JRP|Editions

Created in 2004 in Zurich by Lionel Bovier, JRP|Editions (previously JRP|Ringier) is an international art publishing house based in Geneva. Neither a micro-structure nor an outreach of a media group, the company has organized the production according to defined typologies and series, while maintaining a flexible approach to artists' projects. This strategy has allowed a catalogue of titles aimed at the contemporary art audience, and structured around different editorial lines and time frames to develop, often in collaboration with institutions and renowned editors. Presenting to a specialized and general public a generation of artists who emerged in the 1990s, the 2000s, and the early 2010s, as well as introducing the newest positions in today's scene, JRP|Editions' catalogue also demonstrates an interest in remapping the 1980s, and in publishing significant texts and artists still overlooked today.

JRP|Editions co-publishes with Les presses du réel the Positions and Documents series, as well as various catalogues and monographs.
Series:
 
Gustav Metzger - Writings (1953-2016)
2019
English edition
The complete writings of an influential figure.
Dorothy Iannone - The Story of Bern, [or] Showing Colors
2019
English edition
The seminal tale of Iannone's advocacy for sexual liberation.
Jens Hoffmann - (Curating) From Z to A
2019
English edition
An idiosyncratic investigation of curatorial practice.
Sylvain Croci-Torti -
2019
bilingual edition (English / French)
First monograph on Swiss painter Sylvain Croci-Torti.
Art Basel | Year 49
2019
English edition
One year in the art world: Art Basel's official annual publication captures and documents the exhibitions in Basel, Miami Beach, and Hong Kong, and goes beyond them, featuring interviews, portfolios, essays about contemporary art, and personal highlights from artists, curators, collectors, and museum directors.
Producing Futures - A Book on Post-Cyber-Feminisms
2019
English edition
Surveying the causes championed by feminists in the post-internet era.
Charles Atlas -
2019
English edition
A pioneer of time-based media.
Peter Halley - Paintings of the 1980s - The Catalogue Raisonné
2019
English edition
Catalogue raisonné of paintings realized by Peter Halley between 1980 and 1989.
Catherine Grenier - Sophie Ristelhueber - La guerre intérieure
2019
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
Interview with one of the great figures of art photography today, in which Sophie Ristelhueber reflects on her own carrer and practice.
Jef Cornelis - Curating in the 1980s (DVD)
2019
bilingual edition (English / French)
The sixth volume of the “Archives” series, which is dedicated to landmark exhibitions and curatorial practices, brings together two films by Belgian filmmaker Jef Cornelis on the opening of the Castello di Rivoli in 1985, whose inaugural exhibition was conceived by curator Rudi Fuchs, and the 1987 edition of Skulptur Projekte Münster, organized by Kasper König and Klaus Bussmann.
Fredrik Værslev - Fredrik Værslev as I Imagine Him
2018
English edition
This comprehensive monograph offers an overview of the artist's oeuvre from the last decade. It brings together essays which explore Værslev's relationship to the history of painting and suburban architecture and culture, as well as his artistic process.
The Syz Collection
2018
English edition
An extensive documentation of the art collection initiated by Eric and Suzanne Syz, on the occasion of its installation at the Syz Group Headquarters in Geneva in 2017. Featuring iconic works from the 1980s, the ever-expanding collection also promotes established and emerging contemporary artists.
Picture Industry - A Provisional History of the Technical Image – 1844-2018
2018
English edition
A major anthology of historic and contemporary writings by over 200 contributors, providing a rigorous and expansive survey of the photographic medium from its inception to our current moment. Edited by Walead Beshty, this exceptional publication includes texts and artworks by Giorgio Agamben, Roland Barthes, Georges Didi-Huberman, Stan Douglas, Harun Farocki, Martha Rosler, Stephen Shore, Hito Steyerl, Wolfgang Tillmans, Ericka Beckman, Walter Benjamin, Walker Evans, László Moholy-Nagy, Marshall McLuhan, Alan Turing, Dan Graham, Morgan Fisher, Kelley Walker…
Koki Tanaka - Vulnerable Histories - An Archive
2018
English edition
Fully documenting Koki Tanaka's latest video & photo project, this publication focuses on a pressing issue from the artist's native country—the mutual incomprehension and mistrust between Zainichi Koreans and ethnic Japanese—to plead for vigilance when it comes to racism and discrimination.
