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New Titles in Art, Performing Arts & Popular Culture

7 October 2019

The Serving Library Annual 2019/20 (Bruno Munari Obvious Code)

Isbn 9789492811653
Publisher Roma Publications
Idea code 19443
€ 28.70

This issue is devoted to the Italian designer, artist, and inventor Bruno Munari, whose visual experiments were so iconic as to become a self-evident part of visual culture. At its core is the first English translation of ‘Obvious Code’ (1971), a collection of Munari’s own writings, sketches, and poems about his work. It includes iconic design objects such as the Abitacolo, groundbreaking artworks like his series of handmade projection slides, obscure rhymes about the art market, and an original piece from his “unreadable books” series. Dozens of artists, designers, writers, and curators were invited to annotate Munari’s texts as a testament to the depth of his influence on international art.

144 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 29 cm, pb, English

Fiona Tan - Goraiko

Isbn 9789072532411
Publisher Van Zoetendaal Publishers
Idea code 19363
€ 37.95

Published in conjunction with Fiona Tan’s eponymous exhibition at Sprengel Museum Hannover, which celebrates her being awarded the SPECTRUM International Prize for Photography of the Stiftung Niedersachsen in 2019, this book reflects the artist’s differentiated use of photography on a comprehensive scale, taking account of the phenomenon of time and at the interface with the medium of film. ‘Goraiko’ translates as “the coming of the light”, and refers to the sunrise as seen from the top of Mt. Fuji, the highest point in Japan. Page after page is printed with myriad representations of the iconic mountain in a comprehensive and overwhelming visual presentation.

176 p, ills colour & bw, 20 x 30 cm, hb, German/English

Wade Guyton (Trembley Ed)

Isbn 9782378960674
Publisher Les Presses Du Reel
Idea code 19432
€ 37.65

A new monograph on Wade Guyton, considered one of the most influential representatives of the recent generation of artists who produce images in the digital era. Although some of his works question the structure and language of painting in the traditional sense, they still radically modify codes and modes of production. Guyton’s paintings are realised by putting canvases through huge inkjet printers, sometimes several times, to print the motifs and colours that appear. Errors, drips, and misprints are part of the composition process, and ensure unique results. Featuring over 30 new works produced specifically for a large-scale curatorial project, as well as a critical essay by Tristan Garcia.

240 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, hb, French/English

Hans Bloesch / Paul Klee - Das Buch, A Joint Project From The Years 1902 To 1904

Isbn 9783038500650
Publisher Nimbus
Idea code 19495
€ 42.80

Paul Klee and Hans Bloesch became friends in their early school days, and their bond lasted more than four decades, until Klee’s death in 1940. The pair first began their artistic enterprises in the graduation newspaper ‘Die Wanze’ (1898) and the satirical ‘Model Citizen’ (1908). Yet it has only recently come to light that there was another joint project in those early days, ‘The Book’. Klee created satirical drawings in Italy and Munich, and Bloesch, inspired by his friend, fabricated mocking verses to accompany them. This volume includes the complete pages of the original as a facsimile, a transcription of the texts, and two essays on the project’s genesis by Osamo Okuda and Reto Sorg.

334 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 30 cm, pb, German/English

The Unexpected Subject - 1978 Art And Feminism In Italy

Isbn 9788894154085
Publisher Flash Art
Idea code 19389
€ 32.25

The Unexpected Subject. 1978 Art and Feminism in Italy recounts the Seventies as a key phase in the history of Italian art of the 20th century, during which the spread of feminist thinking stimulates a new critical awareness that encourages many female artists, curators and art historians to rethink their role in society, life and art. Starting from a symbolic date, 1978, the year in which Mirella Bentivoglio presents more than 80 female artists at the exhibition Materializzazione del linguaggio on the occasion of the 38th Venice Biennale, the catalogue rereads the decade to focus on the close link between artistic practice and feminism. The stories and artworks of the female protagonists of that season testify to the emergence in the scene of history of a new subject (an unexpected subject) that, interrupting “the monologue of patriarchal culture”, finally manages to manifest itself.

