Switzerland

 
 
Walter Pfeiffer - Chez Walti 2000-2022
2023
English edition
Edition Patrick Frey
sold out
A large retrospective of the Swiss cult photographer's work over two decades.
Christian Marclay -
2022
English edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
sold out
A retrospective.
Miriam Cahn - Gezeichnet
2022
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
sold out
Monograph gathering together a selection of works by Miriam Cahn and the texts of authors such as Alberto Salvadori, Luigi Fassi, Carolin Emcke, Dieter Roelstraete, Estelle Hoy and Francesca Recchia.
Nastasia Louveau - How to Teach Art?
2022
English edition
Diaphanes - Think Art
sold out
How to teach art / can we become an artist?
Roman Signer - Rotes Tuch
2022
no text
Nieves
sold out
Flipbook.
 Everything -
2021
English edition
Humboldt Books
sold out
This collection presents the first five issues of Everything: reports on the studio of the same name led by Kersten Geers, Fabrizio Ballabio, Jelena Pancevac and Guido Tesio at the Accademia di Architettura in Mendrisio.
Jean Widmer - Une traversée
2021
French edition
École des Arts Décoratifs de Paris
sold out
A rereading of the work of the great Franco-Swiss graphic designer, pioneer of minimalism and precursor in terms of typography.
Julian Charrière - Towards No Earthly Pole
2021
bilingual edition (English / German)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
sold out
Julian Charrière's filmic journey to some of the most inhospitable areas of our planet.
Faire, faire faire, ne pas faire - Entretiens sur la production de l’art contemporain
2021
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
HEAD (Geneva University of Art and Design)
sold out
This book examines the modes of execution in contemporary art from the viewpoint of production, by means of a series of eighteen interviews. It presents a plural and polyphonic thinking, bringing together the words of different participants concerned with the realisation of artworks and several generations of artists.
Rob van Leijsen - Copy, Tweak, Paste - Methods of appropriation in re-enacted artists\' books
2020
bilingual edition (English / French)
Clinamen
sold out
An essay on the modes of re-enactments, appropriation or reinterpretations of artists' books.
Dorian Sari - La Parade de l\'aveuglement
2020
bilingual edition (English / French)
CCS (Centre culturel suisse Paris)
sold out
Catalogue, with a series of photograms, exhibition views, an interview and a text by Clara Schulmann.
Cathy Josefowitz -
2020
bilingual edition (English / French)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
sold out
Retrospective monograph documenting the exceptional yet little-known journey of Cathy Josefowitz (1956-2014), painter, designer, dancer and musician.
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.
Thomas Hirschhorn - Maps
2018
bilingual edition (English / French)
JRP|Editions - Monographs
sold out
Since 2003, Thomas Hirschhorn has produced large drawings of about three by four by himself, or with the philosopher Marcus Steinweg, which he calls "Maps", in which he interacts with colored images, fragments of texts and his own comments. This volume focuses on this particular aspect of his practice.
Uriel Orlow - Theatrum Botanicum
2018
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
sold out
This publication emerges from Uriel Orlow's Theatrum Botanicum (2015–18), a multi-faceted project encompassing film, sound, photography, and installation, which looks to the botanical world as a stage for politics, in South Africa and Europe. It brings together documents on the project, and a series of commissioned essays.
Ugo Rondinone - Limited Edition (5 volume box set)
2018
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
sold out
Specially designed box containing a series of five books conceived by the New York–based Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone, published over two years to accompany a cycle of exhibitions devoted to works inspired by the color spectrum, with the centerpiece being Vocabulary of Solitude, forty-five life-size sculptures of clowns. Limited edition of 100 copies, box set signed by the artist.
Olivier Mosset - Olt
2018
bilingual edition (English / French)
various
sold out
This publication provides an in-depth exploration of the artists joint project Olt, focusing on a 1967 promotional campaign by the French oil company Elf. The book highlights Mosset and Sauvage's common interest in graphic design and roadside art, and features a text by Jill Gasparina on the circle as a symbol of visual modernity, as well as an interview with the two artists.
