Art & war / violence

 
 
Hermann Nitsch - Akustisches Abreaktionsspiel (vinyl LP)
2020
Tochnit Aleph
sold out
Reissue of Nitsch's very first release, originally published in 1972 by Edition Galerie Klewan in a limited edition of 100 copies.
Philippe Dudouit - The Dynamics of Dust
2019
French edition
Edition Patrick Frey
sold out
A long-term photographic study on the sociopolitical evolution of the Sahelo-Saharan region since 2008.
Keiichi Tanaami - Tears of Dreams
2019
no text
Nieves
sold out
Artist's book.
Otto Dix - Estampes
2018
French edition
MASC (Musée de l'Abbaye Sainte-Croix)
sold out
This publication devoted to Otto Dix's print works (woodcuts, etchings, lithographs) showcases a collection from the Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, Germany. A large iconographic thematic section and a series of essays revisit Otto Dix's favourite themes—the nude, the portrait, the city, religion and war—symptomatic of his desire to portray man holistically, from birth to death, as a creature of flesh, palpitations and blood.
Clarisse Hahn - Politiques de la présence
2018
bilingual edition (English / French)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
sold out
Monographic study dedicated to director, video artist and photographer Clarisse Hahn. Edited by Nicole Brenez, the publication gathers writings encompassing the variety of her work, from contemporary art to cinema, guerilla groups, and eroticism; conversations with Clarisse Hahn, artists, and art historians; and a series of reproductions of her artworks, photographs, photograms, and videograms.
Fouad Elkoury - Passing Time
2017
bilingual edition (English / Arabic)
Kaph Books
sold out
The publication Passing Time by Fouad Elkoury looks back at 60 years (1960-2017) of photographs taken in Lebanon by the artist. Most of the images have never been published.
Fouad Elkoury - Passing Time
2017
bilingual edition (Arabic / French)
Kaph Books
sold out
The publication Passing Time by Fouad Elkoury looks back at 60 years (1960-2017) of photographs taken in Lebanon by the artist. Most of the images have never been published.
Piotr Uklański - Real Nazis
2017
English edition
Edition Patrick Frey
sold out
This artist's book compiles true propaganda photographs of the Third Reich with stills from actors playing Nazis in Hollywood movies: a radical commentary on our alarming present condition, in which the lines between populist and fascistic politics are increasingly blurring.
Caméra(Auto)Contrôle (+ 2 books)
2016
bilingual edition (English / French)
CPG (Centre de la photographie Genève)
sold out
Exhibition Guide from the Triennal 50JPG 2016 – 50 Days for Photography in Geneva, accompanied by the two artist's books published on the occasion of the exhibitions, Giacomo Bianchetti – Bilderberg 2015 et Sébastien Reuzé – Indian Springs (bundle).
Gustav Metzger - Act or Perish! - A Retrospective
2016
English edition
Nero
sold out
The catalogue of Metzger's first extensive overview: divided into sections—each of which is accompanied by a critical text—corresponding to those presented in the exhibition, the publication provides systematic insight into an artistic oeuvre considered as one of the most important in the 20th century (with texts by Mathieu Copeland, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Yoko Ono, Hermann Nitsch…).
Beni Bischof - Rambo
2016
no text
Nieves
sold out
Over 300 watercolors inspired by the film Rambo II (artist's book).
Giovanna Silva - Syria - A Travel Guide to Disappearance
2016
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
sold out
Taken at the height of the Assad days, the images of the photographer Giovanna Silva overlap in this publication with Syrian tourist guides' images and texts, creating a net of intended and unintended relationships and time interconnections.
Hermann Nitsch - Orgelkonzert Berlin 2016 (CD)
2016
Tochnit Aleph
sold out
Recording of Hermann Nitsch's mighty pipe organ concert in Berlin, January 22, 2016.
Politics of Memory - Documentary and Archive
2015
English edition
Archive Books
sold out
An anthology surveying the relationship between artistic practices and documents.
Kader Attia - RepaiR
2014
English edition
BlackJack editions - Monographs & artists' books
sold out
Both an artist's book and Kader Attia's reference monograph, “RepaiR” consists of interviews and texts around Attia's oeuvre, documented through about 1000 b/w reproductions, and the notion of repair, by 13 academics and researchers working in various disciplines. The book also reveals the artist's research and creation process, with a selection of archive texts and images.
Miriam Cahn - 1979-2005-2010
2014
trilingual edition (English / German / French)
CCS (Centre culturel suisse Paris)
sold out
Facsimile of a book of drawings made between 1979 and 2010.
 Bureau A - Maïden Survey
2014
English edition
Boabooks
sold out
A mapping of ephemeral architecture built during the siege of the Maiden Place in Kiev: a project by Bureau A, Leopold Banchini & Daniel Zamarbide (CH) with Burø, Sergey Ferley (UA), bewteen architecture, design, graphic design and political pamphlet.
Helge Reumann - Sexy Guns
2014
no text
United Dead Artists
sold out
A series of speechless strips made in Indian ink describing absurd warfare conflicts set in bucolic landscapes.
Carolee Schneemann - Then and Now - Œuvres d\'Histoire
2013
bilingual edition (English / French)
Analogues - Monographs
sold out
A new reading of the work of a major American and international artist, well known for her depictions of the female body, of society's attitude to women and particularly for her pioneering work as a performance and video artist in the cause of feminism, in the context of artists' reactions to major world issues and a return of the historical genre in art today, underlining her unflagging commitment to the recording of history as it happens.
