Germany

Artist's book.

First anthology of Rosemary Trockel's collages, which are a key for a difracted and non-academic view on the whole work of this German artist known internationaly (German / English edition).

New York drawings.

A selection of conversations between Markus Miessen and political philosopher Chantal Mouffe.

In Hito Steyerl's writing we begin to see how, even if the hopes and desires for coherent collective political projects have been displaced onto images and screens, it is precisely here that we must look frankly at the technology that seals them in.

The Zurich works.

The art of ceramics.

The story of the legendary German club.

A collection of Hedi Slimane's photographs taken in Moscow and Berlin.

An illustrated anthology (almost all of the speeches given by the artist on the occasion of his exhibition openings over 30 years).

Artist's book (a detailed and distanced description by Peter Wächtler of his experience as an extra on Bryan Singer's film "Valkyrie").

Poems by Henri Michaux / images by Rosemarie Trockel, created exclusively for this book.

Three posters in gatefold record sleeve.

Artist's book based on a series of photos of advertising vitrines around the erotic-dance scene located in Zurich's red-light district.

An artist's book / catalogue that, rather than focusing on the famous images made by Juergen Teller for fashion and luxury industries, aims to underline the particular aesthetic dimension of his photographic work in general.

A loose-leaf artist's book working as an extension and exegesis of Bürner's film Leaves.

A limited edition containing twelve selected Bless lookbook-magazines ('SUP MAGAZINE, Capricious Magazine, mono.kultur, Paris-La, Purple Magazine, Textfield, etc.) held together by a Bless n° 43 Handle.

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.

The Nightmare of Participation calls for a format of conflictual participation—no longer a process by which others are invited “in,” but a means of acting without mandate, as uninvited irritant: a forced entry into fields of knowledge that arguably benefit from exterior thinking.

A collection of influential essays by Boris Groys.

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.

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.

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).

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.

The societal efficacy of art.

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

Monograph.

Walter Benjamin reader of Charles Fourier.

The sound of a 4.3 meters high wind chime recorded in the dome of Secession in Vienna.

A reconstruction of the book project from the artist's archives.

A selection of images from the archives of a Swiss Insurance: an intelligent and humorous insight into everyday catastrophies.

Reprint of the first book realized by Wolfgang Tillmans in 1995.

A collection of photographs found on eBay using the search terms Deko + Munition (ammunition + decor).

Drawing on fresh readings of Marxist and post-modern thought, renowned German cultural critic Diedrich Diederichsen compares the abstract and climbing values of artworks with the plunging value of music—a traditionally immaterial art—in order to formulate a broad reflection on the current “crisis of value in the arts.”

This book discusses Michael Sailstorfer's most recent work, with a special focus on issues of space and site specificity.

More than 2000 illustrations chosen from newspapers: the most complete compilation to date of Peter Piller's collection of found images.

Monograph on the berliner artist / musician (Noto / Alva Noto / Raster Noton).

A portrait of a Dutch community using photographs and images found in the regional newspaper or in the archive of local companies.

A catalogue raisonné and an artist's book realized with a specific computer program (limited edition).

Artist's book: office drawings.

Entirely conceived by the artist, this book consists of a notebook of 48 fastened pages, in a bound envelope. It contains several texts on the artist's work, accompanied with numerous illustrations. A poem is inserted between pages.

Illustrated catalogue of the exhibition Hartung in China, on the relations between calligraphy and Western painting, taking Hans Hartung's work as starting point.

The horror reader.

Stefan Marx' first major book. It contents a selection from the personal drawing diaries, combining some of the finest paper paintings and drawings with book drawings and written notes.

Small book of b/w photographs of agricultural scenes.

A fascinating collection of Stefan Marx' most renowned b&w magic characters and creatures.

This fully illustrated book features for the first time the wide range of Bless' activity and documents a unique mode of cultural production.

10 new perspectives on the artist, his oeuvre and its reception (also available in English edition).