New North Zurich / Neuer Norden Zürich
2018
bilingual edition (English / German)
Stemming from a Public Art Zurich project, this publication gathers texts and international artists contributions exploring the condition of 21st-century cities in relation with contemporary art.
Teresa Burga - Aleatory Structures
2018
bilingual edition (English / German)
This comprehensive monograph on Teresa Burga acknowledges the recent reassessment of the multidisciplinary artist's work as a pioneering voice in Peruvian contemporary art.
Localizing the Contemporary - The Kunsthalle Bern as a Model
2018
English edition
This scholarly publication discusses the historical development of the Kunsthalle Bern and its implications for the “localization” of art. It contributes to current research on institutional histories by looking at the many ways in which the Kunsthalle Bern addresses the question of how exhibitionary practices take place.
Sam Falls -
2018
English edition
Reference monograph.
Andro Wekua -
2018
bilingual edition (English / German)
Reference monograph.
Raphael Gygax - Extra Bodies - Über den Einsatz des anderen „Körpers” in der zeitgenössischen Kunst
2018
German edition
The use of the “Other Body” in Performance art and Contemporary Art.
Art Basel | Year 48
2018
English edition
Art Basel's 2017 official annual publication.
Pierre Keller - Le Kilo-Art
2018
French edition
This publication revives the fascinating adventure of Pierre Keller's invention and dissemination of the “Kilo-Art,” the “Swiss standard for art measurement.” For the two years 1972 and 1973, the young artist—now a key figure of the contemporary artistic and pedagogical scene in Switzerland—dedicated his life to what he called “conceptual art with realization.”
Katja Novitskova - Ringier 2017
2018
English edition
A visual tour de force (artist's book).
Nicolas Bourriaud - Formes et trajets - Tome 1 : Hétérochronies
2018
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
A collection of texts about time and artists working with it.
Nicolas Bourriaud - Formes et trajets - Tome 2 : Topologies
2018
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
A collection of texts about space and artists working with it.
Greg Parma Smith - My Ideas
2018
English edition
The private and personal side of a painter (first monograph / artist's book).
Guillermo Kuitca - Collected Drawings - 1971-2017
2018
English edition
This extensive volume spans the drawings of Argentinian artist Guillermo Kuitca from 1971 to 2017. Gathering together for the first time more than 650 works on paper selected from a body of more than 3,000 produced over the course of 40 years, the book lies somewhere between a catalogue raisonné and an artist's book.
Sigismond de Vajay - Unreachable Empires
2018
trilingual edition (English / Spanish / French)
Conceived by Sigismond de Vajay, this artist's book combines 70 of his drawings with commissioned essays by Mexican novelist Mario Bellatín, French biologist and glaciology researcher Bruno Jourdain, and geography and biotechnology expert Elizabeth R. Johnson. Together, thanks to their intertwined dialogue around reality, fiction, science, knowledge, and the power of artistic approaches, they express a subjective vision of our changing times.
Art & Crisis
2018
English edition
Stemming from the Master Fine Arts at the Zurich University of the Arts, this theoretical publication investigates educational processes and what it means to teach and learn fine arts in a city such as Zurich. It also reflects on the field works made by the MFA students in 2017 in Athens, Beirut, and Lesbos.
Wade Guyton - Writings on Wade Guyton
2018
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
A critical perspective on Guyton's work.
Tomáš Pospiszyl - An Associative Art History
2018
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
Comparative Studies of Neo-Avant-Gardes in a Bipolar World.
Rasheed Araeen - A Retrospective
2018
English edition
First comprehensive monograph dedicated to minimalist pioneer and postcolonial artist Rasheed Araeen. The publication gives an overview of 60 years of career, encompassing Araeen's visual art, writing, editing, and curatorial work. It includes scholarly essays, surveys, and documentation spanning every aspects of the artist's oeuvre, from his early works to his political engagement to today's ongoing Homecoming series.
