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Planet B – Climate Change and the New Sublime
Isbn 9782493734013
Publisher Radicants
Idea code 22328
€ 16.15
By changing our collective relationship with the planet, global warming has transformed the artist’s gaze. Curator Nicolas Bourriaud invites artists from around the world to question the contemporaneity of the Romantic concept of the sublime in the age of the Anthropocene. Today, the sublime, grounded in the connection between humans and nature, takes a new turn, defined as a feeling of “delight tinged with horror”. The contrast between the individual and immensity thus becomes the aesthetic notion that determines our age. Bourriaud’s exhibition takes place in three acts: every exhibition is a forest; Charles Darwin and the coral reefs; and the tragic death of Nauru Island.
144 p, ills colour & bw, 14 x 21 cm, pb, English
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Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. Art by Shiraz Bayjoo
Isbn 9781909829190
Publisher Four Corners Books
Idea code 22272
€ 29.50
Mauritian artist, Shiraz Bayjoo, works with film, painting, photography, performance, and installation. His research-based practice focuses on personal and public archives addressing cultural memory and postcolonial nationhood in a manner that challenges dominant cultural narratives. He has created a new artist's book in response to 'Treasure Island'. Presented alongside Stevenson's text, Bayjoo's images take us from the ports of England to landscapes scarred by plantations and mines. From the brutality of the 18th Century colonial Caribbean, to the Indian Ocean, and to wider global narratives of slavery, colonialism, and violence which shaped that period.
280 p, ills colour, 16 x 23 cm, hb, English
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Julian Schnabel - Anything Can Be a Model For a Painting
Isbn 9788412398694
Publisher CAC Málaga
Idea code 22283
€ 33.00
This book appears with the exhibition ‘Schnabel and Spain: Anything Can Be a Model for a Painting’, a selection of 23 paintings by the American artist Julian Schnabel from between 1997 and the present. His creations have a distinctive style, moving between abstraction and figuration, characterised by their challenge to the conventional notions of the medium, whether conveyed by the white, painted markings covering his pictures, or as interventions on found materials such as tarps or billboards, in an appropriation of their imagery. The publication focuses in particular on the artist’s relationship with Spain and the evolution of his creative output during the period it covers.
94 p, ills colour, 24 x 28 cm, pb, Spanish/English
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Phil Frost - Plotting upon the Passage of Time
Isbn 9788412398687
Publisher CAC Málaga
Idea code 22284
€ 39.65
Phil Frost’s brightly coloured letterforms and totemic masks often completely cover his anarchic surfaces, reminiscent of tribal and indigenous art. These symbols, which he refers to as “glyphic distinctions”, are painted on top of heavily textured backgrounds. Based in New York, the American painter and installation artist is self-taught, with roots in the graffiti movement, and uses a variety of mediums, including ink, spray paint, oils, and gouache. He adds all kinds of found objects to his work as well. This catalogue is published on the occasion of a solo exhibition at CAC Málaga, Frost’s first show at a European museum, which also includes his most recent work, a selection of doors.
64 p, ills colour, 22 x 25 cm, pb, Spanish/English
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Kees Visser - Monochromes
Isbn 9789462087262
Publisher Nai010 Publishers
Idea code 22330
€ 49.95
Dutch artist Kees Visser is one of the most important representatives of today’s geometric and conceptual art. His work is characterized by an investigation into colour and form and is inspired by Mondriaan, De Stijl and Matisse. His long career is closely linked to the evolution of Icelandic art in the 1970s and 1980s, where Visser was part of a cosmopolitan art scene with a strong focus on Fluxus, minimalism and conceptual art. Visser combined these influences in his research into shape and colour. Designed by Irma Boom.
304 p, ills colour & bw, 22 x 29 cm, pb, French/English
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Unannounced Voices: Curatorial Practice and Changing Institutions
Isbn 9783956795848
Publisher Sternberg Press
Idea code 22358
€ 12.00
In our current era of global pandemic and violent political upheaval, the question must be asked: What is our future and whose voices will announce it? These can only be situated voices, each with its own body and space, formed through dialogue within their own communities and in reaction and resistance to dominant discourses. Museum director, curator, and writer Zdenka Badovinac argues that these situated voices of people, artworks, and exhibitions, rooted in the local, can bring incisive, productive change. The call of these voices, in rethinking art, curation, and institutions, is the subject of this powerful essay.
