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Benjamin Seror -
2017
bilingual edition (English / French)
Captures - Digressions (interviews)
A conversation with French performer Benjamin Seror with Keren Detton, Julie Pellegrin and Eva Wittocx. Together they look at Seror's recent projects and influences, and discuss the notions at the core of his practice (inaugural title of the “Digressions” series initiated by La Ferme du Buisson in collaboration with Captures editions).
Émilie Parendeau - Ça m\'inquiète toujours ces sirènes
2017
no text
Boabooks
For her show at Mamco, the French artist borrowed from the museum collections to reinterpret a series of artworks by Imi Knoebel, Steven Parrino, Frank Stella, John M. Armleder, Luciano Fabro, Robert Filliou, and Christian Robert-Tissot. Both a catalogue and an artist's book, this publication replays the exhibition much like a snapshot collection.
Jean-Michel Wicker - #picturebook1
2017
texts in English and French
CEC (Centre d'édition contemporaine)
This artist's book is characteristic of Jean-Michel Wicker's work with typography and graphic design. It features a series of graphic works, a “tree of life” produced in collaboration with Marlie Mul, a text by Harry Burke, and a recipe for Alsatian plum pie by Charlotte Wicker. The publication's inserts reproduce collages and paintings by Wicker.
Mari Linnman - À Distances - Œuvrer dans les espaces publics
2017
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Publication documenting an interactive installation by Samuel Bianchini commissioned by the Maison du geste et de l'image in Paris as part of the “New Patrons” program.
Déborah Laks - Des déchets pour mémoire - L\'utilisation de matériaux de récupération par les nouveaux réalistes (1955-1975)
2017
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Œuvres en sociétés
This study addresses the scope of the use of found objects and garbage by the Nouveaux Réalistes in the 1960s.
Valérie Mréjen - Images en quête d\'histoires
2017
French edition
Le Plateau / Frac Île-de-France
currently out of stock
A collection of 37 postcards based on family pictures gathered by the participants of a collective workshop held by the artist and writer Valérie Mréjen. The postcards tell two fictitious family stories, which the reader can freely rearrange to create his own narrative.
Roland Topor - Un monsieur tout esquinté
2017
French edition
United Dead Artists
The new edition of a 1972 publication gathering a series of drawings and texts by Roland Topor in collaboration with his five-year-old son Nicolas.
Élisabeth Lebovici - Ce que le sida m\'a fait - Art et activisme à la fin du XXe siècle
2017
French edition
JRP|Editions - Lectures Maison Rouge
A both intimate and political account of the links between artistic practices and activism during the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s in France and the United States—featuring monographic texts, interviews, and thematic essays.
Claire Dantzer - Morceaux choisis
2017
bilingual edition (English / French)
various
12.00 5.00 €
First monograph by French artist Claire Dantzer, featuring a selection of works from 2005 to present, and an introductory text by Jean-Christophe Arcos. The publication highlights the cross-disciplinary artist's main interests, including subjectsrelated to body and food, as well as literature and children's tales.
Julien Perez - Un album de collection (vinyl LP)
2017
Le Plateau / Frac Île-de-France
11 pop songs inspired by artworks from the Frac Île-de-France's collection.
Félicia Atkinson - Hand In Hand (CD)
2017
Shelter Press - Records
Atkinson's most ambitious musical work to date, Hand In Hand combines 80's sci-fi anxious aethetics with today's transparency of digital sounds. Placing the voice at the epicenter of the recording, the French artist and musician convokes fiction, composition and abstraction in the manner of Joan La Barbara, Robert Ashley, or Delia Derbyshire.
Théâtre des expositions #7 - Dans un espace et un temps sans titre / In uno spazio e in un tempo senza titolo
2017
bilingual edition (French / Italian)
Nero
This catalogue presents the projects of artists, designers, writers, directors, musicians, performers, philosophers and researchers in residence at theVilla Medici – French Academy in Rome during the year 2015-2016.
Éric La Casa - Paris quotidien (book / CD)
2017
bilingual edition (English / French)
Swarming
For two years, Eric La Casa has been recording the urban sonic environment of Paris from the windows of his own apartment. Between a temporary inventory and a musical documentary, Paris Quotidien is the result of this long experiment. Includes a 60-page documentation booklet with photographs.
Reclaiming Art / Reshaping Democracy - The New Patrons & Participatory Art
2017
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
Drawing on examples from France and the United States, this publication offers a multidisciplinary reflection on a new type of engagement of art in democracy, renewing relationships between creation, culture and society (adaptated from a French publication on the New Patrons's activities, updated with contributions from the Anglo-American intellectual scene).