Color Library - Research into Color Reproduction and Printing
2018
English edition
ECAL (Lausanne University of Art and Design)
sold out
A bible for graphic designers: first publication dedicated to “Color Library,” the database of color profiles for artists, designers and printers created at ECAL – University of Art and Design Lausanne. It features documentation on the various tools offered by the platform, a visual essay by Shirana Shahbazi, and texts by specialists.
Augmented Photography
2018
English edition
ECAL (Lausanne University of Art and Design)
sold out
This publication examines the new paradigms of creation, dissemination and teaching of photography in the digital age. Resulting from a research project by the Master Photography at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne, the publication includes a series of essays and interviews, productions done by the Master's students, together with a selection of representative works.
Quinn Latimer - Like a Woman - Essays, Readings, Poems
2017
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
sold out
Collection of recent essays and poems in which the American poet and critic examines issues of genealogy and influence, the poverty and privilege of place, architecture's relationship to language, and feminist economies of writing, reading, and art making.
Laurence Rasti - There Are No Homosexuals in Iran
2017
English edition
Edition Patrick Frey
sold out
For two years, Laurence Rasti photographed Iranian homosexual refugees who transit through the city of Denizli in Turkey, waiting to join a host country where to live their sexuality freely. The resulting photographic series explores the sensitive concepts of identity and gender, while juxtaposing the gravity of the situation with lighter and hopeful moments.
Reto Pulfer - Zustandskatalog - Catalog of States and Conditions
2017
bilingual edition (English / German)
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
sold out
Comprehensive monograph in the style of a catalogue raisonné, giving unique insight into the multidisciplinary practice of Reto Pulfer for the past fifteen years (with texts by Anselm Franke and Benoît Maire).
Ugo Rondinone - Golden Days & Silver Nights
2017
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
sold out
The second of a four-chapter publication series by Rondinone, Golden Days & Silver Nights documents a cycle of works recently made by the artist in Rome: the installation of white olive trees's mouldings among the ruins of the Trajan Forum, and the exhibition “Vocabulary of Solitude” at the MACRO Museum, where sculptures of forty-five clowns were accompanied by a multitude of rainbow drawings.
Ugo Rondinone - Vocabulary of Solitude
2017
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
sold out
The first of a four-chapter publication series by Ugo Rondinone, this catalogue documents the installation Vocabulary of Solitude—an arrangement of his works inspired by the color spectrum. The centerpiece comprises forty-five life-size sculptures of passive and contemplative clowns, who together describe the anguish of human solitude.
Nightfall - Gothic Imagination Since Frankenstein
2016
bilingual edition (English / French)
DoPe Press
sold out
Nightfall gives an overview of Gothic imagination in the arts, from the 18th century to the present day. This pocket-sized catalogue examines the persistent influence of the pioneering works of modern gothic fiction through a series of essays and a rich iconography.
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).
Roman Signer - A Step Towards the Sea (+ DVD)
2016
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Humboldt Books - Artist's Travels
sold out
A Step Towards the Sea tells the relationship between the artist and Italy through a selection of installation views and video works. The accompanying DVD includes an unreleased film and a documentation on every actions carried out in Italy by Signer since the 1990s.
Beni Bischof - Rambo
2016
no text
Nieves
sold out
Over 300 watercolors inspired by the film Rambo II (artist's book).
Tina Braegger - The Grateful Dead - A Diary by Gabriel Krampus
2016
English edition
various
sold out
The fictional diary of Gabriel Krampus, an artist who has been living with his artist wife on a deserted island of the Indian ocean for 44 years.
Ugo Rondinone - Feelings
2016
English edition
various
sold out
Comprehensive catalogue focusing on the ongoing series of monolithic stone figures the artist has been modelling since 2013.