64 p, ills bw, 12 x 19 cm, pb, English
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The Changing Constitution of the Present
Isbn 9783956796401
Publisher Sternberg Press
Idea code 22400
€ 20.00
Our present is defined by contemporaneity—the interconnection of heterogeneous times, histories, and temporalities. These many and various times do not merely exist in parallel with one another, simultaneously. Rather, they interconnect and are brought to bear on the same present, forming a sort of planetary present, and—at least in principle—a global sharing of time, although one not shared equally. In The Changing Constitution of the Present: Essays on the Work of Art in Times of Contemporaneity, Jacob Lund explores how the conditions for politically engaged art and aesthetic practice, for questioning the present, have changed in recent decades, while considering how our historical present and its temporal quality differ significantly from previous presents. Jacob Lund is associate professor of aesthetics and culture at Aarhus University.
184 p, ills colour & bw, 14 x 23 cm, pb, English
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In these circumstances - On collaboration, perfomativity, self-organisation and transdisciplinarity in research-based practices
Isbn 9789493148857
Publisher Onomatopee
Idea code 22339
€ 24.00
This volume assembles curatorial, artistic, and pedagogical practices inspired by a.pass, an international artistic and educational research environment focusing on performativity and scenography. Further, it offers a history of the methods of artistic research in the context of the academisation of art education while examining artist-run organisations in Northern Europe. Ranging from concrete projects to interrogative speculations about artistic research, it aims to demonstrate how artistic research operates institutionally through a complex intertwinement of practices, and how a.pass has carved out a space for artistic research to overlap in fields of both art and education.
240 p, ills colour & bw, 13 x 20 cm, pb, English
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Paul Thek in Italy (1962-1976)
Isbn 9782378962821
Publisher Les Presses Du Reel
Idea code 22321
€ 25.80
Paul Thek (1933-1988), one of the most distinctive American artists of the latter half of the twentieth century, always refused to be part of the artistic mainstream. From 1962 to 1976, he traveled to Italy, for multiple extended stays. In Rome, he discovered ancient sculpture, the achievements of the Renaissance, the Baroque churches, but above all the contemporary artistic effervescence of the capital. In Sicily, with his friend the photographer Peter Hujar, he was confronted with the question of death through reliquaries, religious processions or the extraordinary Capuchin catacombs. This essay sets out to analyze, for the first time, the deep influence of this Italian life on the imaginary and work of Paul Thek.
316 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, pb, French/English
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Niki de Saint Phalle - Belles ! Belles ! Belles!
Isbn 9782954287164
Publisher Vallois
Idea code 22324
€ 48.40
Designed in the form of a women’s magazine, this publication is devoted to the representation of the female body in the innovative, feminist, and avant-garde work of the French-born, American-raised artist Niki de Saint Phalle (1930–2002). It is a new edition of the catalogue first published on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition at the George-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois Gallery in 2017. Famous in particular for her monumental “Nanas”, De Saint Phalle was a prolific artist who straddled the realms of Pop Art, New Realism, and Neo-Dada. The “magazine” is replete with images from both her personal life and at work in the studio. With graphic design by Amélie Boutry.
184 p, ills colour & bw, 22 x 31 cm, pb, French/English
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Lei Saito - Existential Cuisine
Isbn 9791097544072
Publisher Is-land
Idea code 22326
€ 23.65
Born in Japan, Lei Saito has been based in Paris since 2003. Her interest in history, in narratives that are superimposed in layers, has led her to explore different techniques: photoengraving, sculpture, photography, installations, and drawing. This book focuses on her series of performances and culinary installations, the “Cuisine Existentielle”. Involving a complex set of references and meanings, and drawing from art history, mythology, and language, Saito’s compositions are a hybridisation between culinary traditions, eras, and flavours that form a new, interactive story. Texts by Alain Kruger, Agnieszka Gratza, and Thomas Schlesser complement this sensory existential journey.
192 p, ills colour, 15 x 22 cm, pb, French/English/Japanese
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Conflict in My Outlook
Isbn 9781922545091
Publisher Perimeter Editions
Idea code 22332
€ 26.70
We live in a hyper-mediated world, drowning in an ocean of images and information. ‘Conflict in My Outlook’ gathers contemporary artworks and new texts that shed light on human experience in an era of ubiquitous networked technologies. From digital intimacies and the weaponization of social media to invisible power structures, clickwork, and the ‘gig’ economy, contributors seek a better future in the context of algorithmic racism, machine learning, and the new colonial frontiers of surveillance capitalism. The anthology, which is published on the occasion of a two-part exhibition series at UQ Art Museum, focuses on art as a means to explore the techno-politics that define our age.
