Les presses du réel – editions
 
Gilles Perraudin - Constructing in massive stone today
2013
English edition
Les presses du réel – Architecture / design / graphic design – Architecture
sold out
A manual for massive stone construction, by a pionneer in sustainable and ecological architecture.
Gilles Perraudin - Construire en pierre de taille aujourd\'hui
2013
French edition
Les presses du réel – Architecture / design / graphic design – Architecture
sold out
A manual for massive stone construction, by a pionneer in sustainable and ecological architecture (available in English edition).
Clive Phillpot - Booktrek - Selected essays on artist\'s books
2013
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
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Artists' book history.
Locus Solus - Impressions de Raymond Roussel
2013
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Misceallenous
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The work of Raymond Roussel as a point of departure for an oblique and transversal reading of 20th century art.
Tacet - Experimentation As Questioning
2013
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Music & Sound Arts – Ohcetecho (sound arts)
sold out
2nd issue of the experimental music annual review, around the question of experimentation in music.
Julie Perrin - Figures de l\'attention - Cinq essais sur la spatialité en danse
2013
French edition
Les presses du réel – Dance & Performing Arts –
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An analysis of the experience of spatiality in dance, through five works by Xavier Le Roy, Yvonne Rainer, Olga Mesa, Boris Charmatz, and Merce Cunningham.
Christopher Wool - Vitraux
2012
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
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Christopher Wool's stained glass windows for the Prieuré of La Charité sur Loire, France.
Artist-Run Spaces
2012
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
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Nonprofit collective organizations in the 1960s-1970s.
Ryan Gander - Le Dit du Dé
2012
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
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Catalogue / artist's book.
Gilles Perraudin -
2012
French edition
Les presses du réel – Architecture / design / graphic design – Architecture
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First monograph dedicated to French architect's “avant-garde” vernacular projects with which he develops, since 1980, a sustainable and ecological architecture.
Tacet - Who is John Cage?
2012
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Music & Sound Arts – Ohcetecho (sound arts)
sold out
First issue of the experimental music annual review.
Edvard Munch - Ecrits
2011
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Dedalus
sold out
A collection of texts, most unpublished in French.
Aby Warburg - Miroirs de faille - À Rome avec Giordano Bruno et Édouard Manet, 1928-29
2011
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Misceallenous
sold out
A collection of mostly unpublished essays, notes and letters which shed a new light on Warburg's last studies.
Juergen Teller - Touch Me
2011
bilingual edition (English / Korean)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
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An artist's book / catalogue that, rather than focusing on the famous images made by Juergen Teller for fashion and luxury industries, aims to underline the particular aesthetic dimension of his photographic work in general.
Anna-Eva Bergman -
2011
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
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Reference monograph (available in English edition).
Larry Bell -
2011
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Richly documented, this first monograph published in Europe gathers Larry Bell's archives, alongside with new commissioned essays by the artist, Marie de Brugerolle, Annette Leddy and John C. Welchman.
Larry Bell -
2011
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Richly documented, this first monograph published in Europe gathers Larry Bell's archives, alongside with new commissioned essays by the artist, Marie de Brugerolle, Annette Leddy and John C. Welchman.
Charline von Heyl - Paintings 1990-2010
2010
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
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First monograph: Charline von Heyl's paintings chronologically presented, each vis-à-vis a detail view manipulated by the artist, with four texts that shed light on the evolution of her work and contextualize her practice regarding the question of the renewal of contemporary painting.
Yona Friedman - Drawings & Models - 1945-2010
2010
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Architecture / design / graphic design – Architecture
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The chronological compilation of Yona Friedman's plans, sketches, drawings, models, collages, installations, etc., since 1945: a monumental publication which offers a complete overview of the work of one of the greatest artists-architects and urbanist theoreticians today, in its many dimensions (urban, economic, ecological, cultural, social and political).
Dorothea von Hantelmann - How to Do Things with Art - The Meaning of Art\'s Performativity
2010
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
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The societal efficacy of art.
Alan Vega - Infinite Mercy
2010
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Misceallenous
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First monograph devoted to the visual work of the New York alternative art scene mythical figure, a pioneer of minimalist electronic rock as the co-founder of the cult band Suicide.
Alan Vega - Infinite Mercy
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Misceallenous
sold out
First monograph devoted to the visual work of the New York alternative art scene mythical figure.
Lynda Benglis -
2010
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Reference retrospective monograph: a complete overview of Lynda Benglis' work and life from the late 1960s to the present day, with more than 350 illustrations, about 20 historical or commissioned essays, an interview, famous and unseen archival material, and a complete chronology.
