search results for "most beautiful swiss books"
2020
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Maison ONA
A selection of pictures shot in the '70s by Luc and Brunhild Ferrari, organized by thematics, to be kept as a treasure, to display, or to send as postcards.
2020
Italian edition
Kunstverein Publishing Milano
This artist’s book gathers childhood memories, some lived experiences and personal reflections on the family histories and relations, and the ways in which they interweave with geographical locations.
2019
bilingual edition (English / French)
Kaph Books
First major retrospective monograph dedicated to the Franco-Lebanese sculptor.
2019
English edition
Kaph Books
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What is, and what was luxury? This publication celebrates a world history of the lavish and the luxurious, through 350 extraordinary objects—fashion, jewellery, art, furniture, design and more. Discover how different cultures have defined luxury and the impact of such excess on the evolution of society, as a way to undermine or underline the status quo. Consider the the prominent role of women in defining luxury and wih it, the ebb and flow between excess and moderation.
2019
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
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This catalogue embodies the entire creative career of Marisa
Merz (1926-2019), the only female artist from Arte
Povera. Commissioned texts and selection of her most iconic
works accentuate a recurrent theme in the artist's work: the exploration
of the face and the human figure.
2019
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
This publication documents a project inspired by Bradbury's Fahrenheit
451, in which performers memorize a book to form a collection of
living books to be read in libraries by visitors. The publication brings
together eighteen text contributions from artists and theoreticians, and a
visual essay.
2019
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
This catalogue stems from an eponymous project on the Israel Museum in
Jerusalem. The artist brought out an impressive photographic recension of
artifacts, revealing the forgotten stories and fascinating polyphony of
the museum's collections.
2019
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
This monographic volume dedicated to the work of Pedro Barateiro spans a
period that dates back to 2008 and features extensive visual and written
material of key projects presented in solo exhibitions, as well as other
relevant installations, videos and performances.
2019
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
A photographic archive of the transgender community in Bologna in the
1980s. With critical texts by scholars and queer
theorists.
2019
bilingual edition (English / French)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
First monograph dedicated to the radical Swedish painter,
draftsman, sculptor, and precursor of sound arts (audio CD included).
2019
bilingual edition (English / French)
Shelter Press - Books
The new book from French photographer Estelle Hanania gathers over ten years of collaboration and archives revolving around the artistic universe of Gisèle Vienne.
2019
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
The catalogue of the eponymous exhibition by Laure Prouvost at Pirelli
HangarBicocca: a multimedia project—installations, videos and projections,
sculptures and found objects—revolving around the story of Prouvost's
“grandfather”, a fictional prolific conceptual artist.
2019
bilingual edition (English / French)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
Four essays by philosopher and musicologist Peter Szendy on Anri Sala's
recent practice. Szendy emphasises the key role played by music
and sound in Sala's
sensorial installations.
2019
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
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A wide-ranging collection of texts on contemporary painting,
by one of its most finest observer today.
2019
French edition
Typologie
Typologie
The fourth issue of Typologie, a collection of design books about ordinary objects, is dedicated to the wooden crate.
2019
English edition
Typologie
Typologie
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The fourth issue of Typologie, a collection of design books about ordinary objects, is dedicated to the wooden crate.
2019
English edition
Edition Patrick Frey
A collection of photographs of children
who grew up to become famous in a variety of fields, from literature to
arts, sports, politics, and even crime. A photographic “Guess Who” of the
20th century in the making.
2019
English edition
Artforum
The best of 2019.
2019
bilingual edition (English / French)
Diaphanes
Diaphanes - Diaphanes (magazine)
Diaphanes #8/9 looks into curious loops of reproduced present, the integral of circular I-effects, the other side of the social Möbius strip.
Is the self nothing but an echo? An effect without cause? The human being a message, an autoreply in the jargon of social-memes? Who or what massages the backchannel so astoundingly self-similarly, like an invisible hand?
2019
bilingual edition (English / French)
Faire
Empire - Faire magazine – To look at things
Issues 16 to 18 of the critical review dedicated to graphic design.
2019
English edition
Edition Patrick Frey
Thomas Krempke's photographic diary.
2019
English edition
Archive Books
A textbook for the project "The Kids Want Communism,"—a clandestine and public series of events marking the century of the Bolshevik Revolution. Contributions discuss the legacies and meaning of communism today.
2019
English edition
Archive Books
What can it mean to return home? Inspired by author Georges Perec's Espèces
d'espaces and artist Hreinn Friðfinnsson's House Project,
this catalogue brings together international artists to investigate the
various facets of coming home.
2019
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Humboldt Books - Globetrotter
The first in a series of publications dedicated to the exploration of the
archives of the Italian region of Basilicata from an
artistic perspective. This volume focuses on areas affected by the
reclamation of the water system.
2019
English edition
Archive Books
Celebrating the ten-year anniversary of the project A Collective
Memory by Azin Feizabadi—a series of five narrative films—this
publication features fictions by guest contributors who were asked to expand
on their viewing experience of one of the films in the Collective Memory
series.
2019
French edition
Archive Books
This publication is the result of a research project led by artists Raphaël
Grisey and Bouba Touré around the archives
of the self-organized agricultural cooperative Somankidi Coura, in Mali. A
historical reflection on agricultural, archival, health, and migratory
issues through a decolonial
perspective.
