Les presses du réel – editions
 
Charles de Meaux - Marfa Mystery Lights - A Concert for the UFO\'s – featuring The Secret Machines (DVD)
2008
English edition (French subtitled)
Les presses du réel – Music & Sound Arts – Artists' books & editions
A performance of The Secret Machines conceived and filmed by Charles de Meaux.
Morton Feldman - Ecrits et paroles
2008
French edition
Les presses du réel – Music & Sound Arts – Misceallenous
New edition of the American compositor's writings, with an essay on his oeuvre and some testimonies by Steve Reich and Joan La Barbara.
 Cocktail Designers -
2008
texts in English and French
Les presses du réel – Architecture / design / graphic design – Design – Misceallenous
(last copies available!)
Retrospective catalogue of the graphic design studio's works.
 Tectoniques architectes - Unplugged
2008
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Architecture / design / graphic design – Architecture
First publication devoted to the French architects collective specialized in wood constructions, gathering twelve exemplary buildings.
Paul Sharits -
2008
English edition
Les presses du réel – Cinema & video art – Monographs
Complete monograph on a master of experimental cinema, with a general introduction on its œuvre, several essays, texts by the artist and interviews.
Jacques Villeglé - Le lacéré anonyme
2008
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap) – Paperback
An ironic, historic and personal assessment of the transformations of art in the years 1950-1960 by one member of the New realists: the story of collage, the return of dada, an evocation of Léo Malet, the work with Raymond Hains...
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.
Bernard Piffaretti - Si vous avez manqué la première partie… - Fortune critique, écrits et entretiens, 1982-2007
2008
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
22.00 15.00 €
Writings and interviews by (and around) one of the main actors of the return to painting.
Raymond Roussel - L\'allée aux Lucioles - suivi de Jacques Sivan : Les corps subtils aux gloires légitimantes
2008
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Literary field
An unpublished text by Raymond Roussel, accompanied with an essay by Jacques Sivan.
Fabien Danesi - Le mythe brisé de l\'Internationale situationniste - L\'aventure d\'une avant-garde au cœur de la culture de masse (1945-2008)
2008
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Œuvres en sociétés
A new approach on the Situationist International and its paradoxical myths.
Richard Thomson - La République troublée - Culture  visuelle et débat social en France (1889-1900)
2008
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Œuvres en sociétés
This brilliant work studies the notion of modernity as it's been defined at the end of the XIXth century, especially through the analyse of the links between the visual culture and several main social debates of the time such as sexuallity, urban crowd, riots and social control mechanisms, the Republic and the Church, nationalism and militarism.
Brandon LaBelle - Live Bootleg (+ CD)
2008
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Music & Sound Arts – Ohcetecho (sound arts)
An overview of sound installations and environments by the experimental artist-musician, with three essays and an interview, a specific project, installations views and performances on audio CD.
Fabrice Flahutez - Nouveau monde et nouveau mythe - Mutations du surréalisme, de l\'exil américain à l\'« Écart absolu » (1941-1965)
2007
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Œuvres en sociétés
How, in the course of their American exile, the surrealist artists (Duchamp, Tanguy, Masson, Ernst, Lam, Carrigton ...) were influenced by the literary and artistic context. Also a specific study on the perpetual renewal of Surrealism after war, linked with the importance of esoterism, the Amerindian civilizations, and Charles Fourier.
T. J. Clark - Une image du peuple - Gustave Courbet et la révolution de 1848
2007
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Œuvres en sociétés
Art as a social practice through Gustave Courbet's œuvre and political commitment.
Thomas Schlesser - Réceptions de Courbet - Fantasmes réalistes et paradoxes de la démocratie (1848-1871)
2007
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Œuvres en sociétés
An elucidation of the myths and the political fantasies that surrounded Gustave Courbet's work and life under the second Empire.
Neil McWilliam - Rêves de bonheur - L\'art social et la gauche française (1830-1850)
2007
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Œuvres en sociétés
A thoroughly investigation of the social role of art articulated by the French left during the July Monarchy and Second Republic.
Camille Bryen - Désécritures - Poèmes, essais, inédits, entretiens
2007
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap) – Fundamental
A collection of the painter's writings (poetry, interviews, chronicles, previously unpublished texts and documents) who, between the 1930's and the 1970's in St-Germain-des-Prés, never ceased to explore language and to work with words as if with an unprocessed and unlimitted material.
Jacques Donguy - Poésies expérimentales - Zone numérique (1953-2007)
2007
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap) – Construction
J. Donguy introduces the visual and sound experimentations of concrete poetry, from 1953 (Gomringer and de Campos) to the current movements ("digital area"). The anthology, followed by an international bibliography, offers the first overview of this art, with 300 illustrations.
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.
Patrick Tacussel - L\'imaginaire radical - Les mondes possibles et l\'esprit utopique selon Charles Fourier
2007
French edition
Les presses du réel – Philosophy / politics – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap) – Fundamental
A new essay on Charles Fourier's social utopia.
Daniel Birnbaum - Chronologie
2007
French edition
Les presses du réel – Philosophy / politics – Documents
A philosophical essay on time, phenomenology and beyond by the curator and art critic, around the works of Stan Douglas, Eija-Lisa Athila, Doug Aitken, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Tacita Dean, Darren Almond, Tobias Rehberger, Pierre Huyghe and Philippe Parreno.
