Steidl 2008
224 pages Colour reproductions. ISBN 9783865216434
17 x 23.5 cm English text. Softcover
Eclipse, a darkening of the sun, is a metaphor for the ambivalent feelings towards the abandonment of Enlightenment that we experience today. The Enlightenment has been criticised as an alibi for colonialism and yet many mourn the vanishing ideals which they consider worth defending. In the wake of 9/11, the intolerance from both extremes of a polarised political field curbs freedom of speech and thought. Nevertheless, the demand on art to be politically correct and not to offend any group does not appear to limit the imagination of artists.
The artists in this exhibition of international contemporary art look into the darkness – of our times, or more existentially, into the darkness of the human soul. Insisting on the right of art to be “incorrect”, to use fiction’s licence to speculate and to experiment, many of the works in Eclipse are characterised by absurdity and a dark sense of humour.
Several of the most prominent contemporary artists on the international scene are participating: Lucas Ajemian, Michaël Borremans, Nathalie Djurberg, Ellen Gallagher, Tom McCarthy with INS – International Necronautical Society, Paul McCarthy, Mike Nelson, Anri Sala, Dana Schutz. Curator: Magnus af Petersens
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New Art Gallery Walsal 2006
96 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 9780946652853
14.5 x 19.5 cm English text. Hardcover
Fairy Tale looks at art that re-visits well-known fairy tales, fashioning them for our own times. It also explores artworks that are charged with the atmosphere of these tales. Fairy tales have never stopped evolving, and the featured artists have taken stories such as Little Red Riding Hood, Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid, and have given them their own, surprising spin. Their work is discussed by curator of the exhibition, Angela Kingston while an essay by Stella Beddoe describes how fairy tales have developed over successive generations. Earlier versions of two fairy tales are also included in the book. This publication accompanies the exhibition of the same name at The New Art Gallery, Walsall and Chapter, Cardiff.
Atists: Peter Callesen, Paul Morrison, Vanessa Jane Pfaff, Kiki Smith, Annelies Strba, Janaina Tschäpe, Essays by Angela Kingston, Stella Beddoe
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Museum Ludwig, Cologne 2006
304 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 9783775718295
24 x 31 cm English/German text. Softcover
“Right now, Lourdes is obsessed with the question of who is gay or lesbian.” (Madonna on her nine-year-old daughter)
When a pawn in a chess match reaches the eighth square on the far side of the board, the player can swap him for a piece of his or her choice. So the pawn can transform into a queen, a powerless figure into the epitome of power, a man into a woman.
Sexuality does not end in family politics or a TV series. Sexuality is always a quaking and transmuting, is desire and power, seduction and sadness, splendor and misery. Looking beyond vaudeville or pornography, only art enables the subject to be discovered in all its fascination and specificity. It not only permits a game with the sexes and with forbidden desires that is free of danger, but is alone able to grasp all of sexuality’s inherent contradictions. What does that mean for divergent desires? What does that mean after our present liberalization, in a world standardized to death? What is this world like for feminine men, for masculine women?
The Eighth Square casts a new and sharp eye on art, it sounds out the historical and social developments. This is the publication in which drag and gender, queerness and transsexuality are presented on a broad platform, in all of its facets, and above all where it is allowed to be erotic.
Artists featured (selection): Diane Arbus, Nicole Eisenman, Robert Gober, David Hockney, Peter Hujar, Ferdinand Kriwet, Zoe Leonard, Robert Mapplethorpe, Michaela Melián, Annette Messager, Piotr Nathan, Catherine Opie, Dayanita Singh, Paul Thek, Wolfgang Tillmans
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Hayward Gallery Publishing 2006
72 pages ISBN 1853322547
13 x 18 cm English text. Softcover
Chance and 'random interference' are essential elements of the creative process for many artists. In life as in art, causal connections are often beyond conscious control: we are acted upon as much as we act. Like gamblers, the artists in You'll Never Know positively welcome, rather than resist, the unpredictable – whether deploying ingenious drawing machines or primitive mark-making incorporating the accidental drips and splashes of ink, paint or mud. In the accompanying essays, a novelist, a scientist and an art historian explore the implications of chance as a factor in gambling, quantum physics and art.
Includes works by: Anna Barriball, Anne Bean, Paul Cassidy, Stephen Cripps, Ian Davenport, David Farnham, Paul Harrison and John Wood, Mona Hatoum, Claude Heath, Rebecca Horn, Tania Kovats, Tim Knowles, Henry Krokatsis, Richard Long, Alice Maher, Cornelia Parker, Steven Pippin, Damien Roach, Ed Ruscha, Keith Tyson Price: £9.95
108 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 9783775718233
27.5 x 34.5 cm English text. Softcover
A preview of the work of the six contemporary artists nominated for the Hugo Boss Prize 2006.
Established in 1996, the Hugo Boss Prize, which is linked with a grant of $ 50,000, will be awarded in co-operation with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum once again. The Prize honors artists who have made significant contribution to contemporary art. Previous recipients include Matthew Barney, Douglas Gordon, Marjetica Potrc, Pierre Huyghe, and Rirkrit Tiravanija.
