Contemporary art

 
 
Ingo Giezendanner - Bücherwald
2017
no text
Nieves
A large collection of drawings (nearly 500 pages) documenting the artist's trip from Zurich to Japan through Siberia—with a special focus on books and trees.
CATPC - Congolese Plantation Workers Art League
2017
bilingual edition (English / French)
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
This book offers a first report on the activities of the Congolese Plantation Workers Art League (CATPC), an association for the development of an independent thought on postcolonial power relations within the global art world.
Sophie Dubosc - Avec ou sans raison
2017
bilingual edition (English / French)
various
Featuring new and previous works by Sophie Dubosc, this catalogue gives a complete overview of her aesthetic reflection. Working primarily with three-dimensional forms, sculpture, raw materials, and reflecting on historical issues, the French artist's complex practice is covered by two essays, and a full-color photographic documentation section.
Francis Baudevin - The Guitar and Other Machines
2017
French edition
various
Series of collages based on guitar patterns found in album covers.
Philippe Cazal - Retour en avant
2017
French edition
Incertain Sens - Artist's books and editions
Eight slogans from the May 68 events in France, in duplex printing (artist's book).
Stéphane Le Mercier - Quatre motifs pour coudières et genouillères
2017
no text
Incertain Sens - Artist's books and editions
A series of four geometrical and minimalist patterns drawn in red, blue, and black, inspired by a cognitive ability test, a quote from Guy Debord and the publications of Fluxus artist Emmett Williams. This artist's book is printed on light paper sheets so the patterns can be traced and used as a decoration for elbow pads and knee pads.
Ed Fornieles - Micro Unit of Two
2017
English edition
Cura. - Cura.books
Quoting excerpts from Keller Easterling's 2014 essay Extrastatecraft: The Power of Infrastructure Space, this coloring book tells the story of two characters, a fox (the artist) and a cat, and their special relationship, made of exotic travels, dreams and nightmares, struggles and desires.
Critical Writing Ensembles & Dhaka Art Summit 2016 (2 books)
2017
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
2-volume set bringing together a visual catalogue of the 2016 Dhaka Art Summit and a conjunct reader addressing the themes that informed the Critical Writing Ensembles—an international platform dedicated to art writing—which gathered during the South Asian art festival.
Matthias Dornfeld - D647
2017
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
This catalogue gives an overview of the works by German painter Matthias Dornfeld, who depicts traditional subjects of classical paintings—landscapes, portraits, still lifes—with a style inherited from naïve expressive painting.
Jan Peter Hammer -
2017
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
This is the first monograph detailing the practice of the German artist Jan Peter Hammer. The two essays and the conversation between the artist and Adam Kleinmann address the economic, social and historical tones that characterize Hammer's video installations, as well as his sculptures and neon pieces, which are chronicled from 1993 to 2015.
Judith Hopf - Up
2017
trilingual edition (English / German / Italian)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
Hopf's multidisciplinary practice addresses the paradoxes and ridicule that spill form high-minded attitudes toward art making and the faith in technology, professionalism, and efficiency. This catalogue gathers a significant sampling of her works, as well as two essays and an interview.
 Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys - I Piccoli Pupazzi Sporchi di Pruppà
2017
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
Following the artists' previous series of life-size puppets in Die Schmutzigen Puppen von Pommern, this new publication presents a collection of one hundred sixty-four small puppets, each having a unique look.
Salomé Lamas - Parafiction
2017
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
Among Portugal's most interesting young filmmakers, Salomé Lamas explores the boundaries and circumstances of documentary filmmaking, working at the intersection of ethnography, history, storytelling, memory, and fiction. This publication documents her work since 2010, through contributions, video stills, and interviews.
Andrew James Paterson - Collection/Correction
2017
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
First survey of the Canadian artist's writings, including a series of new and recent poems, scripts from his videos, and four fictocriticism texts published in IMPULSE magazine between 1980 and 1989.
Bruno Botella - Qotrob
2017
French edition
CAN (Centre d'Art Neuchâtel)
Hallucinogenetic experiments and Persan lycanthropy.
