Art & humor / derision

 
 
The Drawer - Heroes
2016
French edition (texts in English and French)
The Drawer
The Drawer - The Drawer (magazine)
Mohamed Bourouissa, Richard Jackson, Martin Kersels, Paul McCarthy, Stéphane Maupin, Richard Prince, Rudy Ricciotti, Alain Séchas, Georges Tony Stoll, Rirkrit Tiravanija...
Marnie Weber - The Day of Forevermore - Synopsis, Script, Storyboard
2016
bilingual edition (English / French)
MAMCO - Monographs
A complete documentation on Marnie Weber's first feature film, a strange kind of carnival that emerges from the American cultural repressed.
 Peter Fischli & David Weiss - Ordnung und Reinlichkeit
2016
no text
Nieves
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.
Soldes
2016
French edition
Soldes Almanac
Featuring: Jeremy Rifkin, Sabine Rabourdin, Mounir Fatmi, Tidiane N'diaye, Arthur H & Loulou Picasso, Messieurs Delmotte, Tobie Nathan, Jean-Paul Curnier, Anaïs Nony, N.-.D.-des-Landes, Zapata an the state of Chiapas, Papuan people, original comics from Camille Lavaud, Martes Bathori, Philippe Lardy...
 Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys - Fine Arts
2016
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
Following on from the duo's continual playful and dystopic depiction of the human condition, Fine Arts brings together the collection of over ninety watercolors inspired by images found on the Internet.
 Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys - Die schmutzigen Puppen von Pommern
2016
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
(last copies available!)
Part document, part photographic album, this artists' book by Jos de Gruyter and Harald Thys captures the sculptural revisionings of the descendants of an executioner family from Greifswald in the historical province of Pomerania.
 Dector & Dupuy -
2016
French edition
Captures - Collective works and monographs
Dector & Dupuy's artistic research focuses on the city as a space for improvisation and vanishing lines. This retrospective monograph listed in alphabetical order comes with an additional publication—the first issue of the duo's periodic SONG.
Didier Semin - Duchamp - The Paradigm of the Cartoon
2015
trilingual edition (English / German / French)
Kunsthalle Marcel Duchamp
The influence of cartoon on Duchamp's work.
Ragnar Kjartansson -
2015
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Palais de Tokyo (Paris)
Palais de Tokyo - Monographs (coedition Les presses du réel)
New monograph.
Michael Williams -
2015
English edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
(last copies available!)
First monograph: an overview of the evolution of New York-based artist Michael Williams' work.
Toys Redux - An Anthology on Play as Critical Action
2015
bilingual edition (English / German)
JRP|Editions - Catalogues, Biennales & Collections
This catalogue interrogates the notion of play in contemporary art, bringing together artists who use formats and imagery from popular culture usually addressed to children or teenagers.
Kent Monkman - Interpellations - Three Essays on Kent Monkman
2015
bilingual edition (English / French)
Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University
Three art historians offer perspectives and analyses on Monkman's work that address history and genre painting, the queered Romantic landscape, the shifting and unfixed subject, race, sexuality, conquest and sovereignty, and modern versus discontinuous temporality.
Justin Lieberman - The Corrector\'s Custom Pre-Fab House
2015
texts in English and French
Confort Moderne
A 300 page pulp book, compiling a series of 230 short texts by Justin Lieberman in alphabetical order, as well as an essay telling the story of a now-destroyed installation piece, to which the texts were originally related: “The Corrector's Custom Pre-Fab House”. The texts, with their sarcastic tone, can be read autonomously: they are a meditation on capitalism and material culture, between poetry, description and fiction.
Stefan Marx - Rebel Without A Cause
2015
English edition
Nieves
(last copies available!)
Fines as an artistic medium: Stefan Marx illustrates the monetary penalties collected by Christoph Keller for its activity as a distiller.
Ragnar Kjartansson - To Music
2015
bilingual edition (English / German)
JRP|Editions - Monographs
(last copies available!)
Comprehensive monograph (second edition).
Boris Mikhailov - Arles, Paris...and
2015
bilingual edition (English / French)
various
A previously unpublished series of photographs taken in 1989 in Arles and Paris, retouched by Boris Mikhailov 26 years later, offering a fresh perspective on his work.
Beni Bischof - Texte
2015
German edition
Edition Patrick Frey
Artist's book.
 Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys - Das Wunder des Lebens
2015
bilingual edition (English / German)
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
Drawings.
Fabian Boschung - Feeling
2015
bilingual edition (English / French)
various
20.00 9.00 €
First monograph.
 Yarisal & Kublitz - Bling blang, ching chang, give me some of that yin yang
2015
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
The first survey of the Swiss and Danish duo's works from 2010 to 2014.
Cosima von Bonin - CvB Singles Uptown Remix
2015
English edition
Petzel
CvB Singles Uptown Remix presents a survey of work created since 2000—rags, mushrooms, a “soft” fence, an enormous octopus and other curious objects from Cosima's diverse oeuvre.
The Drawer - Le rire
2014
French edition (texts in English and French)
The Drawer
The Drawer - The Drawer (magazine)
Nelly Ben Hayoun, Davide Cascio, Claude Closky, Denicolai & Provoost, Mark Dion, Shirley Jaffe, Daniel Johnston, Pierre La Police, Natacha Lesueur, Théo Mercier, Felipe Oliveira Baptista, Amandine Urruty...
