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Ugo Rondinone - Limited Edition (5 volume box set)
2018
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
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Specially designed box containing a series of five books conceived by the New York–based Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone, published over two years to accompany a cycle of exhibitions devoted to works inspired by the color spectrum, with the centerpiece being Vocabulary of Solitude, forty-five life-size sculptures of clowns. Limited edition of 100 copies, box set signed by the artist.
Philippe Robert - Agitation frite - Témoignages de l\'underground français – Vol. 3
2018
French edition
Lenka lente
sold out
The third and last volume of the publication dedicated to the French underground musical scene.
Ana Mendieta - Le temps et l\'histoire me recouvrent
2018
French edition
Jeu de Paume - Monographs
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The films of Ana Mendieta.
Otto Dix - Estampes
2018
French edition
MASC (Musée de l'Abbaye Sainte-Croix)
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This publication devoted to Otto Dix's print works (woodcuts, etchings, lithographs) showcases a collection from the Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, Germany. A large iconographic thematic section and a series of essays revisit Otto Dix's favourite themes—the nude, the portrait, the city, religion and war—symptomatic of his desire to portray man holistically, from birth to death, as a creature of flesh, palpitations and blood.
Montage - Une anthologie (1913-2018)
2018
French edition
MAMCO - Historical essays & contemporary archives
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An anthology of texts devoted to cinematographic editing (Eisenstein, Tarkovski, Bazin, Godard, Wiseman, van der Keuken, Deleuze, Agamben...), from the beginning of the 20th century to today.
Jean-Baptiste Sauvage - Olt
2018
bilingual edition (English / French)
various
sold out
This publication provides an in-depth exploration of the artists joint project Olt, focusing on a 1967 promotional campaign by the French oil company Elf. The book highlights Mosset and Sauvage's common interest in graphic design and roadside art, and features a text by Jill Gasparina on the circle as a symbol of visual modernity, as well as an interview with the two artists.
Pauline Oliveros - Early Electronic Works 1959-66 (2 vinyl LP)
2018
Sub Rosa
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Pauline Oliveros's early and rare electronic works in a strictly limited edition on silver vinyl—with no reprint.
Jean-Claude Roché - Birds of Venezuela (vinyl LP)
2018
Sub Rosa
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Beautifully produced LP of birdsongs from Venezuela, originally released in 1973 by the famous French ornithologist. Introduction by David Toop.
Rene Ricard - 1979-1980
2018
bilingual edition (English / French)
Editions Lutanie
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Rene Ricard 1979-1980 is the first collection of American poet and artist Rene Ricard's poetry, first published by the Dia Art Foundation in 1979. This new edition presents, in a new format, both the original book design reproduced as a facsimile and the first French translation of Ricard's poems.
Japanese Connections - The Birth of Modern Décor
2018
English edition
Kaph Books
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Following the opening up of Japan to the West in the 1850s, artists, designers and makers across Europe became gripped by a new fashion for “Japonism”. The catalogue of the Louvre Abu-Dhabi exhibition focuses on the pioneering group of Parisian artists Les Nabis, their fascination for Japanese prints, and the importance of this cross-cultural influence in the development of the decorative arts.
Affinités japonaises - Vers le décor moderne
2018
French edition
Kaph Books
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Following the opening up of Japan to the West in the 1850s, artists, designers and makers across Europe became gripped by a new fashion for “Japonism”. The catalogue of the Louvre Abu-Dhabi exhibition focuses on the pioneering group of Parisian artists Les Nabis, their fascination for Japanese prints, and the importance of this cross-cultural influence in the development of the decorative arts.
Les Écritures bougées - Une anthologie
2018
French edition
Mix
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An anthology of texts by writers, artists, choreographers, poets and performers who think about the relationships between body, writing and textuality.
Color Library - Research into Color Reproduction and Printing
2018
English edition
ECAL (Lausanne University of Art and Design)
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A bible for graphic designers: first publication dedicated to “Color Library,” the database of color profiles for artists, designers and printers created at ECAL – University of Art and Design Lausanne. It features documentation on the various tools offered by the platform, a visual essay by Shirana Shahbazi, and texts by specialists.
The Struggle Is Not Over Yet - An Archive in Relation
2018
English edition
Archive Books
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Borrowing its title from an unfinished documentary film on post-independence Guinea-Bissau, this reader stems from a conference which brought together artists, writers and researchers to address issues related to the people's struggle for independence from Portuguese colonialism and subsequent nation building. The contributors also engage in a reflection on the experimental use of archives in their research.
Barry McGee -
2018
English edition
Damiani - Contemporary art
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New paintings, sculptures, photographs and site-specific installations.
Gianni Pettena - Non-Conscious Architecture
2018
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
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This publication surveys the work of Italian critic, architect, and visual artist Gianni Pettena. Focusing on a rich ten-year period of production that began in the mid-sixties, it brings new attention to the artistic and intellectual practice of a figure known primarily as one of the main exponents of the Radical Architecture movement.