Zamân
2017
French edition
Zamân
Zamân - Zamân journal
The Seventh Issue of Zamâm magazine gathers innovative artists, curators, and art historians to investigate the relationships between the Pacific Region and the Mediterranean Basin, from Morocco to India (with Toni Maraini, Eric Baudelaire, Geeta Kapur, Touda Bouanani, Faouzi Laatiris…).
Gebran Tarazi - Twelve Seasons
2017
bilingual edition (English / French)
Zamân - Zamân Books
This monograph offers a sweeping vision of the work of Lebanese artist Gebran Tarazi, whose paintings combine geometrical abstraction with oriental identity. The publication gathers reproductions of paintings, multidisciplinary projects, a selection of writings by the artist—log books, novel excerpts, correspondences—interviews, and critical texts.
 Alexandre & Florentine Lamarche-Ovize - Inventaire
2017
bilingual edition (English / French)
The Drawer - Books
Monograph gathering most of the artists's recent works—ceramic and faience sculptures, watercolors and gouaches, drawings, collages, and installations—divided into three thematic chapters. The publication includes an interview of several voices (with special guest Mathieu Mercier), and a text by Annabela Tournon.
 Kim Seob Boninsegni - Hwabyeong
2017
French edition
Clinamen
A three-part fiction relating the daily lives of characters at the beginning of our century: the artist alternates reality and fiction, developing themes at work in his visual practice. As usual, the author involves a series of contributors.
Yoan Mudry - Loops - The future is wild / To loop the loop
2017
French edition
Clinamen
This collective publication questions the literary strategies at stake in the work of visual artist Yoan Mudry.
Bomb
2017
English edition
Bomb
7.50 3.50 €
Interviews with Steffani Jemison, Amitav Ghosh & Curt Stager, Ron Athey, Stephin Merritt, Rita Ackermann, Bryan Hunt, David Levine, Hari Kunzru & Sjón, George Saunders, portfolio by Su Hui, novel excerpts by Mathias Énard, João Gilberto Noll, and Andrew E. Colarusso, poetry, comic book artist Austin English, reviews, and more.
Artforum - March 2017
2017
English edition
Artforum
(last copies available!)
Featuring a cover by Wolfgang Tillmans; Art and resistance; General Idea; culture and critique in Beirut; Sky Hopinka and the Whitney Biennial; the rise of 3-D technology; Albert Serra; Kochi-Muziris Biennale; Kelly Akashi; Peter Voulkos; R. H. Quaytman; Richard Kennedy, and more.
Across & Beyond - A transmediale Reader on Post-digital Practices, Concepts, and Institutions
2017
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
Published to celebrates the 30-year anniversary of transmediale, this reader aims to use the critical and artistic knowledge gained at the festival over the years to reframe the question of the role of media today. In a world where technology increasingly operates independently of humans, where does the power to act and mediate lie?
Beyond the Globe - 8th Triennial of Contemporary Art U3
2017
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
20.00 15.00 €
Catalogue dedicated to the artistic exploration of the cosmic space (in the framework of the 8th edition of the Triennial of Contemporary Art U3 in Ljubljana).
Black Diamond Dust
2017
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
A multidisciplinary investigation dedicated to the cultural representations of coal mining, gathering contemporary artworks, poetry, essays, literature, folk songs, and archival images.
Darja Bajagić - Unlimited Hate
2017
bilingual edition (English / German)
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
First monographic catalogue dedicated to the works of multidisciplinary artist Darja Bajagić who culls her imagery from fan-gore magazines, true-crime TV shows, fetish websites, obscure online forums, and hidden chat rooms tucked away in the darker reaches of the Web.
Bulletins of The Serving Library
2017
English edition
Bulletins of The Serving Library
Sternberg Press
This issue discusses the various outlooks of the term “perspective”—from a particular opinion to an axonometric projection.
