Minimal Art / minimalism

 
 
Rémy Zaugg - Écrits complets – Volume 5 - De la peinture et des images – 1980-2005
2017
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
The fifth volume of Rémy Zaugg's complete writings (1980-2005): a series of texts of utmost importance, related to the great pictorial and philosophical researches of the 1980s. Alongside these texts, the publication features a collection of interviews and letters to friends, colleagues, art dealers, curators, and art collectors.
Rémy Zaugg - Écrits complets – Volume 6 - Le Lieu de l\'œuvre – 1982-1993
2017
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
The sixth volume of Rémy Zaugg's complete writings (1982-1993): featuring some of the most influential texts written by the Swiss artist on art museum.
Rémy Zaugg - Écrits complets – Volume 7 - Exposer – 1984-2004
2017
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
The seventh volume of Rémy Zaugg's complete writings (1984-2004): the publication brings together texts that formulate a practice and a criticism of exhibition that goes beyond genres and mediums, using concrete projects in given architectonic situations.
Rémy Zaugg - Écrits complets – Volume 8 - Conversations avec Jean-Christophe Ammann – Portrait – 1988-1989
2017
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
The heighth volume of Rémy Zaugg's complete writings (1988-1989): a portrait of Jean-Christophe Ammann.
Rémy Zaugg - Écrits complets – Volume 9 - L\'Art pour la ville – 1986-2005
2017
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
The ninth volume of Rémy Zaugg's complete writings (1986-2005): a reflection on the artist's projects for public spaces, illustrated with personal statements and sketches.
Rémy Zaugg - Écrits complets – Volume 2 - La Découverte de la sémiologie – 1970-1979
2017
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
The second volume of Rémy Zaugg's complete writings: five texts from the 1970s which highlight the influence of semiology (de Saussure, Barthes, Levi-Strauss…). on Zaugg's theoretical thought and practice.
 Ernesto Neto and the Huni Kuin - Aru Kuxipa - Sacred Secret
2017
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
This collaborative journey between Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto and members from the Huni Kuin indigenous communities brings to the fore the concept of “ancestral futures” and extends the concerns that have been evident in Neto's oeuvre over the past 20 years: a celebration of the sensuality of being, the unity of bodies and nature, and a longing for spiritual vision.
Nahum Tevet - The Rough Law of Gardens
2017
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
The Rough Law of Gardens documents Olaf Holzapfel and Nahum Tevet's eponymous joint exhibition and explores the intergenerational differences between two unique artists. Both artists' work rejects the global logic of growth and traverses the bounds of sculpture and painting: each of their practices involves ideas to do with materiality, learning, and memory.
Francesco Arena - Six Horizons, Six Roads, Ten Landscapes
2017
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Cura. - Cura.books
In this new book time and space, which are fundamental aspects of Arena's work, are encapsulated in six horizons, six roads and ten landscapes. Essays by Mario Fortunato and Andrea Viliani, together with statements written by Arena himself on each work here published, examine in depth the practice of one of the most interesting artists in the Italian and International artistic scenes.
Ernstalbrecht Stiebler - Kanon / Torsi (vinyl LP)
2017
Edition Telemark
(last copies available!)
24.00 17.00 €
This LP pairs two organ-based works by German composer Ernstalbrecht Stiebler. More closely associated with his position as a radio editor and producer, Stiebler composes a reductionist music built on minimalist structures and repetitions, and influenced by Minimalism in visual art.
Wyatt Kahn -
2017
English edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
This monograph dedicated to Wyatt Kahn encompasses his painting production from 2011 to 2017, and introduces his recent exploration of photography.
 Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles - Scories / Live at Transnumériques (2 CD)
2017
Sub Rosa
16.00 12.00 €
New “electro-contempo” collaboration, born out of the encounter between turntablist DJ Olive, musical director of Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles Jean-Paul Dessy, and violonist David Núñez. The second CD includes a live recorded at Les Transnumériques festival.
Anton Bruhin - Dämonen
2017
English edition
Edition Patrick Frey
What would a current-day demon look like? The Swiss artist playfully rehabilitates these evil figures in 170 minimalist portraits—rendering them as an ideal type of the postmodern, at once terrifying and comical.