216 p, ills colour & bw, 18 x 24 cm, pb, Italian/English

Nico Krijno - How To Leave Your Body Behind

Isbn 9783906217130
Publisher B. Frank Books
Idea code 19431
€ 43.00

South African artist Nico Krijno’s photography exists at the intersection of performance, painting, montage, and sculpture. His photographs are full of visual codes, riddles, patterns, and colour. Krijno builds sculptures using discarded materials and rearranges them over and over, photographing them during this process. The images are then are reprocessed and altered again into new forms through both collage and Photoshop, creating new narratives and meaning. Such explorations are representative of his experimentation with the perceived truths of objects, the medium of photography, and its broader history. Playful, carefully structured, and completely non-linear.

128 p, ills colour & bw, 20 x 26 cm, hb, English

Steve Paxton: Drafting Interior Techniques

Isbn 9789727691203
Publisher Culturgest
Idea code 19411
€ 25.80

Dancer, improviser, and choreographer Steve Paxton has been researching the “fiction” of cultured dance and the “truth” of improvisation for six decades. This catalogue accompanies the first retrospective look at his work and legacy. Interestingly, in the case of Paxton, almost none of the usual remains of dance – scores, photographs, videos, interviews – were made or even kept by the artist himself. Thus the works recounted in the exhibition in Lisbon as well as in this publication were all made and conserved by others. The focus therefore is not the visible, exterior forms that were produced by him, but the felt and sensed, the mindfulness of his unique way of inhabiting movement.

272 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 23 cm, pb, English

Edition Digital Culture

Isbn 9783856168995
Publisher Christoph Merian
Idea code 19482
€ 63.45

The digital transition is transforming our society at lightning speed, as new cultural, economic, and political issues are constantly being formulated and discovered. A survey of the artistic potential of digital media, the ‘Edition Digital Culture’ series examines this transition from the perspective of the cultural field, allowing artists and internationally recognised authors to address how such things as artificial intelligence and virtual reality are destined to shape cultural activity in the near future.

1632 p, ills colour & bw, 13 x 19 cm, pb, English

Kounellis

Isbn 9788887029765
Publisher Prada Arte
Idea code 19375
€ 114.15

'Jannis Kounellis', curated by Germano Celant, is the major retrospective dedicated to the artist following his death in 2017. Developed in collaboration with Archivio Kounellis, the project brings together more than 60 works from 1959 to 2015, from both Italian and international museums, as well as from important private collections both in Italy and abroad. The show explores the artistic and exhibition history of Jannis Kounellis (Piraeus 1936 - Rome 2017), establishing a dialogue between his works and the eighteenth-century spaces of Ca' Corner della Regina. Foreword by Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli; introductory essay by Germano Celant.

516 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 28 cm, hb, English

The Place Of Birth: Graduation Index A-Z

Isbn 9789082767025
Publisher Sandberg Instituut
Idea code 19474
€ 24.50

From Adelaide to Zürich, The Place of Birth compiles the draft and final works of the 2019 Sandberg Instituut graduates from Master programmes Critical Studies, Design, Dirty Art Department, Fine Arts, Studio For Immediate Spaces, Radical Cut-Up, Shadow Channel and Master Design of Experiences. The Place of Birth includes editorials by Adrian Madlener (BE/USA),Yuri Veerman (NL), Herman Hjorth Berge (NO), Thomas van Huut (NL), Sumaya Kassim (UK), Jules van den Langenberg (NL), Mark Minkjan (NL), Laurens Otto (BE) and Tamar Shafrir (IL/USA).The Place of Birth is part of an ongoing series of publications by PS (Public Sandberg) developed in collaboration with graphic designers Our Polite Society. Previous editions are The Name of the Author (2018) and The Title of the Work (2017).

