Les presses du réel – editions
 
Ce qui vient (box set) - Les Ateliers de Rennes – Biennale d\'art contemporain #2
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
30.00 17.00 €
Catalogue of the second Rennes Biennal (available in English edition).
Jean-Michel Bouhours - Quel cinéma
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Cinema & video art – Documents
A journey through pivotal moments of the history of experimental cinema.
Ralf Marsault - Résistance à l\'effacement - Nature de l\'espace et temporalité de la présence sur les Wagenburgs de Berlin entre 1990 et 1996
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – Bibliothèque art action pensée
A visual anthropology study on the Wagenburgs and the Berliner punk community.
Hervé Touboul - Chemins de Marx
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Philosophy / politics – Second reading
New Marxist perspectives.
Igor & Svetlana Kopystiansky - Double fiction / Fiction double
2010
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
22.50 16.00 €
Emblematic videos and recent works by the duo.
Franck Scurti - Home-Street-Museum
2010
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Large format reference monograph with three long essays, more than 300 color illustrations, detailed presentation of Scurti's emblematic works: a complete overview of an oeuvre which, between aesthetic valorization of everyday objects and devaluation of traditional figures of art, simultaneously explores the socio-economic determinism of the individual and the possibilities of an emancipation, to which art participates.
Heimo Zobernig - Catalogue
2010
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
An “experimental monograph” (conceived by Heimo Zobernig) which offers a sidelong journey through the multi-facetted body of workmade by the Austrian artist since more than 30 years, which also offers a novel line of thinking about the layout of an artwork, and gathers a selection of “historical” texts and new commissioned essays.
Sophie von Hellermann -
2010
texts in English and French
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
20.00 12.00 €
A facsimile of the sketchbook made by the two artists for their first duo exhibition.
Insiders
2010
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
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”.
Pierre Denan - Pourquoi Tom Cruise - Récit prompteur – Livre 1
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Literary field – Fictions
A running-headline tale featuring, in order of appearance: Katee Holmes, Marija Serifovic, Katie Holmes, Tom Cruise, Shy Love, Saddam Hussein, Allah, Mohammed, Nico, Cho Seung-Hui, David Miscavige, Victoria Beckham, Jésus-Christ, David Hans Schmidt, George Clooney, Eva Longoria, Jim Carrey, Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher, Ron Howard, Brooke Shields, Steven Spielberg, Wesley Snipes, Quincy Jones, Bruce Willis...
Agnès Vannouvong - Jean Genet - Les revers du genre
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Bibliothèque art action pensée
An essay on Jean Genet and the gender performance.
Ben Vautier - Vérités et points de vue - A à Z
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap) – Paperback
A panorama of Ben's conflicting ideas and various activities since 1959.
Bernard Desmars - Militants de l\'utopie ? - Les fouriéristes dans la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Philosophy / politics – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap) – Fundamental
An essay on Charles Fourier's legacy through his disciples and "utopian" activists in late XIXth century.
Vincent Lamouroux -
2010
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
(last copies available!)
First monograph: an overview of Lamouroux's wide range of practices (architectural installations, sculptures, works on paper, photos, videos), with two essays and an interview.
Svetlana Alpers - Velázquez est dans les détails
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History –
A new approach to Velázquez' work, from the analysis of the "small characters" who haunt his paintings.
Hans Belting - La double perspective - La science arabe et l\'art de la Renaissance
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History –
A conference on the invention of perspective, Arab science and the art of the Renaissance.
Louis Ucciani - Distance irréparable
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Philosophy / politics – Second reading
A philosophical approach to the image in the margins or outer limits of art (from art brut to experimental art and its political extensions).
Pierre Molinier -
2010
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
The method and genesis of Pierre Molinier's oeuvre with more than 800 pictures, mostly unpublished, numerous documents, manuscripts and letters, a complete chronology, a critical biography, and a text by Jean-Luc Mercié.
Pierre Molinier - Limited edition
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
50 copies limited edition accompanied by a signed color photographic print of Molinier's fetish doll by artist photographer Gilles Berquet.
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.
 Tectoniques architectes - Unplugged + Explicit
2009
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Architecture / design / graphic design – Architecture
50.00 40.00 €
Special offer for the purchase of the two complementary Tectoniques architectes monographs: Unplugged and Explicit.
