Biographies / autobiographies

 
 
 Manon - Feathers
2021
English edition
Edition Patrick Frey
Feathers presents a collection of notes written by the Swiss artist during the conception of an aborted documentary in 2005. Taking the shape of a diary, it offers a unique gateway into Manon's daily life, interweaving memories and reflections on her artistic practice.
Ghada Selten - Habib Masrouki par Ghada Selten
2021
French edition
ESAAA (Higher School of Art Annecy)
An investigation into the history of Tunisian filmmaker Habib Masrouki (1950-1980).
Mark Wigley - Konrad Wachsmann\'s Television – Post-architectural Transmissions - Critical Spatial Practice 11
2021
English edition
Sternberg Press - Critical Spatial Practice
In this provocative intellectual biography, architectural historian Mark Wigley makes the surprising claim that the thinking behind modernist architect Konrad Wachsmann's legendary projects was dominated by the idea of television.
Gary Hill - You know where I\'m at and I know where you’re at
2021
English edition
Dis Voir - Visual Arts – Encounters
The encounter between international artist Gary Hill and Martin Cothren, an Amerindian fisherman from the Yakama reserve, thrown in prison and died homeless shortly after his release: conceived by Gary Hill, this singular book alternates the story of their common history over twenty years, touching and tragic (an opportunity for Hill to look back on his own trajectory) and Cothren's letters, interspersed with his extraordinary naive drawings.
Gary Hill - Tu sais où je suis et je sais où tu es
2021
French edition
Dis Voir - Visual Arts – Encounters
The encounter between international artist Gary Hill and Martin Cothren, an Amerindian fisherman from the Yakama reserve, thrown in prison and died homeless shortly after his release: conceived by Gary Hill, this singular book alternates the story of their common history over twenty years, touching and tragic (an opportunity for Hill to look back on his own trajectory) and Cothren's letters, interspersed with his extraordinary naive drawings.
Laurent Le Deunff - L\'incroyable
2021
French edition
L'Incroyable - Books
An illustrated portrait of Laurent Le Deunff through interviews with various personalities, artists, filmmaker, philosopher and art critics.
Chus Martínez - Corona Tales - Let Life Happen to You
2020
English edition
Lenz Press
When she started writing the Corona Tales, Chus Martínez had been weighing how people and the media were addressing the outbreak of the virus as an unprecedented disaster. One possible contribution, as curator and writer, would be to write a short story a day and post it on an Instagram account that many could access…
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré - Paris la Consciencieuse : Paris la Guideuse du monde
2020
French edition
Empire - Books
The unpublished story, reproduced in facsimile, of the journey to Paris of Frédéric Bruly Bouabré (1923-2014), Ivorian poet and artist, "prophet", creator and inventor of the Bété alphabet, who writes a "report" of his encounter with the Western world on his return from the opening of the mythical exhibition "Magiciens de la Terre".
Isabelle Graw - In Another World - Notes, 2014–2017
2020
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
This book merges memoir and social critique in an original fashion. By combining personal observations with a general systemic analysis, it thereby seeks to propose a new genre of writing.
Lilian Auzas - Nina Hagen interprète Bertolt Brecht
2020
French edition
Hippocampe - Books
A free reflection on the influence of Bertolt Brecht in the work of Nina Hagen, this hybrid text approaches two great popular figures of German culture through an unusual prism, through the margins, and paints a portrait of Nina Hagen as we have never seen her before.
Christian Rosset - Le Dissident secret - Un portrait de Claude Ollier
2020
French edition
Hippocampe - Books
A portrait of Claude Ollier (1922-2014), writer of the Nouveau Roman, where memories, reflections, hypotheses and descriptions are intertwined, with a notebook of photographs composed by Camille Rosset.
Isidore Isou - Antonin Artaud torturé par les psychiatres
2020
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
Al Dante - Poetry & Literature
Through the detailed analysis of Antonin Artaud's psychiatric history, Lettrist master Isidore Isou delivers a real indictment in this singular text which is both an investigation and a pamphlet.
Arnaud Labelle-Rojoux - Récits de la vie de Michelangelo Merisi, dit « Le Caravage »
2020
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
Al Dante - Poetry & Literature
A story, between myth and reality, of Caravaggio, by parodic artist Arnaud Labelle-Rojoux.
