Contemporary art

 
Monographs, catalogues, artists' books and editions.
 
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Roberto Cuoghi - Da iḍā e piṅgalā a iḍā e iḍā o piṅgalā e piṅgalā
2014
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
An adventure exploring drifts in translation (artist's book).
Une traduction d\'une langue en une autre
2014
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
A reflection on translation phenomena in the arts.
Pour un art concret / Konkrete Kunst
2014
bilingual edition (German / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
The illustrated catalog raisonné of works from the collection of the Espace de l'Art Concret (Gottfried Honegger and Sybil Albers donation) in Mouans-Sartoux.
Veduta / Lyon Biennale 2013 - Meanwhile... Suddently and Then
2014
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
30.00 15.00 €
A retrospective overview of the 12th edition of the Lyon Biennale, curated by Icelandic curator Gunnar B. Kvaran, with a focus on the two parallel programs “Veduta” and “Resonance”, held in the Lyon conurbation and its region.
 Yan Pei-Ming - Night of Colours
2014
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
New monograph.
 Yan Pei-Ming - Night of Colours
2014
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
New monograph (available in English edition).
Drift - Ramifications of a polysemic notion
2014
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
This publication traces two years of a project dedicated to the concept of drift, with theoretical texts, artists' contributions and contributions from educational projects, workshops and exhibitions.
Des récits ordinaires (box set)
2014
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
Through the notion of ecology of art, Des récits ordinaires (On ordinary conversations), a project by Grégory Castéra (curator), Yaël Kreplak (linguist) and Franck Leibovici (poet and artist), attempts to vizualise the various modes of existence of artworks.
Dieter Roth - Processing the World
2014
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Dedicated to the complex, proliferative and innovative work of a major figure in the art of the second half of the XXth century, this comprehensive monograph highlights Dieter Roth's creative processes and the way he pushes them to the limit.
 Dadamaino -
2014
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Retrospective monograph of the work both conceptual and sensitive of Dadamaino (1930-2004), at the crossroads of major European postwar avant-garde movements.
Des Corps compétents (Sportifs, Artistes, Burlesques)
2014
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
Actions and discussions around personal skills in art and other disciplines, physical and film (performances, video), sports and burlesque.
Chloé Pirson - Art Orienté Objet - Marion Laval-Jeantet & Benoît Mangin
2013
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
(last copies available!)
First extensive publication devoted to the French artists duo.
Richard Prince - The Magic Castle
2013
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
(last copies available!)
A new work based on a series of photographs made by Richard Prince when he was student in France (artist's book): a window into Prince's formative period.
Armando Andrade Tudela - Selected Works - 2003-2012
2013
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
First major monograph: different perspectives on Andrade Tudela's artistic practice, juxtaposing positions and readings from Europe and Latin America, with about 400 illustrations including many reproductions of previously unseen works.
Wilfrid Almendra -
2013
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
First monograph: a transversal survey and a critical analysis of the sculptural work of the French artist who questions the suburban destiny of modernist utopias.
Piero Gilardi - Petit manuel d\'expression avec la mousse polyuréthane
2013
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
Artist's book: a pamphlet designed as a DIY guide on making works with foam rubber.
Piero Gilardi - Piccolo Manuale dell\'Espressione con la Gommapiuma
2013
Italian edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
Artist's book: a pamphlet designed as a DIY guide on making works with foam rubber.
12th Lyon Biennale - Meanwhile... Suddently and Then
2013
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
28.00 15.00 €
The book of the 12th edition of the international exhibition, curated by Icelandic curator Gunnar B. Kvaran.
 Kimsooja - To Breathe: Bottari
2013
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Fully illustrated retrospective monograph based on Kimsooja's project presented at the Korean Pavilion of the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013, with numerous newly commissioned and re-published texts.
Gianni Piacentino -
2013
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
A tribute to Gianni Piacentino's art and to his sense of independence with works spanning 1966 to the present.
 Kimsooja - To Breathe: Bottari - Limited edition
2013
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
currently out of stock
Limited edition of Kimsooja's monograph, accompanied by a Korean Bottari and a screenprinted bag.
Roe Ethridge - Le Consortium / M Museum Leuven
2013
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
A singular digital catalogue, designed in close collaboration with the artist, that allows to understand how Roe Ethridge thinks, edits and organizes his images.
Stefan Nikolaev - One for the money, two for the show
2013
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
First monograph, with three essays and an interview.
Stéphanie Cherpin - The Landscape Opens at Set Times
2013
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
First monograph on Stéphanie Cherpin's work, with two essays, an interview, and a complete catalogue of her sculptures.
Veduta / Lyon Biennal 2011 - A Terrible Beauty Is Born
2013
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
(last copies available!)