Vincent Meessen - L\'Autre Pays / The Other Country
2018
bilingual edition (English / French)
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
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Monographic catalogue structured around installations by Vincent Meessen which examine the influence of the Situationist International in Sub-Saharan Africa, notably through figures such as Lungela Diangani eand Omar Blondin Diop. This richly illustrated book documents both the IS's relationship with the African continent and the artist's discursive, collaborative and para-curatorial activity of the past four years.
Haegue Yang - VIP\'s Union - 2001-2018
2018
English edition
Bom Dia Boa Tarde Boa Noite
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How is the social importance of VIPs defined, and what is an art institution's attitude towards this? The Korean artist Haegue Yang addressed this issue in developing the VIP's Union project, which she started in 2001. This catalogue reviews the work's development over the years, and includes iconographic documentation, genealogy, essays and an interview with the artist.
Evan Parker - De Motu
2018
bilingual edition (English / French)
Lenka lente
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Text transcript of the speech given by Evan Parker in May 1992 in Rotterdam as part of a series of concerts on the theme “Man & Machine.” Dedicated to Buschi Niebergall, De Motu brings a fascinating insight into the art of the British saxophonist.
Natura - Environmental Aesthetics After Landscape
2018
English edition
Diaphanes - Think Art
sold out
Interdisciplinary study gathering critical essays and visual contributions attempting to rethink environmental aesthetics beyond the idea of landscape.
Marcel Devillers - Cette nuit je dors
2018
French edition
Zero2
sold out
The diary of an insomnia.
The Artist As Producer, Quarry, Thread, Director, Writer, Orchestrator, Ethnographer, Choreographer, Poet, Archivist, Forger, Curator, and Many Other Things First
2018
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
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The contributions in this reader seek to understand how artists move through the world, and how that movement might necessitate other roles to pursue a project, a position, a politics, or a practice.
Gordon Matta-Clark - Anarchitecte
2018
French edition
Jeu de Paume - Monographs
sold out
The importance of Gordon Matta-Clark's work in a revaluation of architecture after modernism.
The Playground Project
2018
bilingual edition (English / German)
JRP|Editions - Anthologies & Art Theory
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Through numerous previously unpublished pictures and essays, this publication explores the history of the playground as it was shaped by education, architecture, art, and politics, and pays tribute to the most important figures, many of them forgotten today (second revised and expanded edition).
Is the Living Body the Last Thing Left Alive? - The New Performance Turn, Its Histories and Its Institutions
2018
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
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This collective publication discusses the renewed encounter between dance and performance and the institutions of global contemporary art, marking one of the most significant set of developments in the art field over the last decade.
Isabelle Graw - The Love of Painting - Genealogy of a Success Medium
2018
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
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American critic Isabelle Graw conducts an innovative genealogical study on the success of painting as a medium. Keeping a close eye on painting's fourteenth century theoretical foundations, Graw analyses the work of artists like Édouard Manet, Jutta Koether, Martin Kippenberger, Jana Euler, and Marcel Broodthaers. It also includes conversations with artists who confront their vision with that of the author.
I Have Left You the Mountain (vinyl LP + book)
2018
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Sternberg Press - Audio / video
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Ten texts on the architecture of displacement set to music and sung by Albanian iso-polyphonic singers—commissioned for the Albanian Pavilion at the 15th Venice Biennale of Architecture (songs based on texts by Etel Adnan, Mourid Barghouti, Michel Butor, Claire Fontaine, Yona Friedman, Anri Sala, Michael Taussig, Yanis Varoufakis, Ornela Vorpsi, and Finn Williams).
Virgil Abloh - “Insert Complicated Title Here”
2018
English edition
Sternberg Press - The Incidents
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In this lecture, creative director Virgil Abloh takes us behind the scenes of his design process, sharing the essentials of editing, problem-solving, and storytelling.
Clarisse Hahn - Politiques de la présence
2018
bilingual edition (English / French)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
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Monographic study dedicated to director, video artist and photographer Clarisse Hahn. Edited by Nicole Brenez, the publication gathers writings encompassing the variety of her work, from contemporary art to cinema, guerilla groups, and eroticism; conversations with Clarisse Hahn, artists, and art historians; and a series of reproductions of her artworks, photographs, photograms, and videograms.
Emilio Prini - A Visual Bibliography
2018
English edition
Nero
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A collection of visual incursions by Italian artist Emilio Prini in dozens of exhibition catalogues and print publications over the course of five decades. Meticulously researched, and yet necessarily incomplete, this book is a glimpse into the subtlety with which Prini turned each engagement with the world of ideas into a joust for mastery over space, time, and form.
Manifesta 12 - Palermo Atlas
2018
English edition
Humboldt Books
sold out
An interdisciplinary analysis of the city of Palermo commissioned by Manifesta 12 and undertaken by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture. The research explores the architecture, archaeology and anthropology of the city, its historical archives and personal stories.
Incompiuto - The Birth of a Style
2018
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Humboldt Books - Artist's Travels
sold out
This pioneering group study accompanies the reader on a modern Grand Tour amid Italy's contemporary ruins.
