Edition Patrick Frey

Active since 1986, Edition Patrick Frey focuses on unique projects and produces books in small print runs. The purpose of Edition Patrick Frey is to provide particularly young artists, mainly Swiss but also international, an opportunity and a platform with a first publication, but EPF has also been engaged in long-term collaborations with several artists such as Walter Pfeiffer, Peter Fischli & David Weiss, and Andreas Züst. With an output of up to 20 books per year, the publisher focuses mainly on photography, art and projects dealing with everyday and popular culture.
 
Zurich
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193 titles
 
Josef Herzog - Untitled, 1964-1998
Josef Herzog
Untitled, 1964-1998
2022
bilingual edition (English / German)
Luxurious retrospective monograph of the Swiss painter (1939-1998): 250 works on paper (ink, pencil, pen and watercolor drawings) covering more than three decades of exploration of the graphic potential of the line.
Klodin Erb - Orlando
Klodin Erb
Orlando
2022
German edition
Lush monograph dedicated to the series "Orlando" inspired by Virginia Woolf's novel: more than 200 portraits in which the Swiss painter explores gender roles and identity as well a her own identity as an artist, and the temporality of art history.
Trix + Robert Haussmann - A Life with Art and Artists / Ein Leben mit Kunst und Künstler:innen
Trix + Robert Haussmann
A Life with Art and Artists / Ein Leben mit Kunst und Künstler:innen
2022
bilingual edition (English / German)
A portrait of the Swiss architect-designer couple that reveals their intimate universe and their relationship to art.
Boris Blank & Dieter Meier - Oh Yeah - Yello 40
Boris Blank & Dieter Meier
Oh Yeah – Yello 40
2022
English edition
A celebration of the 40 years of career of electropop pioneers.
Philipp Mueller - 120 bpm
Philipp Mueller
120 bpm
2022
English edition
(last copies available!)
Philipp Mueller's photographs of the emerging techno scene in Switzerland in the early 1990s.
Nicolas Frey - Monsters in Suits
Nicolas Frey
Monsters in Suits
2022
no text
A series of blue ballpoint pen drawings capturing capitalist executives and far-right leaders as grotesque monsters in suits.
Jong Won Rhee - Solitudes of Human Places
Jong Won Rhee
Solitudes of Human Places
2022
no text
Jong Won Rhee's photographs of scenes of contemporary everyday life in South Korea.
Armando Alleyne - A Few of My Favorites
Armando Alleyne
A Few of My Favorites
2021
English edition
The first book on the New York painter's eclectic iconography of jazz musicians, boxers, Black American icons and friends.
Francisco Sierra - Lunar Invasion
Francisco Sierra
Lunar Invasion
2021
bilingual edition (English / German)
An overview of the wide-ranging oeuvre of paintings and sculptures by the Chilean-born Swiss-based artist.
Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs - FUTURE MEMORIES
Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs
FUTURE MEMORIES
2021
English edition
The first installment of FUTURE, an ongoing series of publications by Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs, explores how our conceptions of the future have changed over the past few decades, how that affects our take on the present and our reactions to changes that lie ahead.
AA Bronson - AA Bronson’s House of Shame
AA Bronson
AA Bronson’s House of Shame
2021
English edition
A look back in text and images at AA Bronson 's (collective) production between 2013 and 2018.
Andreas Dobler - St. Elsewhere
Andreas Dobler
St. Elsewhere
2021
bilingual edition (English / German)
Artist's book.
Mathis Gasser - Heroes and Ghosts
Mathis Gasser
Heroes and Ghosts
2021
English edition
An ongoing series of figurative oil-on-canvas paintings by Swiss-born London-based artist Mathis Gasser, decontextualizing in the same gesture characters of the popular culture and figures of the history of the art.
Yana Wernicke - Zenker
Yana Wernicke, Jonas Feige
Zenker
2021
bilingual edition (English / German)
A photographic project about the history and repercussions of the life of German botanist and gardener Georg August Zenker.
Makoto Fujiwara - Stone and Makoto
Makoto Fujiwara
Stone and Makoto
2021
English edition
A sculptor's life: on the career and innovations of Makoto Fujiwara.
H. R. Giger - 5 – Poltergeist II - Drawings 1983-1985
H. R. Giger
5 – Poltergeist II – Drawings 1983-1985
2021
bilingual (English / German)
The facsimile edition of the visionary sketches and notes of the surrealist master for Brian Gibson's horror film Poltergeist II.
Michele Sibiloni - Nsenene
Michele Sibiloni
Nsenene
2021
English edition
Michele Sibiloni photographs the harvest of bush crickets in Uganda, between local traditions and questions about a global future.