Robert Milin - L\'art les gens l\'artiste (book / DVD)
2017
bilingual edition (English / French), DVD in original version with English subtitles
a.p.r.e.s editions - Books-DVDs
Since 1991, Robert Milin has created artworks with guests invited to participate because of a practice they adopted in their daily life—as gardeners, cyclists, inhabitants of a village… In 2015, he decided to meet again with these people to give them the floor about this experience. The booklet features an interview with Robert & Delphine Milin and a chronology of the artist's works.
Allan McCollum - Works - 1968-1977
2017
English edition
various
This catalogue brings together a selection of early paintings by the american artist, accompanied by an essay illustrated with archival images.
 Yan Pei-Ming - Ruines du temps réel
2017
French edition
various
Catalogue of works by Chinese painter Yan Pei-Ming, gathering a series of landscapes, portraits, and historical scenes exposing the tragedy of our contemporary world. Featuring exhibition views, a text by Xavier Douroux, and an interview with the artist by Pascal Pique (catalogue of the eponymous exhibition at Centre Régional d'Art Contemporain in Sète, France).
Inter - Connectivités
2017
French edition
Inter, art actuel
Intervention - Inter, art actuel
Connectivity and artistic practices.
Sans niveau ni mètre - Collection – 10 ans du Journal du Cabinet du livre d\'artiste – 2007-2017 (coffret)
2017
French edition
Incertain Sens - Artist's books and editions
10th anniversary box set gathering the complete collection of Sans niveau ni mètre (43 issues), the newspaper dedicated to the exhibitions showcased at Le Cabinet du livre d'artiste, a French-based space dedicated to artist's books since 2007.
Marjorie Micucci - Coro Spezzato : The Future Lasts One Day – Fosse d\'Orchestre – Conductor
2017
bilingual edition (English / French)
Frac Franche-Comté - Conferences series
The transcription of a lecture by Marjorie Micucci on the connections between two installations by Italian artist Rosa Barba.
Cura.
2017
English edition
Cura.
Cura. - Cura.magazine
Yves Scherer, Anthony Huberman's “The Machine” with Robert Snowden and Lutz Bacher, a portrait of Walter Hopps, Renate Bertlmann in conversation with Vincent Honoré, artists' projects by Eva Papamargariti and Zin Taylor, 25 questions for Mitchell Anderson by Liam Gillick, Anna Uddenberg in conversation with David Lê, Pablo Bronstein, Stuart Middleton, a visit to the new Guerrilla Girls' exhibition at Whitechapel Gallery, HOT! Section with Daiga Grantina, Elliot Dodd, Pia Camil, and Daniele Milvio.
Mousse
2017
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Mousse
Mousse - Mousse Magazine
Dean Daderko, Arthur Jafa and Sondra Perry on blackness, technology and Alien ontologies; Stefanie Hessler exchanges oceanic ideas with Heidi Ballet; Puppies Puppies talk to Tenzing Barshee; Hannah Black as seen by Rahel Aima; essays by Alexander Provan, Orit Gat and Jens Hoffmann; William Pope.L and Mia Locks; Sam Thorne with Marianna Simnett; Anna Gritz and Eric Baudelaire; Luke Willis Thompson; Basel Abbas & Ruanne Abou-Rahme; Raúl de Nieves, and more.
Nina Beier - Cash for Gold
2017
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
currently out of stock
Most comprehensive monograph on the work of Nina Beier to date, Cash for Gold brings together eight essays drawing on the Danish's artistic practice and her investigation on the status of images in our contemporary reality.
Carsten Höller - Doubt
2017
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
(last copies available!)
Belgian artist Carsten Höller has risen to the fore of the international scene with a practice that revolves around the search for new ways of inhabiting our world. This catalogue features 20 large-scale works––installations, videos, and photographs that play with optics and space.
David Maljković - A Retrospective by Appointment
2017
bilingual edition (English / Croatian)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
(last copies available!)
Following the experimental format of the Maljković's eponymous exhibition, A Retrospective by Appointment deconstructs the traditional format of a retrospective catalogue. Adopting a nonhierarchical presentation, the publication introduces the artist's key concerns, methods, and works, and proves to be a relevant critic of Zagreb's institutional landscape.
