Art & language

 
 
Bulletins of The Serving Library - Ecstatic Alphabets/Heaps of Language
2013
English edition
Bulletins of The Serving Library
Sternberg Press
sold out
An extension of the exhibition "Ecstatic Alphabets/Heaps of Language," curated by Laura Hoptman at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Isidore Isou - Hypergraphic Novels - 1950-1984
2012
English edition
various
sold out
First publication dedicated to Isou's extensive work with hypergraphics.
Christopher Wool - Vitraux
2012
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Christopher Wool's stained glass windows for the Prieuré of La Charité sur Loire, France.
Ryan Gander - Le Dit du Dé
2012
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Villa Arson
sold out
Catalogue / artist's book.
Karl Holmqvist - \'K
2012
English edition
JRP|Editions - Artists' books & editions
sold out
Concrete poems / language "drawings" (artist's book).
Jacqueline Mesmaeker - Œuvres 1975-2011
2012
French edition
(SIC) - Pinceau
sold out
First monograph: a survey of the Belgian artist's work over more than 35 years.
Marcel Broodthaers - Album - Un coup de dés
2012
French edition
WDPress / Éditions Moon Rainbow
sold out
Facsimile edition of an unpublished artist's book by Marcel Broodthaers from 1968 referring to Stéphane Mallarmé's poem “Un coup de dés jamais n'abolira le hasard.”
Abdelkader Benchamma - Dark Matter
2011
bilingual edition (English / French)
Galerie du jour agnès b. - Monographs & artists' books
sold out
Reference monograph.
Ryan Gander - Catalogue Raisonnable Vol. 1
2010
English edition
JRP|Editions - Artists' books & editions
sold out
Exhaustive monograph
Au Pied de la lettre
2010
bilingual edition (English / French)
various
sold out
An exploration of the relationship between language and visual arts (works by/essays on Pierre Ardouvin, Art Keller, Julien Audebert, Gérard Collin-Thiébaut, Éric Duyckaerts, Dora García, Mark Geffriaud, Martin Le Chevallier, Claude Lévêque, François Morellet, Christian Robert-Tissot, Charles Sandison, Yann Sérandour, Lawrence Weiner).
Falke Pisano - Figures of Speech
2010
English edition
JRP|Editions - Artists' books & editions
sold out
An artist's book in which Falke Pisano demonstrates her ability to reconcile form and knowledge, both visual and textual.
Joseph Grigely - Exhibition Prosthetics
2010
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
sold out
An exploration of the artist's use of language and images as a means of representation that further the reach of the real (first of a series engaging with publications as a primary medium of practice, enabling artists to explore the inherent constraints and possibilities of the printed document.
Allen Ruppersberg - You and Me or the Art of Give and Take
2009
English edition
JRP|Editions - Artists' books & editions
sold out
Limited print run artist's book.
Éric Tabuchi - aura / ZEN
2009
no text
Florence Loewy
sold out
A series of "slogans" created from names collected on limited series cars.
Helen Mirra - Cloud, the, 3
2007
English edition
JRP|Editions - Artists' books & editions
sold out
Artists' book: the materialization of John dewey's conceptual system.
Ryan Gander - Appendix Appendix
2007
English edition
JRP|Editions - Artists' books & editions
sold out
A translation of practice.
Andro Wekua - Shadows on the Facade
2007
no text
Nieves
sold out
Full color monograph showcasing some of Georgian-born artist's most recent collages.
Grey Flags
2006
English edition
JRP|Editions - Catalogues, Biennales & Collections
sold out
Facsimile appropriations, scanned pages, Xeroxes by several artists (Armleder, Gillick, Ruppersberg...) – Grey Flags is a book of texts and ideas published to accompany the homonymous exhibition at the Sculpture Center, NY.
John Baldessari - Films transferred to Video (DVD)
2006
JRP|Editions - Bureau des Videos (DVD)
sold out
Baldessari's cinema works on DVD.
Andro Wekua - If There Ever Was One
2006
bilingual edition (English / German)
JRP|Editions - Artists' books & editions
sold out
First monograph (paintings, collages, sculptures).
Adam Pendleton - So I independent in Georgia in the 90\'s - LAB 01/12/06
2006
English edition
Yvon Lambert - Monographs and artists' books
sold out
First extensive publication of American artist, poet and performer's texts, illustrated with 4 screenprintings.
Andro Wekua - No one was there, she did not know it
2005
no text
Nieves
sold out
A series of black and white drawings by Andro Wekua.
Isidore Isou - Les Lettristes sont irrécupérables jusqu\'à la société de l\'éternité concrète, paradisiaque
2005
French edition
Jannink - L'art en écrit
sold out
New edition of the Letterist manifesto.
Jenny Holzer - Vingt-deux poèmes
2005
bilingual edition (English / French)
Yvon Lambert - Monographs and artists' books
sold out
A series of poems by Henri Cole used by conceptual artist Jenny Holzer for her monumental “signs” installations.
Abdelkader Benchamma - C\'est ici que l\'on met les titres
2005
French edition
Galerie du jour agnès b. - Monographs & artists' books
sold out
Drawings.
Guy de Cointet - A Few Drawings
2005
Cneai
sold out
Facsimile reissue of the original graphic poetry book self-published in 1975 by Guy de Cointet.