The jury composed of renowned museum directors, curators, and critics has nominated six artists for the 6th Hugo Boss Prize: Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla of the United States, German artist John Bock, Tacita Dean and Tino Sehgal of Great Britain, Mexican artist Damián Ortega, and Aïda Ruilova of America. The winner will be announced at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in the fall of 2006. The museum will dedicate a solo exhibition to the prize-winning artist in early 2007. The book presents focused insights into the art of the six finalists. Texts by Mark Godfrey, Yates McKee, Nancy Spector, Adam Szymczyk, Rein Wolfs, Joan Young Price: £14.99
Istanbul Biennial 2005
278 pages B&W reproductions. ISBN 9757363448
13.5 x 19 cm English/Turkish text. Softcover
The title of the 9th Istanbul Biennial is simply 'Istanbul'. Curated by Charles Esche and Vasif Kortun with assistant curators Esra Sarigedik and November Paynter, it refers both to the real urban location and the imaginative charge that this city represents for the world. 'Istanbul' as a metaphor, as a prediction, as a lived reality, and an inspiration has many stories to tell and the Biennial will attempt to tap directly into this rich history and possibility.
The curators have selected 53 artists and artist groups. Around half have been invited to live and work in Istanbul for between one and six months. In contradistinction, the other half of the Biennial is made up of work from elsewhere around the world. These act as comparisons and conflicts with Istanbul itself, allowing the visitors to see this city more clearly through other urban and rural narratives. Many of these artists are based in cities with a strong historic connection to Istanbul, from Cairo to Prishtinë, Almaty to Berlin.
Hüseyin Alptekin, Pawel Althamer, Halil Altindere, Yochai Avrahami, Yael Bartana, Otto Berchem, Johanna Billing, Michael Blum, Daniel Bozhkov, Pavel Büchler, Phil Collins, Smadar Dreyfus, Lukas Duwenhögger, Maria Eichhorn, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Hala Elkoussy, Jon Mikel Euba, Cerith Wyn Evans, Jakup Ferri, Flying City, Luca Frei, Erik Göngrich, Gruppo A12, Daniel Guzman, Hatice Güleryüz, IRWIN, Chris Johanson, Y.Z. Kami, Karl-Heinz Klopf, Servet Koçyigit, Yaron Leshem, David Maljkovic, Oda Projesi, Paulina Olowska, Silke Otto-Knapp, Serkan Özkaya, Ahmet Ögüt, Sener Özmen, Dan Perjovschi, Ola Pehrson, Khalil Rabah, Mario Rizzi, RUANGRUPA, Solmaz Shahbazi, Wael Shawky, Ahlam Shibli, Sean Snyder, Nedko Solakov, SUPERFLEX • Jens Haaning, Pilvi Takala, Tintin Wulia, Alexander Ugay, Alexander Ugay • Roman Maskalev, Axel John Wieder • Jesko Fezer Price: £7.50
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Verlag für moderne Kunst Nürnberg 2008
212 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 9783940748188
22 x 28 cm English text. Softcover
Punk often seems best understood as an entirely historical term, signaling a stance or mood whose energies infused the arts of the 1970s across the board; as last year's popular ICA London show Secret Public demonstrated, cross-genre approaches to the period are increasingly adopted.
Viewing Punk thus, No One is Innocent (the title comes from the Sex Pistols' fifth single, post Rotten and Vicious) orients its unique take on this moment around three cities in which it flourished well – New York, Berlin and London – and presents the works of artists alongside album covers, posters, zines and other musical ephemera.
From New York, artists such as Lynda Benglis, Robert Longo, Richard Hambleton, Futura, David Wojnarowicz, Tony Oursler, Robert Mapplethorpe and Arturo Vega coalesce around the iconography of the Ramones and Patti Smith; from London, works by Leigh Bowery, COUM Transmissions (Genesis P. Orridge and Cosey Fanni Tutti), Derek Jarman and Cerith Wyn Evans are situated amid images by Linder and Jamie Reid for the Buzzcocks and the Sex Pistols; and from Berlin, Elvira Bach, Die tödliche Doris and Salomé accompany cover art by Einstürzende Neubauten
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kunstverein Hannover 2005
232 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 3937572171
21.5 x 28 cm English/German text. Hardcover
The artists include: Jessica Abel, David B., Monika Baer/Alice Creischer, Steve Bell, Tatjana Bergius, Alberto Giacometti, Linda Kitson, Ernst Mach, Henri Michaux, Henry Moore, Harvey Pekar, Kai Pfeiffer, Joe Sacco, John Singer Sargent, Susan Turcot, Amelie von Wulffen, and more. It includes essays by Clemens Krummel, Joachim Rees, Michael Glasmeier, Karin Gludovatz, and Alexander Roob. "Diving Trips" picks up on the renewed interest in the medium of drawing, while arguing from a direction that has typically been overlooked; drawing as reportage. Price: £39.00
Miguel Abreu Gallery 2007
96 pages B&W reproductions. no ISBN
22 x 29 cm Ehglish text. Softcover
Agape is published by the Miguel Abreu Gallery to accompany the exhibition of the same name. Agape was an exhibition of musical scores and an accompanying concert series that addressed of the social acts of translation and collective translation in musical performance.
Contributions by Robert Ashley, Stuart Bailey, Cornelius Cardew, Will Holder, Frances Stark, Alex Waterman, amongst others Price: £10.00
Skira 2005
468 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN8876246312
15 x 21.5 cm English text. Softcover
Catalogue of the first edition of the triennial exhibition of contemporary art in Turin, organised in collaboration with the Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art, Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, and the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation.
The title of the catalogue takes its inspiration from the French writer François Rabelais’ character Pantagruel, the grotesque protagonist at the limits of absurdity. A creature of gigantic proportion and voracious appetites, Pantagruel was an ideal hero for a civilization in transition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, who rediscovered the empirical world
through the direct experience of his adventures. Here Pantagruel works as a metaphor for contemporary society characterized by a tension toward change and a healthy desire for knowledge, on the one hand, and fragility and fear, on the other.