Anna Stüdeli - Primal
Anna Stüdeli
Primal
2021
English edition
A series of over 1200 close-ups of advertising posters in Zürich photographed by Anna Stüdeli.
Christian Lutz - Citizens
Christian Lutz
Citizens
2021
bilingual edition (English / French)
Swiss photographer Christian Lutz documents right-wing populist people, movements and hot spots all over Europe.
Manon - Feathers
Manon
Feathers
2021
English edition
Feathers presents a collection of notes written by the Swiss artist during the conception of an aborted documentary in 2005. Taking the shape of a diary, it offers a unique gateway into Manon's daily life, interweaving memories and reflections on her artistic practice.
Christian Marclay - Index
Christian Marclay
Index
2021
English edition
This publication brings together the source material that has informed Marclay's visual practice over the past few years. It gathers nearly 600 black & white Xeroxes of found image collages compiled with the help of graphic designer Laurent Benner.
Veli & Amos - This is not a commercial - Billboard/Billding
Veli & Amos
This is not a commercial – Billboard/Billding
2021
English edition
Artists' book.
Jörg Binz - Zeichner, Maler
Jörg Binz
Zeichner, Maler
2021
German edition
This book is a moving tribute to Jörg Binz's work, a selection from a great many paintings, especially portraits, and from his secret sketchbooks. It contains startling, bizarre, sublime works interspersed with literary and biographical texts that engage in an ongoing conversation with the paintings.
Shirin Azari - Stories of Little and Big Blossoms
Shirin Azari
Stories of Little and Big Blossoms
2020
bilingual edition (English / German)
Conceived as a children's book, Stories of Little and Big Blossoms is a collection of illustrated short stories about Elham, a little Iranian girl exiled in Germany, and her difficulties to fit in this new environment. A poetic work on exile, friendship, courage and open-mindedness, inspired by the childhood of author and illustrator, Shirin Azari.
Mihai Barabancea - Falling on Blades
Mihai Barabancea
Falling on Blades
2020
English edition
Photographer Mihai Barabancea portrays the underworld of post-Soviet Romania and Moldova: a set of subjects and scenes revealing the crude reality of the streets, zeroing in on moments of ruthless rawness and keen poignancy.
Mine Dal - Everybody\'s Atatürk
Mine Dal
Everybody's Atatürk
2020
bilingual edition (English / Turkish)
A photographic journey in contemporary Turkey, looking for traces of the protean presence of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic, in more than 600 pages.
Alfio Tommasini - Via Lactea
Alfio Tommasini
Via Lactea
2020
English edition
Agricultural landscapes and portraits of the Swiss Alps: a fascinating visual study of the relationship between humans, animals and topography in the context of a rapidly changing agriculture and dairy industry.
Pierre Leguillon - The Museum of Mistakes
Pierre Leguillon
The Museum of Mistakes
2020
English edition
First monograph dedicated to Pierre Leguillon's Museum of Mistakes: a traveling exhibition gathering a collection of mass culture artifacts and craft objects, questioning with humor and subversivity the mechanisms of today's visual culture.
Andreas Züst - Pursuit of Wonders
Andreas Züst
Pursuit of Wonders
2020
English edition
From 1970s to his death in 2000, scientist, artist and art collector Andreas Züst spent time in Greenland, photographing ice in its most diverse forms. This publication gathers a selection from this extensive collection, alongside contextual essays.
Ausbruch & Rausch - Frauen Kunst Punk 1975-1980
Ausbruch & Rausch – Frauen Kunst Punk 1975-1980
2020
German edition
A retrospective.
Charlie Engman - MOM
Charlie Engman
MOM
2020
English edition
First monograph by Charlie Engman, the rising star of fashion photography: a vast series of pictures (500 images) of his mother, made over the course of more than a decade. With texts by Rachel Cusk and Miranda July.
Huber.Huber - Widersprüchliche Bewegungsreize / Contradictory Motion Cues
Huber.Huber
Widersprüchliche Bewegungsreize / Contradictory Motion Cues
2020
trilingual edition (English / German / Spanish)
A new artist's book that goes far beyond the mere reproduction of photographs and masterfully reflects huber.huber's artistic practices in the special medium of the book.
Beni Bischof - Texte 4
Beni Bischof
Texte 4
2020
bilingual edition (English / German)
Another pictureless, pocket-size book by Beni Bischof in his series. It is Bischof's personal presentation of his rich collection of catchy headlines and slogans, absurd comments and off-the-wall remarks. His text archives are a trove of inspiration for his pictures and titles.
Roger Eberhard - Human Territoriality
Roger Eberhard
Human Territoriality
2020
English edition
A collection of photographs of former border regions around the globe and down through the course of human history.