Liam Gillick - Woven/Intersected/Revised
2005
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
JRP|Editions - Monographs
sold out
This small monograph shows the realization of Liam Gillick's designs in conference rooms, corridors, and offices of a bank, coinciding with his sustained interest in the negotiation of a middle ground between corporate culture and contemporary art. The volume is accompanied by an artist's essay discussing the dissolution of the public/private dichotomy into a grey zone of semi-public/semi-private spheres.
Keren Cytter - The Man Who Climbed Up the Stairs of Life and Found Out They Were Cinema Seats
2005
English edition
Sternberg Press - Fiction
sold out
Written in seven chapters and seven styles, this book constitutes the first novel by the Israeli artist and filmmaker Keren Cytter.
Lawrence Weiner - C\'est selon, ORDONNER (badge)
2003
Yvon Lambert - Objects, editions and multiples
sold out
Badge in reference to the artist's work entitled C'est selon, ORDONNER.
Christopher Wool - Crosstown
2003
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Le Consortium - Monographs
sold out
Paintings and photographies.
Writing Aloud - The Sonics of Language (+ CD)
2001
English edition
Errant Bodies - Anthologies
sold out
An anthology focusing on the relationship of language to sound, writing to music, bringing together a collection of essays, interviews, meditations, visual projects, text-sound scores and audio by some of the leading individuals in the field of cultural and performance studies, experimental music and contemporary art.
Allen Ruppersberg - 23, 24 & 25 pieces
2000
texts in English and French
JRP|Editions - Artists' books & editions
sold out
Two artist's books reprinted with a third book never published.
Jenny Holzer - Living
2000
English edition
Yvon Lambert - Monographs and artists' books
sold out
This book presents the whole texts of the Living series by Jenny Holzer, printed on 400 tracing paper pages.
Pierre Joseph - Des notes en forme de livres
1999
French edition
Le Consortium - Artists' editions
sold out
Artist's edition: three books batch ("philosophy", "history", "economy").
Pierre Bismuth - Alternance d\'éclaircies et de passages nuageux l\'après-midi
1999
bilingual edition (English / French)
Yvon Lambert - Monographs and artists' books
sold out
Artist book from a 16mm film in which an urban scene is repeated several times with slight variations.
Annette Messager - Les messagers de l\'été
1999
French edition
various
sold out
Exhibition catalogue.
Liam Gillick - McNamara Paper
1997
bilingual edition (English / French)
Le Consortium - Monographs
sold out
Lawrence Weiner - A fripon fripon et demi - Une rêverie émanée de mes loisirs
1997
French edition
Yvon Lambert - Monographs and artists' books
sold out
This artist's book, printed in blue, contains a text by Jean-Claude Lebensztejn and an intervention by Lawrence Weiner.
Liam Gillick - Erasme est en retard
1997
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
sold out
Artist's writings.
Guy de Cointet -
1996
bilingual edition (English / French)
Le Magasin
sold out
Booklet published on the occasion of a 1996 exhibition commissioned by Paul McCarthy and featuring the work of three European artists exiled in California: Guy de Cointet, Bas Jan Ader and Wolfgang Stoerchle. The publication includes texts by McCarthy and Cornelia Butler, biographical and bibliographical notes.
Allen Ruppersberg - Where\'s Al?
1996
bilingual edition (English / French)
Le Magasin
sold out
First retrospective catalogue: includes a chronology of the artist's works from 1967 to 1996, a bibliography, and texts by Yves Aupetitallot, Catherine Quéloz, Dan Cameron, and Ruppersberg himself.
Rémy Zaugg - Herzog et de Meuron, une exposition
1995
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
sold out
How to exhibit the architecture? Two Swiss architects answer this question (a conversation with Rémy Zaugg).
Rémy Zaugg - Le musée des Beaux-Arts auquel je rêve ou le lieu de l\'œuvre et de l\'homme
1995
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
sold out
In his influential 1986 text, Swiss artist Rémy Zaugg (1943–2005) laid out fundamental ideas on the art museum. For him, the museum is an everyday tool that enables the encounter between viewer and work—raising the question of the kind of architecture appropriate for such a space (available in English edition)
Rémy Zaugg - Le tableau te constitue et tu constitues le tableau - Projets
1991
trilingual edition (English / German / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
Le Consortium - Monographs
sold out
Preliminary graphic designs for paintings.
Robert Barry - Word for Word - It\'s about time
1980
bilingual edition (English / French)
Yvon Lambert - Word for Word
sold out
A long interview between the philosopher René Denizot and the artist Robert Barry.
Robert Barry - It is… It isn\'t…
1972
English edition
Yvon Lambert - Monographs and artists' books
sold out
Artist's book.
Lawrence Weiner - 7 (vinyl EP)
1972
Yvon Lambert - Objects, editions and multiples
sold out
Vinyl EP record.
Ed Ruscha - A Reader
2025
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
JRP|Editions - Documents (co-edition Les presses du réel)
forthcoming
Renewing our understanding of Ruscha's art.
Joseph Kosuth - Redefining the Context of Art, 1968 and After - The Second Investigation and Public Media
2025
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
forthcoming
This first comprehensive survey of Joseph Kosuth's work with public media centers on his pioneering project The Second Investigation (1968–74).
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