Hans Ulrich Obrist - Somewhere Totally Else
2018
English edition
(last copies available!)
An anthology of texts selected from Obrist's contribution to the weekend supplement of the Swiss Tages-Anzeiger newspaper: a survey of contemporary art and cultural world of the 2010s, written in the style of a diary. This publication offers 80 entries written between 2012 and 2017, a series of drawings by British artist David Shrigley, and an index listing the names and places mentioned in the columns.
Ugo Rondinone - Kiss Now Kill Later
2017
English edition
The complete Landscape Paintings.
Ugo Rondinone - New Horizon
2017
English edition
The complete Horizon Paintings.
Ugo Rondinone - Pure Sunshine
2017
English edition
The complete Sun Paintings.
Jimmie Durham - God\'s Children, God\'s Poems
2017
bilingual edition (English / German)
Monograph documenting an eponymous project in which the American artist explores the relationship between humans and nature by means of a sculptural assemblage made out of the skulls of Europe's largest animal species.
León Ferrari - The Words of Others - León Ferrari and Rhetoric in Times of War
2017
English edition
This publication provides a wide-ranging survey of the Argentinian artist's literary collages—produced from 1965 to 2013—which use appropriated texts, representing a kind of experimental writing at the intersection of visual arts, performance, theater, literature, and activism.
Claudia Comte -
2017
bilingual edition (English / German)
First survey monograph: hovering between painting, sculpture, and installation, Comte's works are based on references to popular culture—including cartoons as well as vernacular handicrafts—nature, heraldic symbols, and art historical movements (Op art, Pop art, Neo-Geo, Concrete art).
Rodney Graham - That\'s Not Me
2017
English edition
Gathering works from 1994 to 2017, this new monograph focuses on the artist's fictional self-portraits from his lightbox series as well as on his musical production. It includes an iconographic documentation, essays by artists, critics, and curators, and a text by Graham himself.
Wyatt Kahn -
2017
English edition
This monograph dedicated to Wyatt Kahn encompasses his painting production from 2011 to 2017, and introduces his recent exploration of photography.
Magali Reus -
2017
English edition
Magali Reus' recent series and new sculptures.
Richard Hamilton - Reaper
2017
bilingual edition (English / German)
Taking as a starting point Hamilton's “Reaper” series—inspired by the work of Swiss historian and critic of architecture Sigfried Giedion—this publication brings together seven essays by renowned international scholars, all of whom question the relationships between visual arts, technology, science, and architecture.
Sheila Hicks - Apprentissages
2017
French edition
Handbook documenting a series of site-specific installations in Paris by a pioneer in textile art.
Franz West - Galerie Eva Presenhuber - 95-15
2017
bilingual edition (English / German)
(last copies available!)
A tribute to the long collaboration between Franz West and Galerie Eva Presenhuber, this volume offers a comprehensive yet singular overview of the artist's oeuvre, gathering together extensive documentation and rare archive material on the numerous exhibitions they organized together since 1995.
M/2, Vevey - 1987-1991
2017
bilingual edition (English / French)
This publication extensively documents the exhibitions and activities of M/2, a local but emblematic example of an artist-run space founded at the end of the 1980s in Vevey, Switzerland.
Maja Bajevic - Power, Governance, Labor
2017
bilingual edition (English / German)
New monograph of one of the most important artists rooted in Eastern Europe.
Yael Bartana -
2017
bilingual edition (English / French)
First comprehensive monograph dedicated to the work of Yael Bartana: a comprehensive overview of the artist's films, installations, performative projects, photographs, and sound works of the past 15 years. The publication highlights her fascination with the ways in which social rituals shape both individual identities and collective memory.
Walead Beshty - Industrial Portraits - Volume One – 2008-2012
2017
English edition
Since 2008, Walead Beshty photographs the art people he works with at every stage of his projects. This first volume features a gallery of black and white portraits spanning from 2008 to 2012.
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