Mimi von Moos - Die Verwandte - Aus dem fotografischen Nachlass der Anne-Marie von Wolff
Mimi von Moos
Die Verwandte – Aus dem fotografischen Nachlass der Anne-Marie von Wolff
2020
German edition
This publication brings together a selection of family photos taken between the 1930s and 1950s by amateur photographer Anne-Marie von Wolff. A fascinating, powerful work, brought to light by her great-grandniece, artist Mimi von Moos.
Thomas Krempke - The Whispering of Things
Thomas Krempke
The Whispering of Things
2019
English edition
Thomas Krempke's photographic diary.
Olivier Suter - Children
Olivier Suter
Children
2019
English edition
A collection of photographs of children who grew up to become famous in a variety of fields, from literature to arts, sports, politics, and even crime. A photographic “Guess Who” of the 20th century in the making.
Philippe Dudouit - The Dynamics of Dust
Philippe Dudouit
The Dynamics of Dust
2019
English edition
A long-term photographic study on the sociopolitical evolution of the Sahelo-Saharan region since 2008.
Aldo Schmid - Notebooks 2005-2018 (box set)
Aldo Schmid
Notebooks 2005-2018 (box set)
2019
no text
A collection of ten facsimiled Moleskine notebooks filled with works by Swiss artist Aldo Schmid.
Mike Hentz - Works 7
Mike Hentz
Works 7
2019
bilingual edition (English / German)
A very special overview of the work of a new media art pioneer: snapshots from all over the world, paintings, collages, graphic and ornamental works, and various artifacts from the artist's collections, which include everything from old magazines to fabric patterns.
Marcia Resnick - Re-visions
Marcia Resnick
Re-visions
2019
English edition
The new edition of Marcia Resnick's 1978 iconic book.
Gaechter+Clahsen - Fünf Finger Föhn Frisur
Gaechter+Clahsen
Fünf Finger Föhn Frisur
2019
bilingual edition (English / German)
Zurich-based photographers Peter Gaechter and Bettina Clahsen document hairstyles from Switzerland's upscale salons, tracing hairstyle trends from the 1970s to the 1990s. The book collects their photographs along with texts by Bettina Clahsen and Swiss art historian and journalist Joerg Scheller.
Christian Lutz - The Pearl River
Christian Lutz
The Pearl River
2019
no text
Post-empire in the new Middle Kingdom: what once was America is now China. After his Insert Coins project (2016) about the decline of Las Vegas, Swiss photographer Christian Lutz set off to explore the world's new gambling capital, Macao, where everything revolves likewise around money, luxury, surfaces.
Alex Hanimann - Etwas fehlt
Alex Hanimann
Etwas fehlt
2019
trilingual edition (English / German / French)
Artist's book: a catalogue of Alex Hanimann's photographic explorations over the past twelve years, with interview by Hans Ulrich Obrist and two essays.
Monster Chetwynd - The Supreme Deluxe Essential Monster Chetwynd Handbook
Monster Chetwynd
The Supreme Deluxe Essential Monster Chetwynd Handbook
2019
English edition
Retrospective monograph, 2007-2018.
Olivier G. Fatton - Coco
Olivier G. Fatton
Coco
2019
bilingual edition (English / French)
A series of portraits of performance artist, avowed transsexual anarchist with no place to call home, macho woman, fashion model for Marianne Alvoni, target for the Swiss tabloid: Eve-Claudine Lorétan, alias Coco.
Susi Wyss - Guess Who Is the Happiest Girl in Town
Susi Wyss
Guess Who Is the Happiest Girl in Town
2019
English edition
The richly illustrated memoirs of 1960-1970s jet-set call-girl/muse Susi Wyss: In 800 pages and 1.000 photographs, this publication tells the sulfurous story of Wyss' first forty years. A true tale of sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll, in which the reader will meet a gallery of colorful socialites and artists like Helmut Newton, Kenneth Anger, Iggy Pop, Dennis Hopper, Brion Gysin…
Piotr Uklański - Pornalikes
Piotr Uklański
Pornalikes
2019
no text
A book of portraits with a difference, culled from a 2002–2018 photo archive of porn actors who resemble or actually even portray celebrities and public figures. Polish artist Piotr Uklański draws on a stock of hard and soft copies of “dirty” glossy men's magazines like Hustler and Loaded—as well as a plethora of meme culture material dumped on websites and blogs.
Gustav Mesmer - Ikarus vom Lautertal genannt
Gustav Mesmer
Ikarus vom Lautertal genannt
2019
trilingual edition (English / German / French)
First major monograph devoted to the “Icarus of Lautertal”, a key figure of outsider art, flying machines inventor Gustav Mesmer. This publication looks back at his path through essays by Lucienne Peiry, Juliane Stiegele and Franz Xaver Ott, as well as photographs by Franco Zehnder and Stefan Hartmaier.
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