Criticism, theory & documents

 
Fundamental writings, anthologies / essays, texts and interviews.
 
Series:
 
 
W. J. T. Mitchell - Que veulent les images ? - Une critique de la culture visuelle
2014
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Perceptions
An innovative analysis of our relationship to the image.
Performance Art - Life of the Archive and Topicality
2014
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Figures
An epistemology of performance.
Judith Benhamou-Huet - Mapplethorpe, vivant - Réponses à des questions
2014
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Fama
A “memorial” consisting of testimonies and interviews with friends, models, collaborators, and specialists of Robert Mapplethorpe (Pierre Apraxine, Pierre Bergé, Germano Celant, Lucinda Childs, Marcus Leatherdale, Richard Marshall, Bettina Rheims...).
Parachute - The Anthology (vol. 2) – Performance & Performativity
2014
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
Second volume of the anthology (1975-2000), focusing on performance and performativity.
Joshua Decter - Art Is a Problem
2014
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
An anthology: selected criticism, essays, interviews, and curatorial projects, since 1986-2012.
Jeff Derksen - After Euphoria
2014
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
Questioning neoliberalism: a collection of Jeff Derksen's writings on art, architecture, and globalism.
La performance - Vie de l\'archive et actualité
2014
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Figures
An epistemology of performance (also available in English edition).
Transmettre l\'art - Figures et méthodes – Quelle histoire ?
2014
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Figures
An historical and theoretical investigation into art teaching and transmission.
Jean-Claude Lebensztejn - Déplacements
2014
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Fabula
A collection of previously unpublished or revised texts by Jean-Claude Lebensztejn (1992-2012).
Catherine Perret - Olivier Mosset - Painting, even
2013
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
A study of the work of Olivier Mosset in 46 chapters.
Faire art comme on fait société - Les Nouveaux commanditaires (+ 2 DVD)
2013
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
A multidisciplinary reflection on a new type of engagement of art in democracy, renewing relationships between creation, culture and society: 47 contributions by international thinkers and actors of the art world (with 9 movies on DVD).
François Hers - Art without Capitalism (The New Patrons)
2013
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
A new model of action to invent new modes of art production and exchange by establishing a direct dialogue between the artist, the citizen-commissioner and the cultural mediator, outside the museum and apart from the art market.
Elvan Zabunyan - Theresa Hak Kyung Cha - Berkeley – 1968
2013
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
First monographic book on the unique work of Korean-American artist Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (1951-1982), at the crossroads of performance, of conceptual art, of video and of poetry.
Judith Ickowicz - Le droit après la dématérialisation de l\'œuvre d\'art
2013
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Figures
The law after the dematerialization of the artwork: a legal perspective on contemporary art.
Parachute - The Anthology (vol. 1) – Museums, Art History, and Theory
2013
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
An anthology (1975-2000).
Igor Zabel - Contemporary Art Theory
2013
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
Igor Zabel's writings.
Francesco Bonami - Cattelan, Maurizio - Autobiographie non autorisée
2013
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Fama
The legendary life of Maurizio Cattelan: a fictional biography of which the artist himself is the biographer.
Francesco Bonami - Cattelan, Maurizio - Autobiographie non autorisée
2013
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Fama
The legendary life of Maurizio Cattelan: a fictional biography of which the artist himself is the biographer.
Jürgen Schreiber - Richter, peintre d\'Allemagne - Le drame d\'une famille
2012
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Fama
A biographical approach to Gerhard Richter's work.
Jürgen Schreiber - Richter, peintre d\'Allemagne - Le drame d\'une famille
2012
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Fama
A biographical approach to Gerhard Richter's work.
Peter Galison - Objectivité
2012
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Fabula
The story of objectivity, by two of the greatest historians of science today.
Jean-Paul Fourmentraux - L\'œuvre commune - Affaire d\'art et de citoyen
2012
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
A sociological approach to new practices in public art commissioning.
François Hers - L\'art sans le capitalisme
2012
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
A new model of action to invent new modes of art production and exchange by establishing a direct dialogue between the artist, the citizen-commissioner and the cultural mediator, outside the museum and apart from the art market (available in English edition).
David Teboul - Boris Mikhailov - J\'ai déjà été ici un jour
2011
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
A portrait of the great Ukrainian photographer based on a film on Boris Mikhailov by David Teboul.
Juliet Fleming - Graffiti et arts scripturaux à l\'aube de la modernité anglaise
2011
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Fabula
35.00 28.00 €
The unknown and disregarded literary arts of sixteenth century England (graffiti, tatoos, writing on clothes or ceramics...): a startling new perspective of early modern literature and cultural history.