30.00 15.00 €
A retrospective overview of the 11th edition of the Lyon Biennale, curated by Argentinean curator Victoria Noorthoorn, with a focus on the two parallel programs “Veduta” and “Resonance”, held in the Lyon conurbation and its region.
Charles de Meaux - Art at the Time of World expos - Yeosu – A Project by Charles de Meaux
2012
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
(last copies available!)
15.00 8.00 €
The history of art in the context of universal exhibitions since the late nineteenth century to Charles de Meaux's visual and sound installation for Yeosu 2012.
Luigi Ontani - CoacerVolubilEllittico
2012
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Reference monograph.
Jim Shaw - Left Behind (box set)
2012
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
(last copies available!)
Luxurious box set of three books dedicated to the monumental eponymous body of works.
Vittorio Santoro - D[a]edalus, my father\'s horse, taken from the mill, a tourné en rond autour d\'une statue de...
2012
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
35.00 19.00 €
Works 2007-2011, with a new essay by noted British critic Rebecca Geldard as well as a preface by curator and art historian Daniel Kurjaković.
Verne Dawson - Precession of the Equinoxes - Paintings 1994-2010
2012
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Reference monograph: an overview of the American painter's oeuvre over fifteen years, with two essays and one autobiographical text.
Verne Dawson - Präzession des Äquinoktiums - Gemälde 1994-2010
2012
German edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Reference monograph (available in English edition).
Verne Dawson - Précession des équinoxes - Peintures 1994-2010
2012
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Reference monograph (available in English edition).
Laurent Montaron -
2012
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Monograph (with an essay by Michel Gauthier and an interview).
Au loin, une île !
2012
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
14.00 7.00 €
Catalogue of a double exhibition dedicated to the contemporary British art scene.
Augusto de Campos - Poètemoins - Anthologie – Limited edition
2011
bilingual edition (French / Portuguese)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
Limited edition of the anthology, with an original signed silkscreen.
Jean-Philippe Antoine - La traversée du XXe siècle - Joseph Beuys, l\'image et le souvenir
2011
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
First major monograph in French, fully illustrated, devoted to the key figure of Joseph Beuys, revealing the aesthetic ambition and political issues through a genealogy that retraces a whole part of the XXth century.
Pierre Joseph - Oui, non, peut-être
2011
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Catalogue raisonné / first monograph of a key figure in the art scene since the late 1980s, this luxurious book (designed by M/M), lavishly illustrated, documents the whole Pierre Joseph's oeuvre, from the first group shows to most recent works.
11th Lyon Biennale - A Terrible Beauty Is Born
2011
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
32.00 17.00 €
Catalogue of the 11th edition of the international exhibition, conceived by Argentinean curator Victoria Noorthoorn, gathering 78 artists from all over the world.
Veduta / Lyon Biennal 2009 - The Spectacle and the Everyday
2011
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
30.00 15.00 €
Retrospective catalogue of the “Veduta” urban art program conceived alongside the 2009 Lyon Biennal, with various local actors and cultural and artistic institutions: an exploration of the diversity of visual cultures, guided by the core ideas of convergence and participation.
L\'art contemporain et la Côte d\'Azur - Un territoire pour l\'expérimentation – 1951-2011
2011
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
Contemporary art and the French Riviera (a territory for experimentation).
 Ida Tursic & Wilfried Mille - Decade
2011
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Reference monograph.
Matt Mullican - 12 by 2
2011
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Monograph based on an ambitious project that revisits forty years of Californian post-conceptual artist's work, between symbolism of representation and exploration of the subconscious under hypnosis, with two essays and an interview.
 Ida Tursic & Wilfried Mille - Decade - Limited edition
2011
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
(last copies available!)
Limited edition of the Ida Tursic & Wilfried Mille monograph with an insert of a print signed by the artists.
Faire impression - L\'école d\'art de Mulhouse entre industrie et beaux-arts (1829-2009)
2011
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
A postmodern portrait of French art schools outside Paris, from the example of Mulhouse, which evolved from industrial arts and fine arts to contemporary art and design.
L\'affaire des 1052 m2 - Les vitraux de la Cathédrale de Nevers
2011
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
A reference book on contemporary church stained glass window: an extensive documentation on a monumental public commission involving five French major artists.
Fabricateurs d\'espaces
2011
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
Space as the raw material and the underpinning of the work of art (different approaches looking into the concept of space in all its ramifications, from the recent history of sculpture to the latest research in astrophysics).
Anna-Eva Bergman -
2011
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Reference monograph.
Charline von Heyl - Paintings 1990-2010 - Limited edition
2011
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
Limited edition with an original print, hand numbered and signed by the artist (30 copies print run).
Gina Pane - Situation idéale
2011
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Retrospective monograph dedicated to one of France's major proponents of body art.
Gina Pane - Situation idéale
2011
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Retrospective monograph dedicated to one of France's major proponents of body art (available in English edition).
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