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 Sote - Majestic Noise Made in Beautiful Rotten Iran (CD)
2021
Sub Rosa
14.00 11.00 €
The latest album by Iranian-American electronic music producer Sote is an all electronic affair, harmonically maximalist, predominantly symphonic-synthetic, requiring active listening.
Edith Brunette - Going to, Making Do, Passing Just the Same
2021
bilingual edition (English / French)
Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University
In a series of essays the artist Edith Brunette and François Lemieux outline collectively a few proposals on the question of inhabiting as put forward from their multiple and tenuous attachements to the land.
Giordana Charuty - Au temps des utopies radieuses - Création et folie en Russie soviétique (1921-1929) – Suivi de Pavel Karpov : L\'activité créatrice des aliénés, 1926
2021
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – Les Hétéroclites
A study and translation of a fundamental text on the “art of the insane” in Russia, re-establishing a whole section of Western history of the interest of psychiatrists in the relationship between creation and madness.
Louis Marin - Événements de contemporanéité et autres écrits sur l\'art au XXe siècle
2021
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Œuvres en sociétés
The collection of writings on art by the French philosopher, historian, semiologist and art critic Louis Marin (1931-1992).
Jacopo Benassi - Once more (vinyl LP)
2021
Xing
currently out of stock
A total musical and visual performance.
Marcello Maloberti - Martellate - Scritti Fighi 1990-2020 (vinyl LP)
2021
Xing
currently out of stock
A collection of the writings, in the form of slogans, which have accompanied Marcello Maloberti in almost thirty years of poetics.
Andrée Putman - Andrée Putman in San Sebastián - The Story of a Singular Project
2021
bilingual edition (English / Spanish)
various
sold out
One of Andrée Putman's latest home designs, from the plans, drawings, and pictures of an amazing apartment in San Sebastián (Basque Country, Spain).
David Wojnarowicz - A Slow Boat To China
2021
bilingual edition (English / French)
Is-Land
sold out
This publication brings together photographs taken by Marion Scemama during a trip through the American desert with David Wojnarowicz, shortly before his death. It features documents from Scemama's personal archives and notes from Wojnarowicz's diary, along with texts by Thibault Boulvain and Elisabeth Lebovici.
Paul-Armand Gette - Dessins suspendus
2021
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Al Dante
Al Dante - Contemporary Art
A project by Paul-Armand Gette around the censorship of the Diane Chasseresse by the artist Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828), whose sex considered too naturalistic was plugged up and filled with bronze rods and then hammered in 1829 when it entered the national collections.
Paul-Armand Gette - Dessins suspendus - Limited edition
2021
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Al Dante
Al Dante - Contemporary Art
Limited edition with an original artwork signed by the artist.
Pamela Rosenkranz - Alien Culture
2021
bilingual edition (English / German)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
New monograph.
Graham Harman - Artful Objects - Graham Harman on Art and the Business of Speculative Realism
2021
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
Can objects be traumatized? How does the commercial value of an art object relate to its aesthetic qualities? How do objects interact? These are some of the questions addressed by Graham Harman, the originator of object-oriented philosophy and a central figure of the Speculative Realism school of thought in contemporary philosophy.
Félicia Atkinson - Echo (vinyl LP)
2021
various
sold out
Newly remastered by Rashad Becker for this vinyl edition, “Echo” finds Félicia Atkinson synching her feelings into a watercolour suite of solo keys, voice and field recordings, unfurling 40 minutes of new breathtaking music.
Art contemporain africain - Histoire(s) d\'une notion par celles et ceux qui l\'ont faite
2021
French edition
JRP|Editions - Lectures Maison Rouge
A polyphonic genealogy of the concept of contemporary African art.
Alessandro de Francesco - Pour une théorie non dualiste de la poésie (1960-1989)
2021
French edition
Mix
A comparative analysis of the poetic creation of the second half of the 20th century, under the aegis of the notion of non-dualism, redefining the epistemologies of action peculiar to the poetry of the 1960-80s but also, in perspective, of the extreme contemporary.