Gilles A. Tiberghien - Pour une république des rêves
2011
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Œuvres en sociétés
An essay based on a group exhibition conceived by French philosopher and writer Gilles A. Tiberghien.
Une anthologie de la revue Texte zur Kunst de 1990 à 1998
2011
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
An anthology of reference texts published in the German magazine "Texte Zur Kunst" between 1990 and 1998.
Emmanuel Guy - Préhistoire du sentiment artistique - L\'invention du style, il y a 20 000 ans
2011
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Fabula
The first artistic perspective on prehistoric art through the rigorous study of its formal conventions and stylistic developments.
Lev Manovich - Le langage des nouveaux médias
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Perceptions
French translation of Manovich's major book The Language of New Media, the first systematic and rigorous theory of new media.
Pratiques et expériences curatoriales italiennes
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Figures
Interviews with 10 Italian curators.
Lewis H. Morgan - Le castor américain et ses ouvrages
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Fabula
First translation in French of the study on American beaver by a pioneer of ethology and anthropology in the US, an avant-garde and surprisingly relevant work in an age of global ecological crisis.
Marie de Brugerolle - Premières critiques
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
A critical anthology (texts and interviews on/with Christian Boltanski, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Paul McCarthy, Douglas Gordon, Glenn Ligon, Pipilotti Rist, John Baldessari, Florence Lazar, Bruce Nauman, Bruno Peinado, Michel Kireger, Delphine Reist, Karina Bisch, Guy de Cointet, Larry Bell...).
Ouvrir le document - Enjeux et pratiques de la documentation dans les arts visuels contemporains
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Perceptions
A collection of texts examining issues and practices of documentation in contemporary visual arts.
Penser l\'image
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Perceptions
An anthology of texts by philosophers, theoricians and art historians (H. Belting, H. Bredekamp, G. Didi-Huberman, J.-L. Nancy, W.J.T. Mitchell...) around the specific logic of the image and the transformation of the contemporary visual field.
Christian Höller - Time Action Vision - Conversations in Cultural Studies, Theory, and Activism
2010
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
12 conversations with theoreticians and activists critically engaged in the cultural field, exploring Cultural Studies and raising issues of postcolonialism, globalization, and activism.
Jean-Christophe Ammann - En y regardant mieux
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Figures
The collection of texts on contemporary art by Jean-Christophe Ammann.
Jean-Claude Lebensztejn - Pygmalion
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Fabula
An erotic history of art, from the figure of Pygmalion.
Hans Ulrich Obrist - A Brief History of Curating
2009
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
currently out of stock
The bestseller publication dedicated to pioneering curators and presents a unique collection of interviews by Hans Ulrich Obrist.
Jean-Louis Boissier - La relation cmme forme - L\'interactivité en art
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
(last copies available!)
25.00 19.00 €
Digital technologies and interactivity in the artistic field, in an historic and experimental perspective (new edition).
Alfred Gell - L\'art et ses agents - Une théorie anthropologique
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Fabula
First translation in French of a major work by British social anthropologist.
Katharine Park - Secrets de femmes - Le genre, la génération et les origines de la dissection humaine
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Fabula
The central role of female body in the history of anatomy, beyond the historiographical "taboo" around the religious prohibition.
In actu - De l\'expérimental dans l\'art
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Fabula
A collection of texts on contemporary experimental practices in art.
Dominique Chateau - L\'art comptant pour un
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
An essay / manifesto to reconsider the objectivity of the sensations provided by artworks, and to reconsider contemporary art in itself rather than as a genre, alongside modern and classical art.
Didier Semin - L\'Atlantique à la rame - Humeurs et digressions
2008
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
A collection of texts.
Saul Anton - Warhol\'s Dream
2007
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
(last copies available!)
An imaginary encounter between Robert Smithson and Andy Warhol, talking about entropy, glamour, science-fiction, cinema, and the art of their times.
Stéphanie Moisdon - Stéphanie Moisdon
2007
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
A collection of texts and interviews by the art critic and independant curator (John Armleder, Mehdi Belhaj Kacem, Guy Debord, Jean-Luc Godard, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Douglas Gordon, Carsten Höller, Michel Houellebecq, Pierre Huyghe, Jacques Lacan, Jean-François Lyotard, Olivier Mosset, Philippe Parreno, Andy Warhol...).
Nicolas Bourriaud - Postproduction - La culture comme scénario : comment l\'art reprogramme le monde contemporain
2004
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
The art of postproduction as a response to the proliferating chaos of global culture in the information age (also available in English edition).
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