Morgan Fisher - Off-Screen Cinema
2017
English edition
Les presses du réel – Cinema & video art
A collection of texts by researchers, artists and critics, exploring Morgan Fisher's filmography in relation to his other artistic practices.
Rei Naito - Transphère - Émotions de croire
2017
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
MCJP (Maison de la Culture du Japon à Paris)
Third publication in the framework of the “Transphère” Exhibition cycle, this catalogue documents a work by Rei Naito, a Japanese artist who has built an international reputation with her minimalist and conceptual creations. The installation Émotions de croire (The emotion of belief) is a moving reflection on the atomic bomb, and a place of mourning and hope.
Marie Canet - Palestine, first name Charlemagne - Meshugga Land
2017
English edition
Les presses du réel – Music & Sound Arts – Fama
A biographical essay which explores the origins and influences of Charlemagne Palestine, as well as themes related to his life and artistic practice—spirituality, music, performance, avant-gardism—together with an acute analysis of his main works. The study is followed by an interview with the artist, which provides a clever balance between personal anecdotes and reflection.
Marie Canet - Palestine, prénom Charlemagne - Meshugga Land
2017
French edition
Les presses du réel – Music & Sound Arts – Fama
A biographical essay which explores the origins and influences of Charlemagne Palestine, as well as themes related to his life and artistic practice—spirituality, music, performance, avant-gardism—together with an acute analysis of his main works. The study is followed by an interview with the artist, which provides a clever balance between personal anecdotes and reflection.
Dorian Gaudin -
2017
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Palais de Tokyo (Paris)
Palais de Tokyo - Monographs (coedition Les presses du réel)
First monograph.
Lydia Okumura - Situations
2017
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
Monographic catalogue showcasing the under-recognized work of Brazilian-Japanese artist Lydia Okumura, who, for almost fifty years, has explored the realm of geometric abstraction
Morgan Fisher - Un cinéma hors champ
2017
French edition
Les presses du réel – Cinema & video art
A collection of texts by researchers, artists and critics, exploring Morgan Fisher's filmography in relation to his other artistic practices.
Mel Bochner - Singer Notes, 1968
2017
English edition
mfc-michèle didier - Monographs, editions & artist's books
An important work by American artist Mel Bochner yet strangely it remains little-known.
Michel Parmentier - Décembre 1965 - 20 novembre 1999 - Une rétrospective
2016
French edition
Loevenbruck
Reference monograph (also available in English).
Guy de Cointet -
2016
English edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
The first monograph to offer an overview of Cointet's enigmatic and influential oeuvre.
Guy de Cointet -
2016
French edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
The first monograph to offer an overview of Cointet's enigmatic and influential oeuvre (available in English edition).
Pauline Oliveros - Four Meditations / Sound Geometrics (CD)
2016
Sub Rosa
Pauline Oliveros surrounded by Belgian Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles, performing 2 long pieces for orchestra.
Werner Durand - Diasporagas - Ancient Trends and New Traditions in Indo-European Music (vinyl LP)
2016
Edition Telemark
An overview of the fruitful long-standing collaboration between Amelia Cuni, specialist of Indian dhrupad singing, and minimalist experimental musician Werner Durand.
John McCracken -
2016
bilingual edition (English / German)
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
An artistic dialogue between German artist and computer composer Florian Hecker, and the late American sculptor John McCracken.
Charlemagne Palestine - GesammttkkunnsttMeshuggahhLaandtttt
2016
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
This catalogue documents Charlemagne Palestine's eponymous solo exhibition, including his early video works, sculptures, paintings, installations, and sound scores.
Virginia Overton -
2016
English edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
First monograph dedicated to Virginia Overton, whose minimalist sculptural practice emergeas a direct response to her physical presence in the exhibition space.
 Kimsooja - To Breathe (book / DVD)
2016
bilingual edition (English / French), original version, English / French subtitles
a.p.r.e.s editions - Books-DVDs
currently out of stock
A DVD-book which documents Korean artist Kimsooja's transfigurational installation at the Centre Pompidou-Metz, as part of the France-Korea year.
