Art & humor / derision

 
 
Mustapha Benfodil - Archéologie du chaos [amoureux]
2012
French edition
Al Dante - Poetry & Literature
This novel portrays the current evils of the Algerian society with provocative and transgressive humor.
Soldes
2012
texts in English and French
Soldes Almanac
Bernard Stiegler, Paul Jorion, “food” special feature, Eliane Montane's amorous cannibalism, entomophagy, the botanist Tran Ninh, Kimio Itozaki's photographs, Panafricanism, Tidiane N'Diaye, Nov'Folk Music, Olivier Schrauwen's Fanthesizer...
 Les Frères Chapuisat -
2012
bilingual edition (English / French)
CCS (Centre culturel suisse Paris)
38.00 19.00 €
Installations 2003-2011.
 Moolinex - Sergent coloriage
2012
no text
United Dead Artists
Big size coloring book for adults.
Vladimir Havlík - Actions and interventions 1978-1988
2012
English edition
Sputnik
This artist's book takes a look back at ten years of works by Czech performer Vladimir Havlík and offers a powerful reflection on the influence of formats in our reception of photographic images.
Marco Raparelli - Permafrost
2012
English edition
Cura. - Cura.books
Artist's book: about 180 plates, portrays a collectivity, gathered in its different human manifestations, in the infinite variety of the characters and typologies that only apparently seem fantastical characters.
Sean Landers - 1990-1995, Improbable History
2011
English edition
JRP|Editions
Landers' early oeuvre.
Maurizio Cattelan - Le Dictateur - Solid Sweat – Cattelan / Ferrari / Pepe / Presicce / Vascellari
2011
no text
Le Dictateur Press - Artists' books & editions / catalogues
Special issue: five new projects by Maurizio Cattelan, Pierpaolo Ferrari, Federico Pepe, Luigi Presicce, and Nico Vascellari (limited edition).
Beni Bischof - Cillit Bang, Dash, Omo and Friends
2011
no text
Nieves
100 b/w drawings.
David Teboul - Boris Mikhailov - J\'ai déjà été ici un jour
2011
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
A portrait of the great Ukrainian photographer based on a film on Boris Mikhailov by David Teboul.
Alex Bag -
2011
bilingual edition (English / German)
JRP|Editions - Monographs
First monograph.
AA Bronson - Queer Spirits
2011
English edition
JRP|Editions - Artists' books & editions
Artists' book.
Yann Toma -
2011
trilingual edition (English / German / French)
Jannink - Wide Open
Reference monograph: an overview of the unclassifiable work of an entrepreneurial artist who, by appropriating the symbolic network of a former electric power company, turned it into his research territory and the very matter of his activity, through twenty texts and interviews and some 700 photographs and illustrations.
 Présence Panchounette -
2011
bilingual edition (English / French)
CAPC
First major monograph dedicated to the French collective.
Alain Séchas - Journal-poster - Limited edition
2011
French edition
Jannink - 127 Series
Limited edition in a boxed set with the original photo print.
Alain Séchas - Journal-poster
2011
French edition
Jannink - 127 Series
A set of photographs and texts / a large original photograph.
Pierre Ardouvin - Eschatologic Park
2011
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Reference monograph / catalogue raisonné of 650 both playful and disturbing works, between melancholy, humor and poetry.
Pierre Ardouvin - Eschatologic Park
2011
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Reference monograph / catalogue raisonné (available in English edition).
 Lutz & Guggisberg - Loch im Spiegel
2011
no text
Edition Patrick Frey
Artist's book.
Roland Topor - ReBonjour
2011
no text
United Dead Artists
Produced during the 1970's & 1980's, this series of linocuts by Roland Topor consists on a variation on sex and death. The hardness of the line gives the illustrations an apparent solemnity softened by their amusing titles.
Stefan Marx - I guess I shouldn\'t be telling you
2010
English edition
JRP|Editions - Artists' books & editions
Artist's book: the first overview of Stefan Marx' practice.
Olaf Breuning - Queen Mary II
2010
English edition
JRP|Editions - Artists' books & editions
20.00 12.00 €
Artists' book with new drawings.
Marnie Weber -
2010
bilingual edition (English / French)
Le Magasin
First monograph on Californian artist / musician's surreal-oriented universe (collages, sculptures, costumes, performances, music, films and videos), with essays by Doug Harvey, Stéphanie Moisdon and a conversation between the artist and Mike Kelley.
Scott King - Art Works
2010
English edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
Comprehensive monograph dedicated to the many hats of Scott King, between art and design, with an text by Jon Savage and an interview.
Roven - Fall-Winter 2010-2011
2010
French edition
Roven
Roven - Roven magazine
Mapping and drawing, William Kentridge, drawing out of control, Matthieu Cossé, Louise Grislain, André Rouveyre, Charles Le Brun, André Raffray, Adrien Gerenton, Dominique Charnay's cartoons collection, Jochen Gerner, Roxane Borujerdi, Nick Devereux, Diana Cooper, Mark Dion ; artistic contributions by Wolfgang Laib, Matthieu Cossé, Paul van der Eerden, Caroline Jörg, João Vilhena, Sarah Tritz & Anne Kawala...
