Contemporary art

 
 
Leone Contini - Human Pelvis, Bitter Radish
2024
English edition
Reliable Copy
This publication features a project by Leone Contini looking into the canned food available during the war of Caporetto in 1917 and especially its iconography. It brings together an essay by the artist along with reproductions of a selection of his drawings.
François Salmeron - Itinérances écologiques - Art, éthique et environnement
2024
French edition
Caza d'Oro
A critical and ethical reflection on contemporary art and ecology, based on long-term research into the work of some twenty international artists committed to environmental issues.
Vanessa Theodoropoulou - Le Monde en situation - La révolte sensible de l\'Internationale situationniste
2024
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap) – Fundamental
An in-depth historical study of the artistic and political project of the Situationist International (1952-1972).
Out of the Grid - Italian Zine 1978-2006
2024
English edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
currently out of stock
Out of the Grid presents a critical selection of 100 Italian zines from 1978 to 2006 that display a broad spectrum of social, political, aesthetic, and technological changes in the use of language and communication strategies across the territory of self publishing.
Esther Meunier Corfdyr - Corps endormis corps affranchis
2024
French edition
Les presses du réel – Dance & Performing Arts – Gestes
Dancer and playwright Esther Meunier Corfdyr ventures into sleeping territories.
Maurice Fréchuret - Respirer - La puissance créatrice du souffle
2024
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Œuvres en sociétés
From the negative hands on the walls of the Chauvet caves (minus 30,000 years ago) to the most recent experiments of a number of contemporary artists, an entire history of art can be written under the prism of breathing. Between these two milestones, this study attempts to highlight the innovative force of breath and the importance accorded to breathing as a creative gesture and artwork on its own.
Sites du film - Le cinéma et ses parages
2024
French edition
Les presses du réel – Cinema & video art – Perceptions
Cinema as a method of investigating the visible and a journey into the theoretical thinking of images.
Mouvement
2023
French edition
Mouvement
Ireland-Palestine united against apartheid; "dark romances": the problematic new publishing business; the breakdown of French cultural diplomacy in the Sahel; infiltration into armed survivalism; reportage in the dormitory town of Kiev; Alice Rohrwacher; Carolina Bianchi; Ben Rivers ; Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs, Hugo Pernet...
Artforum - December 2023 – The Year in Review
2023
English edition
Artforum
The best of 2023: a renowned group of critics, artists, and curators from around the world take stock of the year in art.
Chus Martínez - The Complex Answer - On Art as a Nonbinary Intelligence
2023
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
The Complex Answer presents the reader with a selection of texts—from 2010 to 2021—that introduce an exercise in how a practice of art and exhibition making has been influenced by philosophical thinking.
Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński - H(a)untings / Heim Suchungen
2023
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
Dealing with the hauntings and echoes of Austria's colonial past, Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński—visual artist, writer, and recipient of the Camera Austria Prize 2021—sets the stage for the what-if, while confronting viewers with the violence of the Western gaze.
No Dandy, No Fun - Looking Good as Things Fall Apart
2023
English edition
Sternberg Press - Catalogues
currently out of stock
A cultural examination of the enigmatically iconic figure of the Dandy, both in history and as a figure for the future.
Multiple x multiple
2023
French edition
Jannink - Wide Open
An investigation of the multiple in art, through the works of some thirty artists.
Inter - Mélancolie à l\'ère de la technique
2023
French edition
Inter, art actuel
Intervention - Inter, art actuel
On the melancholy and morality of digital ecosystems.
Pablo Schlumberger - 1
2023
bilingual edition (English / German)
Bom Dia Boa Tarde Boa Noite
A hybrid publication, between an artist book, a monograph and a field report on a lost work.
Abraham Cruzvillegas - Sticky Selfies
2023
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Bom Dia Boa Tarde Boa Noite
An extensive compilation of Abraham Cruzvillegas' drawings of apes, which he has been producing since the early beginning of his career starting in 1985 (artist's book / leporello).
Daphne Ahlers - Die Würflerin
2023
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
First monograph.
