Contemporary art

 
 
Personal Cuts - Art Scene in Zagreb from 1950s to Now
2014
bilingual edition (English / French)
various
A brief personal history of the radical tendencies of modern and contemporary art in Croatia.
Inter - Avant l\'œuvre – Préparatifs & partitions
2014
French edition
Inter, art actuel
Intervention - Inter, art actuel
The origins and creating process of the artwork.
 Dr Lakra - Coloring Book
2014
no text
Bom Dia Boa Tarde Boa Noite
The Coloring Book by Dr. Lakra is the first BOM DIA Kinder book, a new series of children books made by artists.
Diego Marcon - A script for Dick
2014
English edition
Cura. - Cura.books
(last copies available!)
A collection of 38 short, self-contained episodes (artist's book).
Mousse
2014
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Mousse
Mousse - Mousse Magazine
Some thoughts on authority by Jan Verwoert, Stylometry by John Menick, The Theater of Violence by Sladja Blazan, Manila in the Claws of Darkness by Giulio Bursi, Gottfried Lindauer, On Disintegration by Andrew Durbin, Notes on the Post-Digital Condition by Omar Kholeif, Learning To Escape the Politics of Prediction by Chus Martínez, Robert Gober, Jean-Frédéric Schnyder, Mélanie Matranga, Guan Xiao, Minimalism as Pathos by Nick Currie, Alice Könitz / Kim Fisher, Steinar Haga Kristensen, Bruce McLean / Tamara Henderson, The End of Art in Public Space by Jennifer Allen...
The Drawer - Le rire
2014
French edition (texts in English and French)
The Drawer
The Drawer - The Drawer (magazine)
Nelly Ben Hayoun, Davide Cascio, Claude Closky, Denicolai & Provoost, Mark Dion, Shirley Jaffe, Daniel Johnston, Pierre La Police, Natacha Lesueur, Théo Mercier, Felipe Oliveira Baptista, Amandine Urruty...
 Gavillet & Rust - 30 ans du FRAC Champagne-Ardenne - Adams x Burr x De Cointet x Coplans x Cordebard x Craven x Dheurle x Durham x Filliou x Fontcuberta x General Idea x Hains x Hains x Hains x Kasten x Majerus x Majerus x Rondeau x Wall x Welling
2014
bilingual edition (English / French)
Frac Champagne-Ardenne
A replay of the collection of the FRAC Champagne-Ardenne by Swiss graphic design studio Gavillet & Rust.
Veduta / Lyon Biennale 2013 - Meanwhile... Suddently and Then
2014
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
30.00 15.00 €
A retrospective overview of the 12th edition of the Lyon Biennale, curated by Icelandic curator Gunnar B. Kvaran, with a focus on the two parallel programs “Veduta” and “Resonance”, held in the Lyon conurbation and its region.
Femmes, attitudes performatives, aux lisières de la performance et de la danse
2014
French edition
Les presses du réel – Dance & Performing Arts –
ENSAD Nancy (Nancy National School of Art and Design)
The place and role of women in performing arts from 1912 to 2012, between performance and dance.
Thomas Ruff - Zeitungsfotos - Newspaper Photographs
2014
English edition
various
Artist's book.
Ann Reynolds - Robert Smithson - Du New Jersey au Yucatán, leçons d\'ailleurs
2014
French edition
(SIC) - Continental Rift
A comprehensive examination of Robert Smithson's work and creative process.
Jean-Christophe Norman - De l\'action à la conversation
2014
bilingual edition (English / French)
Frac Franche-Comté - Conversation series
Since 2010, Sophie Lapalu and Jean-Christophe Norman have worked together in the form of interviews and critical writings focussing on artistic actions and their visibility. De l'action à la conversation (“From action to conversation”) forms part of this reflective approach.
Pierre Bal-Blanc - Draft Score For an Exhibition
2014
bilingual edition (English / French)
Nero
A book that documents an oral presentation given by Pierre Bal-Blanc to a jury of professionals, as part of his application to curate the 7th Berlin Biennale. Devised as an exhibition in several acts, the session adheres to the rules of a score performed by its author or by a third party.
