Nieves

Nieves is an independent publishing house based in Zurich, Switzerland. Founded in 2001 by Benjamin Sommerhalder, Nieves' focus is on producing artist publications and zines.
 
Zurich
 
233 titles
 
Erlend Peder Kvam - Drawings of People with Signs
2019
English edition
Colorful characters express themselves through humorous signs.
Matt Lock - Suffering Vehicles
2019
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A series of illustrations depicting automobiles set in a chaotic post-apocalyptic world, inspired by the dystopian aesthetics of the 1980s and 1990s.
Shara Hughes - Portraits
2019
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A series of colorful invented landscapes, by American painter Shara Hughes.
Panayiotis Terzis - Megalith Zero
2019
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A collection of colorful paintings inspired by science fiction and classical Antiquity. A prequel to the artist's ongoing Megalith series of publications that acts as a PH sample of his broader painting, collage, and print studio practice.
Susan Cianciolo - I Love You
2019
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Susan Cianciolo's new artist's book.
 EYƎ - This Bird Know Rabit
2019
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Artist's book.
Harmony Korine - Key Zest
2019
English edition
(last copies available!)
The script of Harmony Korine's new movie The Beach Bum.
Stefan Marx - Mac DeMarco
2019
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During Mac DeMarco's European Tour in the fall 2017 Stefan Marx joined the band for a few stops to draw on stage during Mac DeMarco's live performance. Hiding in the back of the band, he got time to capture a unique view on the five musicians, the whole performance, some behind the scenes moments and the audience. This artist book contains most of the drawings from these concerts and is compiled by Stefan Marx, it is his 26th publication with Nieves.
Erik Steinbrecher - Ausmalbuch
2019
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New works on paper.
Adam Higton - Who am I?
2019
English edition
A children's book conceived by illustrator Adam Higton. It's small square size was inspired by the Pixi children's books and by the Nupuset series from Petomies.
Giasco Bertoli - Tennis Courts III
2018
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Tennis Courts III completes the subject of empty, abandoned courts, one after another like a long sequence shot through different seasons and different places.
Maren Karlson - Girl
2018
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A series of hallucinatory illustrations inspired by psychedelic art and the darkest side of fairy tales.
Ari Marcopoulos - Boarding Pass
2018
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A series of off-the-cuff photographs demonstrating the poetic experience of air travel (artist's book).
Clare Goodwin - Dennis and Denise
2018
English edition
Five writers respond to Clare Goodwin's painting Dennis and Denise (2018), offering narrative foils to Goodwin's visual language. Dennis and Denise is neither described nor explained, but serves as a catalyst for literary experimentation. The texts, in turn, illustrate the painting's wealth of implicit meaning (texts by Tony Grisoni, Rebecca Geldard, Chris Fite-Wassilak, Frances Loeffler, Aoife Rosenmeyer, J. Emil Sennewald).
Chloe Feinberg - Infinite Recognition
2018
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Affiliated with Vaporwave—a sub-genre of electric music and art which criticizes and mocks 1990s internet imagery—artist Chloe Feinberg takes a new turn with this series of black & white erotic illustrations.
Nakako Hayashi - Here and There - Hyacinth Revolution Issue
2018
bilingual edition (English / Japanese)
On the occasion of this 13th issue, the Japanese artist asked 46 participating artists to cultivate a hyacinth, and to give an account of this experience through artistic gestures, including paintings, photographs, poetry, haiku, essays, and observation diaries (with Yukinori Maeda, Masanao Hirayama, Benjamin Sommerhalder, Susan Cianciolo…).
Anne-Lise Coste - Oil Paintings and Pastel Drawings
2018
bilingual edition (English / German)
A new series of oil paintings and pastel drawings, with vivid colors and a child-like spirit.
Rafael Delacruz - Exploding Jezebel
2018
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A selection of recent paintings by San Francisco-born artist Rafael Delacruz. Drawn from the artist's Tech Bum series—which envisions a future portrait of his native Bay Area—, and also from the artist's personal imagery, Exploding Jezebel untwists a narrative universe of misfit characters in Paul Klee-like palettes and visionary hues. Delacruz's work presents a singular exploration of chromatic, painterly storytelling.
Quintessa Matranga - Toilet Paintings
2018
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Matrangra's inaugural publication presents her celebrated series Toilet Paintings.
Will Sweeney - Vorpal Sword
2018
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Will Sweeney's new graphic narrative is set in a retrofuturistic England ruled by a twisted elite who exploits a population inhabiting decadent urban centers. Monsters populate this strange world, and humanity's last chance lies in the power of the Vorpal Sword—a metaphysical blade of vital creative energy…
Mara Züst - Would you rather…
2017
English edition
This book is a reinterpretation of the classic children's picture book by English Author and Illustrator John Burningham from 1979, illustrating the preference game “Would you rather”… With enchanting drawings made out of sand by Carolina Cerbaro.