136 p, ills colour & bw, 13 x 23 cm, pb, English
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The Seventies Aspects of Contemporary Art in Italy
Isbn 9788822907714
Publisher Quodlibet
Idea code 22298
€ 21.50
For the first time, this volume presents a transcription of four lessons held by Italian art critic and historian Enrico Crispolti (1933–2018) in the early months of 1994 at the Graduate School of Art History, University of Siena. During these encounters, the scholar and critic offered a very personal interpretation of the events that had happened in the art world in the 1970s, both in Italy and abroad, taking a stance far-removed from the current cultural trends and international mainstream. Starting from the subversive legacy of Informel, Crispolti retraces the paths of figuration and suggestes an alternative interpretation, an “other” history of a decade fundamental to the 20th century.
280 p, ills bw, 13 x 21 cm, pb, Italian/English
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Luca Maria Patella - They Are Hot in Their Cube
Isbn 9788822907738
Publisher Quodlibet
Idea code 22297
€ 19.35
In a series of previously unpublished conversations between Italian art critic and historian Enrico Crispolti (1933–2018) and contemporary Italian artist Luca Maria Patella (b. 1934), this book traces the latter’s work from the start of his practice in the late 1950s to 2000, the year when these dialogues took place. The book provides an opportunity to delve into the artist’s world and an unorthodox look at many of the artistic milieus in which he was involved, from conceptual art to Arte Povera, from installation to cinema, and from visual poetry to artist’s books. Presented in the direct and informal language of a chat, it offers complex ideas and a trajectory that are never linear.
208 p, ills colour & bw, 13 x 21 cm, pb, Italian/English
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Book (9222) - Masanao Hirayama
Isbn 9783906213415
Publisher Rollo Press
Idea code 22335
€ 18.00
Masanao Hirayama is a painter, drawer, and performer based in Tokyo. His works are filled with black lines which, despite their simplicity, stimulate our consciousness or recognition. Although his lines look like they are drawn with his intuition, he carefully draws the same image over and over again until his intention is eliminated and the line becomes an unconscious act. In this work in book form, widely spaced parallel horizontal lines span page after page, with occasionally a shorter line interjected among the overall sameness of repetition.
300 p, ills bw, 11 x 18 cm, pb, English
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Foi 4
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Publisher Galeria Posibila
Idea code 22274
€ 15.50
‘FOI’ showcases designers, artists, photographers, printmakers, researchers, and more. This fourth issue features interviews and talent from the graphic and editorial design world, both in Romania and throughout Europe. Gabriel Barbu talks about his experience as a graphic designer working in the most renowned printing house in Romania. Swiss graphic designer Ludovic Balland takes readers on a journey of good typography, while Maximage introduces the world of colour reproduction. Dutch graphic designer Hans Gremmen talks about his experience in the book design industry, and Romanian literary magazines delve through history and culture. Designed by Graphomat.
104 p, ills colour & bw, 23 x 32 cm, pb, Romanian/English
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A Lasting Truth Is Change
Isbn 9783947858385
Publisher K. Verlag
Idea code 22319
€ 20.90
Transformative justice movements consistently recognise the power of art. Culture workers simultaneously acknowledge the need to challenge the historical and institutional conditions in which art is made. And while heritage art institutions display radical works, it is often without meaningfully addressing the structural injustice that has constrained their production. This book asks: What lies beyond hierarchical and extractive traditions that can activate change, here and now? The responses from scholars, non-normative collectives, and artists engaging with emancipatory experiments at the perimeters of institutions include interviews, essays, comics, and a play.
186 p, ills colour, 17 x 24 cm, pb, English
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Guido Geelen - Sculpture
Isbn 9789462087255
Publisher Nai010 Publishers
Idea code 22309
€ 38.85
The prolific and radically diverse career of Dutch sculptor, furniture designer, and ceramist Guido Geelen is reflected in this monographic survey spanning the period 2000–2022. The artist’s unorthodox outlook on the use of materials such as clay, bronze, iron, aluminium, glass, and textiles finds expression in an iconography of recognisable contemporary and classical images. The book considers Geelen’s autonomous and commissioned work, as well as museum presentations and objects in the public domain. Besides texts by Hendrik Driessen and Hans den Hartog Jager, it includes an essay by the artist, entitled “A good Work of Art lifts you out of your earthly Existence”.
244 p, ills colour & bw, 22 x 29 cm, hb, Dutch/English
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Tomoo Gokita - Get Down
Isbn 9788867495153
Publisher Mousse Publishing
Idea code
€ 26.90
This richly illustrated volume offers the occasion to discover Gokita's latest body of work, featuring his newest large-scale paintings and a number of never-before-seen works made under lockdown during the pandemic. From the beginning of his career as an artist, his paintings and pencil and ink drawings have demonstrated a remarkable range of style, seamlessly subverting the dichotomy of abstraction and figuration to produce a practice of an unmistakable and psychological character.