 Willem - Les emmerdeurs - Limited edition
2014
French edition
Jannink - L'art en écrit
Limited edition accompanied by an original and unique signed artwork, hand colored comic strip box.
 Willem - Les emmerdeurs
2014
French edition
Jannink - L'art en écrit
Willem's satirical drawings on art.
Marc Décimo - Les Jocondes à moustaches
2014
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – Les Hétéroclites
Does Mona Lisa deserve her mustache? An erudite review of 180 pre- and post-Duchamp caricatures and misappropriations.
Scott King - Anish and Antony Take Afghanistan
2014
English edition
JRP|Editions - Hapax
A graphic short-story: a trip to Afghanistan, organised by the British government, in which Anish Kapoor and Anthony Gormley are charged with building a gigantic sculpture to subdue the insurgent population...
Djordje Ozbolt -
2014
English edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
First monograph on Serbian born London based artist Djordje Ozbolt's painting, including an essay by Irish art critic and curator Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith, as well as a conversation with Gregor Muir, Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London.
Simon Nicaise - Les êtres et les objets se perforent
2014
bilingual edition (English / French)
various
20.00 15.00 €
First monograph.
 Les Frères Chapuisat - Erratique
2014
bilingual edition (English / French)
CAN (Centre d'Art Neuchâtel)
Artist's book / catalogue.
 Les Frères Chapuisat - In Wood We Trust
2014
bilingual edition (English / French)
CAN (Centre d'Art Neuchâtel)
Artist's book / catalogue.
Gilles Barbier - Vu d\'en bas
2013
French edition
Jannink - L'art en écrit
Nine texts by Gilles Barbier.
Gilles Barbier - Vu d\'en bas - Limited edition
2013
French edition
Jannink - L'art en écrit
Nine texts by Gilles Barbier, accompanied by an unique work, resin and feathers on cardboard.
Susumu Mukai - Animas Report & Animas Report: Fragments (Supplement)
2013
no text
Nieves
The Animas Report series, including a supplement booklet.
Soldes
2013
texts in English and French
Soldes Almanac
Featuring: a tribute to Frank Zappa (unpublished interview and illustrations by Cal Schenkel), Christian Marclay by Anaïs Prosaïc, The Wild Classical Music Ensemble, Anaïs Nony, Guerilla Gardening, Zdenek Kosek, self-hypnosis, Elizabeth Stephens & Annie Sprinkle's ecosexual activism, primatologist Frans de Waal...
Raphaël Boccanfuso - Autoportrait en artiste contemporain
2013
French edition
various
First monograph.
Marie-Louise Ekman - No Is Not an Answer - On the Work of Marie-Louise Ekman
2013
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
26.00 19.05 €
The largest presentation of Marie-Louise Ekman's art ever featured in the form of a book.
Jeff Ladouceur - Amen
2013
no text
Nieves
(last copies available!)
Artist's book.
Stefan Nikolaev - One for the money, two for the show
2013
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
First monograph, with three essays and an interview.
 Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys - Optimundus - M HKA 08 02 13 - 19 05 13
2013
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
The catalogue of Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys's major exhibition at M HKA of the same title.
Joël Hubaut - Sophisme
2013
bilingual edition (English / French)
Frac Franche-Comté - Alphabet series
Artist's book: Joël Hubaut's ABC (“a compressed, unprecise mini ABC of the art of living for the young generations in art schools in particular and for everyone else in general”).
Les héros de la pensée
2012
French edition
CAN (Centre d'Art Neuchâtel)
A heroic performance bringing together seven renowned thinkers, held to talk, on the principle of the Deleuzian ABC, of 26 different themes, during 26 hours... while drinking wine regularly.
Steven Harrington - Remain in Balance
2012
no text
Nieves
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
Nieves
Artist's book: Lutz & Guggisberg's imaginary library.
François Curlet - Short Messages Service
2012
French edition
BlackJack editions - Monographs & artists' books
9.00 5.00 €
Artist's book: a compilation of SMS sent by François Curlet since more than 10 years, between haiku and aphorism, with a series of drawings by Mrzyk & Moriceau.
Maurizio Cattelan - Maurizio Has Left the Building (box set)
2012
English edition
Le Dictateur Press - Artists' books & editions / catalogues
Retrospective of Maurizio Cattelan's exhibition at the Guggenheim New York in an extraordinary box set (photos by Pierpaolo Ferrari).
 Taroop & Glabel - Abécédaire
2012
bilingual edition (English / French)
Frac Franche-Comté - Alphabet series
Artist's book: Taroop & Glabel's ABC.
 Letaris - Opération Paris ville décente
2012
Incertain Sens - Artist's books and editions
12 postcards of the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, decorated with cut out and pasted panties patterns.
Mustapha Benfodil - Archéologie du chaos [amoureux]
2012
French edition
Al Dante - Poetry & Literature
This novel portrays the current evils of the Algerian society with provocative and transgressive humor.
Soldes
2012
texts in English and French
Soldes Almanac
Bernard Stiegler, Paul Jorion, “food” special feature, Eliane Montane's amorous cannibalism, entomophagy, the botanist Tran Ninh, Kimio Itozaki's photographs, Panafricanism, Tidiane N'Diaye, Nov'Folk Music, Olivier Schrauwen's Fanthesizer...
 Les Frères Chapuisat -
2012
bilingual edition (English / French)
CCS (Centre culturel suisse Paris)
38.00 19.00 €
Installations 2003-2011.
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