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
 
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.
Dimitri Broquard - The Gorgeous Looping Papaye Bar
2013
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The Looping Papaye Bar was an eccentric hangout initiated and steered by Mauro Paolozzi, Rafael Koch and Dimitri Broquard. This publication brings together the A4 sized invitations drawn with pencil by Dimitri Broquard for the events that took place at the ephemeral bar in 2012. Broquard took inspiration from ancient reproduction techniques such as etching, or from classical themes seen in art history and the decorative arts.
Susumu Mukai - Animas Report & Animas Report: Fragments (Supplement)
2013
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The Animas Report series, including a supplement booklet.
Aki Goto - Reunion
2013
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A series of portraitures of arbitrarily selected people drawn with a single stroke of a ballpoint pen.
Giasco Bertoli - Tennis Courts II
2013
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currently out of stock
Artist's book.
Jeff Ladouceur - Amen
2013
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(last copies available!)
Artist's book.
Ingo Giezendanner - Zzz Züri
2013
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The 3rd drawing novel in Ingo Giezendanner's travelling book trilogy.
Masanao Hirayama - 4333
2012
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26 drawings by the Japanese artist and illustrator.
Medium - Sculpture
2012
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).
Steven Harrington - Remain in Balance
2012
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Artist's book based on Steven Harrington's series of Totem drawings.
 Lutz & Guggisberg - Das grosse Buch der Strunke, Knorze und Waldknochen
2012
German edition
Artist's book: Lutz & Guggisberg's imaginary library.
Kerim Seiler - Kerim in the Sky with Seiler
2012
texts in English and German
Three volumes monograph in a box set (a text book, a book of drawings, a book documenting in images the major exhibitions and urban installations).
Gil Pellaton - On Vient Quand Même!
2011
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13 oils on canvas by Swiss artist.
Beni Bischof - Cillit Bang, Dash, Omo and Friends
2011
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100 b/w drawings.
Ingo Giezendanner - Iskandariyah Skan
2011
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A trip accross the Mediterranean Sea to Irak, in 96 drawings.
Alex Rich - News
2011
English edition
Artists' book.
Emanuel Halpern - Dieselbrugg Apokalypse
2011
bilingual edition (English / German)
(last copies available!)
Fifty large-scale coloured pencil drawings telling the story of the destruction of Dieselbrugg.
Michael Leon - A Curious Catalogue
2010
English edition
A skateboard product catalogue of pencil drawn anti-graphics, spin-art wheels, and slalom gemstones.
Peter Piller - Materialien (C) - A 40 Bochum Dükerweg
2010
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Photographic portrait of the near surroundings of Ruhrschnellweg, freeway 40 in Bochum, Dükerweg with allotments, car tuning, cemetery, Burger King, noise barrier and fire station.
Huge Supplement
2010
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With Beni Bischof, Chris Johanson, Dimitri Broquard, Hendrik Hegray, Ingo Giezendanner, Johanna Jackson, Kim Gordon, Rita Ackermann, Stefan Marx, Warja Lavater, Will Sweeney.
Erik Steinbrecher - Möhren in Athen
2010
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Profane carrots on the National Archaeological Museum of Athens' most famous pieces.
Maya Hayuk - Round The Way
2010
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A collection of paintings from the last two years.
Anders Edström - Safari
2010
English edition
A series of photographs as close to material, its density variations and plays of light on its surface.
Georg Gatsas - Five Points
2010
English edition
Photographs of artists (musicians, visual artists, filmmaker... from Martin Rev to Tom Jarmusch through Rita Ackermann) in lower Manhattan neighborhood: an artistic project as well as a historical document.
Jürg Lehni - Things to Say (Viktor)
2010
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A series of wall drawings traced by a machine: a project between art, design, and engineering.
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