Jonas Beyer - Entre dessin et estampe - Edgar Degas et la redécouverte du monotype au XIXe siècle
2017
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Œuvres en sociétés
Edgar Degas and the rediscovery of monotyping in the 19th century.
Yvan Salomone - Evaporation - 2006-2017
2017
French edition
MAMCO - Monographs
New monograph: a collection of 352 watercolors made since 2006 by the painter on the theme of industrial landscapes.
Martial Raysse - Sera montrée une suite de dessins, études et modellos, issus d\'une pratique peu usitée de nos jours, mais qui n\'a rien perdu de son charme, ni de sa pertinence
2017
bilingual edition (English / French)
Mennour
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.
Xavier Antin - When ‘I\' met ‘K\'
2017
English edition
Shelter Press - Books
Fanzine-like artist's book gathering historical anecdotes on modern print culture.
Xavier Antin - News from Nowhere
2017
bilingual edition (English / French)
Galerie Crèvecœur
This catalogue documents two exhibitions by Xavier Antin inspired by William Morris' anticipation novel News from Nowhere. The French artist draws from the thinking of The Arts & Crafts movement's inspirer to provide a reflection on the mutations of craftsmanship and design.
Carole Boulbès - Relâche - Dernier coup d\'éclat des Ballets suédois
2017
French edition
Les presses du réel – Dance & Performing Arts –
This historical essay assesses the impact of Dadaist ballet Relâches on the French artistic community by restoring the historical context that has transformed the collaboration of Picabia, Satie and Börlin into a unique event in the history of dance and performance.
Philippe Cazal - Retour en avant
2017
French edition
Incertain Sens - Artist's books and editions
Eight slogans from the May 68 events in France, in duplex printing (artist's book).
Stéphane Le Mercier - Quatre motifs pour coudières et genouillères
2017
no text
Incertain Sens - Artist's books and editions
A series of four geometrical and minimalist patterns drawn in red, blue, and black, inspired by a cognitive ability test, a quote from Guy Debord and the publications of Fluxus artist Emmett Williams. This artist's book is printed on light paper sheets so the patterns can be traced and used as a decoration for elbow pads and knee pads.
Bruno Botella - Qotrob
2017
French edition
CAN (Centre d'Art Neuchâtel)
Hallucinogenetic experiments and Persan lycanthropy.
 Alexandre & Florentine Lamarche-Ovize - Inventaire
2017
bilingual edition (English / French)
The Drawer - Books
Monograph gathering most of the artists's recent works—ceramic and faience sculptures, watercolors and gouaches, drawings, collages, and installations—divided into three thematic chapters. The publication includes an interview of several voices (with special guest Mathieu Mercier), and a text by Annabela Tournon.
Jérôme Bertin - Goulag sous les étoiles
2017
French edition
Al Dante - Poetry & Literature
The daily routine of a dropout in the city of Marseille.
Jean-Philippe Cazier - L\'la phrase. L\'
2017
French edition
Al Dante - Poetry & Literature
A poetic and philosophical text investigating the use of the sentence.
Olivier Peyricot - Domestique adoré, DA – Design, expérimentations, textes, 1997-2017
2017
French edition
it: editions
A collection of texts by artist and designer Olivier Peyricot, documenting his research and experiments since 1997. For twenty years, Peyricot has been questioning the political and social dimensions of design.The publication also features a rich iconographic documentation.
Jean-Claude Hauc - Miscellanées casanoviennes
2017
French edition
Hippocampe - Books
A literary portrait of Giacomo Casanova.
Robert Milin - L\'art les gens l\'artiste (book / DVD)
2017
bilingual edition (English / French), DVD in original version with English subtitles
a.p.r.e.s editions - Books-DVDs
Since 1991, Robert Milin has created artworks with guests invited to participate because of a practice they adopted in their daily life—as gardeners, cyclists, inhabitants of a village… In 2015, he decided to meet again with these people to give them the floor about this experience. The booklet features an interview with Robert & Delphine Milin and a chronology of the artist's works.
Cindy Coutant - De la prise de parole sensible à la stratégie de communication médiatique en situation de crise
2017
French edition
Confort Moderne
Halfway between the catalogue and the artist's book, this publication introduces the work of Cindy Coutant. The French artist focuses on issues involving poetics and semantics, in connection with the new technologies and the Internet imagery.
Olivier Zahm - Une avant-garde sans avant-garde - Essai sur l\'art
2017
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
JRP|Editions
The avant-garde of the 1990s.
 Information Fiction Publicité (IFP) -
2017
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Perrotin
First retrospective monograph dedicated to the “agency” created in 1984 by Jean-François Brun, Dominique Pasqualini and Philippe Thomas: an immersion into the collective's history through numerous press archives and exhibition views. The publication also includes an unpublished interview with Brun and Pasqualini, and a glossary.
