search results for "the contemporary condition"
 
 
Becky Beasley - “ ”
2020
English edition
Nero
Around 1999, artist Becky Beasley began writing to her former tutor, Claire Scanlon, who kept her letters but never replied. Years later, in 2016, the two began to intermittently record their conversations, now as friends.
Tyler Coburn - “ ”
2020
English edition
Nero
A conversation about Ergonomic Futures, Tyler Coburn's furniture for humans to come.
Tomáš Štrauss - Beyond the Great Divide - Essays on European avant gardes from East to West
2020
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
The first English-language anthology of writings by the Slovak critic Tomáš Štrauss.
Iveta Slavkova - Réparer l\'homme - La crise de l\'humanisme et l\'Homme nouveau des avant-gardes autour de la Grande Guerre (1909-1929)
2020
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Misceallenous
An ambitious and transversal study on the crisis of humanism resulting from modernity, and on the historical consequences of the universalist and absolute conception carried by Futurism and the Bauhaus, proposing little explored paths for a re-reading of the artistic stakes in the 20th century.
Cultures of the Curatorial - Curatorial Things
2020
English edition
Sternberg Press - Cultures of the Curatorial
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Intertwining transdisciplinary discourses, transcultural perspectives, and methods of practice, this anthology provides new insight into the analysis of things in a curatorial context.
Plasticity of the Planet - On Environmental Challenge for Art and Its Institutions
2020
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
sold out
This publication extends an exhibition program that examines the environmental challenges facing the art world and its institutions, drawing on the concept of “destructive plasticity” theorized by philosopher Catherine Malabou.
Ultrablack of Music
2020
English edition
Mille Plateaux
sold out
The ultra-blackness manifesto: a Deleuzian reading of the philosophical and socio-political stakes of the current electronic music scene (publication marking the reactivation of the influential label Mille Plateaux, with texts by an ensemble of international musicians, artists and theorists: Frédéric Neyrat, Achim Szepanski, Holger Schulze, Gerriet K. Sharma, Bernd Herzogenrath, Corry Shores, Marcus Schmickler, Thomas Brinkmann, Thomas Köner...).
Fear Drop - Les Pistes Sauvages – Le chant des eaux, de la forêt, de la nuit (+ CD)
2020
French edition
Fear Drop
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The 18th issue of the French magazine for ambient & experimental music revolves around the theme of wild sounds, the singing of the waters, the forest and the night, with William Basinski, L.M. Riek, Jana Winderen, Troum, Yannick Dauby, Thierry Weyd, O Yuki Conjugate, Marc Namblard, Cédric Peyronnet, The Cure, Coil, Michael Begg, Maninkari, Bass Communion, The [law-rah] Collective, B.L. Boysen (with a 13 track CD included).
Éva Le Roi - Five Stories of São Paulo
2020
English edition
Accattone
sold out
A project by Éva Le Roi & Pierre Burquel (drawings and sketches of São Paulo); hand drawings by Éva Le Roi.
Robert Morris - The Perceiving Body
2020
bilingual edition (English / French)
MAMC+ (Musée d'art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Etienne métropole) - Mousse Publishing (books)
sold out
Retrospective catalogue spanning Morris's early years, covering the 1960s and 1970s through a selection of works, historical essays, interviews with collaborators, and texts by the artist.
Gernot Böhme - Aisthétique - Pour une esthétique de l\'expérience sensible
2020
French edition
Les presses du réel – Philosophy / politics – Perceptions
sold out
A science of sensitive experience prolonged by a theory of atmospheres, at the origins of philosophical aesthetics.
Olivier Mosset -
2020
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Editions du Griffon - Monographs & catalogues
Olivier Mosset's reference monograph offers a complete panorama of the work of one of the central figures in post-war abstract painting, and a pivotal reference for generations of European and American painters, covering six decades of practice, from the first experiments to the monumental recent works.
Susan Te Kahurangi King - Selected Works - 1965–1980
2020
no text
CEC (Centre d'édition contemporaine)
currently out of stock
A selection of drawings by the New Zealand outsider artist: her work, recognized belatedly, provides a journey into a grotesque, sometimes somber universe, filled with animals, distorted human bodies, and cartoon characters.
Harry Burke - A diminished poetry - An expanding (and contracting) writerly. Fragments, for Rindon Johnson – Before publication #01
2020
English edition
CEC (Centre d'édition contemporaine)
Presented as a work-in-progress, this text on American artist Rindon Johnson's video practice offers a reflection on the widening creative possibilities in the multimodal digital landscape, while discussing the political and personal aspirations of a new generation of artists and critics.