Christa Joo Hyun D\'Angelo - Fatal Attraction
2023
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
The first monograph of the artist Christa Joo Hyun D'Angelo, Fatal Attraction covers over a decade of work spanning collage, video, installation, and sculpture.
Theresa Ganz - Grand Illusion
2023
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
Grand Illusion is a photographic series of screenshots from Google Cultural Institute's "Museum View" of Baroque European palaces—objects of beauty and manifestations of power whose gold encrusted ornamentation points to the colonial activities abroad that made this kind of wealth possible.
Joseph Havel - Parrot Architecture
2023
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
Wall assemblages and totemic bronze and resin sculptures made during the pandemic by Houston-based sculptor Joseph Havel with the help of his pet parrot Hannah.
Benjamin Hirte - Modest Homes
2023
bilingual edition (English / German)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
First monograph.
Landscape with(out) Locus
2023
English edition
Nero
A collective reflection on the landscape as an ever-changing social, economic, and ecological construct, addressing questions of power, identity, and natural resources (contributions by T. J. Demos, Tiago Torres-Campos, Tiffany Kaewen Dang, Hagit Keysar and Ariel Caine, Teresa Mendes Flores, Chris Malcolm, Irmgard Emmelhainz...)
Davide Balula - Poetry Has No Future Unless It Comes to an End - Poems of Artificial Intelligence 
2023
English edition
Nero
A collection of poems generated between 2020 and 2022 by an Artificial Intelligence trained exclusively on poet Charles Bernstein's entire corpus.
Sandro Penna - Sleepless Traveler
2023
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Nero
The English translation of Il viaggiatore insonne, poet legend Sandro Penna's final collection, coupled with illustrations by the American artist Louis Fratino.
Flash Art - Winter 2023-24 – Failures of Influence
2023
English edition
Flash Art
Flash Art - Flash Art International (magazine)
Eric N. Mack & Kiko Kostadinov; Hannah Black; Mike Kelley in conversation with Larry Clark and John Waters; Elle Pérez; Farah Al Qasimi; Lotus L. Kang; focus on Tokyo by Chus Martínez; Yuko Hasegawa; Scott Cameron Weaver; Bouchra Khalili...
Yaron Michael Hakim - Psittaciformes
2023
English edition
X Artists' Books
Monograph devoted to Yaron Michael Hakim's Psittaciformes body of work, drawing inspiration from the migratory nature of parrots and their ability to assimilate. Through bold paintings on used Dacron sailcloth, Hakim uses this subject matter to explore his own relationship with assimilation, living between cultures, and the exoticization of his heritage.
The Stonewall Nation
2023
English edition
Torpedo
currently out of stock
Edited by artist Sille Storihl, The Stonewall Nation engages the archival remains of a gay colony that a group of gay men wanted to establish in Alpine County in Northern California in the early 1970s.
Chrysalis - The Butterfly Dream
2023
English edition
Lenz Press
Published on the occasion of the exhibition Chrysalis: The Butterfly Dream, curated by Andrea Bellini and held at the Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève in 2023, its eponymous catalog documents and completes this ambitious and multifaceted project through the work of the more than fifty artists involved, ranging from historical and iconic figures to emerging artists. The publication includes an essay by Andrea Bellini and contributions by a number of curators, critics, artists, philosophers, and scholars on themes related to metamorphosis.
Chrysalide - Le rêve du papillon
2023
French edition
Lenz Press
Published on the occasion of the exhibition Chrysalis: The Butterfly Dream, curated by Andrea Bellini and held at the Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève in 2023, its eponymous catalog documents and completes this ambitious and multifaceted project through the work of the more than fifty artists involved, ranging from historical and iconic figures to emerging artists. The publication includes an essay by Andrea Bellini and contributions by a number of curators, critics, artists, philosophers, and scholars on themes related to metamorphosis.
Fredrik Værslev - The Garden Paintings
2023
English edition
Lenz Press - Monographs
Fredrik Værslev: The Garden Paintings is the first publication dedicated solely to one specific body of work in the artist's practice. It includes essays by Martha Kirszenbaum and Erlend Hammer, and gives a comprehensive and chronological account of the works from the series, showing their stylistic development as well as their exhibition history.
