Central / Eastern Europe

An artistic research on the political construction of representations of socialist and capitalist modernity during the Cold War, through a history of exhibitions.

An anthology of the artists' zine.

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.

A piece composed by Phill Niblock, performed live by Ensemble IRE trio: Kasper T. Toeplitz (ebass), Franck Vigroux (eguitar), Hélène Breschand (e harp) on side A / a piece composed and performed by Kasper T.Toeplitz (ebass) and Franck Vigroux (guitar, electronics) on side B.

A wide-ranging collective reflection on the philosophical legacy, current resonances and historical articulation of May '68 and the Prague Spring (contributions by Jacques Rancière, Étienne Balibar, Michael Hauser...).

Come Closer: The Biennale Reader, published on the occasion of the inaugural Prague biennale, considers the present via counter-hegemonic readings of the past. The book explores various perspectives of class, race, and gender differences in post-socialist states, past and present.

First comprehensive monograph.

Artist's book.

A clothbound companion to Marina Abramovic's tribute to Maria Callas, a performance that recreates the iconic opera diva's famous onstage death scenes.

An observation on evolution of material plasticity, a story about plastic whose native land is Mesoamerica (artists' book).

The collection of essays on art by the philosopher and critic Boris Buden constitutes a history of post-communism studied through that of works of art.

This monographic catalogue maps and decodes fifteen years of an artistic practice oriented towards DIY strategies and new technologies, investigating manifold spaces of reflections with a powerful political and theoretical radicality.

An insight into the radical film praxis and extensive oeuvre of Serbian filmmaker Želimir Žilnik.

Original archives from Konstantin Raudive and Gerhard Stempnik and some additional remixes.

Through the detailed analysis of Antonin Artaud's psychiatric history, Lettrist master Isidore Isou delivers a real indictment in this singular text which is both an investigation and a pamphlet.

The catalogue of the 33rd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts, curated by art collective Slavs and Tatars, examines the relationship between graphic arts and satire.

Catalogue of the Estonian Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale.

The first English-language anthology of writings by the Slovak critic Tomáš Štrauss.

This catalogue stems from two eponymous exhibitions examining Hungary's art scene's drive toward abstraction to reflect on the complex social conditions of the country, from the 1960s to the present-day.

Full transcript of Mekas's Lithuania and the Collapse of the USSR: a five-hour-long film made up of footage from US television newscasts covering the independence of Lithuania and the collapse of the Soviet Union.

A glimpse into the genesis of Harun Farocki's film IMAGES OF THE WORLD AND THE INSCRIPTION OF WAR (1988), which evolved from the unrealized project "On the History of Labor" between 1985 and 1988.

This historical essay recounts the story of the EXAT 51 collective—the first Yugoslavian abstract art group—and how it shaped the idea of abstract socialism by associating socialist cultural politics and modernist artistic practice.

Catalogue.

Four essays by philosopher and musicologist Peter Szendy on Anri Sala's recent practice. Szendy emphasises the key role played by music and sound in Sala's sensorial installations.

This artist's book derives from a series of videos documenting the present situation of six unrecognized Republics on the border of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. Vellahu collects the collective memories of people and lands which have been affected by years of war and by the politics of borders.

In this book, the 1923 manifesto “Active Art” by Latvian philosopher Andrejs Kurcijs triggers a series of responses by writers, artists and curators on the notion of activism, past and present: art for political purposes, art for its own purpose or art with no purpose.

Dorata Sajewska proposes an innovative perspective for looking back at the formative process of Polish modernity, delving into repressed areas of experience connected with World War I and the ensuing emancipatory movements.

Catalogue of Driant Zeneli's multidisciplinary film and sculpture installation for the Albanian Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale.

New monograph.

Dedicated to the manifestation of sisterhood in art from the 1970s until today, All Men Become Sisters focuses on art that resonated with feminist perspectives on work, production, and reproduction.

The portfolio of the exhibition at the Jeu de Paume – Château de Tours.

A research on the borders between public and private space.

Persona – Works by Romanian artists questions notions of identity and identification through traditional Romanian motifs, such as the mask. Eight contemporary artists explore how folklore is intrinsically linked to modernity.

Dokoupil's Leopard Paintings.

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.

Reference monograph.

Reference monograph.

Artist's book.

Avant-garde Croatian experimental '70s masterpiece, never reissued before.

This artist's book reproduces a series of comics made by Victor Man when he was a child in communist Romania in the early 1980s. These drawings reveal the artist's fascination for the then rare Western magazines. The publication opens with a letter from Victor Man to little Rózsa, to whom the book is dedicated.

Reference monograph.

A visual tour de force (artist's book).

First monograph dedicated to the Polish visual artist, designed in close cooperation with graphic designer Krzysztof Pyda, and focusing mostly on Łakomy's sculptures and installations (texts by Jakub Bąk, Martha Kirszenbaum, and Chris Sharp).

This catalogue revolves around a project by Damir Očko inspired by the works of Brecht and Orwell. The Croatian artist produced a video collage reflecting on the impoverishment of language in the public space.

Conversations is a monographic collection of interviews focusing on an artist's drawing practice. For this first book, Sharka Hyland answers the questions of Marcelline Delbecq, two artists whose practices converge in their interest in writing, reading, images, and language. A discussion that fosters a unique look at Sharka Hyland's work.

An intimate diary in the shape of an apparently cold, monochromatic book, Negative Book collects a series of eighty-four black-and-white photographs taken by Grzeszykowska following a very particular procedure, which is both visual and performative.

Comparative Studies of Neo-Avant-Gardes in a Bipolar World.