Featuring works by 75 young artists as well as an in-depth section which pays homage to two mid-career artists— Takashi Murakami and Doris Salcedo—the volume explores this “syndrome” through paintings, sculpture, photography, installation, video, performance, sound projects and collective and anonymous projects by artists from around the world who explore the excess of our Pantagruelic universe. Price: £24.00
The MIT Press 2005
248 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 0914357913
21.5 x 28 cm English text. Hardcover
Ecstasy acts as an intersection in which structures of human consciousness meet a range of contemporary art practices. Each work in Ecstasy, which accompanies an exhibition at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, enacts its own particular intervention into human consciousness -- surprising us, questioning familiar realities, and suggesting alternative ways of ordering experience -- through installation, painting, sculpture, and new media.
Ecstasy traces two lines of contemporary inquiry into surrealism's fixation with altered states of consciousness. One follows the tradition of artists attempting to capture metaphysical conditions in representational form -- as seen in the wall-scale, resin-suspended pill paintings of Fred Tomaselli; Charles Ray's photographic self portrait, Yes, which depicts the artist on LSD; and Franz Ackermann's recent Mental Maps, abstract paintings that represent cities using his own subjective form of GPS. The other trajectory explores the notion of phenomenological experience through works that play on disjunctions in scale, or disrupt our means for spatial orientation. In Carsten Holler's Upside Down Mushroom Room, for example, the ceiling and floor appear to change places, while in Jeppe Hein's Moving Walls, museum walls begin to close in on the viewer. The 2,200 hand-painted polymer psilocybin mushrooms of Roxy Paine's Psilocybe Cubensis Field, meanwhile, suggests other possibilities for altering our sense of reality.
These and the other bold and imaginative works in Ecstasy challenge conventional notions of interactivity while creating a heightened sensory experience for the viewer. Six essays accompany the artworks, considering such topics as the relationship of altered states to art-making, both as the manifestation of the artist's state of mind and as an experiential effect created for the viewer; drugs and the process of self-observation in literary works; and the "dark side" of altered consciousness. Price: £25.95
MoMA 2005
232 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 0870706659
21.5 x 27 cm English text. Hardcover
The final installment in a series of catalogues of MoMA's drawings collection, "Drawing from the Modern, 1975 - 2003" tells the story of the years from 1975 to the present day as reflected through the Museum's unparalleled collection of works on paper. Featuring works from firmly established modern masters to the newest figures emerging in the art world today, it will serve as an essential resource for aficionados of works on paper and anyone interested in current trends in art today. Price: £21.95
Kunstmuseum Basel, Museum für Gegenwartskunst/Hatje Cantz 2005
176 pages Colour reproductions. ISBN 3775716319
19.5 x 24.5 cm English/German text. Hardcover
Flashback takes a close and critical look at a period regarded by many as the decade of painting and of the booming art market. Cindy Sherman once called the 1980s the decade of media criticism, referring to the significance of the visual image per se. Drawing from a wide range of different strategies and ideologies, some artists sought new approaches to existing models, while others experimented with entirely new forms in a mode of ecstatic subjectivity. Still others were interested in art as a commodity.
Featuring works by some forty artists, Flashback dissects the last decade of the Cold War era. What emerges from the diversity of artistic approaches is a picture of an extraordinarily heterogeneous decade, raising the question of whether it is even appropriate to view art of the 1980s as a category of its own.
Artists featured: John M Armleder, Miriam Cahn, Francesco Clemente, Peter Fischli/David Weiss, Günter Förg, Katharina Fritsch, Robert Gober, Martin Kippenberger, Jeff Koons, Louise Lawler, Sherrie Levine, Robert Longo, Reinhard Mucha, Albert Oehlen, Richard Prince, Cindy Sherman, Rosemarie Trockel
Essays by John M Armleder, Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Werner Büttner, Isabelle Graw, Philipp Kaiser Price: £24.95
Black Dog Publishing 2005
224 pages Colour reproductions. ISBN 1904772307
22 x 29 cm English text. Softcover
LA Artland is a survey of one of the most vibrant and influential art scenes of recent decades. Having produced world-renowned artists such as Mike Kelley, Paul McCarthy, Chris Burden, Catherine Opie and Jim Shaw, Los Angeles since the 90s has superceded New York as the US contemporary art capital. With the continuing success of LA-based art programmes at CalArts, Art Center and UCLA, as well as a growing gallery scene stretching from blue-chip to artist-run spaces, the Los Angeles art scene continues to thrive, producing increasingly successful generations of artists. The focus of this publication is on extensive visual documentation of contemporary artists working in Los Angeles now, ranging from well-established international names to emerging talent.
Alongside this visual survey, there are three essays. An essay by Jane McFadden (art historian currently teaching at Art Center) traces specific trajectories between artists living and working in Los Angeles from the 60s to today, forming a unique history of the area. Jan Tumlir (independent art critic) contextualises the contemporary scene in Los Angeles, commenting on current trends and the influence of the LA-based MFA programmes. A third essay by Chris Kraus (author of Video Green) incorporates interviews with new artists and gallery owners providing insight into the network of sub-scenes that make up contemporary LA art.
Artists: Paul McCarthy, Mike Kelley, Chris Burden, Monique Prieto, Martin Kersels, Pae White, Dave Muller, Kim Fisher, Amy Adler, Chris Finley, Jennifer Steinkamp, Delia Brown, Dean Sameshima, Los Super Elegantes, Jason Meadows, Ethan Acres, Laura Owens, Sam Durant, Catherine Opie, Frances Stark, et al. Price: £19.95
Phaidon 2005
352 pages Colour reproductions. ISBN 0714845450
25 x 30 cm English text. Hardcover
Drawing has recently experienced a renewal of importance in the art world; in fact, it has rarely been as widely represented in the biennials, art fairs and exhibitions as it is now. Similar in concept, scope and structure to Phaidon`s successful volume Vitamin P, Vitamin D presents, in A to Z order, the work of 109 artists who have emerged internationally since 1990 using the medium of drawing. Whether representational or abstract, small or large in scale, using only one line or rich in colours and pattern, drawings have a highly descriptive and meticulously detailed quality that is being explored by an increasing number of contemporary artists. Extending beyond the traditional image associated with this medium, Vitamin D hopes to illustrate the complexity, variety and relevance of the practice of drawing today.