 Lilas - Marques
2017
no text
United Dead Artists
Bad dreams and ancestral fears play the leading roles in this first monograph rooted in darkness.
 Élise Florenty & Marcel Türkowsky - One head too many / Une tête en trop / Ein Kopf zu viel
2017
trilingual edition (English / German / French)
Bom Dia Boa Tarde Boa Noite
Trilingual monograph investigating five film-projects by the French-German duo. The publication features a series of essays and a high-quality photographic documentation.
Niek Van de Steeg - The House of the Raw Matter
2017
bilingual edition (English / French)
Captures - Artist's books
Four portraits depicted with four raw matters: the regular and expanded edition of a limited edition artist's book originally published in 2012.
 Claude Queyrel & Pascale Stauth - Les Fantômes de la Crique
2017
French edition
Fondation Hartung Bergman
29.00 14.50 €
Publication introducing the synthesis of a project inspired by the artistic and intimate experience of Hans Hartung and Anna-Eva Bergman on the island of Menorca, where they built a house-workshop and lived in from 1932 to 1934.
Julien Brunet - A l\'aveugle
2017
no text
United Dead Artists
French illustrator Julien Brunet adopts the chiaroscuro style and the pointillist technique to create lascivious nudes of monstrous figures, evolving in a background of floral and organic patterns. His first monograph gathers a series of 36 ink drawings produced between 2010 and 2016.
Michel Butor - L\'univers géopoétique (+ DVD)
2017
bilingual edition (French / Italian)
Viaindustriae
This publication is the result of a series of meetings and interviews with Michel Butor in Italy, between 2012 and 2016. It also features texts by Mireille Calle-Gruber, Paolo Fabbri, and Butor himself, as well as six unreleased photographs from 1952 to 1958, documenting the French author's travels in Italy. The accompanying DVD À propos de. Entre littérature et art, le paysage véritable is a video-essay by Isabella Bordoni, and one of Butor's final appearance.
Dorian Gaudin -
2017
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Palais de Tokyo (Paris)
Palais de Tokyo - Monographs (coedition Les presses du réel)
First monograph.
Abraham Poincheval -
2017
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Palais de Tokyo (Paris)
Palais de Tokyo - Monographs (coedition Les presses du réel)
First monograph.
Luc Ferrari - Musiques dans les spasmes - Ecrits (1951-2005)
2017
French edition
Les presses du réel – Music & Sound Arts – Misceallenous
Luc Ferrari's writings, most of them previously unpublished.
Claude Lévêque - Parler à un mouton
2017
French edition
Jannink - L'art en écrit
A collection of previously unpublished texts and drawings (artist's book).
Pascal Pinaud - Magnetic Abstraction
2017
bilingual edition (English / French)
Frac Bretagne
Gathering Pascal Pinaud's most recent works, this monograph features numerous exhibition views highlighting the artist's scenographic qualities and his relationship with design, furnishing and architecture. This edition includes two essays and a long interview.
Claude Lévêque - Parler à un mouton - Limited edition
2017
French edition
Jannink - L'art en écrit
A collection of previously unpublished texts and drawings, with an original artwork signed by the artist (artist's book).
Daniel Buren - Works & Process - Volume 2 (2 DVD)
2017
French edition (English subtitles)
a.p.r.e.s editions - Works & Process (DVD)
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.
Olivier Nottellet - 1999-2017 (2 vol.)
2017
bilingual edition (English / French, text in Spanish)
various
Two-volume monograph including a retrospective publication and a sketchbook. This edition highlights Nottellet's double activity as an illustrator and an installation artist, and features four texts offering various approaches of the artist's work as well as an understanding of his evolution throughout a career that started in the 1990s.
Marc Johnson - Fecund Lacuna
2017
bilingual edition (English / French)
La Maréchalerie
This artist book is at the intersection of art, archaeology and genetics. It translates several years' research in the fields of archaeology, genomics and ethics into a publication at the interface of art and science. It consists of three essays by specialists and an interview, images from the Inrap collection and views of the artist's installation at La Maréchalerie, a contemporary art center in Versailles, France.
Ré-créations - Les « 1% artistiques » dans les collèges en Seine-Saint-Denis
2017
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
Documentation around 17 commissioned artworks set in middle schools, as part of the Percent for Art Program established in the French Department of Seine-Saint-Denis.
Petra ten-Doesschate Chu - Courbet, épistolier - 24 lettres inédites
2017
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Fama
24 unpublished letters by Gustave Courbet.
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