Gordon Matta-Clark - Open House
2020
French edition
MAMCO - MAMCO Collection
A new publication spotlights Gordon Matta-Clark's only extant architectural piece.
Our World Is Burning
2020
bilingual edition (English / French)
Palais de Tokyo - Catalogues & artist's books
A political view of international contemporary creation seen from the Gulf region, where wars and diplomatic tensions have constantly determined the history of the early 21st century (exhibition catalogue).
L\'Appartement
2020
French edition
MAMCO - MAMCO Collection
A legendary Parisian collection of minimalist and conceptual art, and its evocative installation in the home of collector Ghislain Mollet-Viéville.
Artforum - February 2020
2020
English edition
Artforum
This February in Artforum poet Simone White and writer Ciarán Finlayson respond to the recent Pope.L exhibitions that spanned multiple institutions across New York. Plus, Joan Jonas, Ugo Rondinone, and others on the life and art of John Giorno (1936-2019), a special artist's project by Christine Sun Kim, Daniel Marcus on Charlotte Perriand, and exhibition reviews from Paris, Cologne, Milan, Tallinn, and more.
Espace art actuel - AI, art without artists?
2020
bilingual edition (texts in English and French)
Espace art actuel
How can we today situate the artist or, more broadly, the act of creation using artificial intelligence?
Flash Art
2020
English edition
Flash Art
Flash Art - Flash Art International (magazine)
This issue of Flash Art explores a sort of archeology of images, aiming to reflect on issues of appropriation and authenticity in their most contemporaneous sense, whereby any original or preexisting artwork, image, or product can be invested with a multiplicity of meanings.
Marco Anelli - Artist Studios New York
2020
English edition
Damiani - Photography
50.00 40.00 €
The crucible of creation: portraits of New York artists in the intimate seclusion of their work spaces.
Patrizio Di Massimo -
2020
English edition
Cura. - Cura.books
First monograph.
Dorothy Iannone - Eros Paintings
2020
no text
CEC (Centre d'édition contemporaine)
A selection of erotic paintings by the American artist, produced between 1969 and 1971: an ecstatic and mystical celebration of the sexual act.
Joke Lanz - Abstract Musette (vinyl LP)
2020
Corvo Records
An accordion and two turntables for an abstract musette.
David Maroto - The Artist\'s Novel - Part 1 – A New Medium
2020
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
The first of a two-volume publication dedicated to the artist's novel, this theoretical essay aims to elucidate the pressing questions posed by the emergence of this new artistic medium with a number of key case studies and interviews.
David Maroto - The Artist\'s Novel - Part 1 + 2 (special offer)
2020
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
40.00 35.00 €
The two volumes of the publication dedicated to the artist's novel (two-books set special offer).
Dieter Mersch - Manifesto of Artistic Research
2020
bilingual edition (English / German)
Diaphanes - Think Art
A manifesto for artistic research and in defense of its autonomy.
Matt Mullican - The Meaning of Things
2020
English edition
MER. B&L
This artist's book is the book-form of a work by Matt Mullican, "The Meaning of Things (who feels the most pain?)" (2014), con sisting of 676 collages and texts on sheets of standard printing paper.
Franz Erhard Walther - L\'autre conception de l\'œuvre
2020
French edition
MAMCO - MAMCO Collection
A detailed analysis of Franz Erhard Walther's pioneering Werksatz series of wearable fabric sculptures by Erik Verhargen, accompanied by a history of the piece by Thierry Davila.
Mousse
2020
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Mousse
Mousse - Mousse Magazine
Every Force Evolves a Form by Alessandro Bava; Design, Reset: Studio Formafantasma in Conversation with Alessandro Rabottini; Clinical Cosmology: Tishan Hsu by Hera Chan; Oceanic Time-Lag: on Mati Diop's “Atlantics” by Dora Budor...
Neural - Post-Growth
2020
English edition
Neural
Co-editors: Nicolas Maigret and Maria Roszkowska, intervioews with Špela Petrič, Tega Brain, Joyce Hinterding, Kat Austen, Thomas Thwaites, Melle Smets; The Sound of Disappearance and The Sonic Sublime; reports of ISEA 2019 Lux Aeterna, 58th Venice Biennale and Liechtenstein Brunch, 18th Media Art Biennale WRO “Human Aspect”.
