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Gasoline and Magic
2015
English edition
Edition Patrick Frey
Collected amateur photographs tell with a wistful eye the magical heyday of Motor sports from the sixties until the eighties.
Palais - Ugo Rondinone – I Love John Giorno
2015
bilingual edition (English / French)
Palais
Palais de Tokyo - Palais magazine
sold out
Issue 22 of Palais magazine is entirely devoted to the Ugo Rondinone's exhibition “I Love John Giorno” at the Palais de Tokyo (October 21, 2015 - January 10, 2016), the first retrospective of the life and work of the American poet John Giorno, a key figure of America's counterculture since the 1960s.
Philippe Weisbecker - Structure Series
2015
no text
Nieves
sold out
The present portfolio is a sampler of some various structural beam combinations from 20th Century edifices. It can be viewed as a book, spread by spread, or pinned on the wall, according to taste, the way a kid might stack up building blocks.
Anguish Language - Writing and Crisis
2015
English edition
Archive Books
sold out
Anguish Language approaches language as a core aspect of the present social crisis. The project engages in solidarity with forms of self-publishing, poetry, criticism, experimental writing and declamation that have arisen in the wake of the 2007-8 financial crisis, considering language among and through the social struggles responding to its consequences.
Éric Watier - Plus c\'est facile, plus c\'est beau : prolégomènes à la plus belle exposition du monde
2015
French edition
Incertain Sens - Artist's books and editions
Artist's book.
Estelle Hanania - Happy Purim
2015
bilingual edition (English / French)
Shelter Press - Books
This new monograph gathers 42 images documenting 3 years of photographs taken between 2011 and 2014 during the Purim holiday in the neighbourhood of Stamford Hill, London.
Jan Świdziński - Jan Świdziński en contexte / W Kontekście / In Context (+ DVD)
2015
trilingual edition (English / French / Polish)
Intervention - Monographs and artists' books
This trilingual publication dedicated to the Polish artist and theorist deceased in 2014 emphasize his essential contribution to action art by gathering previously unpublished articles from his friends and colleagues in the contemporary art world. The authors recount his ideas, career and influence. Photos, reproductions of the artist's original articles and a DVD all serve to enrich this publication.
Maurizio Nannucci - Where to Start From
2015
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
A comprehensive monograph covering Nannucci's whole career and presenting a selection of his major projects.
Momentum 8 - Tunnel Vision Reader
2015
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
The reader of the 8th Momentum Nordic Biennial which explores tunnel vision as a cultural and artistic condition.
Filip Markiewicz - Paradiso Lussemburgo
2015
bilingual edition (English / French)
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
(last copies available!)
Filip Markiewicz presents a mental image of Luxembourg combined with a reflection on contemporary identity (exhibition catalogue for the Luxemburg Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale).
Sam Falls - The Four Seasons Forever
2015
English edition
Flash Art - Flash Art Publishing (books)
The Four Seasons Forever is the catalogue of Sam Falls' one year show which presents 13 sun-printed photograms of vinyls on colored textiles exhibited in a dramatic stage-like atmosphere, with parts of Vivaldi's masterpiece playing according to the season (artist's book, the first in a series published in limited editions by Flash Art).
Towards Visibility - Exhibiting Contemporary Drawing – 1964-1980
2015
English edition
Roven - books
An historical study on the legitimation process of drawing in contemporary art and curatorial practices.
Vers le visible - Exposer le dessin contemporain – 1964-1980
2015
French edition
Roven - books
An historical study on the legitimation process of drawing in contemporary art and curatorial practices.
Hybridize or Disappear
2015
bilingual edition (English / Portuguese)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
sold out
A look at contemporary visual culture and how it has been progressively mutating towards models where seemingly opposite dimensions come together to create hybrid forms: material and virtual, textual and objectual, organic and artificial, consumerism and spirituality have been merging and blurring previously defined boundaries (catalogue).
Espace art actuel - Migrations-Borders
2015
bilingual edition (English / French)
Espace art actuel
Special “Migrations & Borders” issue: texts by Bernard Schütze, Geneviève Chevalier, and Michael Blum, Milutin Gubash by Chantal T. Paris, François Morelli by Bernard Lamarche, interview with Aram Han Sifuentes, Dominique Sirois-Rouleau's essay on outdoor art, the usual features…
Pierre Denan - Pourquoi Tom Cruise - Récit prompteur – Livre 2
2015
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Literary field – Fictions
A running-headline tale featuring, in order of appearance: Katie Holmes, Tom Cruise, David Miscavige, Michael Jackson, Annie Leibovitz, Jenna Young, Victoria Beckham, Sheila Weller, Mark Seal, Eleanor Schiralli, Bernard Madoff, Rich Cohen, Jessica Simpson, Lance Armstrong, Ed Ruscha, Sam Ricci, Chris Reinhardt, Suri Cruise, Nicolas Sarkozy, Mickey Rourke, Pierre Hardy, Josh Applebaum, Andre Nemec, J.J. Abrams, Jill Stempel, John Anderton...