288 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 30 cm, pb, English

The A To Z Of Conflict

Isbn 9780955667473
Publisher Raking Leaves
Idea code 19416
€ 77.80

'The A to Z of Conflict' is a tri-lingual artists' book by ten contemporary artists. It imagines what a commonplace children's ABC book would look like if all the entries were chosen in relation to words about conflict, and words born out of conflict. The project uses English, Sinhala, and Tamil, the three languages spoken in Sri Lanka, a country torn apart by a brutal civil war. From afar the compendium of entries testifies to the way language defines us linguistically, socially, and politically. Up close it reveals how the complex workings of language have the potential to conjoin and divide us. Each copy of The A to Z of Conflict is bound in one of six combinations, reflecting how three languages can be positioned without giving one language greater status over the other.

1052 p, ills colour & bw, 20 x 25 cm, pb, English

Ariel Schlesinger - Hands Make Mistakes

Isbn 9789492811479
Publisher Roma Publications
Idea code 19405
€ 27.25

This monographic volume offers a kaleidoscopic insight into the production and expression of Israeli artist Ariel Schlesinger, whose clever alterations to mundane objects often rearrange them in ways that leave viewers both amused and apprehensive. It covers a broad range of the artist’s projects, from adolescent doodles to complex collaborations. Additionally, it includes two new essays by Barbara Casavecchia and Adam Kleinman, a conversation between Abraham Cruzvillegas and Catalina Lozano, an introspective text about the reconstruction of a Japanese temple, and reproductions of gallery texts written by Sarah Demeuse, set in reproductions of their exhibitions.

136 p, ills colour, 19 x 25 cm, pb, English

Kosmologiska Pilar/ Cosmological Arrows

Isbn 9789188031822
Publisher Art And Theory Publishing
Idea code 19406
€ 35.20

The title of the book and eponymous exhibition at Bonniers Konsthall in Stockholm is loosely borrowed from the book "A Brief History of Time," by Stephen Hawking. When we locate a thought in outer space, our given concepts of time and space are overturned. This exhibition and publication wishes to be a springboard for artistic ideas and visions that challenge our usual way of seeing the world, perhaps also suggesting new approaches on how to understand it. These thoughts permeate the artworks and texts presented in "Cosmological Arrows" where space and the science fiction genre are an imaginary laboratory that becomes the point of departure for discussions regarding the ethical, moral and existential dilemmas of our times.

184 p, ills colour & bw, 20 x 25 cm, hb, Swedish/English

Marwan Rechmaoui - Slanted Squares

Isbn 9789072251817
Publisher Bonnefanten/ Sharjah Art Found
Idea code 19468
€ 30.00

The exhibition ‘Slanted Squares’ at Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht gives a glimpse of the wide range of Marwan Rechmaoui’s practice over the last two decades. Rechmaoui derives inspiration in his work from the geography and complex multicultural history of Beirut. He is primarily concerned with urban structures, mapping, and contemporary social and behavioural demographics, in order to address the political and social landscape of Beirut and the region as a whole. This catalogue presents an insightful look at his exploration of the layered social dynamics of the city and the way in which he masters the sculptural aspects of form, volume, and material in this exceptional approach.

128 p, ills colour & bw, 15 x 23 cm, hb, English

Katja Lee Eliad - Map Maker Like Lyrical

Isbn 9786069430026
Publisher Punch
Idea code 19400
€ 25.80

Katja Lee Eliad’s personal trajectory has been shaped by the experience of migration, queer identity, and a complex family history, which also reflect in her artworks that span various mediums, from drawing and painting, to poetry, video, and sound. Having had to adapt to constantly shifting conditions, often by moving between France, Romania, and the United States, her oeuvre is diverse in its formal qualities and means of expression. This extensively illustrated book offers a retrospective view on this self-taught artist’s work over the past two decades, and includes two essays by Valentina Iancu and Anca Verona Mihuleț, plus a conversation with the artist by Nicolas de Ribou.

272 p, ills colour & bw, 16 x 22 cm, pb, French/English

Exhibiting In An Educational Field- Livelnyourhead 2009 - 2019

Isbn 9782940510368
Publisher Les Presses Du Reel
Idea code 19391
€ 19.35

This publication takes ten years of activities of LiveInYourHead, the Geneva School of Art and Design’s exhibition space, as its starting point. Situated between a catalogue, an archive, and a collective publication, the book explores the relationships between art education and curatorial knowledge. LiveInYourHead is an art space, an informal curatorial program, and a micro-institute, as well as a place for collective research, production, and meetings. Essays and a conversation with the founders offer various perspectives at the intersection of artistic disciplines, to shed light on the recent evolution of the artistic and educational institution in relation to the curatorial apparatus.

