Les presses du réel – editions
 
Pae White - Ohms and Amps / Amps and Ohms
2005
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
sold out
Comprising sixteen cardboard pages, this artist's book explores two exhibitions that were literal complements of each other.
Mike Kelley - Interviews, conversations, and chit-chat (1986-2004)
2005
English edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Positions
sold out
Mike Kelley's major interviews and critical essays.
 Yan Pei-Ming - Fils du Dragon
2004
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
First monograph.
 Yan Pei-Ming - The Way of the Dragon
2004
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
First monograph.
Robert Filliou - Catalogue raisonné des éditions et multiples
2003
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap)
sold out
Filliou's catalogue raisonné.
Pierre Huyghe - Le Château de Turing
2003
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
The sole monograph available on the most internationally known French artist (English edition).
Pierre Huyghe - Le Château de Turing
2003
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Available in English edition.
Christopher Wool - Crosstown
2003
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Paintings and photographies.
Chen Zhen - Les entretiens
2003
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
sold out
Chen Zhen talks to Daniel Buren, Hou Hanru, Eleonor Heartney, Emma Lavigne, Ken Lum, Enrico Lunghi, Yves Michaux, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Jérôme Sans and Nari Ward and others who shared his adventure in art (available in English edition).
7th Lyon Biennal - C\'est arrivé demain – Après
2003
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
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The 7th Lyon Contemporary Art Biennal catalogue.
Isabelle Launay - Entretenir - A propos d\'une danse contemporaine
2003
French edition
Les presses du réel – Dance & Performing Arts –
sold out
An interview with French dancer and choreographer.
George Brecht - Chance-Imagery
2002
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap)
sold out
The first critical edition treating a fundamental text by one of the principle actors of Fluxus.
Nicolas Bourriaud - Relational Aesthetics
2002
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
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Art as a set of practices which take as their theoretical and practical point of departure the whole of human relations and their social context: the manifesto that has renewed the approach of contemporary art since the 1990s.
Yayoi Kusama - Performance & environnement - 1962-2000
2002
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Coinciding with a travelling show that presented ten specially created environments, this book assembles the artist's extravagant works of the 60's when she organized performances, happenings and orgies in the streets of New York, as well as the environments of the 80's and 90's that distort reality to propose near-hallucinatory experiences.
Yayoi Kusama - Performance & environnement - 1962-2000
2002
German edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Coinciding with a travelling show that presented ten specially created environments, this book assembles the artist's extravagant works of the 60's when she organized performances, happenings and orgies in the streets of New York, as well as the environments of the 80's and 90's that distort reality to propose near-hallucinatory experiences.
Steven Parrino - Exit/Dark Matter
2002
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
sold out
A re-appropriation of the comic books iconography.
Kendell Geers - My Tongue in your Cheek
2002
texts in English, German, French
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
The first full length survey of the work of Kendell Geers.
Yayoi Kusama - Kusama Orgy - Vol.1 Reprint (1969)
2001
English edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – Misceallenous
sold out
Reprint of Kusama's porno-artistic tabloid of 1969.
Wang Du -
2001
bilingual edition (English / Korean)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Foreword The Rodin Gallery has benn the site of an outstanding series of exhibitions featuring a wide spectrum of contemporary artists and including works such as The Gates of Hell and The Burghers of Calis by modern sculpture's seminal artist and master, Auguste Rodin. Thus it gives us great pleasure to develop for the first time a collaborative work with Le consortium, a leading contemporary art center in France on the occasion of the presentation of Wang Du's Disposable Reality. Wang Du, who was trained as sculptor in China within an academic tradition, works with images taken as readymade from newspapers, magazines and advertisements and transforms these two dimensional media images into three dimensional painted sculptural works with his own masterly skill. Through the information conveyed by articles on politics, economics, society, sports, leisure and fashion the artist expresses his feeling, often in a pointed, satirical manner, about the ordinary and our social reality. In this exhibition I believe there is special meaning in seeing the direct confrontation and dialogue between the works of Rodin, which deal with human emotions and those of Wang Du, which deal with contemporary issues in our daily life with sculptures as a common denominator. The vocabularies of contemporary art have expanded so much that somtimes we have a tendency to consider painting and sculpture to be outmoded media fot artistic expression. However, it is high time to demonstrate that it is not the medium which matters, but how it is used. Ra Hee Hong Lee Director, Samsung Museum of Modern Art
Philippe Parreno - Speech Bubbles
2001
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
sold out
An anthology of Parreno's writings.
Sylvie Fleury -
2001
trilingual edition (English / German / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Reference monograph.
Yayoi Kusama - Performance & environnement - 1962-2000
2001
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Coinciding with a travelling show that presented ten specially created environments, this book assembles the artist's extravagant works of the 60's when she organized performances, happenings and orgies in the streets of New York, as well as the environments of the 80's and 90's that distort reality to propose near-hallucinatory experiences.
