Contemporary art

Catalogues

 
Group exhibition catalogues, institution retrospectives, collections.
 
Veduta / Lyon Biennal 2009 - The Spectacle and the Everyday
2011
bilingual edition (English / French)
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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
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Contemporary art and the French Riviera (a territory for experimentation).
Faire impression - L\'école d\'art de Mulhouse entre industrie et beaux-arts (1829-2009)
2011
French edition
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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
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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)
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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).
P. Nicolas Ledoux - G.M.V. - Is there any Ghislain Mollet-Viéville ? Information ou fiction ?
2011
French edition
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A unique project, between the artist's book and the book on art history, around Ghislain Mollet-Viéville's personal archives.
What comes (box set) - Les Ateliers de Rennes – Biennale d\'art contemporain #2
2010
English edition
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30.00 17.00 €
Catalogue of the second Rennes Biennal, focusing on the theme of the future and the thought surrounding it.
Ce qui vient (box set) - Les Ateliers de Rennes – Biennale d\'art contemporain #2
2010
French edition
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30.00 17.00 €
Catalogue of the second Rennes Biennal (available in English edition).
Insiders
2010
bilingual edition (English / French)
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Over eighty architects and collectives from a variety of backgrounds who have in common ways of overstepping the frontiers of their respective disciplines, brought together under the theme of “the private and the collective”.
10th Lyon Biennal - The Spectacle of the Everyday
2009
bilingual edition (English / French)
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30.00 15.00 €
The catalogue of the 10th edition, curated by Hou Hanru, from September 2009 to January 2010.
Crossing Values - Les Ateliers de Rennes – Biennale d\'art contemporain
2009
bilingual edition (English / French)
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35.00 19.00 €
Catalogue of the first Rennes Biennal, exploring what artistic activity and corporate/business activity have in common (and what sets them apart): work and labour, creators of value. With 60 international artists (Adel Abdessemed, Boris Achour, Jean-Marc Chapoulie, Claude Closky, Hans Peter Feldmann, Robert Filliou, Claire Fontaine, Pierre Huyghe, Jean-Charles Massera, Mathieu Mercier, Gianni Motti, Jean-Luc Moulène, Simon Starling...).
Ne pas jouer avec des choses mortes
2009
French edition
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Documenting works by artists dealing with performative issues between the 1960s and today, this catalogue, gathering numerous essays, questions the nature and the relevance of “performative” objects in contemporary practices (also available in English edition).
N\'importe quoi
2009
French edition
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A series of works by international artists presented in the style of a natural history museum collection.
Starting with (from) Marseilles – 65 projects of contemporary art - Bureau des Compétences et Désirs (Office for Abilities and Desires)
2008
bilingual edition (English / French)
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(last copies available!)
23.00 10.00 €
Retrospective catalogue of the French art center.
The Synagogue de Delme
2008
bilingual edition (English / French)
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(last copies available!)
Retrospective catalogue of the ancient rural synagogue transformed in a major contemporary creation space: installations views, presentation of each exhibition, artists' contributions and essays.
Objets d\'hier et d\'aujourd\'hui - Forde 2004-2006 / 2006-2007
2008
French edition
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12.00 8.00 €
This publication presents the 2004-2006 program of Forde independent contemporary art space (with John Baldessari, Philippe Decrauzat, Scott King, Wade Guyton, Mathieu Mercier, Mai-Thu Perret, Seth Price...).
Ambitions of Art - 30 Years of the Nouveau Musée / Institute for Contemporary Art (boxset)
2008
bilingual edition (English / French)
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26.00 18.00 €
The Institute for Contemporary Art in a two volumes boxset: memories, symposiums, conferences, images of the main exhibitions, specific projects.
9e Biennale d\'art contemporain de Lyon - L\'histoire d\'une décennie qui n\'est pas encore nommée
2007
French edition
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28.00 18.00 €
Catalogue of the Lyon Biennal 2007 (also available in English edition). The publication is thought of as a history, geography, and contemporary art book, resulting of a series of delegations, invitations, and programs of those who conceived the event.
Une galerie dans la ville - Roger Pailhas
2007
French edition
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19.00 15.00 €
A tribute to the foundator of the famous Marseille Gallery, the ARCA and the Art Dealers fair, with contributions by artists Daniel Buren, Dan Graham, Pierre Huyghe, Bernar Venet, Jeff Wall...
Half Square Half Crazy
2007
English edition
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This publication explores the reexamination or the redeployment of forms and devices drawn from Minimal art by numerous contemporary artists (Achour, Afif, Armleder, Boyce, Creed, Curlet, Dafflon, Decrauzat, Gastaldon, Guyton, Hempel, Mercier, Monk, Mosset, Nicolai, Parrino, Peinado, Pettibon, Pinaud, Tremblay, van Golden, Walsh...).
A moitié carré à moitié fou
2007
French edition