 Studio Julia - Habitats
2018
English edition
Humboldt Books - Globetrotter
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A compilation of Lina Bo Bardi's tenure as director of Habitat, a publication self-dubbed “the magazine of the arts in Brazil”. Between 1950 and 1954, Habitat documented Bo Bardi's early thoughts on Brazilian culture, as well as reflecting her very personal take on modernism. Edited and designed by Julia, with contributions by Tamar Guimarães, Claudia Leisinger, Tony de Marco, Lara Viana and Tuca Vieira.
Wolfgang Tillmans - Qu\'est-ce qui est différent ? - Jahresring #64
2018
French edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
sold out
The 2018 edition of the Jahresring, guest-edited and designed by Wolfgang Tillmans.
Ineke Hans - Was ist Loos?
2018
bilingual edition (English / German)
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
sold out
This catalogue surveys the work of object design creator Ineke Hans.
Music from Yemen Arabia - Sanaani, Laheji, Adeni and Samar (2 vinyl LP)
2018
Sub Rosa
sold out
This compilation features traditional songs that originate from the city of Sanaa, the sheikdom of Lahej, and the port of Aden. The term samar, which is the title of the compilation' second part, describes the delicious, luxury time when people gather for relaxation, refreshment and music. Music performed by the Kawkabani brothers and oudh player Hassan al Zabeede.
 Hastings of Malawi - Visceral Underskinnings (vinyl LP)
2018
Sub Rosa
sold out
35 years after the release of their critically acclaimed albumVibrant Stapler Obscures Characteristic Growth the British dadaist group Hastings of Malawi have released a new album—an epic sound poem entitled Visceral Underskinnings. It is a 40 minute film without light that reflects on the human condition, on modern society, on the nature of telephony and electricity and an attempt to make sense of the world in which we live that provides no answers.
 M.A.L. - My Sixteen Little Planets (vinyl LP)
2018
Sub Rosa
sold out
First-time release of the tapes that are said to have inspired Manuel Göttsching's classic, Inventions for Electric Guitar. Recorded between 1972 and 1976, these revolutionary tracks by M.A.L. aka Daniel Malempré were made using only an electric guitar Fender Stratocaster 1964, a Wah-Wah pedal, and a reel to reel recorder.
 Sote - Sacred Horror In Design - Persian Electronic Music Vol. 2  (vinyl LP)
2018
Sub Rosa
sold out
Deriving from an eponymous audiovisual performance, this electroacoustic project by Sote (Ata Ebtekar) blends traditional music from Iran with hardcore electronics.
Samuel Étienne - Bricolage Radical - Génie et  banalité des fanzines do-it-yourself
2018
French edition
Strandflat
sold out
A panorama of the world of do-it-yourself fanzines.
Design écosocial - Convivialités, pratiques situées et nouveaux communs
2018
French edition
it: editions
sold out
A multidisciplinary approach of ecosocial design.
Ronan Bouroullec - Juillet
2018
no text
Nieves
sold out
Juillet features a small selection of Ronan Bouroullec's recent drawings.
Thierry Chancogne - Histoire du graphisme avant la modernité en trois temps et cinq mouvements - Premier temps. Avant l\'écriture – Premier mouvement. Muthôs
2018
French edition
Franciscopolis
sold out
An history of graphic design before modernity: this first volume is a transdisciplinary collection of documents recording the existence of graphic design before the development of the written form.
Keith Edmier - Mother Mold - Limited edition
2018
English edition
Petzel
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Limited special edition, signed and numbered by the artist with a custom seal. Also included is a card of the 50th and final lifecast self portrait of Edmier made on the exact minute of his 50th birthday and the day of the exhibition opening at Petzel Gallery. Special editions come in a set of 2 books: one first edition copy & one sealed and signed by the artist with the final card.
Augmented Photography
2018
English edition
ECAL (Lausanne University of Art and Design)
sold out
This publication examines the new paradigms of creation, dissemination and teaching of photography in the digital age. Resulting from a research project by the Master Photography at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne, the publication includes a series of essays and interviews, productions done by the Master's students, together with a selection of representative works.
Will Sweeney - Vorpal Sword
2018
no text
Nieves
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Will Sweeney's new graphic narrative is set in a retrofuturistic England ruled by a twisted elite who exploits a population inhabiting decadent urban centers. Monsters populate this strange world, and humanity's last chance lies in the power of the Vorpal Sword—a metaphysical blade of vital creative energy…
Andrey Tarkovsky - Solaris - Sound and Vision (book + vinyl LP + CD + DVD Blu-ray book box set)
2018
English edition
Song Cycle Records
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Collector's edition box set including the soundtrack realised by the great Russian composer Edward Artemiev for the Andrey Tarkovsky's masterpiece film Solaris (1972). The box comes with the soundtrack in the vinyl and CD formats, an exclusive luxurious photo book with unreleased images of the movie set and essays about music and cinema of the duo Artemiev/Tarkovsky, and the Blu-ray version of the film, in original language with English subtitles.
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