Pierre Denan - Pourquoi Tom Cruise - Récit prompteur – Livre 1 + 2 (special offer)
2015
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Literary field – Fictions
24.00 19.00 €
Special offer for the purchase of the 2 volumes of Pierre Denan's Pourquoi Tom Cruise – Récit prompteur.
Marc-Antoine Fehr - Point de fuite
2015
bilingual edition (English / French)
CCS (Centre culturel suisse Paris)
Reference monograph dedicated to Marc-Antoine Fehr's paintings whose strangeness recall the absurd universes of Beckett and Kafka.
Stefan Banz - Louis Michel Eilshemius - Peer of Poet-Painters
2015
English edition
Kunsthalle Marcel Duchamp
This monumental first retrospective monograph dedicated to Louis Michel Eilshemius brings together works from over 70 institutions and private collections, providing the reader with a profound insight into the oeuvre of this unusual artist. In an expansive essay, Stefan Banz examines for the first time the questions of whether and to what extent Eilshemius influenced Duchamp's artistic thinking.
 eRikm - L\'art de la fuite (vinyl LP)
2015
Sonoris
L'art de la fuite is a selection of first recordings originally released on selftitled homemade tape in 1995. Mainly composed with turntables and prepared records (with various other sources), these recordings have laid the foundation for his future work as turntabilist / improviser / composer. 20 years later, this unique blend of musique concrète and post-industrial still sounds fresh today.
Joji Koyama - Plassein
2015
no text
Toupée
25.00 15.00 €
A series of short visual stories designed with refinement by Japanese artist Koyama, whose subtle's pencil stroke, narrative use of geometric forms and application to render textures contributed to build a most fascinating artist's book.
Alex Hubbard - Eat Your Friends
2015
English edition
DoPe Press
Alex Hubbard's first comprehensive monograph, Eat Your Friends is also an artist's book.
 Moon Kyungwon & Jeon Joonho - News from Nowhere - Zurich Laboratory
2015
bilingual edition (English / German)
JRP|Editions - Catalogues, Biennales & Collections
This monographic publication delivers an in-depth exploration of Moon & Jeon's collaborative project “News from Nowhere” premised on a postapocalyptic scenario: humanity has been almost entirely wiped out and is forced to reconsider long-held convictions that may no longer be tenable.
Matthieu Laurette - Random (Demix)
2015
bilingual edition (English / French)
Jannink - L'art en écrit
An artist's book based on excerpts and quotes from Matthieu Laurette's interviews, randomly arranged.
Matthieu Laurette - Random (Demix) - Limited edition
2015
French edition
Jannink - L'art en écrit
An artist's book based on excerpts and quotes from Matthieu Laurette's interviews, randomly arranged, with an original artwork signed by the artist.
Elisabetta Benassi - King Leopold Soliloquy
2015
English edition
Nero
(last copies available!)
This artist's book by Elisabetta Benassi is a faithful reproduction of an original pamphlet by Mark Twain.
Eric Mindling - Fire and Clay - The Art of Oaxacan Pottery
2015
English edition
Bom Dia Boa Tarde Boa Noite
sold out
Eric Mindling, a self-defined potterologist has explored Oaxaca and its 70 plus pottery villages for more than twenty years. This experience has become Fire and Clay – The Art of Oaxacan Pottery, a panoramic vision of the past, present and future of Oaxacan pottery.
Toilet Paper - Volume II
2015
English edition
Toilet Paper
Damiani - Toilet Paper
sold out
Second volume of the Toilet Paper book, gathering all of the images published in the last six issues of the magazine, also including a significant portion of previously unpublished images.
Maya Schweizer - Lieux de Mémoire and Desire
2015
English edition
Archive Books
Five cinematic works examining how the artist approaches the relation of montage editing techniques with the concept of film and memorial and film as memorial.
Jaanus Samma - Not Suitable for Work - A Chairman\'s Tale
2015
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
This two-volume publication tells the story of Juhan Ojaste, an Estonian gay icon, and tackles the issue of homophobia in authoritarian political regimes. Not Suitable for Work attempts to create counter-narratives that recognize the inclusion of suppressed histories, communities, and identities (catalogue of the Estonian Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale).
