Contemporary art

 
 
Benoit Platéus - Open
2008
trilingual edition (English / Dutch / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
A set of incisive, funny and poetic drawings by the Belgian artist, capturing the small events of his everyday life or sudden ideas which could become works.
Samuel Bianchini - Following Follow Spot (DVD)
2008
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
mfc-michèle didier - Import
A video work by Samuel Bianchini created as an extension to a dance solo by Paul-André Fortier, accompanied with a musical creation of Johnathan F. Lee.
Carsten Höller - The Beat (DVD)
2008
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
mfc-michèle didier - Import
(last copies available!)
A documentary conceived by the artist from the starting point of a former exhibition whose lightning system is made to flicker at a frequency of 7.8 hz. A compilation of dark-pop music from the eighties and the nineties emphazises the artist's capture of the flashing apparatus.
Starting with (from) Marseilles – 65 projects of contemporary art - Bureau des Compétences et Désirs (Office for Abilities and Desires)
2008
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
(last copies available!)
23.00 10.00 €
Retrospective catalogue of the French art center.
The Synagogue de Delme
2008
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
(last copies available!)
Retrospective catalogue of the ancient rural synagogue transformed in a major contemporary creation space: installations views, presentation of each exhibition, artists' contributions and essays.
Objets d\'hier et d\'aujourd\'hui - Forde 2004-2006 / 2006-2007
2008
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
12.00 8.00 €
This publication presents the 2004-2006 program of Forde independent contemporary art space (with John Baldessari, Philippe Decrauzat, Scott King, Wade Guyton, Mathieu Mercier, Mai-Thu Perret, Seth Price...).
Ambitions of Art - 30 Years of the Nouveau Musée / Institute for Contemporary Art (boxset)
2008
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
IAC (Institut d'art contemporain)
26.00 18.00 €
The Institute for Contemporary Art in a two volumes boxset: memories, symposiums, conferences, images of the main exhibitions, specific projects.
Charles de Meaux - Marfa Mystery Lights - A Concert for the UFO\'s – featuring The Secret Machines (DVD)
2008
English edition (French subtitled)
Les presses du réel – Music & Sound Arts – Artists' books & editions
mfc-michèle didier - Import
A performance of The Secret Machines conceived and filmed by Charles de Meaux.
 Cocktail Designers -
2008
texts in English and French
Les presses du réel – Architecture / design / graphic design – Design – Misceallenous
La Salle de bains
(last copies available!)
Retrospective catalogue of the graphic design studio's works.
Paul Sharits -
2008
English edition
Les presses du réel – Cinema & video art – Monographs
Espace multimedia Gantner
Complete monograph on a master of experimental cinema, with a general introduction on its œuvre, several essays, texts by the artist and interviews.
In Geneva No One Can Hear You Scream
2008
English edition
JRP|Editions - Anthologies & Art Theory
Mapping a new sensibility.
Pre-specifics - Some Comparatistic Investigations on Research in Design and Art
2008
English edition
JRP|Editions - Anthologies & Art Theory
Research in Design and Art.
The Aesthetics of Risk - SoCCAS Symposium Vol. III
2008
English edition
JRP|Editions - Anthologies & Art Theory
16 essays and conversations about the nature and consequences of risk in and out of the art world.
Michael Bauer - Borwasser
2008
English edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
First monograph.
Meg Cranston - Hot Pants in a Cold Cold World
2008
English edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
First monograph on Californian artist, including essays and interview.
Carroll Dunham - Paintings and Sculptures - 2004-2008
2008
English edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
An overview of American artist's recent paintings and sculptures, exposing connections between the topics and his thematic development in a variety of media.
Melanie Gugelmann -
2008
trilingual edition (English / German / French)
JRP|Editions - Monographs
Monograph devoted to the Swiss artist's urban landscapes.
Isabell Heimerdinger - Four Films & True Stories
2008
English edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
Two separate books bound together gather Heimerdinger's recent projects.
Ken Okiishi - A Fair to Meddling Story
2008
English edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
Drawings and collages by Nick Mauss associated with stills from videos by Ken Okiishi.
 Nina Fischer & Maroan el Sani - Blind Spots
2008
bilingual edition (English / German)
JRP|Editions - Monographs
Dismantling spaces of representation.
Tobias Putrih - 99-07
2008
English edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
This first monograph presenting an exhaustive selection of the artwork of Tobias Putrih illuminates the thought and methodology of the artist.
David Renggli - Cage Writes Bird
2008
bilingual edition (English / German)
JRP|Editions - Monographs
Lavishly illustrated monograph providing a first overview of Swiss artist's work.
Beat Streuli - BXL
2008
trilingual edition (English / German / French)
JRP|Editions - Monographs
A new series of images taken in Brussels: the portrait of a city.