80 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 30 cm, pb, Spanish/English
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Fata Morgana
Isbn 9782490505371
Publisher Manuella Editions
Idea code 22182
€ 41.95
The question “What is seeing?” frames the first Jeu de Paume Festival. The presentation makes no claim of being comprehensive, but rather seeks to suggest an itinerary, an experience that is both exhibition and event, offering a chance to discover the multiple dimensions of the image in the diversity of its forms. Accompanying the festival, ‘Fata Morgana’ examines its many exhibitions, screenings, performances, and concerts. With essays by curator Béatrice Gross, Katinka Bock, and Clara Schulmann, plus contributions by participants such as artist Batia Suter, filmmaker Diane Severin Nguyen, choreographer Lenio Kaklea, visual artist Daniel Steegmann, and many more.
290 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, pb, English
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EUGENE STUDIO After the rainbow
Isbn 9784907562342
Publisher Torch Press
Idea code 22141
€ 44.20
Headed by Eugene Kangawa, Eugene Studio has been the subject of rising international acclaim in recent years. Published on the occasion of the studio’s first major solo show at a Japanese museum, ‘After the Rainbow’ invites us to turn our gaze away from expressions within the environs and cycles of society that are grounded in criticism or irony and toward the real as we move into the future. While the exhibition showcases both past and new two-dimensional works, large-scale installations, video, and sculptural works, the catalogue broadens this overview to shed light on the perspectives, concepts, and philosophies that underlie the studio’s diverse body of work.
220 p, 19 x 26 cm, hb, Japanese/English
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Ho Tzu Nyen G for Gong
Isbn 9783956792854
Publisher Sternberg Press
Idea code 22209
€ 25.00
G for Gong looks at the artistic practice of Singaporean video artist and theater director Ho Tzu Nyen. An extension of the artist’s large-scale solo exhibition at the Edith-Russ-Haus for Media Art in 2019, this book not only explores Ho’s distinctive artistic approach but also dives deeper into the themes of his work. Stunning both visually and acoustically, Ho’s works brim with intricate cultural references—concepts, imaginaries, and allusions to the histories of Eastern and Western literature, art, and music. Through in-depth analysis of Ho’s work and the inspiration behind it—in essays by Anselm Franke and David Teh and a scholarly text by historian Marc Opper, together with an interview with the artist—G for Gong untangles this complex web of references and follows Ho through his hallmark artistic process.
176 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, pb, English/German
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Global Tools 1973-1975 - When Education Coincides with Life
Isbn 9788880560524
Publisher Nero
Idea code 22236
€ 37.65
The Global Tools journey began with its foundation in 1973 by groups and figures drawn from Italian Radical Architecture, Arte Povera, and Conceptual Art, and ended in 1975 after three years of intense experimentation. This book is both a commentary and an impressive visual archive that brings together essays by international authors and reproductions of many original documents—including the Global Tools bulletins, entirely republished here for the first time. This unique and definitive book marks a fundamental stage in the rediscovery of one of the most fascinating European cultural experiences of the late twentieth century.
264 p, ills colour & bw, 20 x 27 cm, pb, English
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What speaks to us - Arjan van Helmond
Isbn 9789492852557
Publisher Jap Sam Books
Idea code 22262
€ 35.00
Arjan van Helmond approaches painting as a medium that helps us think about objects, places, and representations of the spaces of our daily lives. His practice focuses on appropriating the unspectacular and even banal aspects of daily life. Images that tell a story, and yet his paintings are not explicitly narrative. Instead they use ordinary and evocative details to build up a form of realism, to trace a path between history, culture, cliché, and everyday human behaviour. Published with an exhibition of Van Helmond’s work curated by Marieke Jooren, this compendium gives us pause, allowing us to reminisce about those ‘unspecial’ things which can nevertheless hold emotional value.
190 p, ills colour & bw, 23 x 28 cm, pb, Dutch/English
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Rafa Macarrón
Isbn 9788412249767
Publisher CAC Málaga
Idea code 22282
€ 64.60
Rafa Macarrón is obsessed with human solitude before the immensity of the universe. We can discern unique beings that take centre stage in each of his works, simultaneously embodying the universal and the unrepeatable. In his more recent work, featured in this exhibition catalogue, the artist has returned to a darker range of colours, mostly using black or grey, with occasional touches of ochre. Cleary visible are the influence of comic books, Spanish painting of the 1950s and ’60s, and artists such as Fraile, Matta, Quirós, Picasso, and Dubuffet. In addition, Macarrón’s deep-ranging knowledge of the human body serves as a driver in the creation of his imaginary characters.
128 p, ills colour & bw, 22 x 27 cm, hb, Spanish/English
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