ECAL - Graphic Design
2016
bilingual edition (English / French)
ECAL (Lausanne University of Art and Design)
sold out
ECAL – University of Art and Design Lausanne is recognized as a world reference in terms of graphic design. This success is largely based on a strategy of workshops that allow students to learn from the best Swiss and international designers on the school premises. This book retraces projects conducted in the Bachelor's Graphic Design and Master's programs between 2010 to 2015.
Ernesto Schick - Railway Flora
2016
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Humboldt Books - Globetrotter
sold out
A decade (1969-1978) of observation, classification and illustration of the abusive vegetation infesting the grounds of the international railway station in Chiasso, Switzerland, by botanist Ernesto Schick.
Jean Tinguely - Torpedo Institut
2015
French edition
Edition Patrick Frey
sold out
A complete study on Tinguely's Torpedo Institut, an ever-evolving & never-ending iconoclastic exhibition venue shut down after his death – and against his will. Gathering the Swiss artist's latest works, and those of his closest friends (Niki de Saint Phalle, Daniel Spoerri, Ben...), this “total anti-museum” is now reassigned to its rightful place among Tinguely's oeuvre in the form of this exceptional publication.
 Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs - The Great Unreal
2015
English edition
Edition Patrick Frey
sold out
During a period of three years, Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs traveled several months through the United States, working “on the road” on The Great Unreal, a photographic work dealing with reality and the fabrication of reality.
 Le Corbusier - La Ferme radieuse et le centre coopératif
2015
French edition
various
sold out
An unpublished manuscript, La Ferme radieuse et le centre coopératif (“The Radiant Farm and cooperative center”) describes the country planning project conceived by Le Corbusier and Norbert Bézard in the 1930's.
Izet Sheshivari - Imaginary Letters
2015
English edition
Boabooks
sold out
For this artist's book, Izet Sheshivari used three different photographic technologies to produce this selection of landscape images which play with the codes of classic road movies.
 Charles Mazé & Coline Sunier - Come vanno le cose?
2015
trilingual edition (English / French / Italian)
<o> future <o>
sold out
A corpus of contemporary Roman inscriptions, which testifies the importance of language—institutional as well as popular—in the collective space of the streets (artist's book).
Tina Braegger - The Grateful Dead
2015
English edition
various
sold out
This publication results from Braegger's “The Grateful Dead” paintings series, ink jet prints of colorful psychedelic marching bears on canvas. These bears were used as a logo by San Francisco Sixties rock band The Grateful Dead.
Julian Charrière - Future Fossil Spaces
2014
bilingual edition (English / French)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
sold out
First monograph.
Adolf Wölfli - Courte autobiographie / Lea Tanttaaria + Great-God-Father-Nieces (+ CD)
2014
French edition
Lenka lente
sold out
A seminal text (and introduction to some 25000 pages of drawings, collages, autobiographical writings and compositions by Adolf Wölfli), this “short autobiography” of a major figure in the history of art brut is accompanied by a mini-CD containing the two interpretations of Wölfli's graphic scores by Nurse With Wound, first published in 1986.
Izet Sheshivari - A Metaphysical Interior
2014
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Boabooks
sold out
Different “augmented” perspectives from a visit of Giorgio de Chirico's flat.
Megarave Metarave
2014
trilingual edition (English / German / French)
various
sold out
“Megarave Metarave” considers the historical traces of the futuristic promises of rave culture and the early web.
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.
Izet Sheshivari - Various Small Meals
2014
no text
Boabooks
sold out
A new reappropriation of Ed Ruscha's Various Small Fires and Milk (signed and numbered artist's book).
Beni Bischof - Psychobuch
2014
bilingual edition (English / German)
Edition Patrick Frey
sold out
Retrospective monograph / artist's book.
Initiales - Initiales M.V. (Monte Verità)
2014
French edition
Initiales
ENSBA Lyon (Lyon National School of Art)
sold out
4th issue of the art and research magazine is dedicated to the “realized” utopia of Monte Verità.
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