Cahiers Charles Fourier
2007
French edition
Les presses du réel – Philosophy / politics – Charles Fourier review
The Fourierist Studies Association Review.
Liam Gillick - Proxemics - Selected Writings (1988-2006)
2007
English edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Positions
This publication reunites a selection of critical writings for the most part printed in magazines or exhibition catalogues: a reinterpretation of Conceptual and Minimal art, as much as a testimony of the 90's art scene.
Franz Ackermann -
2007
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
36.00 25.00 €
Monograph / catalogue / artist's book in a boxset with an inserted fold-out, devoted to one of the major representatives of the German painting revival.
On Kawara - Consciousness. Meditation. Watcher on the Hills - Boxset
2007
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
(last copies available!)
Box gathering the two volumes of the catalogue Consciousness. Meditation. Watcher on the Hills, published for the world tour of the exhibition by On Kawara.
Bruno Serralongue - La Otra
2007
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
15 images from a serie of photographs realized in Mexico during the Marcos' campaign in 2006, with two essays : a reflexion on contemporary photography.
Stéphane Dafflon -
2007
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Monograph dedicated to the abstract artist's graphical paintings and objects, accompanied with a long essay by Jeff Ryan.
9e Biennale d\'art contemporain de Lyon - L\'histoire d\'une décennie qui n\'est pas encore nommée
2007
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
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
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
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
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
(last copies available!)
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
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
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)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
Catalogue of the exhibition inspired of American "Freak Show", presenting around 50 contortionist, giant, hairy or Siamese works.
Alexandra Baudelot - Jennifer Lacey & Nadia Lauro - Dispositifs chorégraphiques
2007
French edition
Les presses du réel – Dance & Performing Arts –
An essay / fully illustrated monograph on choreographer and dancer Jennifer Lacey and artist and scenographer Nadia Lauro.
Diedrich Diederichsen - Argument son - De Britney Spears à Helmut Lachenmann : critique électro-acoustique de la société et autres essais sur la musique
2007
French edition
Les presses du réel – Music & Sound Arts – Documents
A collection of texts about music (from Britney Spears to Helmut Lachenmann, passing through Matthew Herbert, The Melvins, Terre Thaemlitz, Stan Douglas etc.), gathered from the numerous publications of the famous art and music critic and including many previously unpublished texts.
Lydie Fischer Sarazin-Levassor - A Marriage in Check - The Heart of the Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelor, Even (Marcel Duchamp and Lydie Fischer Sarazin-Levassor)
2007
English edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap) – Fundamental
Marcel Duchamp met Lydie Sarazin-Levassor at the end of March 1927. On 7 June, they were married. Francis Picabia acted as a witness and the ceremony was filmed by Man Ray. On 25 January 1928, they divorced. Lydie Sarazin-Levassor tells the story of their marriage.
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...).
Amy O\'Neill - Suburban Imagination
2007
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
The sculptures, installations, and drawings by the New York-based artist are presented in this first monograph as a journey through the American suburban imagination.
Kelley Walker -
2007
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
(last copies available!)
Reference monograph.
CCS Paris - Centre Culturel Suisse – 2003-2005
2007
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
(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)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
A collection of digital artworks.
Julie Perrin - Projet de la matière – Odile Duboc - Mémoire(s) d\'une œuvre chorégraphique (+ DVD)
2007
French edition
Les presses du réel – Dance & Performing Arts –
The story of a choreographic work, from its beginning to its successive appearances. The testimonies of its various actors (choreographer, dancers, artist) lead to make the aesthetic stakes appear and the strengths which underlie the work.
Pierre Tilman - Robert Filliou - Nationalité poète
2006
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap) – Fundamental
The first biography of Robert Filliou.
Hugo Ball - Dada à Zurich - Le mot et l\'image (1915-1916)
2006
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap) – Paperback
A critical counterpoint to the famous Tzara's cronic published in the Dada Almanach, by the founder of the Cabaret Voltaire.
Cahiers Charles Fourier
2006
French edition
Les presses du réel – Philosophy / politics – Charles Fourier review
The Fourierist Studies Association Review.
David Robbins - The Velvet Grind - Selected Essays (1980-2004)
2006
English edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Positions
A discussion of art and entertainment and their conflictual relationship (interviews and essays).
Annette Messager - Word for Word
2006
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
60.00 45.00 €
The writings by Annette Messager assembed by Marie-Laure Bernadac appear to be exuberant, poetic, trivial. Lavishly illustrated, this monograph contains a collection of texts and interviews with the artist, many of which are unpublished.
Catherine Sullivan - Film and Theater Works - 2002-2004
2006
texts in English and French
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
40.00 20.00 €
First monograph devoted to the Californian artist.
Delphine Coindet -
2006
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Large monograph on French sculptor Delphine Coindet.
Gerald Petit - Heroes
2006
French edition (texts in English)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
12.00 6.00 €
Exhibition catalog: the entire transcript of the “hero” from The Viewer, a video realized in New York in 2004.
Robert Barry - Details (DVD)
2006
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
(last copies available!)
Details shows a succession of scenes filmed in static shots, appearing behind words letters cut on a black screen, giving the word the function of the frame and therefore rephrasing the link between language and image.
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