Arnaud Labelle-Rojoux - Récits de la vie de Michelangelo Merisi, dit « Le Caravage » - Limited edition
2020
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
Al Dante - Poetry & Literature
Limited edition, numbered from 1 to 20, with an original artwork signed by the artist.
Simone Forti - L\'orso allo specchio
2020
Italian edition
Kunstverein Publishing Milano
This artist’s book gathers childhood memories, some lived experiences and personal reflections on the family histories and relations, and the ways in which they interweave with geographical locations.
Rodrigo Ortiz Monasterio - The Grinberg Mystery
2019
bilingual edition (English / Spanish)
Bom Dia Boa Tarde Boa Noite
This autobiographical novel describes the author's esoteric quest and involvement with a shaman in the hope of saving his mother, diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Anna M. Szaflarski - Very Normal People
2019
English edition
Bom Dia Boa Tarde Boa Noite
In this collection of stories and illustrations, Szaflarski examines the subject of violence, in particular as it is experienced through the female body. Beginning with an autobiographical experience, the story triggers a dissociative state that plunges the book in and out of imaginary worlds and associative narrative threads.
Nicole Eisenman - L\'incroyable
2019
French edition
L'Incroyable
L'Incroyable - L'Incroyable (magazine)
L'Incroyable is a monographic magazine dedicated to an artist's teenage years and his cultural background. This third issue proposes an immersion into the young years of artist Nicole Eisenman in New York in the 1980s.
Katarina Taikon - The Day I Am Free / Katitzi
2019
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
The story of epoch-changing activist, prolific writer, and Swedish countercultural icon Katarina Taikon's life.
Angéline Neveu - Enragée de Nanterre - ou Le mensonge intime
2019
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
Al Dante - Poetry & Literature
Angéline Neveu, a figure of May '68 then of the French poetic underground, close to the Situationists, tells herself and offers a testimony on the years 1960-70.
Susi Wyss - Guess Who Is the Happiest Girl in Town
2019
English edition
Edition Patrick Frey
The richly illustrated memoirs of 1960-1970s jet-set call-girl/muse Susi Wyss: In 800 pages and 1.000 photographs, this publication tells the sulfurous story of Wyss' first forty years. A true tale of sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll, in which the reader will meet a gallery of colorful socialites and artists like Helmut Newton, Kenneth Anger, Iggy Pop, Dennis Hopper, Brion Gysin…
Catherine Grenier - Sophie Ristelhueber - La guerre intérieure
2019
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Documents
JRP|Editions - Documents (co-edition Les presses du réel)
Interview with one of the great figures of art photography today, in which Sophie Ristelhueber reflects on her own carrer and practice.
Alastair Brotchie - Alfred Jarry - Une vie pataphysique
2019
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Misceallenous
A biography of the founder of Pataphysics, by Alastair Brotchie.
Peter Kurzeck - Un hiver de neige
2018
French edition
Diaphanes - Literature
The first volume of Peter Kurzeck's great autobiographical and poetic chronicle in 12 volumes: the opening of a colossal literary project which portrays the city of Frankfurt and Germany in the early 1980s. A must read, often compared to Proust, Joyce, and Döblin.
Lilian Auzas - Anita
2018
French edition
Hippocampe - Books
Fictionalized biography of Anita Berber, the sulphurous expressionist icon, dancer, actress, and muse.
Christian Rosset - Les voiles de Sainte-Marthe - Micro-récits et notes d\'Atelier
2018
French edition
Hippocampe - Books
Autobiographical fiction telling forty years of radio creation.
Judy Chicago - Through the Flower - Mon combat d\'artiste femme
2018
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
First French translation of Judy Chicago's autobiography-manifesto.
Guillaume Pilet - My Life as a Parade
2018
English edition
CCS (Centre culturel suisse Paris)
This publication presents a series of some forty autobiographical drawings in pencil, ink and watercolor. The artist chose to recount his life as a children's story, flicking through fleeting memories, dramatic events, and brief anecdotes.