Beni Bischof - Bambi
2017
English edition
(last copies available!)
After Rambo, Beni Bischof gives an entertaining and unique interpretation of Disney classic Bambi. Both funny and disturbing.
Philippe Weisbecker - Adirondacks
2017
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(last copies available!)
This artist's book is based on an Adirondack furniture book donated to Philippe Weisbecker 20 years ago by a New York friend who worked in a hardware store.
Stefan Marx - Sundaayyyssss
2017
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Weekly tear-off calendar featuring 52 drawings of a cartoon dog in a wide range of situations expressing the feelings and conceptions that our modern society associates with Sundays.
Peter Piller - Materialien (H) - Irrläufer
2017
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A parallel side story of the steirischer herbst International Art Festival drawn from the back-sides of cut-out articles from the festival's press archives.
Tim Lahan - The Hot Seat
2017
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Graphic artist and illustrator Tim Lahan publishes a series of drawings focusing on the impermanence of the physical things: a follow up on Dalí's Surrealist representations of space and time.
Matt Leines - Vignettes from the Zenith City Archives
2017
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The American illustrator's new series, field with characters that operate in a kind of abstract epic or post-Columbian codex that blurs pure myth and daily life. Leines' output reflects the 80's pop culture, modern art and a global range of graphic influences.
Peter Wezel - Nepomuk
2017
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First published in 1964, this wordless and colorful picture book is a tale of friendship between a pink bird and an orange fish. The illustrations by Swiss artist Peter Wezel are rendered with a deliberate childlike naiveté which will delight children and adults alike.
Ingo Giezendanner - Bücherwald
2017
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A large collection of drawings (nearly 500 pages) documenting the artist's trip from Zurich to Japan through Siberia—with a special focus on books and trees.
Wesley Willis - Trucks
2016
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A selection of trucks—coaches, tow trucks, merchandise trucks—drawn with ballpoint pen and pencil by underground legend Wesley Willis. Compiled from different notebooks, this series highlights an essential and almost obsessive motif in the visual work of the Chicagoan artist.
Thomas Mailaender - Paris céramique
2016
French edition
Paris céramique is the result of a four-day ceramic workshop that took place in Paris in 2013 with Bastien Aubry, Dimitri Broquard, and Adrien Horni, following an invitation by Thomas Mailaender.
 Peter Fischli & David Weiss - Ordnung und Reinlichkeit
2016
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Reissue of a booklet from 1981, this suite of drawn charts and diagrams was originally published to accompany the films of Rat and Bear—Fischli & Weiss fictional alter egos, and symbols of Western culture's faith on contraries.
Tomi Ungerer - Elephants, Whales & Kangaroos (box set 3 books)
2015
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These three thin volumes feature drawings by legendary illustrator Tomi Ungerer selected from his sixties sketchbooks. In the likes of fabulists, Ungerer portrays the animal kingdom (elephants, whales, kangaroos and a handful of camels) to satirize with humour the manners of his contemporaries.
Masanao Hirayama - Find Me
2015
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Sport shows & jubilating fans drawn with minimalism (artist's book).
Aaron Rose - Paintings Objects Installations
2015
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A series of geometrical abstractions forming symbolic totems that draw on the annals of visual history.
Philippe Weisbecker - Structure Series
2015
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The present portfolio is a sampler of some various structural beam combinations from 20th Century edifices. It can be viewed as a book, spread by spread, or pinned on the wall, according to taste, the way a kid might stack up building blocks.
Stefan Marx - Rebel Without A Cause
2015
English edition
(last copies available!)
Fines as an artistic medium: Stefan Marx illustrates the monetary penalties collected by Christoph Keller for its activity as a distiller.
Ari Marcopoulos - Solon
2014
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An intimate portrait gallery of Ari Marcopoulos' brother (artist's book).
Philipp Keel - State of Mind
2014
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A collection of Philipp Keel's works on paper – drawings, watercolors, collages and silkscreen prints (2002-2014).
Keegan McHargue - Preparation K
2014
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A collection of recent colored pencil drawings by artist Keegan McHargue.
Ari Marcopoulos - The Pope\'s Secrets
2014
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Artist's book.
Medium - Drama
2014
English edition
Artist' book published and edited by artist Shirana Shahbazi (1974, Tehran), writer Tirdad Zolghadr (1972, San Francisco) and designer Manuel Krebs (1970, Karachi).
Erik Steinbrecher - Art Lover
2014
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A selection of Erik Steinbrecher's collected sketches and drawings from the early 80ies up until now.
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