Artists Featured: D-L Alvarez, Francis Alÿs, Ryoko Aoki, Kaoru Arima, Silvia Bächli, Devendra Banhart, Anna Barriball, Shannon Bool, Michaël Borremans, Andrea Bowers, Jesse Bransford, Fernando Bryce, Cai Guo-Qiang, Ernesto Caivano, Los Carpinteros, Raimond Chaves, Sandra Cinto, Russell Crotty, Roberto Cuoghi, John Currin, Amy Cutler, Jeff Davis, Tacita Dean, Trisha Donnelly, Marlene Dumas, Sam Durant, Marcel Dzama, Memed Erdener, Simon Evans, Simon Faithfull, Spencer Finch, Urs Fischer, Roland Flexner, Ellen Gallagher, Matt Greene, Joseph Grigely, Anna Sigmond Gudmundsdottir, Daniel Guzman, Sebastian Hammwöhner, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Björn Hegardt, Arturo Herrera, Nobuya Hoki, Christian Holstad, Huang Yong Ping, Dean Hughes, Gareth James, Yun-Fei Ji, Chris Johanson, Kerstin Kartscher, William Kentridge, Toba Khedoori, Dr. Lakra, Michael Landy, Ricardo Lanzarini, Graham Little, Mark Lombardi, Mindaugas Lukosaitis, Marco Maggi, Frank Magnotta, Mark Manders,Yuri Masnyj, Dominic McGill, Julie Mehretu, Jean-François Moriceau and Petra Mrzyk, Claudia and Julia Müller, Dave Muller,Vik Muniz, David Musgrave, Wangechi Mutu, Yoshitomo Nara, Paul Noble, Jockum Nordström, Glexis Novoa, Roman Ondák, Robyn O’Neil, Gabriel Orozco, Pavel Pepperstein, Peter Peri, Dan Perjovschi, Raymond Pettibon, Elizabeth Peyton, Chloe Piene, Fernando Renes, Robin Rhode, Matthew Ritchie, Frances Richardson, Serse, Silke Schatz, Anne-Marie Schneider, Steven Shearer, David Shrigley, Simone Shubuck, James Siena, Shahzia Sikander, Lucy Skaer, Torsten Slama, Josh Smith, Zak Smith, Nedko Solakov, Hayley Tompkins, Susan Turcot, Banks Violette, Amelie von Wulffen, Kara Walker, Olav Westphalen, Richard Wright, Katharina Wulff, Daniel Zeller Price: £39.95
Taschen 2005
640 pages Colour reproductions. ISBN 3822839965
19.5 x 25 cm English/French/German text. Flexicover
Unless you regularly trawl the Chelsea galleries, hang out at the Tate Modern, peruse the Pompidou, attend every Biennale, and religiously read Artforum, you could probably use a primer on the art scene in the world today. Fortunately we’ve created our second Art Now volume to keep art fans abreast of the latest trends and hottest names. Featuring over 130 artists in A-Z entries with biographical information and exhibition history as well as images of important recent work—plus a bonus illustrated index of current auction prices—Art Now II is the guide to what’s happening and who’s who in contemporary art. Price: £19.99
Whitney Museum of American Art 2005
136 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 0874271487
24.5 x 27 cm English text. Hardcover
Each of the artists - Franz Ackermann, Steve DiBenedetto, Carroll Dunham, Ati Maier, Julie Mehretu, Matthew Ritchie, Alexander Ross, and Terry Winters - is part of a revitalization that has been seen in recent years in contemporary painting and drawing. Their work grapples with the overwhelming abundance of information now present in our lives, information that is historical, scientific, technological, geographical, visual, literary, hallucinogenic, mass-media, or otherwise. "In the early twenty-first century, painting and drawing are a means of controlling information, opening it to both precision and chaos," says Elisabeth Sussman, the exhibition's curator. In her introductory essay, she continues, "If all of the artists in Remote Viewing are interested in information, what does that information look like? If there are invented worlds, what do they have in common? If there are narratives, even figures, do they resemble one another? Price: £24.95
Lukas & Sternberg 2005
200 pages Colour reproductions. ISBN 1933128046
Ever since Populism emerged in the late 19th century as a rural people’s movement confronting industrialization and economic exploitation, it has raised a host of issues for artists. The Reader accompanies an exhibition in four European cities exploring the relationships between contemporary art and populist cultural and political trends. The anthology of essays goes beyond academic posturing, including work by activists, journalists, art critics, philosophers and political scientists. The Catalog documents the four exhibitions, and includes short stories by Matias Faldbakken, Liam Gillick and other authors. Both are designed by M/M (Paris). Price: £17.95
Giancarlo Politi Editore 2005
492 pages Colour reproductions. ISBN 8878161349
17.5 x 24 cm English text. Hardcover
PRAGUE BIENNALE 2 will focus on two main themes: Expanded Painting - Painting and Around, and Acción Directa, art as political action.
EXPANDED PAINTING includes more than 100 artists representative of the most recent developments and latest trends in painting. The exhibition addresses to the relationships between painting and other media.
