Contemporary art

 
 
Hans Hartung - Autoportrait
2016
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
Fondation Hartung Bergman
The critical edition of Hans Hartung's autobiographical writings.
Stefan Banz - Aldo Walker – Logotyp - En gardant un œil sur Marcel Duchamp et William Copley
2016
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Kunsthalle Marcel Duchamp
An analysis of the work of an unheralded artist both profound and captivating written by his friend, artist and curator Stefan Banz.
Partition(s) - Objet et concept des pratiques scéniques (20e et 21e siècles)
2016
French edition
Les presses du réel – Dance & Performing Arts –
The history of the emergence and appropriation of the score in extra-musical domains (theater, dance, performance).
Artforum - November 2016 – Imagine a World without America
2016
English edition
Artforum
A special section on Artists on Politics featuring Zoe Leonard, Dread Scott, and Wolfgang Tillmans, the architecture of Donald Trump, Johanna Fateman on Paul Verhoeven's new film Elle, a Top Ten from DJ collective Discwoman, and Joseph Gringley's portfolio “Soundscaping.” Plus, reviews from Tallinn, Washington DC, Munich, Sharjah, Paris, and more.
Mouvement
2016
French edition
Mouvement
Istanbul's artistic scene and Erdogan's Purge, Jan Fabre, Thibaud Croisy & Bruno Le Maire, failure and the creative process, Hillel Kogan, Jean-Luc Verna, interviews with El Conde de Torrefiel, Albert Serra, Hélène Marquié, portfolio by Leonard Suriyajaya & Simon Collet...
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
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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.
Magali Reus - Spring for a Ground / Particle of Inch / Halted Paves / Quarters
2016
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
currently out of stock
Publication documenting a series of sculptural works focusing on everyday items.
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).
Nina Fuga - Pink Canyons
2016
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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
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Bruno
An erotic coloring artist's book juxtaposing scenes of intimacy and loneliness in the city at night.
May
2016
bilingual edition (English / French)
May
Claire Fontaine, Weed and the Practice of Liberty / Marina Vishmidt, The Paradox of Self-Abolition / Melissa Gordon, Presence and Absence / Anna De Filippi, Narrative Without End / Alex Martinis Roe, An Exercise in the Practice of affidamento / Lucia Aspesi on Marinella Pirelli / Claire Fontaine on Human Strike / Rhea Anastas, Introduction to Double Bind / LGG$B, insert / Jacob Stewart-Halevy on Marie Angeletti / Emmanuelle Chérel on Colonial Collect and Affect, Crawling Doubles / Jack Gross onHannah Black / Maija Timonen sur Jason Bourne / Kari Rittenbach on the 9th Berlin Biennale / Jeanne Graff, Short Story / Limited Edition: Hans-Christian Lotz.
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.
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.
Erwin Wurm - Bob
2016
bilingual edition (English / French)
various
Creating Bob: a food truck with a living, warm and hospitable public purpose, set close to Lille-Europe Train Station and commissioned as part of the “New Patrons” program.
Palais - Arts urbains
2016
bilingual edition (English / French)
Palais
Palais de Tokyo - Palais magazine
Around the Palais de Tokyo's programme dedicated to urban art, Palais magazine is devoting its latest issue to artists whose work has been developed in the street.
Francesc Ruiz - Fahrenheit 451\'s Comic
2016
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Captures - Artist's books
Reconstitution of a comic book appearing at the beginning of the film Fahrenheit 451 by François Truffaut. With this publication, Spanish artist Francesc Ruiz also questions the status of the comic book at the time the film was made and also within the dystopian universe originally created by Ray Bradbury.
Incorporated! - Les Ateliers de Rennes – Biennale d\'art contemporain (2 vol.)
2016
bilingual edition (English / French)
Paraguay Press
Two-volume catalogue of the Fifth Rennes Biennal (France): twenty-nine international artists were invited to construct an exhibition based on the particular issue of shaping emotions in a world which formulates them in terms of markets.
Hassan Khan - Twelve Clues
2016
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
A mystery tale illustrated with artworks by twelve contemporary artists.
Emanuele Trevi - Ontani in Bali
2016
English edition
Humboldt Books - Artist's Travels
Writer Emanuele Trevi and photographer Giovanna Silva recount, each in their own manner, their journey with artist Luigi Ontani in Bali at the time of the preparation of the Ogoh Ogoh carnival procession. With original illustrations by Ontani.
Gabriele Basilico - Marocco 1971
2016
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Humboldt Books - Time Travel
Marocco 1971 offers an intimate, social, and aesthetical portrait of Morocco by Italian photographer Gabriele Basilico. Set during the Summer of 1971, the series also brings back the distinctive spirit of this era.
Luigi Comencini - Italia 1945-1948
2016
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Humboldt Books - Time Travel
50 black & white photographs of post-war Italy taken by director Luigi Comencini shortly before his debut behind the camera. With a series of writings establishing connections between his work as a photographer and his cinematographic oeuvre.
La Tranchée Racine - Spécial L\'Étrange festival
2016
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La Tranchée Racine
United Dead Artists
Special issue published to celebrate the 22nd edition of L'Étrange festival—dedicated to the strangest and most provocative cinema.
Alexandra Croitoru - Brancusi - An Afterlife
2016
English edition
Archive Books
An analysis of the posthumous interpretations of Brancusi's life and work, and of the political use of the Romanian sculptor as a nationalist figure.
Basim Magdy - Il n\'y aura pas d\'étoiles filantes
2016
bilingual edition (English / French)
Jeu de Paume - Monographs
14.00 3.00 €
Companion book to Basim Madgy's eponymous video: a dreamlike tale about the ocean and its secrets.
Stephen Felton - No Drama
2016
bilingual edition (English / French)
Confort Moderne
An introduction to the art of Stephen Felton, with an essay by Jill Gasparina, “On the uselessness of sophisticated discourse,” as a guiding thread to better understand a work relying on simplicity and narratives.
François Hers - Letter to a Friend About the New Patrons
2016
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
Reflecting upon the necessary conditions for the development of the New Patrons Protocol, the French conceptual artist calls for a better involvement of museums as well as for an art history that would relate creative processes with political conditions.
François Hers - Lettre à un ami au sujet des Nouveaux commanditaires
2016
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
Reflecting upon the necessary conditions for the development of the New Patrons Protocol, the French conceptual artist calls for a better involvement of museums as well as for an art history that would relate creative processes with political conditions.
Jérôme Bel - Emails 2009-2010
2016
English edition
Les presses du réel – Dance & Performing Arts –
The two dancers and choreographers share and compare ideas and references that underpin their respective work.
Kaleidoscope - Fall 2016
2016
English edition
miscellaneous
15.00 10.00 €
Jordan Wolfson, Ari Marcopoulos, Kahlil Joseph & Deana Lawson, Pierre Paulin, interview with Nhu Duong, contributions by Darja Bajagić, Georgi & Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Julie Verhoeven, special feature on Disorientalism including interviews with Sophia Al-Maria and Meriem Bennani, two essays, a case study and a round table, Christopher Williams, Jasper Spicero, Alexa Karolinski & Ingo Niermann's Army of Love, a tribute to Alan Vega…
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