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Rémy Zaugg - Écrits complets – Volume 7 - Exposer – 1984-2004
2017
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
The seventh volume of Rémy Zaugg's complete writings (1984-2004): the publication brings together texts that formulate a practice and a criticism of exhibition that goes beyond genres and mediums, using concrete projects in given architectonic situations.
Rémy Zaugg - Écrits complets – Volume 8 - Conversations avec Jean-Christophe Ammann – Portrait – 1988-1989
2017
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
The heighth volume of Rémy Zaugg's complete writings (1988-1989): a portrait of Jean-Christophe Ammann.
Rémy Zaugg - Écrits complets – Volume 9 - L\'Art pour la ville – 1986-2005
2017
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
The ninth volume of Rémy Zaugg's complete writings (1986-2005): a reflection on the artist's projects for public spaces, illustrated with personal statements and sketches.
Pierre Soulages - Soulages in Japan
2017
bilingual edition (English / Japanese)
Perrotin
currently out of stock
A well documented bilingual (English / Japanese) publication presenting ten recent paintings by the artist, and highlighting the special relationship between Pierre Soulages and Japan, where his work was exhibited very early in his career and quickly enjoyed significant recognition. A unique catalogue, published on the occasion of the opening of Perrotin Tokyo.
Simryn Gill - Becoming Palm
2017
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
currently out of stock
Becoming Palm is the outcome of a conversation between two friends, artist Simryn Gill and anthropologist Michael Taussig, addressing the complexities of palm oil and “the enormous transformations, human, and ecological, that this crop engenders” (Taussig) in two disparate geographical locations, Southeast Asia and South America.
Steffani Jemison - Sensus Plenior
2017
bilingual edition (English / French)
Jeu de Paume - Monographs
currently out of stock
Catalogue dedicated to a video project on the practice of gospel mime within the African-American church. This subject is an opportunity for Jemison to express her interest in language and gesture, and on the discursive dimension of African American culture.
 Orchard - Serendipity (CD)
2017
Ici, d'ailleurs… - Mind Travels (records)
currently out of stock
Created by Aidan Baker (Nadja), Gaspar Claus (Pedro Soler, Angélique Ionatos…), Franck Laurino (Zëro), and Maxime Tisserand (Chapelier Fou), this extraordinary project offers 11 tracks of ambient post-rock music that would have integrated the whole notion of freedom in jazz.
 Coil - Another Brown World / Baby Food (limited marbled vinyl EP)
2017
Sub Rosa
sold out
Two extra rare tracks by Coil, commissioned by Sub Rosa. Never released on vinyl before (limited marbled vinyl edition).
 Coil - Another Brown World / Baby Food (vinyl EP)
2017
Sub Rosa
sold out
Two extra rare tracks by Coil, commissioned by Sub Rosa. Never released on vinyl before.
Luc Ferrari - Complete Music For Films - 1960-1984 (3 CD)
2017
Sub Rosa
sold out
This 3CD set gathers the complete work by Luc Ferrari for films  from 1960 to 1984 including electronic pieces, concrete music made in GRM and some hybrid including traditional instruments. These rare and for the most part unpublished recordings comprise collaborations with Jean Cocteau and Jean Tinguely.
Olafur Eliasson - Green light - An artistic workshop
2017
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
sold out
This publication documents Eliasson's Green light project —an artistic workshop for refugees, asylum seekers, migrants, and NGOs, whose goal is to fabricate lamps for fundraising education. It provides testimonies, stories, and memories by Green light participants, founders, and organizers, as well as essays by art historians and theorists.
Matter Fictions
2017
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
sold out
Recounting a partial history of our relation with matter, this reader explores how the crossover between cosmological narratives, the spatial revolutions of concrete poetry, and hypertextual and territorial fictions might have an impact on the recognition of human agency in a time that calls for our action on environmental policies.
Fouad Elkoury - Passing Time
2017
bilingual edition (Arabic / French)
Kaph Books
sold out
The publication Passing Time by Fouad Elkoury looks back at 60 years (1960-2017) of photographs taken in Lebanon by the artist. Most of the images have never been published.
Fouad Elkoury - Passing Time
2017
bilingual edition (English / Arabic)
Kaph Books
sold out
The publication Passing Time by Fouad Elkoury looks back at 60 years (1960-2017) of photographs taken in Lebanon by the artist. Most of the images have never been published.
Maria Thereza Alves - The Long Road to Xico / El largo camino a Xico, 1991-2015
2017
bilingual edition (English / Spanish)
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
sold out
The catalogue is the first comprehensive survey about the works and projects by the Brazilian artist and activist, spanning 1991 until 2015. It also includes unpublished artist's text by Alves, and essays by Pedro de Llano and T. J. Demos.
Toilet Paper
2017
no text
Toilet Paper
Damiani - Toilet Paper
sold out
Toilet Paper - Limited edition (+ scarf)
2017
no text
Toilet Paper
Damiani - Toilet Paper
sold out
Limited edition, accompanied with an exclusive Toilet Paper satin scarf.
