Kinetic Art / Cybernetic Art / Op Art

An autobiographical account and uncompromising meditation on the meaning of design, in the voice of the man who represented the ethical and political conscience of the discipline in the second half of the 20th century.

A book based on Conrad Shawcross's largest UK exhibition to date and four interdisciplinary conferences, between sculpture, mathematics, quantum physics and philosophy.

The catalogue of the Japanese Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, 2024.

A musical version of legendary Italian designer and artist Enzo Mari's rare book The Function of Esthetic Research (1970), singed by a computer-aided software.

This artist's book explores the diverse reference system of forms and materials, plants, animals and other subjects out of which Claudia Comte develops her biomorphic sculptures.

Claudia Comte's "autobiography" (artist's book).

New monograph, centered around a temporary work in situ by Daniel Buren, allowing to further explore the close relationship that the artist weaves with architecture, landscape but also points of view.

A large series of essays, written by people from around the world who have contributed to the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation's work, revealing how the non-profit organization has carried on the Albers' legacy over the years. The heart of the book, lavishly illustrated, is devoted to the Foundation's many donations to international museums, including rarely shown works of art.

First retrospective monograph.

Unpublished photographs taken by Josef Albers during his travels to Mexico with Anni in the 1930s and 50s.

Set alongside guest contributions, this catalogue offers, from the works of the two Dutch artists Nicky Assmann and Jan Robert Leegte, a fresh take on the fundamental concept of nature, in an age when science and technology are capable of replicating its phenomena.

The expanded anastatic reprint of the Italian designer's sulphurous catalog of 1973.

Exhibition catalogue.

Julio Le Parc and the practices generated by digital creation.

This catalogue documents Claudia Comte's project for the 2016 edition of the Printemps de september, based on a selection of 600 parts from the aeronautics industry.

An expanded reflection around the optical principles, the light and the visual perception that constitute the main axes of Flavien Théry's artistic research.

A previously unheard masterpiece of Israeli multimedia artist Ami Shavit, inspired by the Yom Kippur war, in Sub Rosa's Early Electronic Music series.

A self-portrait (a collection of Robert Breer's interviews, correspondence and statements over fifty years).

A self-portrait (a collection of Robert Breer's interviews, correspondence and statements over fifty years).

Since 2012, Mathieu Copeland et Philippe Decrauzat produce videos stemming from “a desire to film sound, record places, and dive into the process of a material construction and destruction.” This publication—between artist's book and critical essay—considers all films produced until then by the art critic and the artist, and offers a basis for reflexion and work for those to come.

Published in conjunction with the eponymous exhibition at the Galerie Perrotin in Paris, this monograph features historical works by Julio Le Parc, as well as his most recent paintings, showing an undeniable interest in the study of light and movement. The publication also contains a text by Hans Ulrich Obrist, an interview by Jerôme Sans and a chronology written by the artist.

First survey monograph: hovering between painting, sculpture, and installation, Comte's works are based on references to popular culture—including cartoons as well as vernacular handicrafts—nature, heraldic symbols, and art historical movements (Op art, Pop art, Neo-Geo, Concrete art).

A complement to the project presented by the Vancouver-based artist at the Canadian pavilion for the 2017 Venice Bienniale, this publication includes over two hundred drawings by Farmer, at once perfectly readable and traumatic, and a glossary compiled by curator Kitty Scott.

This large-format artist's book (40 x 40 cm open) brings together graphic works by Claudia Comte. Mathematically structured like a Cartesian coordinate system, the publication folds and unfolds so that it can be read in four different ways. The book becomes a geometric play space in which to discover the many facets of Comte's visual identity.

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.

Second DVD in the “Works & Process” series to be dedicated to Daniel Buren's work, this new collection of films offers various documentary approaches of this major artist's work in a 3-hour program.

A journey through the visual universe of Fabian Marti, whose mystical photograms celebrate the alteration of consciousness through substances and shapes.

First monograph.

Between 1946 and 1953, the Macy Conferences brought together a diverse and interdisciplinary community of researchers who together developed the basics of the new science of cybernetics. This publication contains the complete transcription and protocols of all contributions of one of the most important event in the contemporary history of science.

The journal/catalogue conceived by Daniel Buren for his retrospective at BOZAR.

Monograph / catalogue dedicated to the work of kinetic artist and co-founder of Gruppo T Grazia Varisco.

A documentation on the development and reception of Daniel Buren's monumental in situ work in the gardens of the Sacred Heart Church of Casablanca.

A retrospective retracing in pictures fifty years of creation.

The 3 volumes of the Vasarelyptiques: the ultimate original portfolios conceived by Vasarely himself—some high quality prints made between 1971 and 1977—and a set of original documents (1954-2013), gathered in an exclusive and ultra-luxurious box, with an additional book containing translations into four languages.

The design, construction and reception of all interventions by Daniel Buren in the public space of the city of Istres in 2013.

New monograph.

New monograph.

The ultimate original portfolios conceived by Vasarely himself—some high quality prints made in 1975—and a set of original documents (1963-1975), gathered in an exclusive and luxurious box whose design falls within the vein of the artist's work.

The ultimate original portfolios conceived by Vasarely himself—some high quality prints made in 1971—and a set of original documents (1954-1968), gathered in an exclusive and luxurious box whose design falls within the vein of the artist's work.

The ultimate original portfolios conceived by Vasarely himself—some high quality prints made in 1977—and a set of original documents (1954-2013), gathered in an exclusive and luxurious box whose design falls within the vein of the artist's work.

Julio Le Parc scratches the various actors of the art world.

An animated film by Robert Breer.

Julio Le Parc scratches the various actors of the art world (book accompanied with an original artwork signed by the artist).

New expanded and subtitled edition: nearly four-hour program consisting of twelve films, five documentaries, unpublished documents as well as original video works by the artist.

Catalogue focusing on both ambiguous and explicit Morellet's relationship to Malevich's oeuvre.

An overview of Morellet oeuvre, with about 100 works organized in series and accompanied by notices, and 3 newly commissioned essays.

Designed from photographs of Decrauzat's films, this artist's book offers an experiment of retinian excitement echoing the syncopes of the reel. Each copy was bound together following a random repartition system and is therefore unique.

Catalogue.

The first monographic book of the Belgium interdisciplinary art studio for architecture and urbanism LAb[au].