2019
English edition
Archive Books
Monograph dedicated to the films of the Israeli artist Assaf Gruber.
Articulated around eight conversations related to the films' production,
this publication reflects an important theme in Gruber's work: what effects
can art have on individuals far removed from the artistic field.
2019
English edition (texts in English, Sami, Arabic, Spanish)
Archive Books
This catalogue explores how miracle making—making the impossible
possible—is reflected in artistic practices today. It includes
commissioned essays and poetry by the Miracle Workers Collective and
writers close to the collective (catalogue of the exhibition at the
Finnish Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale).
2019
English edition
Archive Books
A post-colonial
pamphlet on the ethnological museums of Europe, primarily the upcoming
Humboldt Forum in Berlin.
2019
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Archive Books
Publication documenting a series of workshops involving Raumlabor, a
Berlin-based group architects, and the youths of Barca, a neighbourhood in
outskirts of Turin. The project, which advocates for the re-appropriation
of the public space, saw
the development of a series of inhabitable environmental
installations.
2019
English edition
Humboldt Books - Artist's Travels
This publication documents a visual research on the perimeters of all five
boroughs of New York, featuring a photographic portfolio, a set
of maps and a series of texts.
2019
bilingual edition (English / German)
Archive Books
Comprised of a series of texts, drawings and photographs, this catalogue
documents and expands on the multimedia installation by "Natascha Süder
Happelmann" (Natascha Sadr Haghighian), an artistic reflection on ruinous
space (catalogue of the German Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale).
2019
English edition
Archive Books
The second in the series of publications "Notes on Archives" dedicated to
archival practices, Culture is Our Business offers a comparative
case study on the archival policies of a commercial agency and a
non-profit independent organization through the example of a 1919
image by photographer Willy Römer.
2019
English edition
Archive Books
The fourth in the series of publications "Notes on Archives" dedicated to
archival practices, Dear Jadwa draws on a photographic archive from the Wadi Ara
Valley in Israel to reflect on how visual archives can shed light on
forgotten stories.
2019
English edition
Archive Books
This artist's book derives from a series of videos documenting the present
situation of six unrecognized Republics on the border of Eastern Europe
and Western Asia. Vellahu collects the collective memories of people and
lands which have been affected by years of war and by the politics of
borders.
2019
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Humboldt Books - Artist's Travels
Both a journal and a photographic report, this publication documents Luca Vitone's travel from Italy to India, in the footsteps of
the first Roma migrations between the eighth and fourteenth centuries.
2019
English edition
Archive Books
This monographs presents a decade of Wudtke's artistic work on
gentrification in the city of Berlin.
2019
bilingual edition (English / Chinese)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
The catalogue of the Second Yinchuan Biennale articulates itself through
the themes of the desert, nomadism, and ecology. Taking the
form of an illustrated atlas, the publication documents works by more than
90 participating artists.
2019
bilingual edition (English / German)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
First monograph dedicated to the young American painter, whose expressive and colorful universe draws on the everyday life in the margins, from bohemians to non-conformists. The publication also
presents the Gray's theatrical works and associates the artist's two
practices.
2019
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
First retrospective monograph overviewing the Danish video
artist's body of works for over a decade.
2019
bilingual edition (English / French)
Cura. - Cura.books
The catalogue of the eponymous exhibition by Caroline Mesquita,
published on the occasion of her Fondation Ricard Prize. The French artist
works primarily with metal, creating sculptures and staged video with strong
narratives.
2019
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
Monograph dedicated to artist Brittany Nelson, who appropriates
techniques from 19th century photography to create works of feminist science fiction and queer abstraction.
2019
bilingual edition (English / Chinese)
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
This catalogue for Philippe Parreno's first solo show in mainland China, at the Rockbund Art Museum, reveals the artworks presented in the exhibition.
2019
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Incertain Sens - Artist's books and editions
Artist's book.
2019
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Nieves
A collection of colorful paintings inspired by science
fiction and classical Antiquity. A prequel to the
artist's ongoing Megalith series of publications that acts as a
PH sample of his broader painting, collage, and print studio practice.
2019
Sub Rosa
An intimate audio archive of the British novelist, coupled with a
18-track sonic portrait of Burgess by invited artists and musicians.
2019
Sub Rosa
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An intimate audio archive of the British novelist, coupled with a
18-track sonic portrait of Burgess by invited artists and musicians.
2019
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Edition Patrick Frey
A collection of ten facsimiled Moleskine notebooks filled with works by Swiss artist Aldo Schmid.
2019
English edition
Kunsthalle Marcel Duchamp
Stefan Banz has brought together and evaluated all the relevant documents and sources relating to Fountain by Richard Mutt alias Marcel Duchamp. At least one thing is certain after reading them: Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven had definitively nothing to do with the creation of Fountain. In addition, Banz has succeeded in writing a highly inspiring book containing many new and revealing ideas that present this work of the century in a much more differentiated light.
2019
English edition
Edition Patrick Frey
A long-term photographic study on the sociopolitical evolution of the
Sahelo-Saharan region since 2008.