Richard Huelsenbeck - En avant dada - L\'histoire du dadaïsme
2000
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap)
sold out
Richard Huelsenbeck's En avant dada is his first proclamation of Dada in Berlin.
John Miller - The Price Club - Selected writings (1977-1998)
2000
English edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Positions
sold out
From “polemical” texts to extensive theoretical essays, passing through Ed Ruscha, Bruce Nauman or John Baldessari, these writings have proved to be among the most challenging ones.
Dan Graham - Rock/Music Textes
1999
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
sold out
A collection of Dan Graham's articles about rock and experimental music.
 César - La suite milanaise
1999
trilingual edition (German / French / Italian)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Exhibition catalogue.
Liam Gillick - Erasme est en retard
1997
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
sold out
Artist's writings.
On Kawara - Whole and Parts - 1964-1995
1996
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
A monumental monograph: works (1964-1995), texts (around thirty since 1970), the most important solo and group shows since 1969.
Rémy Zaugg - Herzog et de Meuron, une exposition
1995
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
sold out
How to exhibit the architecture? Two Swiss architects answer this question (a conversation with Rémy Zaugg).
Rémy Zaugg - Le musée des Beaux-Arts auquel je rêve ou le lieu de l\'œuvre et de l\'homme
1995
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
sold out
In his influential 1986 text, Swiss artist Rémy Zaugg (1943–2005) laid out fundamental ideas on the art museum. For him, the museum is an everyday tool that enables the encounter between viewer and work—raising the question of the kind of architecture appropriate for such a space (available in English edition)
Alain Coulange - Peut-être - Bertrand Lavier et Niele Toroni
1994
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
sold out
Max Reithmann - Joseph Beuys - Si nécessaire nous serons aussi privés de coeur
1994
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
sold out
Claude Rutault - Mes peintures ont la vie courte mais elles ont plusieurs vies - définitions/méthodes vol.7
1994
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
sold out
Artist's writings.
Brigit Pelzer - Le désir tragique - sur Gerhard Richter
1993
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
sold out
A study on Richter's work with illustrations.
Dan Graham - Rock my Religion
1993
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
sold out
Brigit Pelzer - Le désir tragique - On Gerhard Richter (signed edition)
1993
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
sold out
Limited edition signed by Birgit Pelzer and Gerhard Richter.
Maurice Pianzola - Peintres et vilains - Les artistes de la Renaissance et la grande guerre des paysans de 1525
1993
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Misceallenous
sold out
A study of German Renaissance painters and the social movements of the time.
Steven Parrino - 1983, 1984-86, 1987-90, 1991
1992
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
sold out
Drawings and photographs by the artist / text by Lydia Lunch (hand numbered limited edition).
Rémy Zaugg - Le tableau te constitue et tu constitues le tableau - Projets
1991
trilingual edition (English / German / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
sold out
Preliminary graphic designs for paintings.
Dan Graham - Ma position - Ecrits sur mes œuvres
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
sold out
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Œuvres en sociétés
forthcoming
A pioneering study of the relation between the fine arts and philosophy in France, from the aftermath of the 1789 revolution to the end of the nineteenth century, when a philosophy of being called "monism"—the concept of a unity of matter and spirit—emerged and became increasingly popular among intellectuals, artists and scientists.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Œuvres en sociétés
forthcoming
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Cinema & video art – Cinétisme
forthcoming
An anthology of texts devoted to cinematographic editing (Eisenstein, Tarkovski, Bazin, Godard, Wiseman, van der Keuken, Deleuze, Agamben...), from the beginning of the 20th century to today (new expanded edition).
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – Délashiné!
forthcoming
A detailed overview and history of "ero-guro-nansense", an editorial, artistic and literary movement of iconoclastic and subversive magazines in Japan in the 1925-1930s, ancestor and precursor of the post-war Japanese underground.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – Délashiné!
forthcoming
The first major study of the Japanese avant-garde collective emblematic of the post-war artistic revival, bringing together composers, visual artists, musicians, poets, critics and technicians who in the 1950s explored various forms of interdisciplinary collaboration, questioning the classical frameworks of artistic presentation, the relationships between sound and image, time and space.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Music & Sound Arts – Délashiné!
forthcoming
The history of NHK electronic music studio and the making of an international "center" for contemporary music: a wide-ranging, totally unprecedented study of the role and position of a Japanese avant-garde music institution founded in 1955 within international production until the late 1960s, based on first-hand documentation.
2026
English edition
Les presses du réel – Cinema & video art – Cinétisme
forthcoming
Collected texts.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Cinema & video art – Cinétisme
forthcoming
Catalogue.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Perceptions
forthcoming
An aesthetic and political reflection on contemporary monumental and commemorative art, at a time of critical revision of history.
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