Sylvia Kahan - Winnaretta Singer-Polignac - Princesse, mécène et musicienne
2018
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Misceallenous
The life and work of Winnaretta Singer, Princesse de Polignac, who used her fortune to support the arts, sciences and literature, and whose influence on the musical and literary worlds of the twentieth century is immeasurable.
Guillaume Belhomme - Eric Dolphy
2018
French edition
Lenka lente
The life and times of jazz multi-instrumentalist Eric Dolphy, free-jazz precursor and collaborator of Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, and Ornette Coleman.
 Alain Della Negra & Kaori Kinoshita - Les incroyables Alain Della Negra & Kaori Kinoshita
2017
French edition
L'Incroyable - Books
The “Mini” series is the natural extension of the magazine L'Incroyable. Each book immerses itself in the youth of artists through an interview about their teenage years. This inaugural issue is dedicated to filmmakers couple Alain Della Negra & Kaori Kinoshita.
Arnaud Dezoteux - Les incroyables Arnaud & Bertrand Dezoteux
2017
French edition
L'Incroyable - Books
The “Mini” series is the natural extension of the magazine L'Incroyable. Each book immerses itself in the youth of artists through an interview about their teenage years. This second publication explores the paths of brothers and filmmakers Arnaud & Bertrand Dezoteux (interview by Jill Gasparina).
Enora Rivière - Ob.scène - Récit fictif d\'une vie de danseur
2017
French edition
CND (Centre National de la Danse) - Artists' Courses (ebooks)
The fictional biography of a dancer, inspired by interviews conducted by the author with dancers of all origins and age.
Deborah Hay - Mon corps, ce bouddhiste
2017
French edition
Les presses du réel – Dance & Performing Arts –
New expanded edition of a major text by the American choreographer-dancer.
Andrew Liles - Très Chère Mère / Mother Dearest (+ CD)
2016
bilingual edition (English / French)
Lenka lente
Influential musician Andrew Liles releases a dark and fantastic literary work relating to childhood and sufferings, illustrated with six images and a sound piece.
Hans Hartung - Autoportrait
2016
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
Fondation Hartung Bergman
The critical edition of Hans Hartung's autobiographical writings.
Hans Hartung - Autoportrait
2016
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
Fondation Hartung Bergman
The critical edition of Hans Hartung's autobiographical writings.
Véronique Bergen - Janis Joplin - Voix noire sur fond blanc
2016
French edition
Al Dante - Poetry & Literature
A novel on the life and times of Janis Joplin.
Jim Shaw - L\'incroyable
2016
French edition
L'Incroyable
L'Incroyable - L'Incroyable (magazine)
L'Incroyable is a monographic magazine dedicated to an artist's teenage years and his cultural background. This second issue focuses on Jim Shaw's Californian youth between the late 1950s and the beginning of the 1970s.
Michel Surya - Le Mort-né - Suivi de Eux
2016
French edition
Al Dante - Poetry & Literature
Novelist, essayist and philosopher Michel Surya looks back on his past as an unwanted child and delivers powerful thoughts on hatred, death, and the will to live.
Dorothy Iannone - A Fluxus Essay (book / CD)
2016
English edition
Tochnit Aleph
Dorothy Iannone tells her Fluxus Story in a Berlin recording from 1979.
Jean Dubuffet - Entrée en matière
2016
French edition
JRP|Editions - Lectures Maison Rouge
French artist Jean Dubuffet and French art historian Hubert Damisch shared a long friendship between 1961—the year Damisch published his first essay on Dubuffet—and 1985—when the latter died. Entrée en matière gathers together all the texts written by Damisch on Dubuffet as well as a selection of their correspondence.
Reiner Schürmann - Origins
2016
English edition
Diaphanes - Literature
currently out of stock
The semi-autobiographical account of the life of a young German in the 1960s, between Germany, Israel, and The United States. First translation of philosopher Reiner Schürmann's only literary work, originally published in French in 1976.
Michael Lucken - Nakai Masakazu - Naissance de la théorie critique au Japon
2016
French edition
Les presses du réel – Philosophy / politics – Délashiné!
An introduction to the work of a pioneer in media, cinema and sport criticism in Japan, whose thinking deeply marked the counter-culture movements of the 60's.
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