Giorgio Griffa -
2016
bilingual edition (English / French)
Analogues - Monographs
New monograph, with thirty emblematic paintings, a text by the artist, and an essay by Francesco Manacorda.
Tom Burr - Anthology - Writings 1991-2015
2016
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
Thirty-seven texts by Tom Burr.
Nora Schultz - Terminal
2016
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
Nora Schultz gathered digital associations made with Google's image search engine, and then asked nine other artists to build a series of textual and visual narratives around her results (an artists' book designed by Keren Cytter).
Le Silo 03 - Collection Billarant
2015
no text
various
25.00 10.00 €
Françoise et Jean-Philippe Billarant's collection of minimal and conceptual art.
Peter Downsbrough - Then Set (box set 2 books)
2015
no text
CDLA (Centre des livres d'artistes)
Artist's book in two volume.
Tony Conrad - Two Degrees of Separation / Über zwei Ecken
2015
bilingual edition (English / German)
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
A compact monograph containing gathering a visual documentation, two essays and a conversation with Tony Conrad, whose multi-faceted contributions since the 1960's have influenced and redefined music, filmmaking, minimalism, performance, video and conceptual art.
Inter - Pauvreté, dépouillement, dénuement
2015
French edition
Inter, art actuel
Intervention - Inter, art actuel
currently out of stock
A review of voluntary bareness and simplicity practices in art.
The Lulennial - A Slight Gestuary
2015
bilingual edition (Spanish / Portuguese)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
When artistic gestures achieve the maximum effect through the smallest of means: the catalogue of the Lulennial, a biennial organized by Fabiola Iza and Chris Sharp at Lulu, a 9-square meter independent space in Mexico City, whose economy, “in the sense of doing a lot with a little or sometimes nothing at all,” is one of the founding principles.
Hubert Renard - Invitation - Quarante-deux cartons d\'invitation aux vernissages
2015
French edition
Incertain Sens
Artist's book.
Jenni Tischer - Pin
2015
bilingual edition (English / German)
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
Catalogue.
Anaël Lejeune - Perspective et géométral - Problématisation de la sculpture aux États-Unis (1966-1973)
2015
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Inflexion
Charlemagne Palestine - Youuu + Mee = Weeee (3 CD)
2015
Sub Rosa
166 minutes with Charlemagne Palestine (piano Bösendorfer, orgue Yamaha and voice) and Rhys Chatham (trumpet, loop pedal, electric guitar).
Phill Niblock - T H I R (DVD)
2015
Matière Mémoire
currently out of stock
A milestone film from American composer and filmmaker Phill Niblock, presented for the first time in DVD with two alternate soundtracks, T H I R is a mesmerizing and hypnotic film from his Environments series shot in upstate New York in 1972. This film is one of Niblock's finest and undiscovered jewels—a must have classic release.
Robert Overby - Works - 1969-1987
2014
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
Reference monograph.
Piotr Uklański - Paintings
2014
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
An in-depth critical examination of the Piotr Uklański's ongoing series of abstract “blood” and “ink drop” paintings.
Nora Schultz - Portikus Printing Plant and Portikus Sound
2014
bilingual edition (English / German)
Bom Dia Boa Tarde Boa Noite
(last copies available!)
Catalogue / artist's book.
Francesco Arena -
2014
English edition
Cura. - Cura.books
Reference monograph, featuring Francesco Arena's works collection and his most important shows from 2004 to 2014, with texts by Marcella Beccaria, Lorenzo Benedetti, Florence Derieux and Ara H. Merjian.
Ann Reynolds - Robert Smithson - Du New Jersey au Yucatán, leçons d\'ailleurs
2014
French edition
(SIC) - Continental Rift
A comprehensive examination of Robert Smithson's work and creative process.
Guy de Cointet - Who\'s that guy? - Tell me more  about Guy de Cointet (DVD)
2014
original version, bilingual susbtitles (English / French)
various
A film, a portrait of Guy de Cointet (1934-1983), a French-born artist based in California who created text and sculptural works, often combining them as props and stage sets in theatrical performance pieces (interviews with John Baldessari, Larry Bell, Morgan Fisher, Paul McCarthy, Christophe Bourseiller, etc.).
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