Johanna Viprey - The Artist As A Cabdriver - A Methodological Journey with Jeff Perkins, Professional Outsider
2014
English edition
Nero
A research project in progress developed by the artist Johanna Viprey: the book narrates the encounter that has led the artist to investigate the personal history of Jeff Perkins, American performer painter and documentary filmmaker, from an anthropological perspective.
Re: - Vers une histoire mineure des expositions et des performances
2014
French edition
it: editions
A collection of textual and visual essays stemming from a series of lecture-performances in which artists and curators experimented with various strategies of reprise in the fields of publishing, visual arts, animation, new technologies and the law.
Frog
2014
texts in English and French
Frog
Camille Pamela Rosenkranz, Tauba Auerbach, Renzo Piano, the 12th Lyon Biennale, Thomas Hirschhorn, Palm Springs, the 14th Venice International Architecture Exhibition, Camille Henrot, Mathias Faldbakken, Milan Kunc, Katharina Fritsch, Richard Artschwager, Haim Steinbach, Collier Schorr...
Dorothy Iannone - Censorship and The Irrepressible Drive Toward Love and Divinity
2014
bilingual edition (English / German)
JRP|Editions - Monographs
(last copies available!)
Artist's book.
To the Moon via the Beach
2014
bilingual edition (English / French)
JRP|Editions - Catalogues, Biennales & Collections
A complete record.
Yael Bartana - Two Minutes of Standstill - A Collective Performance by Yael Bartana
2014
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
The role of history and commemoration in Germany today.
Ulrike Grossarth - Were I Made of Matter, I Would Color / Wäre ich von Stoff, ich würde mich färben
2014
bilingual edition (English / German)
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
This book traces the evolution of Ulrike Gossarth's practice, with a particular emphasis on her training as a dancer in the 1970s, to draw connections between the early years with her sculptural settings and actions and her most recent work, which engages with history more generally.
Lisa Oppenheim -
2014
bilingual edition (English / German)
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
First monograph.
The Crime Was Almost Perfect
2014
English edition
Sternberg Press - Catalogues
A continuation (rather than simply documentation or commentary) of the exhibition “The Crime Was Almost Perfect” at the Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art in Rotterdam.
 Willem - Les emmerdeurs - Limited edition
2014
French edition
Jannink - L'art en écrit
Limited edition accompanied by an original and unique signed artwork, hand colored comic strip box.
 Willem - Les emmerdeurs
2014
French edition
Jannink - L'art en écrit
Willem's satirical drawings on art.
Daniel Buren - Travaux in situ & situés - Istres (book / DVD)
2014
bilingual edition (English / French), film in French version with English subtitles
a.p.r.e.s editions - Books-DVDs
The design, construction and reception of all interventions by Daniel Buren in the public space of the city of Istres in 2013.
Fred Dewey - The School of Public Life
2014
English edition
Errant Bodies - Doormats
Rethinking public space.
Lili Reynaud-Dewar - Vivre avec ça ?! - Music for Lili Reynaud​-​Dewar (2 vinyl LP)
2014
various
Minimalist progressive lofi techno tracks by MACON (Nicolas Murer) for a series of exhibitions by visual artist Lili Reynaud-Dewar.
Pensée Nomade Chose Imprimée - Histoire d\'un atelier nomade de l\'Ecole des Beaux-arts de Bordeaux (1989-2013)
2014
French edition
Paraguay Press
As much adventure novel as catalogue raisonné, this book tells the fabulous pedagogical and artistic experience of the studio Pensée nomade, chose imprimée (Nomadic thought, Printed matter) led from 1989 to 2013 at the Bordeaux School of Fine Arts in France by Michel Aphesbero & Danielle Colomine (4taxis), and Jean Calens.
Donatella Bernardi - In pursuit of unlimited hospitality
2014
bilingual edition (English / French)
Aparté
First monograph, with an essay by Jacqueline Burckhardt.
OpticalSound
2014
French edition
OpticalSound
Optical Sound
The second issue of the magazine published by Optical Sound, between experimental music and contemporary art.
Timing of Affect - Epistemologies, Aesthetics, Politics
2014
English edition
Diaphanes - Misceallenous
Affect, or the process by which emotions come to be embodied, is a burgeoning area of interest in both the humanities and the sciences. For Timing of Affect, Marie-Luise Angerer, Bernd Bösel, and Michaela Ott have assembled leading scholars to explore the temporal aspects of affect through the perspectives of philosophy, music, film, media, and art, as well as technology and neurology.