Patrizia Alemanno, Janis Avotins, Diann Bauer, Franz Baumgartner, Blue Noses, Michaël Borremans, Nina Bovasso, Varda Caivano, Juan Francisco Casas, Maurizio Cattelan, Jiri Cernicky, Rabiya Choudry, Jan Christensen, Valentina D'Amaro, Jacob Dahlgren, Jiri David, Nuno de Campos, Juan Pedro Fabra Guemberena, Anna Galtarossa, Sandra Gamarra, Torben Giehler, Xenia Gnilitskaya, Bendix Harms, Alona Harpaz, Hans Hemmert, Damien Hirst, hobbypopMUSEUM, Jakub Hošek, Markus Huemer, Kika Karadi, Žiga Kariž, John Kørner, David Krippendorff, Graham Little, Liisa Lounila, Rory Macbeth, DeAnna Maganias, Victor Man, Miltos Manetas, Alisa Margolis, Janice McNab, Jim Medway, Birgit Megerle, Dawn Mellor, Angelo Mosca, Audrey Nervi, Jacco Olivier, Alexandra Paperno, Seb Patane, Polys Peslikas, Gabriele Picco, Luca Rento, Anselm Reyle, Zbigniew Rogalski, Ugo Rondinone, Wilhelm Sasnal, Maaike Schoorel, Shirana Shahbazi, Raqib Shaw, Isabel Simões, Susanne Simonson, Martina Steckholzer, Ágnes Szépfalvi, Alexis Marguerite Teplin, David Ter-Oganyan, Rui Toscano, Anna Tuori, Koen van den Broek, Iris Van Dongen, Pieter Vermeersch, Fabien Verschaere, Francesco Vezzoli, Stella Vine, Maja Vukoje, Andro Wekua.
NEW GERMAN PAINTING - The Leipzig and Dresden 'schools' (curated by Johannes Schmidt) Thorugh the latest generation of German painters, this exhibition aims to investigate two of the most significant schools in current painting, which were started by masters such as Neo Rauch and Eberhard Havekost.
Tilo Baumgärtel, Martin Borowski, Markus Draper, Isabelle Dutoit, Martin Eder, Tim Eitel, Tom Fabritius, Eckehard Fuchs, Ralf Hellmann, Olaf Holzapfel, Matthias Kistmacher, Thoralf Knobloch, Martin Kobe, Jörg Lozek, Martin Mannig, Frank Nitsche, Ulf Puder, Christoph Ruckhäberle, Sophia Schama, Julia Schmidt, David Schnell, Matthias Weischer.
NORMAL GROUP (curated by Luca Beatrice) A presentation of the artist group Normal, which was founded by two Czech painters, Milan Kunc and Jan Knap, with their German colleague Peter Angermann in the 1980s.
TRIBUTE TO GIAN MARCO MONTESANO
A selection of some of the Italian master's most extraordinary paintings.
CHINA: New Perspectives in Chinese Painting (curated by Primo Marella)
The latest pictorial trends in China, promising to be a real surprise for Europe.
Feng Zhengjie, Fu Hong, He Sen, Li Dafang, Ma Liuming, Yang Qian, Zeng Hao, Zhang Xiaotao, Zhou Tiehai.
KINETIC ART (curated by Getulio Alviani) The first real European avant-garde after World War II.
Yaacov Agam, Josef Albers, Getulio Alviani, Richard Anuszkiewicz, Marina Apollonio, Henryk Berlewi, Enrico Castellani, Andreas Christen, Gianni Colombo, Toni Costa, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Gabriele De Vecchi, Milan Dobes, Gerard Von Graevenitz, Julije Knifer, Edoardo Landi, Julio Le Parc, Peter Lowe, Manfredo Massironi, Almir Mavignier, François Morellet, Ivan Picelj, Jesus Raphael Soto, Bridget Riley, Jeffrey Steele, Joël Stein, Paul Talman, Victor Vasarely, Ludwig Wilding e Ryszard Winiarski.
ACCIÓN DIRECTA: Latin American Social Sphere (curated by Marco Scotini). A study of the relationship between artistic production and political action in countries such as Panama, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Bolivia, Peru, Costa Rica, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil, and Argentina.
Brooke Alfaro, Erick Beltrán, Beth Bird, Wilbert Carmona, Jota Castro, Raimond Chaves, Rolando Cladera, La Comunitaria TV, Alexandre da Cunha, José Davila, Regina José Galindo, Ronith Gitelman & José Ignacio Lezcano, GAC Grupo de Arte Callejero, Guerrillavision, Patrick Hamilton, Federico Herrero, KanalB, Maria Rosa Jijon, Ivelisse Jiménez, Grupo 24/7, Aníbal López [A1-53167], Teresa Margolles, Xenia Mejía, Ronald Morán, Gianni Motti, Ivan Navarro, Rodrigo Pacheles, Oliver Ressler, Herbert Reyes, Ernesto Salmerón, Juan Esteban Sandoval, Rosemberg Sandoval, Chemi Rosado Seijo, Santiago Sierra, Ezequiel Suárez, Javier Téllez, Ultra-Red, Tercerunquinto, Francisco Valdes, Wayruro.
CZECH & SLOVAK NEW SCENE (curated by Jirí David and Juraj Carný)
A comparison of the artistic production of two countries that have shared history and culture, but which have chosen different paths. Veronika Bromová, David Cerný, Stanislav Diviš, Milena Dopitová, Groupe Guma Guar, Tomas Hlavina, Pavel Humhal, Jan Kadlec, Kamera Scura, Kristof Kintera, Jan Kotík, Jan Merta, Podebal, Jirí Prihoda, Rafani, Milan Salák, Václav Stratil, Katerina Vincourova (curated by Jirí David) Erik Binder, Cyril Blažo, Marko Blažo, Anetta Mona Chisa, Richard Fajnor, Victor Freso, Marek Kvetán, Otis Laubert, Ilona Németh, Boris Ondreicka, Dorota Sadovská, Veronika Šramatyová, Lucia Tkácová, Dušan Zahoranský (curated by Juraj Carný)
DEFINITION of EVERYDAY (curated by Vít Havránek, Karel Císar and Ján Mancuška)
A curatorial project questioning everyday experience by 12 outstanding Czech and Slovak artists.