Ai Weiwei - Works 2004-2007
2008
English edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
This reference monograph on Ai Weiwei's work offers an overview of and an in-depth reflection on the artist's most vibrant and celebrated projects.
Charlie White - American Minor
2008
bilingual edition (English / German)
JRP|Editions - Monographs
Exploring the complex realities of American teen culture.
Blasted Allegories - Works from the Ringier Collection
2008
bilingual edition (English / German)
JRP|Editions - Catalogues, Biennales & Collections
Selected works from the Ringier Collection (including 500 color illustrations and statements by John Baldessari, Paul Chan, Liam Gillick, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Richard Phillips, Richard Prince, Josh Smith, Sturtevant, Lawrence Weiner...).
Free Zone: China
2008
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
JRP|Editions - Catalogues, Biennales & Collections
The main schools and illustrious figures of Contemporary Chinese Art.
Loris Gréaud - Cellar Door
2008
English edition
JRP|Editions - Hapax
The libretto for an opera of a new genre: the most ambitious project of French artist Loris Gréaud.
Scott King - Anxiety & Depression - Climb out of the Cellar of your Mind...
2008
English edition
JRP|Editions - Hapax
An unusual self-help manual.
Kunst Stafette - Künstler laden Künstler ein
2008
German edition
JRP|Editions - Hapax
Artists invite artists.
John Armleder - John Armleder / Jacques Garcia
2008
French edition
JRP|Editions - Hapax
A conversation.
Loris Gréaud - Cellar Door
2008
French edition
JRP|Editions - Hapax
The libretto for an opera of a new genre: the most ambitious project of French artist Loris Gréaud (available in English edition).
A Crime Against Art (DVD)
2008
English edition
JRP|Editions - Bureau des Videos (DVD)
The film of a trial for crime against art.
Josef Dabernig - Handwritten Copies
2008
trilingual edition (English / German / Italian)
JRP|Editions - Artists' books & editions
Artist's book.
Andrew Dadson - Visible Heavens - 1850-2008
2008
English edition
JRP|Editions - Artists' books & editions
Artist book.
Jeanne Faust - Outlandos
2008
trilingual edition (English / German / Italian)
JRP|Editions - Artists' books & editions
Comprehensive monograph to enter a complex photographic and cinematographic work on visual memory.
Vidya Gastaldon - Call It What You Like
2008
bilingual edition (English / French)
JRP|Editions - Artists' books & editions
32.00 17.00 €
Artist's book (new drawings): an invitation on a journey into Vidya Gastaldon's psychedelic universe.
Hanspeter Hofmann - Bonheur automatique II
2008
trilingual edition (English / German / French)
JRP|Editions - Artists' books & editions
19.00 10.00 €
Artist's book: experiment with graphics, painting, performance, and installation.
Aglaia Konrad - Desert Cities
2008
English edition
JRP|Editions - Artists' books & editions
Architectual development in desert landscapes.
Zilla Leutenegger - Zilla and the 7th Room
2008
bilingual edition (English / German)
JRP|Editions - Artists' books & editions
Personal narration, drawings, and installations in a grown-up children's book.
Jonathan Monk - Complete Ilford Works
2008
English edition
JRP|Editions - Artists' books & editions
Conceptual artist's book in cardboard box (limited edition).
Fabrice Gygi - Gygi & Gas - Thirty-one Years of Exchange
2008
French edition
JRP|Editions - Artists' books & editions
15.00 8.00 €
A new monograph on the Swiss artist's work, athering several new essays as well as many examples of the recent Gygi's prints, and a series of photographs by Olivier Pasqual.
Kateřina Šedá - For Every Dog a Different Master
2008
English edition
JRP|Editions - Tranzit
Artist's book based on Sedá's work for Documenta 12.
David Chieppo - An old dirt trail, a dead oak tree, a big rock on a hill
2008
bilingual edition (English / German)
Nieves
(last copies available!)
80 drawings of the Manor Art Prize laureate 2008.
 Chris Johanson & Jo Jackson - Peaceable Kingdom
2008
no text
Nieves
The first book of collaborative work by the two American artists, partners in life and art.
Taylor McKimens - This Kind of Livin\'
2008
no text
Nieves
New drawings.
Nicola Pecoraro - Bad Couples
2008
no text
Nieves
A series of expressionistic heads and faces with a couple of abstracts drawings rendered with marker pen.
Jean Otth - … autour du Concile de Nicée (DVD)
2008
bilingual edition (English / French)
Anarchive
All at once an original creation, as well as a database of the whole work of one of the pioneers of video art in Switzerland (DVD + DVD-ROM: 88 videos, 930 images, 57 texts).
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