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This publication explores the reexamination or the redeployment of forms and devices drawn from Minimal art by numerous contemporary artists (Achour, Afif, Armleder, Boyce, Creed, Curlet, Dafflon, Decrauzat, Gastaldon, Guyton, Hempel, Mercier, Monk, Mosset, Nicolai, Parrino, Peinado, Pettibon, Pinaud, Tremblay, van Golden, Walsh...).
The Freak Show
2007
bilingual edition (English / French)
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Catalogue of the exhibition inspired of American "Freak Show", presenting around 50 contortionist, giant, hairy or Siamese works.
CCS Paris - Centre Culturel Suisse – 2003-2005
2007
bilingual edition (English / French)
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(last copies available!)
25.00 15.00 €
The illustrated catalogue of the Swiss platform in Paris (with Martin Hess, Thomas Hirschhorn, Christoph Büchel and Gianni Motti, Philippe Rahm, etc.).
Documents – Some artistic practices of the digital age - Collection 35 works – Volume 1
2007
bilingual edition (English / French)
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A collection of digital artworks.
Catherine Perret - Non compatibles - Une peinture sans qualités (une exposition de Catherine Perret)
2006
bilingual edition (English / French)
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13.00 7.00 €
Exhibition catalogue (with Dike Blair, Greg Bogin, Renate Buser, Nicolas Chardon, Marcelline Delbecq, Barbara Gallucci, Imi Knoebel, Vincent Lamouroux, Renée Levi, Olivier Mosset, Emmanuel Pinard, Peter Soriano, Tatiana Trouvé).
Printemps de septembre à Toulouse – Volume 3 - Broken lines
2006
bilingual edition (English / French)
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15.00 10.00 €
The third and last catalogue of the contemporary art festival in Toulouse, France (with Art & Language, Rodney Graham, Joe Scanlan, Tatiana Trouvé, Lawrence Weiner, Anish Kapoor, Francis Alÿs, Monica Bonvicini, Christoph Büchel...)
Printemps de septembre à Toulouse – Volume 2 - Vertiges
2005
bilingual edition (English / French)
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15.00 5.00 €
Contemporary art French festival catalogue (with Franz Ackermann, Fred Tomaselli, Chloe Piene, David Reed, Siobhan Hapaska, James Rosenquist, Franz West, Jennifer Steinkamp, Jean-Pierre Bertrand, Gerhard Merz, Cindy Sherman, Stephane Calais, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Sigmar Polke, Daniel Schlier, Ger Van Elk, Alice Anderson...).
Vincent Pécoil - The Purloined Letter
2004
bilingual edition (English / French)
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14.00 7.00 €
Exhibition catalogue (with John Armleder, Maurizio Cattelan, Stéphane Dafflon, Philippe Decrauzat, Sylvie Fleury, Mike Kelley, Bertrand Lavier, Sherrie Levine, Allan McCollum, Sarah Morris, Olivier Mosset, Olaf Nicolai, Daniel Pflumm, Daan van Golden, Kelley Walker, Lawrence Weiner...).
Xavier Douroux - Nouveaux Commanditaires en Bourgogne
2004
French edition
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A retrospective presentation of 10 years of creation resulting from the association of international contemporary artists and commissions for public works.
Flower power - Catalogue Lille 2004
2004
French edition
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38.00 20.00 €
Exhibition catalogue on the theme of flowers.
Printemps de septembre à Toulouse – Volume 1 - In extremis
2004
bilingual edition (English / French)
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(last copies available!)
10.00 7.00 €
Catalogue (with Giovanni Anselmo, Virginie Barré, Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, Serge Comte, Pascal Convert, Christoph Draeger, Jan Fabre, Roni Horn, Martin Kippenberger, Christian Marclay, Stéphane Sautour, Franck Scurti, Uri Tzaig, Didier Vermeiren, Clotilde Viannay, Rémy Zaugg, Michel Zumpf...).
7th Lyon Biennal - C\'est arrivé demain – Avant
2003
French edition
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(last copies available!)
Éric Troncy - Coollustre
2003
French edition
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40.00 25.00 €
Three exibitions by Éric Troncy (with Robert Barry, Angela Bulloch, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Sylvie Fleury, Gloria Friedmann, Liam Gillick, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Gucci, Pierre Huyghe, On Kawara, Anselm Kiefer, Bertrand Lavier, Claude Lévêque, Sol LeWitt, Allan McCollum, Sarah Morris, Helmut Newton, Philippe Parreno, Ugo Rondinone, Thomas Ruff, Niele Toroni, Xavier Veilhan, Andy Warhol, Franz West...).
Pattern, Crime & Decoration
2020
bilingual edition (English / French)
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sold out
Catalogue of the double exhibition devoted to the Pattern & Decoration movement, with numerous previously unpublished archives.
Art Public Poitiers
2014
French edition
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sold out
The public art program conceived in the context of the urban development project for the city of Poitiers in France, with commissioned works by Élisabeth Ballet, Pierre Joseph, Didier Marcel, Benoît-Marie Moriceau, and Christian Robert-Tissot.
Not to Play with Dead Things
2009
English edition
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sold out
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.
Basse Def - Partage de données
2008
French edition
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sold out
Exhibition catalogue around art and low resolution in new technologies.
 M/M (Paris) - Printemps de septembre à Toulouse - Boxset + photo
2006
bilingual edition (English / French)
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sold out
Numbered edition of a photography and a poster (Jean-Marc Bustamante fecit), which are added to the special box set by M/M (Paris) containing the last three catalogues of the Printemps de septembre festival.
7th Lyon Biennal - C\'est arrivé demain – Après
2003
bilingual edition (English / French)
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sold out
The 7th Lyon Contemporary Art Biennal catalogue.
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