Jesper Alvaer, Zbynek Baladrán, Jirí Kovanda, Lukas Jasansky / Martin Polak, Roman Ondak, Boris Ondreicka, Marketa Othova, Katerina Šeda, Jan Šerých, Jirí Skala, Petra Petiletá, Tomáš Vanek.
POLAND OVERVIEW (curated by Hanna Wróblewska and Anna Jagiello). A panoramic view of the prevalent Polish scene.
Cezary Bodzianowski, Rafal Bujnowski, Oskar Dawicki, Katarzyna Górna, Elzbieta Jablonska, Katarzyna Kozyra, Marcin Maciejowski, Robert Maciejuk, Jacek Malinowski, Jadwiga Sawicka, Janek Simon, Aleksandra Went/Alicja Karska, Julita Wójcik, Artur Zmijewski.
Outsider Art A selection of 'Raw Art' by the English artists Delaine Le Bas, Damian Le Bas, Wayne Lucas, and Barbara Symmons. Curated by James Colman. Price: £25.00
Fundacio 30km/s 2005
288 Pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 8460933253
17 x 23 cm Softcover
Mimicking the aesthetics and texture of the famed Moleskin sketchbooks that artists have used for decades to hash out their ideas, Armpit of the Mole may very well become your new favorite drawing compilation. Forty-four artists have contributed six pages each to this book to present here their research of ideas or their depictions of various universes. Here Marcel Dzama brushes up against Michelle Naismuth, and Wim Delvoye and later blends into Florian & Michael Quistrebert, who lead to Thierry Agnone. The styles differ from distant to confrontational, formal to narrative, obsessional to nonchalant, and controversial to bucolic. Flipping through Armpit of the Mole, it feels as though someone tore pieces out of each artist’s sketchbook and bound them all together. Yet, the collection of images is thought out and designed like a succession of varied and original works that are different yet connected--much like a good DJ set.
Myriam Mechita, Kevin Christy Bruno Peinado, Mark Pearson, Damien Deroubaix, Stephane Magnin, Mick Peter, Lili Reynaud Dewar, Daniel Guzman, Juan Perez Agirregoikoa, Julien Celdran, Wim Delvoye, Geraldine Pastor lloret, Dorothea Schulz, Jean-Francois Moriceau & Petra Mrzyk, Alice Retorre, David Sherry, Guillaume Pinard, Florian & Michael Quistrebert, Baptiste Roux, Jason Glasser, Jean-Luc Verna, Bevis Martin, Thierry Agnone, Suzanne Wright, Michelle Naismith, Marcel Dzama, Alex Tennigkeit, Marie Dainat, Karen Yasinsky Valerie du Chene, Saverio Lucariello, Daniel Johnston, Sandrine Llouquet, Lina Jabbour, April Durham, Dimitri Broquard & Bastien Aubry Laetitia Gendre, Francesc Ruiz, Fleur Noguera, Max Maslansky, Stephane Urth, Virginie Barre, Larissa Bates Price: £22.50
Douglas Hyde Gallery 2004
126 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 0907660932
14.5 x 21.5 cm English text. Hardcover
Recent group show whcih focused on contemporary painting.
The word 'hut' implies not so much a place of permanent repose as a temporary space to retreat to. It implies a passing stage and, in a sense, a crisis. The hut can provide a sanctuary for the individual from which to make sense of the world or in which to prepare to meet one's demons.
Participating artists:Mamma Andersson, Kai Althoff, Avner Ben Gal, Cosima von Bonin, Verne Dawson, Peter Doig, Chris Ofili, Laura Owens, Tal R, Daniel Richter, Royal Art Lodge (Michael Dumontier, Marcel Dzama and Neil Farber) Price: £14.95
304 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 3775715908
17.5 x 23 cm English/German text. Hardcover
The longing for paradise: Romanticism rediscovered in artists' studios all over the world.
In an age of increasing mobility and dissolving social bonds, the yearning for intimacy and security is growing steadily stronger in Western society. Plagued by uncertainty in the face of social and political systems in turmoil and a sense of vulnerability generated by reports of war and horrific images of terror, many people turn away from reality in search of safe havens and perspectives of hope.
This trend is also reflected in contemporary visual art. A new spirit of Romanticism is being revived in earnest by a number of young painters and in the key media of the post-modern world, such as photography, and installation art-expressions of a longing for beauty, paradise, and fictional, fairy-tale worlds. Emphasis on the individual and individual feelings goes hand in hand with a reawakening of interest in the landscape and its symbolic qualities as an appropriate image of our prevailing mood.
Presenting works by some thirteen artists, this publication traces the development of the New Romanticism in contemporary art.
Artists featured: Hernan Bas, Peter Doig, Kaye Donachie, Uwe Henneken, Justine Kurland, Catherine Opie, Christopher Orr, Laura Owens, David Thorpe, Christian Ward Price: £24.95
Les Presses du Reel 2005
96 pages Colour reproductions. ISBN 2840661365
13.5 x 17 cm English/French text. Sofcover
This small but comprehensive catalogue was published in conjuction with the exhibition organized by Vincent Pécoil in Fall 2004 for the FRAC Franche-Comté/Museum of Dole. Most of the works (paintings, sculputres, photographs) are "appropriated", meaning abstract forms and/or patterns borrowed from pre-existing images.