Video Writings by Artists (1970-1990)
2017
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
sold out
Collection of artists' writings on video art, which revisits and reevaluates the early days of the practice, from 1970 to 1990. Including AA Bronson, Peter Campus, Antoni Muntadas, Nam June Paik, Martha Rosler, Bill Viola, and much more.
When Is the Digital in Architecture?
2017
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
sold out
The origins of the digital in architecture in 14 case studies from the late 1980s to the early 2000s.
Jean-Philippe Cazier - Théorie des MultiRêves - Une enquête cosmo-onirique de H.P. Lovecraft
2017
French edition
Dis Voir - Illustrated Fairy Tales for Adults
A tale loosely inspired by both the contemporary astrophysicist Aurelien Barrau's work on multiverses and the turn-of-the-century author H.P. Lovecraft's mystical stories. The book entwines astrophysics and fantasy literature through fiction, deconstructing the frameworks of narration, logic, identity, space, and time. Illustrated by Andréa Marchal, after Barrau's works.
Quentin Rollet - On Your Body\'s Landscape (vinyl LP)
2017
Bisou Records
A very cinematic improvised instrumental session by Thierry Müller (Ilitch) and Quentin Rollet.
Frac Franche-Comté – Catalogue raisonné 1984-2009 - Traité, essais et méthodes d\'analyses
2017
French edition
Frac Franche-Comté - Monographs & catalogues
The catalogue raisonné of the The Franche-Comté Frac, including exhibition views, archives, reproductions, documents, index and essays.
Frédéric Alix - Penser l\'art et le monde après 1945 - Isidore Isou, essai d\'archéologie d\'une pensée
2017
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap)
Analyzing the theoretical and aesthetic thought of the founder of Lettrism in the intellectual context of the post-war and up to 1968.
Dieter Schnebel - Son et corps
2017
French edition
Les presses du réel – Music & Sound Arts – ArTeC
A collection of theoretical texts by the German composer: a valuable testimony of his research on the musical link between sound and body.
Michele Fedrigotti - I Fiori Del Sole (vinyl LP)
2017
Song Cycle Records
sold out
Originally released in 1979 on the experimental label Cramps, I Fiori del Sole is a composition for organ and piano by the Italian duo Michele Fedrigotti and Danilo Lorenzini. This is the first vinyl reissue ever.
Toilet Paper - Calendar 2018
2017
no text
Toilet Paper
Damiani - Toilet Paper
sold out
The 2018 Toilet Paper wall calendar features photographs conceived by Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari taken from their image-only magazine.
Sadie von Paris - Gang blues ecchymoses - Rites et passages vers la vie
2017
French edition
Al Dante - Contemporary Art
30.00 15.00 €
An insurrectional youth in quest for alternative words: a poetic and visual work by photographer Sadie von Paris and writer Véronique Bergen.
Sven Lütticken - Cultural Revolution - Aesthetic Practice after Autonomy
2017
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
An examination of various forms of aesthetic practice seen through the lens of the neoliberal cultural revolution.
Martin Beck - An Organized System of Instructions
2017
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
This publication both documents and extends Martin Beck's cycle of exhibition and residency at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts in Harvard. This two-year long project focused on the exhibition histories and academic pursuits of the Carpenter Center, built in 1963 by Le Corbusier.
Nathaniel Mellors - The Aalto Natives - A Transcendental Manual
2017
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
This manual accompanies the installation The Aalto Natives realised for the Finnish Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale by artists Nathaniel Mellors and Erkka Nissinen. It reveals the full story of Geb and Atum, two terraforming mythical creatures who are floating through space in a vessel shaped not unlike the structure of the Aalto Pavilion.
Piero Golia - The Painter
2017
bilingual edition (English / German)
Nero
The Painter is a robot programmed to paint and to improvise and generate unexpected narratives—in response to visitors entering. It is center piece of a larger project lead by Italian artist Piero Gola at the Kunsthaus Baselland—documented in this publication. Includes a text by Ines Goldbach, and an interview with the artist by Jonathan Monk.
Edgar Leciejewski - Tones
2017
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
Documenting a six-month residence at Fogo Island Arts, Tones highlights the diversity of Leciejewski's practice—with works including collages, photographs, and found-objects sculptures—while bringing to the fore the artist's views on nature.
Claudia Comte -
2017
bilingual edition (English / German)
JRP|Editions - Monographs
First survey monograph: hovering between painting, sculpture, and installation, Comte's works are based on references to popular culture—including cartoons as well as vernacular handicrafts—nature, heraldic symbols, and art historical movements (Op art, Pop art, Neo-Geo, Concrete art).
George Trakas - Du sec à l\'eau - Étude pour Lamelouze
2017
French edition
Captures - Artist's books
Study book made by artist George Trakas in response to a commission issued by inhabitants of the Lamelouze commune in the southern French region of Gard, north of Alès (as part of the “New Patrons” program, initiated and supported by the Fondation de France).