208 p, ills colour & bw, 15 x 21 cm, pb, French/English

Uncertain Patterns - Teaching And Learning Socially Engaged Art

Isbn 9782940510351
Publisher Les Presses Du Reel
Idea code 19390
€ 26.90

Since the beginning of the 1990s, participatory art practices have multiplied, and today they form a field grouped under the terms “socially engaged art practices”, “community-based art”, and “dialogical art”. These practices are currently moving from the margins of the art world to its centre, gaining a new institutional legitimacy that is sometimes in contradiction to their activist roots. This publication brings together texts written by coordinators, teachers, and students of five study programmes built around socially engaged art practices, located in Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, Geneva, and the United States. The book also includes newly revised translations of two key essays in the field.

416 p, ills colour & bw, 15 x 21 cm, pb, French/English

Alternative Languages - Asger Jorn, The Artist As A Social Activist

Isbn 9788963032092
Publisher MMCA
Idea code 19372
€ 37.35

Appearing in conjunction with the first solo exhibition of Asger Jorn in Asia, which took place at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul, this catalogue offers insight into the roughly 90 works featured in the show. Comprising paintings, drawings, photographs, ceramics, textiles, and archive materials, it offers an in-depth look at the socially engaged practice of one of Denmark’s most representative artists. The exhibition’s title implies a new art historical narrative, an alternative to the Western European-centric model, and refers to Jorn’s lifelong pursuit of artistic experimentation and political and social activism as a way to construct an “alternative language”.

216 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 26 cm, pb, Korean/English

Keiichi Tanaami - Psychedelic Death Pop

Isbn
Publisher Case Publishing
Idea code 19420
€ 37.00

‘Psychedelic Death Pop’ is a sprawling, large-format collection of recent visual work by Keiichi Tanaami. As one of the leading pop artists of post-war Japan, he has remained active as multi-genre artist since the 1960s, with works spanning graphic design, illustration, video, and fine art. Psychedelia-inspired styles and comic book elements feature heavily in Tanaami’s artworks, with faces, bizarre deformities, surreal animals, and human skulls appearing as common themes. As an added bonus, the publication also includes two large stickers designed by the artist.

40 p, ills colour, 30 x 42 cm, pb, no text

Restaging The Object: A Participatory Exploration Of Long Kesh/maze Prison

Isbn 9783981863567
Publisher K. Verlag
Idea code 19425
€ 25.80

Martin Krenn and Aisling O'Beirn team up to explore untold and lesser-known narratives about the recent conflict in Northern Ireland through an artistic engagement with the legacies of Long Kesh/Maze, a former high-security prison located southwest of Belfast. In order to explore the future of the prison, the artists initiated a collaborative social sculpture by working with a broad range of people who were affected by it in different ways. The project asks how perceptions of the prison might be transformed, with a view to positively engaging with the complex realities of its past. The book includes contributions from Laura McAtackney, Suzana Milevska, and Peter Mutschler.

224 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 23 cm, pb, English

Akira Yamaguchi - 1052

Isbn 9784861524790
Publisher Seigensha
Idea code 19337
€ 50.65

Artist Akira Yamaguchi straddles an exceptional range of styles in his work, and is known for combining traditional Japanese styles with contemporary motifs. This collection brings together his acclaimed illustrations for ‘Shinran’, a novel by Hiroyuki Itsuki that was serialised in local Japanese newspapers over seven years from 2008. It includes the complete series of more than 1,000 illustrations, plus preliminary drawings, commentary by the artist, and unused versions. Often humorous, it is a powerful example of Itsuki’s prowess matched with Yamaguchi’s inventiveness, from delicate pen, ink, and pencil images, to sweeping classical-style panorama scenes, manga, and more.

