Biographies / autobiographies

 
 
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.
Jacopo Da Pontormo - Journal
2016
French edition
Mix
The Florentine mannerist painter Jacopo da Pontormo, who was busy producing a series of frescoes for the choir of the San Lorenzo basilica in Florence, holds from 1554 to 1556 a strikingly remarkable diary.
Andréi Nakov - Kandinsky, secret - L\'énigme du premier tableau abstrait
2015
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Fama
An investigation into the enigma of the first abstract painting by Kandinsky.
Véronique Bergen - Le cri de la poupée
2015
French edition
Al Dante - Poetry & Literature
A novel on German artist and writer Unica Zurn, a close friend of the surrealist movement and Hans Bellmer's lover.
Valérie Da Costa - Pino Pascali - Retour à la Méditerranée
2015
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
A reference book, the first in French dedicated to the work of Pino Pascali, a central figure of Arte Povera and art of the 1960s.
Alessandra Eramo - Se Dio Vuole / God Willing (book)
2015
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Corvo Records
Alessandra Eramo (Ezramo) talks about growing up in Tarano, a city shaped by Catholicism and superstition, by industrial pollution and the ancient tradition of mussel farming. Includes link to the audio files of the sound installation Se Dio Vuole.
Lionel Bovier - 10 Years in Art Publishing
2015
English edition
JRP|Editions - Hapax
An A–Z Memoir about art publishing.
Rob Pruitt - Rob Pruitt\'s eBay Flea Market - Year 1
2015
English edition
Bruno
An unconventional autobiography based on the American artist's sales catalogue of personal belongings on eBay.
Jann-Marc Rouillan - Le rat empoisonné
2014
French edition
Al Dante - Poetry & Literature
The last volume of the journal of political activist Jann-Marc Rouillan after his prison release.
Véronique Bergen - Marilyn - Naissance année zéro
2014
French edition
Al Dante - Poetry & Literature
A fictional portrait of Marilyn Monroe.
Brigitte Gilardet - Réinventer le musée - François Mathey, un précurseur méconnu (1953-1985)
2014
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Œuvres en sociétés
The history and posterity of François Mathey (1917-1993), a singular curator with the destiny of a romantic hero, a major figure in the promotion of contemporary art and a pioneer of artistic heritage.
Sylvain Courtoux - Consume rouge - Post-poèmes de combat (+ CD)
2014
French edition
Al Dante - Poetry & Literature
Large format album showcasing the autobiographical and reflective poetry of Sylvain Courtoux. These hybrid texts featuring visual collages and typographic experiments are accompanied by a recording of noise music entitled Dead By A Thousand Sources.
Daïchi Saïto - Moving the Sleeping Images of Things Towards the Light
2013
bilingual edition (English / French)
Le laps
currently out of stock
Part essay, part autobiography, the first book by Japanese filmmaker Daïchi Saïto offers a reflection on the artist's life, career and practice. With a foreword by André Habib, professor of film studies at the University of Montreal and a specialist in experimental cinema.
Richard Hawkins - Fragile Flowers
2013
English edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Eccentricities
Richard Hawkins' first book of fiction: eight jubilatory and decadent short stories.
Jann-Marc Rouillan - Le tricard - Chronique du dehors d\'un interdit de séjour
2013
French edition
Al Dante - Poetry & Literature
Political activist Jann-Marc Rouillan chronicles his life on parole after 25 years in prison. With illustrations by Marie-Claire Cordat.
Raoul Hausmann - Hylé - État de rêve en Espagne
2013
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap) – Fundamental
Raoul Hausmann's autobiographical novel.
Peter Kurzeck - Un été sans fin
2013
French edition
Diaphanes - Literature
Alternately compared to Joyce, Proust, and Döblin, German writer Peter Kurzeck is nonetheless underestimated. Dedicated to Kurzeck's childhood, this autobiographical publication restores the seductive magic of Frankfurt in the late 1950s, through a reflection on the poetic force of memory. The original narrative was released in 2007 as a German audio-book.
George Tabori - Autodafé - Mémoires
2013
French edition
Diaphanes - Literature
Autobiography of Hungarian stage director and playwright George Tabori: a collection of memories oscillating between pathos and drama, delivering a lucid picture of the rise of Nazism.
Véronique Bergen - Edie - La danse d\'Icare
2013
French edition
Al Dante - Poetry & Literature
An apocryphal autobiography of Andy Warhol's muse Edie Sedgwick.
Francesco Bonami - Cattelan, Maurizio - Autobiographie non autorisée
2013
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Fama
The legendary life of Maurizio Cattelan: a fictional biography of which the artist himself is the biographer.
Francesco Bonami - Cattelan, Maurizio - Autobiographie non autorisée
2013
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Fama
The legendary life of Maurizio Cattelan: a fictional biography of which the artist himself is the biographer.
Manifeste de Dingdingdong - Précédé de De la chorée de George Huntington
2013
French edition
Dingdingdong
The Dingdingdong Manifesto / Institute for the coproduction of knowledge about Huntington's Disease.
Henri Fauconnier - Vision
2013
French edition
Lenka lente
A novella.
Jessica Warboys - Vanelephant
2012
bilingual edition (English / French)
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
Artist's book based on surrealist artist and dancer Hélène Vanel's manuscript.
Sabine Prokhoris - Le fil d\'Ulysse - Retour sur Maguy Marin (+ CD / DVD)
2012
French edition
Les presses du réel – Dance & Performing Arts –
An insight into the work of French dancer and choreographer Maguy Marin, with a film on DVD and an audio CD.
Alexander Kluge - Décembre
2012
French edition
Diaphanes - Literature
Painter Gerhard Richter and filmmaker and writer Alexander Kluge composed a collection of 39 stories in connection with the history of the 20th century and the month of December, illustrated with 39 photographs.
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