Atrocity Exhibition Archive Paradoxe - Déambulations dans La Foire aux atrocités
2014
French edition
ECAL (Lausanne University of Art and Design)
A guide for J. G. Ballard's The Atrocity Exhibition, between human sciences and science fiction, between the history of art and the medicine including reproductions of 20s pulps and of 60s independent magazines.
Marc Décimo - Les Jocondes à moustaches
2014
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – Les Hétéroclites
Does Mona Lisa deserve her mustache? An erudite review of 180 pre- and post-Duchamp caricatures and misappropriations.
Marc Décimo - Sciences et Pataphysique - Tome II : Comment la linguistique vint à Paris – De Michel Bréal à Ferdinand de Saussure
2014
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – Les Hétéroclites
Science and Pataphysics, volume II: the birth of linguistics, as an academic field, in France, and the ideological and political issues that contribute to this implementation.
Marc Décimo - Sciences et Pataphysique - Tome I : Savants reconnus, érudits aberrés, fous littéraires, hétéroclites et celtomanes en quête d\'ancêtres hébreux, troyens, gaulois, francs, atlantes, animaux, végétaux, aryens, extraterrestres et autres ?
2014
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – Les Hétéroclites
Science and Pataphysics, volume I: the history of the origin myths—how science is torn from what is now defined as pseudo-science.
W. J. T. Mitchell - Que veulent les images ? - Une critique de la culture visuelle
2014
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Perceptions
An innovative analysis of our relationship to the image.
 Yan Pei-Ming - Night of Colours
2014
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
New monograph.
 Yan Pei-Ming - Night of Colours
2014
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
New monograph (available in English edition).
Drift - Ramifications of a polysemic notion
2014
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
HEAD (Geneva University of Art and Design)
This publication traces two years of a project dedicated to the concept of drift, with theoretical texts, artists' contributions and contributions from educational projects, workshops and exhibitions.
Brigitte Gilardet - Réinventer le musée - François Mathey, un précurseur méconnu (1953-1985)
2014
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Œuvres en sociétés
The history and posterity of François Mathey (1917-1993), a singular curator with the destiny of a romantic hero, a major figure in the promotion of contemporary art and a pioneer of artistic heritage.
Alessandro Mendini - Ecrits (architecture, design et projet)
2014
French edition
Les presses du réel – Architecture / design / graphic design – Design – Misceallenous
Mendini's writings 1972-2011.
Keegan McHargue - Preparation K
2014
no text
Nieves
A collection of recent colored pencil drawings by artist Keegan McHargue.
Victor Burgin - Five Pieces for Projection
2014
bilingual edition (English / German)
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
Five Pieces for Projection introduces recent projection work from 2010 to 2014, with an essay by Hanne Loreck, an afterword by Eva Schmidt and texts by Victor Burgin.
Ken Okiishi - The Very Quick of the Word
2014
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
The first instance of considering Okiishi's work from the last fifteen years as a heterogeneous whole.
Roee Rosen - Vladimir\'s Night
2014
English edition
Sternberg Press - Fiction
The chimerical final work by Maxim Komar-Myshkin, one of the most elusive and tragic figures in Israeli-Russian art.
Soun-Gui Kim - Art, or Listen to the silence - Soun-Gui Kim in Conversation with Jacques Derrida, Jean-Luc Nancy and John Cage (DVD)
2014
trilingual edition (English / French / Korean)
various
Soun-Gui Kim engages her collaborators—philosophers Jacques Derrida and Jean-Luc Nancy, and John Cage—in conversation about contemporary art and the relationship of artists to the globalized art world and market, from the perspective of Eastern thought.
Corin Hewitt - Seven Performances
2014
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
This book brings together the documentation of seven installations, produced by Corin Hewitt from 2007 up to the 2013, including preparatory sketches, process shots, exhibition documentation, and discrete photographic works. This visual mass helps understand Hewitt's practice as a continuum of interconnected actions and materializations, instances of generative discovery and contextual play.
Troubling Research - Performing Knowledge in the Arts
2014
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
The art/research articulation.
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