696 p, ills colour, 19 x 26 cm, pb, Japanese

Ceesepe

Isbn 9788493968298
Publisher Cabeza De Chorlito
Idea code 19330
€ 59.15

Carlos Sánchez Pérez, known by his artist’s name, Ceesepe (an acronym formed by the initials of his name and two surnames), was a Spanish painter and illustrator. He was a prolific artist, producing many drawings and collages, and is recognised as one of the protagonists of La Movida Madrileña, the countercultural movement which emerged in Spain in the late 1970s. This monograph pays homage to Ceesepe and his body of work, with particular focus on the drawing notebooks he left behind. Rife with drawings, sketches, and illustrations whose subjects range from abstract to sensual, this volume gives a colourful and arresting look at the celebrated artist’s life and oeuvre.

224 p, ills colour, 23 x 24 cm, hb, Spanish

Mcfadden's Cold War

Isbn 9781912722365
Publisher Rough Trade Books
Idea code 19512
€ 9.60

‘McFadden’s Cold War’ is a collection of some of the earliest forays into the image production that has come to be one of the defining artistic moments of post-referendum, post-Trump, post-truth Britain: the online phenomenon known as Cold War Steve. At first a collage of Cold War scenes featuring the startling presence of actor Steve McFadden, the set pieces have since grown to take in the plight of the United Kingdom, the farce of the political classes, and a cast of characters as broad and diverse (and daft) as the country itself. Yet it is especially the early pieces reproduced in this book which comprise the essence of the artist’s aesthetic vision, original humour, and surrealism.

32 p, ills colour, 15 x 21 cm, pb, English

Sweating Tears With Fat White Family

Isbn 9781912722358
Publisher Rough Trade Books
Idea code
€ 9.60

A revealing examination of the dysfunctional songwriting partnership at the heart of one of Britain's most unpredictable and controversial contemporary rock 'n' roll bands, Sweating Tears with Fat White Family features candid interviews by author Adelle Stripe with Fat White Family singer Lias Saoudi and guitarist Saul Adamczewski. From childhood traumas to adult squalor and critical success, it is a tale of bitterness, humour, excess, cruelty, and the vile affections that bind this exceptional pairing on their continued Orphean descent into the underworld. This exclusive edition features demonic engravings by printmaker Lisa Cradduck, inspired by Berber folklore and the grotesque 16th century drolleries of Richard Breton.

28 p, ills colour, 15 x 21 cm, pb, English

Japanese Traditional Performing Arts - A Bilingual Guide

Isbn 9784473035721
Publisher Tankosha
Idea code 19462
€ 21.00

With its clear presentation and comprehensive overview, this guide to Japanese traditional performing arts is essential for anyone interested in discovering more about the subject. Beginning with Noh and Kyogen, it goes on to give detailed explanations of many other traditional forms of performing arts, such as Kabuki, Shomyo (Buddhist chant), Buyo (traditional dance), Gagaku (classical music for the imperial court), Kagura (Shinto theatrical dance), and Bunraku (puppet theatre). The guide also features an entire section on Japanese instruments, with photographs for visual reference.

192 p, ills bw, 13 x 19 cm, pb, Japanese/English

Good Pop, Bad Pop - Jarvis Cocker

Isbn 9781912722198
Publisher Rough Trade Books
Idea code 19365
€ 10.00

This pamphlet consists of the text of two speeches Jarvis Cocker made in public during 2017. They both concern Br**it—but please don’t let that put you off.

24 p, ills colour, 15 x 21 cm cm, pb, English

Writing To Louis Andriessen

Isbn 9789462263079
Publisher Lecturis
Idea code 19286
€ 34.05

Louis Andriessen is a renowned composer of contemporary music in the Netherlands. This publication by composer, editor, and critic Rose Dodd surveys significant works from Andriessen’s career and addresses many personal perspectives on his music through critical reflection and celebration. Additionally, it presents a discussion of Andriessen’s music by those it has greatly influenced and share affinity for it in their own works, into the next generation and beyond. Within this volume, Ian Pace constructs a two-part historiography of minimal music and its aesthetic narratives, including Andriessen’s own challenge to narratives of American exceptionalism.

240 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, hb, English


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