (on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Bureau des arts plastiques in Berlin).
Alberto Bertagna - The Dark Side of the City
2016
English edition
Bruno
A history of the hidden and the forbidden in the urban landscape, born out of a research project conducted on Genoa's night life.
Christiano Lepratti - Durban - Real and Dystopias
2016
English edition
Bruno
This prospective study places Africa and the city of Durban at the heart of a project to reconnect the interrupted paths of modernity and of people's emancipation. A singular reflection on architecture and spaces interlocking contemporary issues and dystopian narratives.
Nina Fuga - Pink Canyons
2016
no text
Bruno
This artist's coloring book is a silent illustrated narrative of a sudden lust-filled encounter between a cowgirl and an Indian girl and their threatening journey through a psychedelic Wild West at night.
Ping Zhu - Blackout
2016
no text
Bruno
An erotic coloring artist's book juxtaposing scenes of intimacy and loneliness in the city at night.
Jean-Guy Coulange - Je descends la rue de Siam - Carnets sonores et photographiques
2016
French edition
Hippocampe - Books
These notebooks gather texts and photographs documenting the creation process at the heart of Jean-Guy Coulange's radiophonic practice.
Anne Maurel - Avec ce qu\'il resterait à dire - Sur une figurine d\'Alberto Giacometti
2016
French edition
Hippocampe - Books
This narrative looks back at the creation of a sculpture by Alberto Giacometti inspired by artist and model Isabel Nicholas. Featuring four photographs by Eli Lotar.
Boris Groys - Particular Cases
2016
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
New collection of essays by Boris Groys in which the philosopher discusses the works and artists that influenced his thinking, from Paweł Althamer to Andy Warhol.
Céleste Boursier-Mougenot - Behavioral Objects I - A Case Study
2016
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
An introduction to the notion of behavioral object based upon a case study on three emblematic works by Céleste Boursier-Mougenot.
Maria Zerres - Considering Dynamics and the Forms of Chaos
2016
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
This volume documents two parallel solo shows by Angela Bulloch and Maria Zerres, framed by the notion of entropy.
 Pauline Boudry & Renate Lorenz - I Want
2016
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
I Want reviews the eponymous duo's double-projection film installation examining issues of gender, sexuality and performativity—and inspired by the words of punk poetess Kathy Acker and convicted whistle-blower Chelsea Manning.
David Harvey - Abstract from the Concrete
2016
English edition
Sternberg Press - The Incidents
Marxist geographer David Harvey opened his 2016 lecture at Harvard with a fact: between 2011 and 2013 China consumed 50 percent more cement than the United States had in the entire twentieth century. In Abstract from the Concrete, he asks why.
Jill Magid - The Proposal - Critical Spatial Practice 08
2016
English edition
Sternberg Press - Critical Spatial Practice
The eighth volume of the Critical Spatial Practice series focuses on Jill Magid's “The Barragán Archives,” a multiyear project that examines the legacy of Pritzker Prize—winning architect Luis Barragán (1902-1988), and questions forms of power, public access, and copyright that construct artistic legacy.
Putting Rehearsals to the Test - Practices of Rehearsal in Fine Arts, Film, Theater, Theory, and Politics
2016
English edition
Sternberg Press - Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
An investigation of the role and function of the rehearsal in artistic production at large.
Afrique en création (box set 2 books / DVDs + 1 book) - Liaisons urbaines + Trankat Episode #1 + Toguo / Cissé
2016
a.p.r.e.s editions
54.00 45.00 €
Box set gathering 2 books / DVDs and one book.
Le Générateur - 10 ans d\'art et de performances
2016
bilingual edition (English / French)
various
A richly documented publication (written contributions by artists and a thousand illustrations) celebrating a decade of art performance at French independent art-space Le Generateur.
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