The participating artists are :
John Armleder, Richard Artschwager, Francis Baudevin, Damien Béguet, Maurizio Cattelan, Delphine Coindet, Stéphane Dafflon, Philippe Decrauzat, Sylvie Fanchon, Sylvie Fleury, Christian Freudenberger, General Idea, Wayne Gonzales, Anne Marie Jugnet et Alain Clairet, Mike Kelley, Stéphane Kropf, Bertrand Lavier, Sherrie Levine, Jean-Luc Manz, Allan McCollum, Sarah Morris, Olivier Mosset, Olaf Nicolai, Carl Ostendarp, Hugo Pernet, Daniel Pflumm, John Tremblay, Daan van Golden, Kelley Walker, Lawrence Weiner, Lars Wolter, Heimo Zobernig. Price: £12.00
Deitch Projects 2005
96 pages Colour reproductions. ISBN 0975324230
29 x 29 cm English text. Softcover
Live Through This brings together more than 30 of the most exciting art, music, and fashion personalities who are changing art making in New York. New art practice is now intimately tied to the lived experience of the artists themselves, and this book, through more than three hundred color photographs of artists, artworks, studios, off-duty behaviors, zines, concerts, openings, and parties, illustrates and examines the nature of this relationship. Thoughtful criticism is provided by five essays: Larry Rinder writes about the groundbreaking nature of Fort Thunder and Providence scene--, Jeffrey Deitch offers an historical and personal look at New York’s underground, musician Philip Guichard describes the past five years of music in the city, digital artist Cory Arcangel talks about collectives and new media, while Kathy Grayson provides a behind-the-scenes thesis. Major attention is paid to artists working in New York City, but also in Providence and San Francisco. The list includes several major names in art, fashion, and music, but some decidedly underground ones, thus emphasizing community affiliations and working collaborations. This is a most authentic look at what New York’s art scene truly is, organized and produced by the members themsleves through extensive collaboration. Essays by Cory Arcangel, Jeffrey Deitch, Philip Guichard and Lawrence Rinder. Price: £19.95
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum 2005
110 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 1888332247
23.5 x 31 cm English text. Hardcover
Encompassing the subjects of sexuality and erotica, The Aldrich Contemporary Museum presents this catalogue from the Contemporary Erotic Drawing exhibition, featuring more than 35 artists. In describing the immediacy and intimacy of drawing, Joseph Bueys once stated, "Drawing is thinking," and indeed, for many artists, drawing is a highly personal and revealing process in which raw ideas are expressed, allowing spontaneous imagery or thoughts to emerge. And so, to examine the subject of eroticism and human sexuality, it seems appropriate to examine these 100 drawings. Many of the images seem to work against images in the media, and so define what is erotic and titallating in their own terms. This 204-page catalogue includes drawings in varyious media by artists such as Ida Applebroog, Cecily Brown, Leon Golub, Tracy Nakayama, Mark Dean Veca, and Su-en Wong; features two essays by Sue Taylor and Wayne Koestenbaum; and biographical information on the artists. Essays by Wayne Koestenbaum and Sue Taylor. Price: £17.50
Chronicle Books 2005
160 pages Colour reproductions. ISBN 081184708X
21 x 30 cm English text. Softcover
Drop Dead Cute showcases the work of 10 cutting-edge female Japanese artists whose art combines the pop charge of Takashi Murakami and Yoshitomo Nara with a thrilling personal mixture of sweetness and power. This next wave of painters and illustrators from the red-hot Japanese art scene blend aspects of manga, anime, and traditional art with their own idiosyncratic visions to create work that is international in appeal yet uniquely Japanese. This gorgeous book features profiles of the artists based on fresh interviews, along with a generous survey of their art. Also including new work by pioneering art world superstar Yayoi Kusama that salutes these extraordinary young artists, Drop Dead Cute is a must-have for fans of Nara and Murakami, as well as anyone interested in contemporary art and pop culture. Price: £16.99
National Touring Exhibitions 2005
80 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 1853322474
19 x 22 cm English text. Softcover
This fascinating book accompanies a Hayward Touring Exhibition curated by the artist and filmmaker Tacita Dean. Under the working title An Aside, the artist writes of her intended approach: 'When I make a work of art, I never pre-imagine its outcome. And sometimes, when not making a film, I cannot pre-imagine the physical form it might take either. I just have to go with the idea and let it guide me. Much of the work of other artists that attracts me feels like it is made in a similar way – as though the artist has found the form through the process of working on an idea and is not guided by the dogma and rules associated with any given medium. André Breton once explained 'objective chance' as external circumstances acting in response to unspoken desires and demands of the human psyche. I want to be in a position to allow the unforeseeable to happen. So, much in the spirit of objective chance, I have begun the process of putting together this show, blind to its final manifestation.' Price: £12.95
Drago 2005
224 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 8888493328
17 x 24 cm English text. Softcover