Offrir des fleurs
2021
French edition
Pli
The consideration of flowers as an object of contemporary design (a curatorial exploration).
Bénédicte Boisson - Le cinquième mur - Formes scéniques contemporaines & nouvelles théâtralités
2021
French edition
Les presses du réel – Dance & Performing Arts – Miscellaneous
sold out
A collection of interviews and studies of performances that constitutes a crossing of the contemporary theatrical and choreographic landscape, re-examining the critical and theoretical tools that allow us to apprehend and think about current scenic forms.
(W)archives
2021
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
Digital and data technologies are actively transforming the archives of contemporary warfare. Bringing together a range of scholarly perspectives and artistic practices, (W)archives investigates digital archiving as an integral technology of warfare and how artists respond to these changes.
Empavillonner
2021
French edition
Athom
An analysis of the exhibition pavilions (universal exhibitions and bienniales) from the point of view of their architecture, crossing the contributions of designers and architects, historians, philosophers and aestheticians.
Espace(s) - Mythologies individuelles
2021
French edition
Espace(s)
Observatoire de l'Espace / CNES - Espace(s)
This new issue of the CNES' creation magazine collects the individual mythologies of forty-five authors, artists and art critics and draws a subjective and engaged relationship to the space environment, often experienced as beyond the reach of ordinary mortals.
Vikhi Vahavek - Biographie d\'une artiste très professionnelle
2021
French edition
Les commissaires anonymes - Stimuli
This biography of a fictitious artist constitutes a critical analysis of the professionalization of arts education as well as a support for reflection in favor of the socio-economic responsibilities of artistic practices.
Artforum - March 2021
2021
English edition
Artforum
Joan Mitchell, Louis Fratino, Cecilia Vicuña, Lorraine O'Grady...
Espace art actuel - Come Out
2021
bilingual edition (texts in English and French)
Espace art actuel
Re-territorializing the public space.
Cold Revolution - Central and Eastern European Societies in Times of Socialist Realism, 1948-1959
2021
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
Socialist realism and the relationship between the visual culture of the 1950s and the geopolitical "climate" of the time.
Protext! (2 volumes)
2021
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Nero
The possible role of weaving as a transgressive practice, as a weapon of protest and sabotage.
Josef Albers - Messico 1935/1956
2021
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Humboldt Books - Time Travel
Unpublished photographs taken by Josef Albers during his travels to Mexico with Anni in the 1930s and 50s.
Brian Alkire - The Last Mask - Hamann\'s Theater of the Grotesque
2021
English edition
Diaphanes - Think Art
A philological and theoretical rereading of the late work of Johann Georg Hamann (1730-1788).
Marcel Alocco - Origine Nice
2021
French edition
Enseigne des Oudin
The first “Cahier Enseigne des Oudin” (Enseigne des Oudin's booklet) highlights three periods of Marcel Alocco's work in two volumes, emphasizing the scale of a mythological tale printed in every image the artist and poet has offered over a fifty-year period, through his Patchwork Painting and the ornamented unweaving on the canvas surface.
Marcel Alocco - Au présent dans le texte & Cinq Rhapsodies
2021
French edition
Enseigne des Oudin
The writings of the artist Marcel Alocco, painter, writer and poet, presented in the chronological order of their writing, from 1963 to 2001.
Jesse Ash - Avoidance – Avoidance
2021
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
The script for, and conversations around, artist Jesse Ash's multi-dimensional project built around a play about a bitter argument between two ex-lovers.
Micol Assaël - Λ (Lambda)
2021
English edition
Nero
Λ (Lambda) is an artist book by Micol Assaël which collects a series of 72 drawings made by the artist starting in 2011 as a reflection on light.
Stéphanie Brossard -
2021
bilingual edition (English / French)
Frac Réunion
Monographic catalogue based on the project specifically created by Stéphanie Brossard for her native island of La Réunion: a deconstruction of common narratives and a creolisation of forms and thoughts, in a poetic gesture made up of skilful appropriations and wild reimaginings.