Gaston Chaissac - Fétiches dernier cri
2023
French edition
MASC (Musée de l'Abbaye Sainte-Croix)
This monograph, taking a thematic approach that brings together both words and objects, aims to highlight the extreme inventiveness of Gaston Chaissac.
Yayoi Kusama - The Dutch years 1960–70
2023
English edition
MER. B&L
A complete documentation of Yayoi Kusama's early performative activities in the Netherlands in the 1960s-70s, through a collection of previously unpublished photographs and written and visual accounts from eyewitnesses, showcasing her unique style and engagement with the emerging sexual revolution.
Bridget Mullen - Birthday
2023
English edition
Zolo Press
Bridget Mullen's "Birthday" series of intimate-sized paintings expressing emotions through abstracted figures and features, with a conversation between the artist and Lucas Blalock.
Tom Wesselmann - After Matisse
2023
bilingual edition (English / French)
Almine Rech Editions
The major influence of Henri Matisse on the work of one of the leading figures of American Pop Art.
Artforum - November 2023
2023
English edition
Artforum
Remedios Varo, Fereydoun Ave, Christopher Kulendran Thomas, Sam Gilliam...
Isabelle Cornaro -
2023
English edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
Reference monograph.
Agnès Thurnauer -
2023
English edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
Reference monograph.
Isabelle Cornaro -
2023
French edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
Reference monograph (also available in English edition).
Agnès Thurnauer -
2023
French edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
Reference monograph (also available in English edition).
Louise Bourgeois - Les Fleurs
2023
no text
Nieves
Louise Bourgeois' flowers series, painted in gouache on paper.
Aurel Schmidt - Trash Dolls 2
2023
no text
Nieves
Aurel Schmidt's drawings.
Jocko Weyland - Elk
2023
no text
Nieves
The culmination of the American artist's assemblage project.
Stefan Roigk - de—COMPOSED (book + 2 CD)
2023
English edition
Errant Bodies
An artist's book by Berlin-based sound artist Stefan Roigk, documenting acousmatic compositions, sound installations, musical graphics and text-sound compositions of the years 2005 to 2023 on 144 pages and 2 audio CDs.
 Silvia Maglioni & Graeme Thomson - B for the birds
2023
English edition
Errant Bodies - Errant Edition
B for the birds is a singular book that aims to rethink the film-form as an open cartography of its lines of enquiry, desire and fabulation.
Frac Franche-Comté – Une décennie - 2013 – Le pouvoir d\'achat
2023
French edition
Frac Franche-Comté - Monographs & catalogues
The first volume of Une décennie, an anthology of ten years of exhibitions at the Frac Franche-Comté, between 2013 and 2022.
Frac Franche-Comté – Une décennie (10 volumes)
2023
French edition
Frac Franche-Comté - Monographs & catalogues
188.00 150.00 €
The ten volumes of the anthology of exhibitions at the Frac Franche-Comté between 2013 and 2022, packaged in a box set.
Frac Franche-Comté – Une décennie - 2014 – Comment saura-t-on ?
2023
French edition
Frac Franche-Comté - Monographs & catalogues
The second volume of Une décennie, an anthology of ten years of exhibitions at the Frac Franche-Comté, between 2013 and 2022.
Frac Franche-Comté – Une décennie - 2015 – Tous les jours, à tous points de vue, je vais de mieux en mieux
2023
French edition
Frac Franche-Comté - Monographs & catalogues
The third volume of Une décennie, an anthology of ten years of exhibitions at the Frac Franche-Comté, between 2013 and 2022.
Frac Franche-Comté – Une décennie - 2016 – Capture de l\'image
2023
French edition
Frac Franche-Comté - Monographs & catalogues
The fourth volume of Une décennie, an anthology of ten years of exhibitions at the Frac Franche-Comté, between 2013 and 2022.
Frac Franche-Comté – Une décennie - 2017 – FIREMAN
2023
French edition
Frac Franche-Comté - Monographs & catalogues
The fifth volume of Une décennie, an anthology of ten years of exhibitions at the Frac Franche-Comté, between 2013 and 2022.
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