Éric Tabuchi - HYPER TROPHY - Limited edition (2 box sets)
2010
French edition
Florence Loewy
(last copies available!)
Limited edition, with 6 inserted original photo prints, numbered and signed by the artist.
Éric Tabuchi - HYPER TROPHY - Box set 2 (TROPHY)
2010
Florence Loewy
One of the two box sets of the HYPER TROPHY project.
Myriam Boisaubert - Les mordicantes - 26 recettes qui plairont à tout le monde
2010
French edition
Al Dante - Poetry & Literature
(last copies available!)
An iconoclastic recipe book combining body and mind, savagery and eroticism, pleasure of the senses and black humor. With an afterword by Rudy Ricciotti.
Black Sphinx: On the Comedic in Modern Art - SoCCAS Symposium Vol. IV
2010
English edition
JRP|Editions - Anthologies & Art Theory
12 essays about the comedic in art.
 Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla -
2010
English edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
Reference monograph, conceived in close collaboration with the artists.
Soldes
2010
French edition
Soldes Almanac
The almanach's first issue features: a special segment on Congo's 50th anniversary of independence (interview with Vincent Kenis by Jean-Louis Sbille, Congolese punk and hybrid music, choreographer Faustin Linyekula, photographic essay by Beata Szparagowska, a Kisangani chronicle by Virginie Dupray), Captain Beefheart, Jean-Pierre Verheggen's poetry, Aleister Crowley: a graphic invocation, Laure Prouvost, Edouard Glissant, interviews with Daniel Innerarity, Majid Rahnema...
Owen Land - Dialogues - A film by Owen Land
2010
bilingual edition (English / German)
Paraguay Press
A book based on American experimental filmmaker Owen Land's last movie.
Justin Lieberman -
2009
English edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
First monograph.
Jakub Julian Ziółkowski -
2009
English edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
First monograph.
Jakub Julian Ziółkowski -
2009
French edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
First monograph (available in English edition).
 Claudia & Julia Müller - Habitus vs. Habitat - Primaten
2009
German edition
JRP|Editions - Artists' books & editions
Artist's book.
Yann Toma - Journal-poster
2009
bilingual edition (English / French)
Jannink - 127 Series
A set of photographs and texts / a large original photograph.
Éric Tabuchi - Alphabet Truck - vol.2
2009
no text
Florence Loewy
currently out of stock
26 trailer trucks on empty highways, each bearing one letter of the alphabet.
Olivier Babin - Rock Crystal Dust
2009
no text
M19 - I.S. (Inventaire Supplémentaire)
19.00 10.00 €
Artist's book (a series of photos from the Drug Enforcement Administration).
Jonathan Monk - Deflation
2009
no text
M19 - I.S. (Inventaire Supplémentaire)
19.00 10.00 €
Artist's book (flip-book).
Mike Bouchet - Selected Works 1989-2008
2009
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
First monograph on American artist Mike Bouchet: an overview of selected works from the last ten years.
Making a Scene / Fare una scenata
2009
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Sternberg Press - Catalogues
15.00 8.00 €
“Fare una scenata” was the first group show at Fondazione Morra Greco in Naples. It featured the work of nine international artists who are either commissioned new work, or asked to adapt existing work specifically to the picture-gallery and basement spaces of this newly established foundation located in an old palazzo in the heart of Naples.
Jan Vos - It\'s  not always bright and healthy homes
2009
bilingual edition (English / Dutch)
Jannink - Wide Open
First publication dedicated to Dutch artist (artist's book).
Yann Toma - Journal-poster - Limited edition
2009
bilingual edition (English / French)
Jannink - 127 Series
Limited edition in a boxed set with the original photo print.
Ernest T. - La vie d\'artiste
2009
French edition
Cneai
In La vie d'artiste, the reading of photo-stories is altered by the addition of a contrasting narration about contemporary art so that each phrase becomes an absurd, humorous slogan.
Bertrand Lavier - Roma
2009
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
New monograph, conceived in close collaboration with Bertrand Lavier, with the most recent works (ceramics, ethnic scultpures) in front of some more ancient pieces.
Bertrand Lavier - Roma
2009
bilingual edition (French / Italian)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
New monograph, conceived in close collaboration with Bertrand Lavier, with the most recent works (ceramics, ethnic scultpures) in front of some more ancient pieces (also available in bilingual English / French edition).
Sean Landers -
2008
bilingual edition (English / German)
JRP|Editions - Monographs
currently out of stock
An overview of Landers' oeuvre including text and cartoon works on paper, paintings, sculptures, and video and audio works from 1992 to the present (new and revised edition).
 General Idea - FILE Megazine (boxset)
2008
English edition
JRP|Editions - Artists' books & editions
Six-volume reprint of the "FILE Megazine" issues.
 Peter Fischli & David Weiss - Sonne, Mond und Sterne
2008
no text
JRP|Editions - Artists' books & editions
Artist's book: a collection of advertisement photos, slogans and messages that constitute our contemporary media landscape.
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