 Tectoniques architectes - Explicit
2009
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Architecture / design / graphic design – Architecture
Seven recent ecological buildings by the French architecture collective specialized in wood constructions.
Double Change - Archive filmée de poésie – 2004-2005 + 2005-2006 (DVD)
2009
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Literature – Motion Method Memory
90.00 35.00 €
Special offer for the purchase of the two box sets containing 9 DVDs each.
Guillermo de Torre - Ultra-Dada entre deux avant-gardes
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap) – Paperback
The work of an underestimated writer, a founder of the Ultraism, initiator of Dada in the 1920s Spain.
Bertrand Clavez - George Maciunas - Une révolution furtive
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap) – Paperback
Accompanied with Fluxus pamphlets, manifestoes and newspapers of the artist, the unpublished manuscript of the mother of the founder of the avant-garde movement constitutes an invaluable entry to the private world of Maciunas, and the occasion of a revaluation of its artistic and strategic choices.
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.
Charles Fourier - Théorie des quatre mouvements et des destinées générales
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Philosophy / politics – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap) – Fundamental
The first, fundamental work in which Fourier declares his objectives for a world government and economy administered by "Passionate Attraction".
Cahiers Charles Fourier
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Philosophy / politics – Charles Fourier review
For the 20 years of Cahiers Charles Fourier: new issues, vast territories, meeting with readers of Fourier (architects, mediums, and anarchists); critical edition of Roland Barthes' researches on Fourier, actuality of Fourierism.
10th Lyon Biennal - The Spectacle of the Everyday
2009
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
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)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
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
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
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
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
A series of works by international artists presented in the style of a natural history museum collection.
Double Change - A film archive of poetry – 2004-2005 (DVD)
2009
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Literature – Motion Method Memory
45.00 20.00 €
Filmed bilingual lectures (9 video DVDs): a perspective on contemporary French and American poetry.
Double Change - A film archive of poetry – 2005-2006 (DVD)
2009
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Literature – Motion Method Memory
45.00 20.00 €
Filmed bilingual lectures (9 video DVDs): a perspective on contemporary French and American poetry.
Vincent Rafis - Mémoire et voix des morts dans le théâtre de Jon Fosse
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Misceallenous
An illustrated essay devoted to Norwegian author Jon Fosse, a cross-reading of the major themes of his theater.
Brigitte Aubry - Richard Hamilton - Peintre des apparences contemporaines (1950-2007)
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Inflexion
First publication in French on a major figure of British Pop Art, this essay analyses notably the questioning of the contemporary appearances in Richard Hamilton's works.
John Miller - Selling Short - XXX Macarena (CD)
2009
Les presses du réel – Music & Sound Arts – Artists' books & editions
25.00 12.50 €
The live recording of the performance given by the artists at NBK, Berlin, 17 August 2008
Paul Panhuysen - The Game & the Rules (+ CD)
2009
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Music & Sound Arts – Ohcetecho (sound arts)
The first monograph on the multiple activities of the artist / musician / performer, with numerous illustrations, texts, and an audio CD.
S. M. Eisenstein - Glass House - Du projet de film au film comme projet
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Cinema & video art – Fabula
An unfinished project by Eisenstein inspired by the deconstruction of traditional architecture and its ideologies.
Marc Décimo - L\'esprit  de la modernité révélé par quelques traits pataphysiques - ou Le Brisset facile
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap) – Paperback
An essay on the reception of Jean-Pierre-Brisset's work among his contemporaries and successors, its relationship with futurism, pataphysics, surrealism, dada, etc., its sources and its offspring in the fields of literature, linguistics, psychoanalysis, science, philosophy and 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.
Laurent Grasso - The Black-Body Radiation
2009
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Conceived by the artist, an exhaustive monograph on Laurent Grasso's body of work, with texts, interview, documents and 300 color illustrations.
Bertrand Lavier - Roma
2009
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
New monograph, conceived in close collaboration with Bertrand Lavier, with the most recent works (ceramics, ethnic scultpures) in front of some more ancient pieces.
Laurent Grasso - Le rayonnement du corps noir
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Monograph (available in English edition).
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