Toilet Paper - ToiletMartin PaperParr (book)
2020
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Toilet Paper
Damiani - Toilet Paper
currently out of stock
The large-format book celebrating the collaboration between Toilet Paper and Martin Parr.
Kparr Dirè - Balafon Music from Lobi Country (vinyl LP + DVD)
2020
Edition Telemark
currently out of stock
LP plus DVD with full-length movie (125 minutes) of Balafon music of the Lobi people, recorded in and around Gaoua, Burkina Faso, on a two-week journey in June 2014, by Dirk Dresselhaus (alias Schneider TM), Julian Kamphausen and Arved Schultze. Packaged in a full-colour gatefold sleeve with DVD tray, with numerous photos and an extensive interview with Dresselhaus.
Hans-Jörg Rheinberger - Natures of Data - A Discussion between Biology, History and Philosophy of Science and Art
2020
English edition
Diaphanes - Misceallenous
currently out of stock
A transdisciplinary discussion on the influence of computer-based technologies on the conditions of biological research.
Toilet Paper - ToiletMartin PaperParr –  Limited edition (+ scarf)
2020
no text
Toilet Paper
Damiani - Toilet Paper
sold out
Limited edition, including an exclusive satin scarf, of the book celebrating the collaboration between Toilet Paper and Martin Parr.
 Acid Mothers Reynols - Vol​.1 (vinyl LP)
2020
La Belle Brute
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The meeting between the Japanese group Acid Mothers Temple and the Argentinian group Reynols, a major figure of art brut practices with its trisomic drummer-singer, Miguel Tomasin.
Sarah Abu Abdallah - For the First Time in a Long Time
2020
bilingual edition (English / Arabic)
Kaph Books
First monograph.
Fredrik Værslev - Tan Lines
2020
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
This catalogue presents the artist's Sail Paintings series—32 hybrid compositions reminiscent of a boat's sail. This monumental publication (30 x 40 cm) is designed as a graphic extension to the project.
Michele Boni - L\'architecture de la bulle d\'air
2020
French edition
Les presses du réel – Architecture / design / graphic design – Architecture
A manifesto of the architecture of the air.
Julie Perrin - Composer en danse - Un vocabulaire des opérations et des pratiques
2020
French edition
Les presses du réel – Dance & Performing Arts –
sold out
A lexical survey on compositional practice in contemporary dance.
Radical Cut-Up - Nothing Is Original
2020
English edition
Sternberg Press - Sandberg Series
sold out
A transdisciplinary anthology of essays and articles investigating the cut-up as a contemporary mode of creativity and important global model of cultural production.
Streams of Consciousness
2020
bilingual edition (English / French)
Archive Books
sold out
Catalogue conceived for the 12th Edition of the Bamako Encounters, the principal event dedicated to contemporary photography and new imagery in Africa.
Revue & Corrigée
2020
French edition
Revue & Corrigée
currently out of stock
Emma Souharce, contemporary Arabic-language poetry, Michèle Bokanowski, Olivia Block, Barre Philips, Jojo Hiroshige, Lin Chi-Wei...
Art, Self & System
2020
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
Stemming from the Master Fine Arts at the Zurich University of the Arts, this publication promotes the art school as a place for pedagogical, civic and political implications.
Abstract Hungary
2020
English edition
Sternberg Press - Catalogues
This catalogue stems from two eponymous exhibitions examining Hungary's art scene's drive toward abstraction to reflect on the complex social conditions of the country, from the 1960s to the present-day.
The Mill
2020
English edition
Sternberg Press - Catalogues
Artistic views on forestry and its actors (catalogue).
Courants de conscience - Une concaténation de “Dividus”
2020
French edition
Archive Books
Conceived for the 12th Edition of the Bamako Encounters this book captures thoughts and responses of writers, poets, and artists to the curators' proposition to think the practice of photography in Africa and its diaspora through the notion of the “stream of consciousness.”
Earthrise - Ecological Visions on Both Sides of the Wall
2020
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Archive Books
This catalogue investigates the genealogy of the relationship between art and ecology in Europe, introducing a series of pioneering research conducted on both sides of the Iron Curtain in the 1970s.
Rehearsing Hospitalities - Companion 1
2020
English edition
Archive Books
A series of essays and visual contributions critically reflecting on the current structures of knowledge within the art world.
I Will Draw a Map of What You Never See - Endeavours in Rhythmanalysis
2020
English edition
Archive Books
A multidisciplinary investigation of the interrelations of space and time, memory, architecture and urban planning through and beyond Henri Lefebvre's concept of Rhythmanalysis.
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