Claude Closky - Iluo
2017
French edition
CDLA (Centre des livres d'artistes)
The catalogue of Claude Closky's exhibition of artists' books at CDLA, as part of the 40th anniversary of the Centre Pompidou. Kalavryta—the font used in the publication was created specially for the occasion by the French artist.
Pauline Chevalier - Une histoire des espaces alternatifs à New York - De SoHo au South Bronx (1969-1985)
2017
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Œuvres en sociétés
Artistic practices in New York's alternative art spaces (1969-1985).
Shirana Shahbazi - First Things First
2017
bilingual edition (English / German)
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
sold out
A non-hierarchical selection of photographic works created over the past ten years by the Iranian artist (catalogue).
Ernstalbrecht Stiebler - Kanon / Torsi (vinyl LP)
2017
Edition Telemark
sold out
This LP pairs two organ-based works by German composer Ernstalbrecht Stiebler. More closely associated with his position as a radio editor and producer, Stiebler composes a reductionist music built on minimalist structures and repetitions, and influenced by Minimalism in visual art.
Cecilia Vicuña - Read Thread - The Story of the Red Thread
2017
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
sold out
This catalogue discusses the symbolic of the red thread in the work of the Chilean artist and poet. The publication includes a special documentation on quipus—large-scale immersive installations of thread, wool, and yarn—poetic texts and narratives by Vicuña, and two essays that shed light on a ritualistic symbolism relating to the function of textile, language, and menstrual blood.
La tentation littéraire de l\'art contemporain
2017
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Figures
The interplay of literature and contemporary art.
Virgil Vernier - Arcana 2
2017
no text
Editions Lutanie
currently out of stock
Arcana 2 is the second volume of a series of books designed to mount an archive of the present through a collection of emblematic documents of the twenty-first century, culled from the media, advertising, and the Internet. Based on the Nordic myth of Odin, this volume investigates the contemporary representation of the male body.
Philippe Parreno - H {n)y p n(y} osis / Hypothesis
2017
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
sold out
Produced in conjunction with two exhibitions, this monograph offers a rich critical overview of Parreno's work, with essays by Cyril Béghin, Molly Nesbit, Brian O'Doherty and Adam Thirlwell, and two interviews with Hans Ulrich Obrist and Andrea Lissoni. An invaluable research tool for studying one of the most influential and charismatic figures on the contemporary art scene.
The New Existentialism
2017
English edition
Les presses du réel – Philosophy / politics – Miscellaneous
This reader brings together American and French scholars to discuss the recent paradigmatic shifts from anthropocentric theories toward new models of realism, objectivity, and even metaphysics, occurring in the realm of contemporary art and philosophy—with the school of thought called New Existentialism as a guiding topic.
Meris Angioletti -
2017
bilingual edition (English / French)
What You See Is What You Hear (Volume) - Books, editions & records
Taking the form of light and acoustic installations, video projections, slide shows, publications and photographs, the work of Meris Angioletti questions the mechanisms of perception, memory and the psyche. This first monograph devoted to the Italian artist presents an overview of her practice from the past ten years.
Mario García Torres - An Arrival Tale
2017
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
Mexican conceptual artist Mario García Torres examines the space of arrival as a complicated and disjointed nexus between departure, displacement, and return, in a series of works that reflect on the European migrant crisis.
Archaic - The Pavilion of Iraq
2017
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
The catalogue of the Pavilion of Iraq at the 57th Venice Biennale, this book presents eight Iraqi artists of different generations, together with work made by Francis Alÿs when he was embedded with a battalion of Peshmerga near Mosul, and a stunning collection of artefacts from the Iraq Museum of Baghdad.
Dave Hullfish Bailey - CityCat Project - 2006-2016
2017
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
This publication traces the extraordinary collaboration between American artist Dave Hullfish Bailey and senior Aboriginal writer and activist Sam Watson. structured around their highly political work Maiwar Performance, this book also covers their activities both before and throughout their work together.
Ellie Ga - Dialogue
2017
bilingual edition (English / French)
Shelter Press - Books
Taking as their starting point Susan Sontag's book On Photography (1977), Marcelline Delbecq and Ellie Ga embarked on a long-term words-and-images dialogue addressing films, books and artworks that have marked their individual trajectories, together with historical events related (or not) to the year 1977.
Homo Melitensis - An Incomplete Inventory in 19 Chapters
2017
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
The catalogue of the Malta Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale takes readers on a poetic journey through the volatile territories of national and cultural identity of Malta. Gathering contributions by authors, artists, and travelogues, the publication presents ample proof of the rich, complex, and continuing history of the maltese people and its diaspora.
Michael Wilkinson - In Reverse
2017
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
A comprehensive and focused reader on Wilkinson's output and documents the Glasgow-based artist's practice spanning from 2015 to 2010, including six exhibitions and works produced within that time period, in reversed chronological order.
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