Contemporary art

A selection of recent writings by the art critic, galvanizing central themes Verwoert has been developing in pursuit of a language to describe art's transformative potential in conceptual, performative, and emotional terms.

First monograph on the work of the Swiss artist.

A collection of influential essays by Boris Groys.

First monograph dedicated to Franco-marocan video-artist's films (installations or movies), dealing with the notions of movement, relation and distance, on the borderline between visual arts, documentary, and cinema.

First monograph: Charline von Heyl's paintings chronologically presented, each vis-à-vis a detail view manipulated by the artist, with four texts that shed light on the evolution of her work and contextualize her practice regarding the question of the renewal of contemporary painting.

Learning to Breathe Protest / Alexandre Costanzo / Karl Holmqvist / Camille Pageard / Robert McKenzie / Gallien Déjean / Kim West / Elisabeth Lebovici / Clément Rodzielski...

Twenty-three portraits (emblematic paintings from 1959 to 2006).

10th issue, focusing on the blue hour and color (with Aki Goto, Susan Cianciolo, Bless, Laetitia Benat, Aoi Nagae, Yukinori Maeda, Akira Onozuka, Takashi Homma, Akira Minagawa, Nobuya Hitsuda, Shimabuku, Katsumi Omori, Mark Borthwick, Takehito Koganezawa).

This book brings together visual and written documentation of BLESS's last twelve collections (N° 30–N° 41), continually prompting and challenging the question of where a product begins and ends.

Complete monograph bringing the diverse aspects of Moyra Davey's work together.

Reference monograph devoted to a radical pictorial work closer to the subject that is simultaneously a reflection on the photographic practice itself: all series of photographs of objects since 1989 (guitar amps, safes, tables listing, writing desks, lithographic stones, electrical panels, canvas versos...), with two essays.

Exhaustive monograph

A photographic journey.

A performance piece about weakness and public embarrassment (edition of 30 numbered copies).

A performance piece about the Abu Ghraib tortures (edition of 30 numbered copies).

Artist's book (limited edition).

150 black-and-white photographs from the New York studio of Richard Nonas taken by the artist.

A series of intimate and melancholic portraits by Raffi Kalenderian.

An exploration of the relationship between language and visual arts (works by/essays on Pierre Ardouvin, Art Keller, Julien Audebert, Gérard Collin-Thiébaut, Éric Duyckaerts, Dora García, Mark Geffriaud, Martin Le Chevallier, Claude Lévêque, François Morellet, Christian Robert-Tissot, Charles Sandison, Yann Sérandour, Lawrence Weiner).

Analysis (“A Brief History of Sound Art” by Rahma Khazam; “Sound Art, a Fortified Art” by Bastien Gallet; “Notes on Steve Reich's Pendulum Music” by Christophe Gallois; “A Formless Form” by Mathieu Copeland; “Sound in Artist's Films” by Alexandre Castant, etc.) / “focus” on Philippe Decrauzat's Leslie, by Matthieu Poirier, monographs (Laurent Montaron, Su-Mei Tse, Georgina Starr, Joachim Schmid) / interviews (Sébastien Faucon, Kerwin Rolland) / artist's interventions (Nicolas Fenouillat, Dominique Petitgand, Jérôme Poret, Samon Takahashi)...

The chronological compilation of Yona Friedman's plans, sketches, drawings, models, collages, installations, etc., since 1945: a monumental publication which offers a complete overview of the work of one of the greatest artists-architects and urbanist theoreticians today, in its many dimensions (urban, economic, ecological, cultural, social and political).

A set of 83 previously unpublished historical works from the 60's (artist's books with collages, drawings, watercolors and paintings), with an essay by Pierre Péju: early works that, under a minimalist and fragile appearance, announce most of the major themes developed in Kiefer's later grandiose oeuvre.

First monograph, including an essay by Michael Newman as well as Price's own critical take on his practice.

The societal efficacy of art.

First monograph devoted to the visual work of the New York alternative art scene mythical figure, a pioneer of minimalist electronic rock as the co-founder of the cult band Suicide.

First monograph devoted to the visual work of the New York alternative art scene mythical figure.

Reference monograph.

A visual narrative based on a series of randomly selected photographs from National Geographic issues: a “dream generator” taking visual motifs from a version of the real world and pushing them into the realm of the subconscious.

The new Cosmic Wonder issue is devoted to an ecological clothing line, photographed by artist Laetitia Benat.

The catalogue raisonné of Marcia Hafif's works during the Italian period, with about 500 paintings and drawings from the 70's, with a long interview and an essay by Eric de Chassey: an indispensable tool for anyone who, today, wishes to understand the evolution of occidental abstraction, through this woman painter figure, emblematic of the era's mutations.

Swiss lines (available in English edition).

The art of storytelling.

13 drawings by American artist.

Theoretical and artistic reflections on the history and contemporary relevance of animism.

Remastered recordings of the first performance of Nitsch's 8th Symphony (for Choir, Orchestra, and Noise Orchestra).

Reference retrospective monograph: a complete overview of Lynda Benglis' work and life from the late 1960s to the present day, with more than 350 illustrations, about 20 historical or commissioned essays, an interview, famous and unseen archival material, and a complete chronology.

Criminal news item as current version of the ready-made: relations between the history of avant-gardes and the aesthetics of murder.

An artist's book in which Falke Pisano demonstrates her ability to reconcile form and knowledge, both visual and textual.

Denis Oppenheim, Silvia Bächli,art & architectute (Rafael Magrou, Yves Belorgey, David Maljkovic, Pablo Bronstein), Benjamin Hochart, Joana Neves, José Guadalupe Posada, Jim Shaw, Pline l'Ancien, Blandine Bussery, Richard Fauguet, Frances Stark, Julien Tiberi, Aurélie Salavert, artistic contributions (Jim Shaw, Olivier Leroi, Félicia Atkinson, Benjamin Hochart, Xavier Noiret-Thomé & Bruno di Rosa, Rouge Gorge)...

An exploration of the artist's use of language and images as a means of representation that further the reach of the real (first of a series engaging with publications as a primary medium of practice, enabling artists to explore the inherent constraints and possibilities of the printed document.

Towards the art world's inner contradictions between symbolic meaning and monetary value.

Monograph.

The method and genesis of Pierre Molinier's oeuvre (available in English edition).

Interviews with 51 international gallerists.

A retrospective.

A retrospective.

A sourcebook on serial publications.

A journey to Azerbaijan documented in 176 drawings.