Rä di Martino - Afterall (A Space Mambo)
2021
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Nero
Publication based on the eponymous futuristic / dystopian project of the Italian artist and film-maker.
Sara Enrico - The Jumpsuit Theme
2021
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Nero
The series of works developed by Sara Enrico around the concept of the textile jumpsuit.
Bertrand Gauguet - Contre-Courbes (2 CD)
2021
Akousis Records
Two improvised concerts where are woven between the piano and the saxophone subtle games of harmonic textures, appearances of differential sounds, resonances and sometimes some more noisy sequences.
Isabelle Graw - Three Cases of Value Reflection - Ponge, Whitten, Banksy
2021
English edition
Sternberg Press - Institut für Kunstkritik
In response to recent discussions about the value assigned to artworks, art critic and theorist Isabelle Graw introduces the term "value reflection", focusing on the artistic production of three individuals—Francis Ponge, Jack Whitten and Banksy.
 Ho Tzu Nyen - G for Gong
2021
bilingual edition (English / German)
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
G for Gong looks at the artistic practice of Singaporean video artist and theater director Ho Tzu Nyen. An extension of the artist's large-scale solo exhibition in 2019, this book not only explores Ho's distinctive artistic approach but also dives deeper into the themes of his work.
Esther Hoareau - Le soleil danse autour de nos têtes
2021
bilingual edition (English / French)
Frac Réunion
By means of photographs, videos, installations and sound pieces, Esther Hoareau depicts phantasmagorical landscapes which nevertheless share certain appearances and appeal to a truly collective imagination (monograph).
Kassel Jaeger - MMXX-13 - Vol Sombre (vinyl EP)
2021
Matière Mémoire
A subtle expanse of delicate ambiences and long tones, meticulously constructed into an immersive sonorous world.
Erling Kagge - Walking - Movements North of Bolzano
2021
trilingual edition (English / German / Italian)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
The intersection of walking and collecting.
Stephan Mathieu - Heroin (2 vinyl LP)
2021
Keplar
First vinyl release of the classic album of 2001, remastered by Stephan Mathieu.
Ilona Németh - Eastern Sugar
2021
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
This book takes as its starting point artist Ilona Németh's extensive research into the history of sugar production in Central Europe, from its beginnings in the early nineteenth century.
Mads Emil Nielsen - PM016 (vinyl LP)
2021
Arbitrary
The 2020 remaster & vinyl reissue of PM016 by Danish musician Mads Emil Nielsen, re-mastered and cut by Kassian Troyer, with cover artwork by visual artist Dane Patterson.
Mads Emil Nielsen - PM016 (CD)
2021
Arbitrary
The 2020 remaster & CD reissue of PM016 by Danish musician Mads Emil Nielsen, re-mastered by Kassian Troyer, with cover artwork by visual artist Dane Patterson.
Jenny Odell - Inhabiting the Negative Space
2021
English edition
Sternberg Press - The Incidents
Artist and writer Jenny Odell speaks about the role of design and observation in a fully virtual commencement ceremony for Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
Mario Pfeifer - If you end up with the story you started with, then you’re not listening along the way
2021
bilingual edition (English / German)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
Mario Pfeifer's most extensive monograph to date.
Liu Xiaodong - New England
2021
bilingual edition (English / Chinese)
Nero
The volume New England brings together a series of portraits by Liu Xiaodong of homonymous subjects. The project represents the artist's search to portray a generation of young Chinese professionals who have moved to London to try and follow their dreams.
Francesca Zappia - Les Flâneuses - Copies, appropriations, citations dans la collection du Centre national des arts plastiques
2021
French edition
Shelter Press - Books
Copies, appropriations, quotations in the collections of the Centre national des arts plastiques (also available in English).
Soldes
2021
French edition
Soldes Almanac
An illustrated almanac on arts, science, and society, dedicated to the wise men and the fools.
Politiques de la distraction
2021
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – ArTeC
A collective and transdisciplinary reflection on the notion of distraction, thought both as the stigma of our societies and as its antidote.
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