Guttu Ane Hjort - Eating or opening a window or just walking dully along
2015
bilingual edition (English / Norwegian)
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
This substantial monograph gathers reflections on Ane Hjort Guttu's recent film projects and offers insight into the artist's work and methodology, and the potential of art as a critical and political tool.
Mathilde ter Heijne - Performing Change
2015
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
This artist's book gathers a collection of interviews by artist Mathilde ter Heijne, exploring the idea of open-ended, collaborative art processes and their transformative potential beyond the confines of art.
Flaka Haliti - Speculating on the Blue
2015
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
Through the use of a saturated blue color altered by light and demarcated by architectural forms, Haliti's installation for the Kosovo Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale reflects on the salient concepts of the border, freedom and mobility. This extensive documentation is an invitation to encounter a visual field in which territorial boundaries are referenced and mediated by the sensory.
E Il Topo
2015
texts in English and French
Incertain Sens - Artist's books and editions
Artist's magazine.
Jens Hoffmann - Theater of Exhibitions
2015
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
Theater of Exhibitions analyzes “art after the end of art,” questioning whether inherited frameworks of making, theorizing, and exhibiting art still apply to contemporary practice.
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.
Gil Pellaton - Triple Man
2015
no text
various
A new series of oil paintings by Swiss artist which unveils the strange and wonderful aspects of common life.
Toilet Paper - Kenzine #4
2015
no text
Toilet Paper
Damiani - Toilet Paper
29.00 22.00 €
A collaboration between Toilet Paper and Kenzo (limited edition of 2000 hand numbered copies).
Francesca Berardi - Detour in Detroit
2015
English edition
Humboldt Books - Globetrotter
sold out
The decay of Detroit and its people's resistance in words and photographs (photographs by Antonio Rovaldi).
Mario Bellini - USA 1972
2015
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Humboldt Books - Time Travel
sold out
Mario Bellini and his “Kar-a-sutra” space-mobile take a wild photographic ride in America during the seventies.
Keren Cytter - Peep-Hole Sheet - A Drivel
2015
English edition
Peep-Hole Sheet
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
A drivel is a short story wrote by Keren Cytter in a style reminiscent of Witold Gombrowicz, though its meaning gets lost in the continuous intertwining of characters, their stories and their memories.
Gabriel Lester - Forced Perspectives
2015
bilingual edition (English / Chinese)
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
Lester's second monograph is an alphabetical assortment of the artist's most prominent installations, interventions, sculptures, and films of the past fifteen years.
Susanne M. Winterling -
2015
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
(last copies available!)
Light, skin, titan and body-consciousness to navigate between shelter and space: this artist's book shows collages of objects layered around in life size, then spreads out into the book space and installation works using photography and film.
Sébastien Roux - Issues (vinyl LP)
2015
What You See Is What You Hear (Volume) - Books, editions & records
Issues results from the invitation made to Sébastien Roux to compose from the six issues' collection of the contemporary art magazine about sound Volume, released between 2010 and 2013, using the textual corpus as a generator of scores to write and eventually have performed.
Per-Oskar Leu - Scrim Sinews
2015
English edition
Cura. - Cura.books
This artist's book documents a dialog, exchange, and collaboration between Per-Oskar Leu and Benjamin Tiven, from summer 2013 through the winter of 2015.
Amar Kanwar - The Sovereign Forest
2015
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
Amar Kanwar's extensive project on the social struggles and expropriation issues which take place in the land of Odisha in east India (in collaboration with Sudhir Pattnaik / Samadrusti and Sherna Dastur).
Stephanie Kloss - Weltausstellung
2015
bilingual edition (English / German)
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
sold out
Stephanie Kloss's photographs capture the mythos and utopianism of architecture in locations as diverse as Athens, Berlin, the United States, and Japan (catalogue / artist's book).
Mike Bouchet - Powered A-Hole Spanish Donkey Sport Dick Drink Donkey Dong Dongs Sunscreen Model
2015
bilingual edition (English / German)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
sold out
An extensive publication, documenting the process and final outcome of Powered A-Hole Spanish Donkey Sport Dick Drink Donkey Dong Dongs Sunscreen Model, a sensational and excessive exhibition by the two controversial artists which takes the form of a “Gesamtkunstwerk” pointing the multifaceted excesses of contemporary art production and commodification.
Olaf Holzapfel - The Technology of the Land / Die Technik des Landes
2015
bilingual edition (English / German)
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
sold out
New monograph.
Luca Trevisani - Grand Hotel et des Palmes
2015
bilingual edition (English / Spanish)
Nero
(last copies available!)
Luca Trevisiani stamps images derived from antique herbaria and design magazines on objects with heterogeneous surfaces (textiles, clothing, tropical leaves, minerals).
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