Mustapha Benfodil - Le point de vue de la mort
2013
French edition
Al Dante - Poetry & Literature
sold out
Following the social unrest and immolation acts in Southern Algeria in 2011, writer and journalist Mustapha Benfodil wrote this fictional monologue of a village's mortuary employee to reflect on the wounds of the Algerian society.
Eyal Weizman - Mengele\'s Skull - The Advent of a Forensic Aesthetics
2012
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
sold out
A study in which Thomas Keenan and Eyal Weizman discusses the way that forensic investigation and identification of Joseph Mengele's remains marks a transition, giving way to an "era of forensics", in which things—such as bones—act as the witnesses of past events.
Akram Zaatari - A Conversation with an Imagined Israeli Filmmaker Named Avi Mograbi
2012
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
sold out
An imaginary conversation between two filmmakers that evokes memories from the conflicts between Israel and Lebanon, and the way the memory and the testimony inevitably mix fiction and documentary.
Peter Wächtler - The Set
2012
English edition
(SIC) - Soft Alphabet
sold out
Artist's book (a detailed and distanced description by Peter Wächtler of his experience as an extra on Bryan Singer's film "Valkyrie").
 Raionbashi - 1.Konditionstraining - Aktion 040918 (DVD)
2010
Tochnit Aleph
sold out
A performance piece about weakness and public embarrassment (edition of 30 numbered copies).
 Raionbashi - Gilligan\'s Island - Aktion 080920 (DVD)
2010
Tochnit Aleph
sold out
A performance piece about the Abu Ghraib tortures (edition of 30 numbered copies).
Anselm Kiefer - Unfruchtbare Landschaften - Works from the 60\'s
2010
bilingual edition (English / French)
Yvon Lambert - Monographs and artists' books
sold out
A set of 83 previously unpublished historical works from the 60's (artist's books with collages, drawings, watercolors and paintings), with an essay by Pierre Péju: early works that, under a minimalist and fragile appearance, announce most of the major themes developed in Kiefer's later grandiose oeuvre.
Hermann Nitsch - Eighth Symphony (2 CD)
2010
Tochnit Aleph
sold out
Remastered recordings of the first performance of Nitsch's 8th Symphony (for Choir, Orchestra, and Noise Orchestra).
Jean-Michel Rabaté - Étant donnés : 1° l\'art, 2° le crime - La modernité comme scène du crime
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Literary field
sold out
Criminal news item as current version of the ready-made: relations between the history of avant-gardes and the aesthetics of murder.
Fabrice Gygi - A Manual
2009
English edition
JRP|Editions - Artists' books & editions
sold out
An artist's project, this publication gathers together drawings by Fabrice Gygi, bringing together the sketches, technical drawings, and 3D renderings of the artist's production.
Sophie Ristelhueber - Operations
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Jeu de Paume - Monographs
sold out
Luxurious retrospective monograph, conceived in close collaboration with the artist, with three essays, an illustrated and commented chronology, major works since the beginning of the 80s, as well as many documents and exhibition views.
Dawn Mellor -
2008
bilingual edition (English / German)
JRP|Editions - Monographs
sold out
First monograph.
Peter Piller - Deko + Munition (postcards)
2008
no text
Nieves
sold out
A collection of photographs found on eBay using the search terms Deko + Munition (ammunition + decor).
Christophe Manon - Fiat lux
2007
French edition
Mix
sold out
A poem on war and the oppression of the modern body.
Ingo Niermann - Atomkrieg
2004
bilingual edition (English / German)
Sternberg Press - Catalogues
sold out
This publication documents new works by artists such as Olafur Eliasson, Isa Genzken, Sarah Lucas, Aleksandra Mir, Mathilde Rosier, Eva Rothschild or Gary Webb, invited to develop projects on the theme of nuclear war.
Anselm Kiefer - Die Frauen der Antike
1999
bilingual edition (English / French)
Yvon Lambert - Monographs and artists' books
sold out
A series of wedding dresses sculptures: the ghosts of historic and mythological women of the Antiquity.
Anselm Kiefer - Cette obscure clarté qui tombe des étoiles
1996
bilingual edition (English / French)
Yvon Lambert - Monographs and artists' books
sold out
Published for the 1996 exhibition at Yvon Lambert Gallery, Paris, this publication presents Kiefer's works, with a reflection by Daniel Arasse.
Louis Jammes - Sarajevo n\'est  en réalité le nom de rien qui puisse être  représenté
1994
French edition
Yvon Lambert - Monographs and artists' books
sold out
Works on b/w photographs taken in Sarajevo.
Anselm Kiefer - Nachtschattengewächse
1991
French edition
Yvon Lambert - Monographs and artists' books
sold out
Anselm Kiefer's universe revisited by the philosopher Jean-Noël Vuarnet.
Pierre Denan - Dragon Eye
no text
M19 - I.S. (Inventaire Supplémentaire)
sold out
Artist's book: a series of patterns drawn from the library of a vectorial drawing software, homothetically reduced to the dimensions of the book to rectangles of different sizes, laid out over the pages as in an urban map.
Pierre Denan - R. Thomas
no text
M19 - I.S. (Inventaire Supplémentaire)
sold out
Artist's book: portrait of a young soldier reproduced exactly on each page of the book.
2024
trilingual edition (English / Arabic / French)
La Maréchalerie
forthcoming
Initiated by Tunisian artist, architect and scenographer Chedly Atallah, whose practice explores geopolitical changes in the Arab world through history, architecture and mythological narratives, Matar, Matar, Matar is an artistic investigation into the time of representation and memory, with water as a metaphor for remembrance.
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