Lynda Benglis -
2010
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Reference retrospective monograph (available in English edition).
Jean-Michel Rabaté - Étant donnés : 1° l\'art, 2° le crime - La modernité comme scène du crime
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Literary field
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Criminal news item as current version of the ready-made: relations between the history of avant-gardes and the aesthetics of murder.
Meg Stuart - Are we here yet?
2010
English edition
Les presses du réel – Dance & Performing Arts –
sold out
Monograph / artist book by American choreographer: essays, documents, reflexions, discussions, images...
Meg Stuart - On va où, là ?
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Dance & Performing Arts –
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Monograph / artist book (available in English edition).
Pierre Molinier -
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
The method and genesis of Pierre Molinier's oeuvre (available in English edition).
Christian Boltanski - Parcours d\'ombres
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Shadows of witches, bats and black cats for a street public lighting commissioned work.
Cahiers Charles Fourier - Walter Benjamin lecteur de Charles Fourier
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Philosophy / politics – Charles Fourier review
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Walter Benjamin reader of Charles Fourier.
Aux anges
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
sold out
A set of anonymous texts and bikers images collected by Olivier Mosset.
 Avignon-Clouet Architectes -
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Architecture / design / graphic design – Architecture
sold out
First publication devoted to the French architecture agency.
Michel Gauthier - Les promesses du zéro - Robert Smithson, Carsten Höller, Ed Ruscha, Martin Creed, John M Armleder, Tino Sehgal
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
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An analysis of some major contemporary works that challenge the traditional values of art.
René Schérer - Utopies nomades
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Philosophy / politics – Second reading
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An essay on the concept of utopia today, more relevant than ever at the time of the economic, social, ecological and intellectual crisis.
Yayoi Kusama - Mirrored Years
2009
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
A "picture biography".
Mike Kelley - Educational Complex Onwards (1995-2008)
2009
texts in English and French
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
The first book bringing together Mike Kelley's autobiographic works since 1995, and offering an overview of the development of Kelley's practice.
Xavier Veilhan - 1999-2009
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Reference monograph on the French artist (available in English edition).
Sophie Ristelhueber - Operations
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
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Luxurious retrospective monograph, conceived in close collaboration with the artist, with three essays, an illustrated and commented chronology, major works since the beginning of the 80s, as well as many documents and exhibition views.
Not to Play with Dead Things
2009
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
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Documenting works by artists dealing with performative issues between the 1960s and today (from Paul McCarthy to Jessica Warboys, Spartacus Chetwynd or John Bock), this catalogue, gathering numerous essays, questions the nature and the relevance of “performative” objects in contemporary practices.
Christian Marclay - Snap!
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Music & Sound Arts – Misceallenous
sold out
First publication dedicated to Christian Marclay's photographic practice.
S. M. Eisenstein - Cinématisme - Peinture et cinéma
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Cinema & video art – Fabula
sold out
A selection of Eisenstein's writings.
Loïc Raguénès -
2009
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
New works by French neo-pointillist artist.
Michel Giroud - Paris, laboratoire des avant-gardes - Transformations / transformateurs, 1945-1965
2008
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap) – Paperback
sold out
Essays and interviews on 20th century avant-gardes in France (from Dada to sound poetry, avant-garde reviews, happenings and events, Fluxus, Raymond Hains, Jacques Villeglé, Gil J. Wolman, Camille Bryen...).
Bob Nickas - Theft is Vision
2008
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
sold out
Essays and interviews by the American curator and critic: a portrait of the American art scene over the last few decades.
Thierry de Duve - Faire école (ou la refaire ?) - Nouvelle édition revue et augmentée
2008
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
sold out
An activist analysis of new transmission models in art teaching.
Yvonne Rainer - Une femme qui... - Ecrits, entretiens, essais critiques
2008
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Positions
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Written texts and films, interviews, symposia, and essays by a central figure in the history of the New York avant-garde.
 Petra Mrzyk & Jean-François Moriceau - Calendar
2008
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Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
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One drawing by Mrzyk & Moriceau a day (2009 calendar).
Basse Def - Partage de données
2008
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
sold out
Exhibition catalogue around art and low resolution in new technologies.
David Antin - Ce qu\'être d\'avant-garde veut dire
2008
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Motion Method Memory
sold out
First translation in French of the collection of talks by American poet, critic, linguist and performance artist.
Jean-Marc Chapoulie - Alchimicinéma - Enquête sur une image invisible
2008
French edition
Les presses du réel – Cinema & video art – Literary field – Fictions
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A film-maker and curator's reflection on moving image and its viewer.
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