Flash Art
2017
English edition
Flash Art
Flash Art - Flash Art International (magazine)
This issue spotlights the representation of disenfranchised and marginalized communities and gives voice to creatives emerging out of these groups. Featuring: “self-taught” Italian artist Roberto Cuoghi; a survey of the works of Chinese artist Evelyn Taocheng Wang; an interview with Grace Wales Bonner by Hans Ulrich Obrist; art-world outsider turned insider Raymond Pettibon; the sound environments of musical collective Non Worldwide; a conversation with Puppies Puppies and Nancy Lupo…
Artists\' Voices (3 vinyl LP  – Picture Disc)
2017
CEC (Centre d'édition contemporaine)
Triple vinyl LP featuring a collection of recordings by by renowned visual artists (with Rita Ackermann, Gerard Byrne, Valentin Carron, Claire Fontaine, Jason Dodge, Giulia Essyad, Sylvie Fleury, Gilles Furtwängler, Mathis Gasser, Marcus Geiger & Heimo Zobernig, Vivienne Griffin & Kaspars Groshevs, Thomas Hirschhorn, Tobias Kaspar et Jan Vorisek, Anne Le Troter, Beat Lippert, Tobias Madison, Fabian Marti, Jonathan Monk, Damián Navarro, James Richards, Emanuel Rossetti, Ryan Conrad Sawyer, Ramaya Tegegne, and Ricardo Valentim).
Mathis Gasser - In the Museum 1 2 (3) - Regulators 1 2 n
2017
no text
CEC (Centre d'édition contemporaine)
Artist's book divided in two series of works elaborated from Gasser's own archives: an explosive combination of images drawn from art history, pop culture and current events, building up a retrofuturistic universe facing financial, ecological, religious and political distress.
The Drawer - Untitled
2017
French edition (texts in English and French)
The Drawer
The Drawer - The Drawer (magazine)
Caroline Achaintre, Nikita Alexeev, Alain Bublex, Marie Cool Fabio Balducci, Duggie Fields, Jean-Luc Moulène, Cécile Noguès, Bruno Peinado, Christine Phung & Mathias Gervais de Lafond, Claude Viallat...).
Espace(s) - L\'espace, lieu d\'utopies
2017
French edition
Espace(s)
Observatoire de l'Espace / CNES - Espace(s)
“Space and utopia” issue.
Cindy Coutant - De la prise de parole sensible à la stratégie de communication médiatique en situation de crise
2017
French edition
Confort Moderne
Halfway between the catalogue and the artist's book, this publication introduces the work of Cindy Coutant. The French artist focuses on issues involving poetics and semantics, in connection with the new technologies and the Internet imagery.
Olivier Zahm - Une avant-garde sans avant-garde - Essai sur l\'art
2017
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
JRP|Editions
The avant-garde of the 1990s.
Penser l\'image - Volume 3 – Comment lire les images ?
2017
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Perceptions
Different perspectives (art history, philosophy, photography, film, architecture, history of science...) on the heterogeneous forms the discourse of pictures can take (an anthology).
Rei Naito - Transphère - Émotions de croire
2017
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
MCJP (Maison de la Culture du Japon à Paris)
Third publication in the framework of the “Transphère” Exhibition cycle, this catalogue documents a work by Rei Naito, a Japanese artist who has built an international reputation with her minimalist and conceptual creations. The installation Émotions de croire (The emotion of belief) is a moving reflection on the atomic bomb, and a place of mourning and hope.
 Information Fiction Publicité (IFP) -
2017
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Perrotin
First retrospective monograph dedicated to the “agency” created in 1984 by Jean-François Brun, Dominique Pasqualini and Philippe Thomas: an immersion into the collective's history through numerous press archives and exhibition views. The publication also includes an unpublished interview with Brun and Pasqualini, and a glossary.
Spacescapes - Dance & Drawing since 1962
2017
English edition
Les presses du réel – Dance & Performing Arts – Miscellaneous
JRP|Editions - Documents (co-edition Les presses du réel)
A collection of original essays focusing on the specific interaction of dance and drawing during the second half of the 20th century.
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