New Realism

The first examination of the practices of two French artists who were key exponents of the Nouveau Réalisme movement, highlighting two opposing and complementary aspects of their poetics.

Catalog conceived as a tribute to Jacques Villeglé's insatiable curiosity, exploring his relationship with the world of entertainment (cinema, dance, theater and music) from the 1950s to the end of his career, with texts by Julie Chaizemartin, Emma Lavigne, and Jeff Mills.

This monographic essay explores Iris Clert, an unclassifiable and emblematic figure of the 1960s artistic avant-garde.

A complete light on the unpublished work given by Jean-Pierre Raynaud to Ukraine, a modern version of Picasso's Guernica, a universal symbol of the denunciation by art of the horrors of war, whose exact monumental dimensions the French conceptual artist now takes up in order to realize, almost a century later, the counterpart according to his own aesthetic codes.

Catalogue devoted to Niki de Saint Phalle's Tableaux éclatés (Burst paintings), a vast series of paintings composed of cut-out shapes set in motion by motorized devices as spectators pass by, created as an homage to Jean Tinguely (the book's pop-up cover allows to recompose the pattern of a painting using pull tabs!).

Yves Klein may be one of the first European artists to have taken an explicit interest in Aboriginal visual art. This catalog offers a poetic and completely new approach to his work, placed in perspective with the works of twelve Aboriginal artists.

Designed in the form of a "women's magazine", this catalogue is devoted to the representation of the female body in the innovative, feminist and avant-garde work of Niki de Saint Phalle.

A collection of works, documents, testimonies, recollections and analyses that offers an exceptional overview of the history and life of the New Realist group.

An extensive overview of Olivier Mosset's six-decade painting practice.

An extensive overview of Olivier Mosset's six-decade painting practice.

Olivier Mosset's reference monograph offers a complete panorama of the work of one of the central figures in post-war abstract painting, and a pivotal reference for generations of European and American painters, covering six decades of practice, from the first experiments to the monumental recent works.

The singer Christophe puts to music Olivier Mosset's interviews.

Mario Schifano's road trip in the United States.

Wheels gives a special overview of Olivier Mosset's career through the prism of his fascination for motorcycle and motor vehicles and their influence on his artistic practice.

The first study dedicated to Fabio Mauri's performative work.

Celebrating the 100th title in the “L'art en écrit” series, this leporello by Daniel Spoerri plays on the homonyms of the word “cent,” as a tribute to Marx Ernst.

Celebrating the 100th title in the “L'art en écrit” series, Daniel Spoerri plays on the homonyms of the word “cent,” as a tribute to Marx Ernst. Published as a leporello, this artist's book features an original artwork signed by the artist.

Collection of handwritten sentences revealing a lesser-known side of Jean-Pierre Raynaud's personality and of his relationship to art.

Collection of handwritten sentences revealing a lesser-known side of Jean-Pierre Raynaud's personality and of his relationship to art, with an original collage signed by the artist.

This study addresses the scope of the use of found objects and garbage by the Nouveaux Réalistes in the 1960s.

The hundred or so drawings gathered in this monograph provide an intimate glance into the work of Martial Raysse, making available for the general public a body of work that has been little known until now. With an introduction by Anaël Pigeat.

Martial Raysse's reference monograph: a comprehensive, luxurious and lavishly illustrated publication recounting Raysse's multiple pictorial metamorphosis since 1957.

Martial Raysse's reference monograph, with an original lithograph, numbered and signed.

This book discusses preservation and outcomes of design-related objects in artistic collections taking the example of Dieter Roth's works inside the Frac Bretagne's collection.

This catalogue, based on works and publications in the Serralves Collection, reconstitutes the trajectory of the KWY group and its members—from Lisbon to Paris, to Munich—, their collaborations with other artists and publications and their links to international avant-garde movements.

Thirteen sonnets written by the artist between 1974 and 2013.

Martial Raysse and cinema.

Reprint of Dieter Roth's artist's book published in 1968 in Stuttgart by Hansjörg Mayer.

Dedicated to the complex, proliferative and innovative work of a major figure in the art of the second half of the XXth century, this comprehensive monograph highlights Dieter Roth's creative processes and the way he pushes them to the limit.

Artist's book conceived as a family album with prints of drop shadows, produced by Lourdes Castro in 1972. The second edition features 17 plates of silksreen prints, collages, and photographs, numbered and signed.

The lecture given by the artist in 1984 at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.

French edition (available in English).

Artist's book (26 photographs).

Artist's book (22 photographs).

Artist's book (26 photographs).

Special offer for the purchase of the four Raymond Hains' artist's books published by agnès b.

The Nouveau Réalisme between Paris and West Germany in the 1960's.

A conversation between the historian and the artist.

An ironic, historic and personal assessment of the transformations of art in the years 1950-1960 by one member of the New realists: the story of collage, the return of dada, an evocation of Léo Malet, the work with Raymond Hains...

260 drawings from the famous "Copy Books" group of works.

Pavlos comes back on its arrival to Paris in the 50's, on his meeting with Pierre Restany and the Nouveaux Réalistes...

Pavlos comes back on its arrival to Paris in the 50's, on his meeting with Pierre Restany and the Nouveaux Réalistes...

Photographies and texts by New Realist artist.

Artist's book (photographs taken on the road).

An unknown, rarely published writer who nevertheless sent shock waves into the 60s and 80s by constructing a text worthy of a great rhetoretician on the game of alliteration.

An essay on conceptual art.

Artist's book.

Unpublished text, original accumulation signed, unique.