It was a gallery . . . allegedly. In 1992, Ludlow Street in New York’s Lower East Side was just gutter of low-rent tenements with a large demographic of artists, musicians, film-makers, designers, writers, and hoodlums. At the heart of it was Alleged Gallery--the most famous street-style gallery in America. A venue for art and artists always a few steps ahead of the object itself, this peripheral gallery launched--between 1992 and 2002--the international careers of countless emerging artists. ~ From the outset, the gallery was always something of a hypothetical. The disclaimer was inherent in the name: Alleged. With the first sandwich board signs announcing its arrival, there was no mistaking the iconoclastic agenda. This was pure Carney, an exhibition space as conceived for the art world as it might exist in less savory social margins. Between the art, music, words and pictures, sex, drugs, and drinking, it became a democratic, all-inclusive venue for young emerging artists, representing an attitude about unlimited and irreverent freedom. In Young, Sleek, and Full of Hell, the history of the art, exhibitions, and events is told for the first time through spontaneous behind-the-scenes photographs and exclusive interviews with the artists, musicians, designers, models, actors, film-makers, curators, gallerists, and collectors who comprised this early art scene. Alleged Gallery defines an entire generation of art-making before it made the full transition from the streets to the galleries. Young, Sleek, and Full of Hell features over 100 artists who exhibited at the gallery, including: Mark Gonzales, Ed Templeton, Thomas Campbell, Diann Bauer, Jeremy Henderson, Glen E. Friedman, David Aaron, Daniel Higgs, Phil Frost, Spike Jonze, Andy Jenkins, Sofia Coppola, Andre Razo, Chris Johanson, Tobin Yelland, Ari Marcopolis, Barry McGee, Margaret Kilgallen, Mike Mills, Shepard Fairey, Tom Sachs, Susan Cianciolo, Sonic Youth, Courtney Love, Unsane, Surgery, Railroad Jerk, Cibo Matto, The Boredoms, Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Jim Jarmusch, Harmony Korine, Mark Borthwick, Cameron Jamie, and Terry Richardson. Price: £20.00
Royal College of Art 2005
116 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN1905000111
17 x 23 cm English text.Softcover
Includes: Sachiko Abe, Johanna Billing, Pavel Braila, Lali Chetwynd, Kim Coleman and Jenny Hogarth, Robin Deacon, Richard Dedomenici, Harrell Fletcher, David Hatcher, Emily Jacir, Jesper Just, Leopold Kessler, Deimantas Narkevicius, Roman Ondák, Michael Rakowitz, Reader, Giorgio Sadotti, Yara El-Sherbini, Christian Sievers, Song Dong, Kate Stannard, Talkaoke, Mark Wayman Price: £10.00
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg 2004
144 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 3775715436
30.5 x 25.5 cm English text. Hardcover
An overview of the young, lively photography scene in China-with representative works by 21 contemporary photographers.
The presence of contemporary Chinese artists on the international art market has steadily increased in recent years: China made a major presentation at the Venice Biennale in 1990, and Chinese artists have been celebrated at numerous exhibitions in their own country and abroad since then. Photography, which plays an increasingly important role in Chinese art, has become the leading medium for the representation of rapidly changing social realities and the problems of identity associated with them.
This lavishly illustrated volume presents 21 photographers, offering profound insights into the lively photography scene of China. With the exception of two photographers from the Mao Tse-tung era, the selection focuses on the present generation of photographers between the ages of thirty and forty. Using a wide range of different styles-from documentary to straight photography-the photographers respond to the world around them and the issues facing Chinese society, such as rapid urban growth and the cultural clash of socialist Chinese culture and the world of capitalism and consumption. Price: £19.99
Thames & Hudson 2005
208 pages Colour reproductions. ISBN 0500930074
20 x 21.5 cm English text. Softcover
Everyone wants to find their own place in the world. But where is it and what is it? How do we recognize place as being significant and not just merely space? And what is it that makes one place special and another not? These are questions that have taxed philosophers as far back as ancient Greece. But they are also much more than philosophical investigations. In a world where neighbours fight over a stretch of land, or where some groups can feel safe only in certain locations, place is a living reality that can be either the cause for violent conflict or the glue that binds communities together. This exhibition in a book presents some of the most challenging art to address the function of place in the contemporary world. Arranged into themed 'rooms', it reflects a wide variety of artistic attitudes and practices. Some artists find inspiration in the heterogeneity of the crowded city street, while others celebrate the wilds of nature as a counter to urban life. Some present imagined or fantastic worlds of their own invention, or explore the way place is often a creation of the mind. Others investigate the deep marks that myth and history can leave on the land, or consider how place can be used as a form of political control. Territorial divisions demarcating one place from another, often with terrible consequences, are the chosen subject-matter of many artists; others prefer to look at itinerant wanderers with no claims on the earth, or to focus on anonymous non-places that lack any real identity of their own. All of the artists in this book - among them Thomas Demand, Allan Sekula, Luc Tuymans, Steve McQueen, Roni Horn and Susan Hiller - use art to puzzle out the complicated ways in which place can shape and affect us. All of them help us to understand the world in which we live. Price: £14.95
Revolver 2004
128 pages Colour reproductions. ISBN 3865880673
21 x 30 cm English/German text. Softcover
A common resentment especially against conceptual art is that it was too didactic. "Funky Lessons" brings together work by artists who tackle the problem head-on: they undermine the authority of educational forms yet do not simply renounce knowledge and critique.Humor and role-play are the disarming weapons used in performance, video, installation, text-pieces, and sculpture. New pathways open up beyond the cul-de-sac of a false choice between harmless hermeticism and patronizing gestures.
13 artists, 13 interviews, plus two conversations about the didactics of teaching art, and pop music. John Baldessari, Monica Bonvicini, Andrea Fraser, Martin Gostner, Eva Grubinger, Erik van Lieshout, Marko Lulic, Aleksandra Mir, Adrian Piper, Tino Sehgal, Annika Ström, Barbara Visser, Franz West and two conversations with Thomas Bayrele as well as Kerstin Grether & Klaus Walte. Price: £14.95
The Arts Catalyst 2005
96 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 0953454649
25 x 25 cm English text. Flexicover
Examining the work that the Arts Catalyst and the MIR network have carried out with artists and scientists in zero gravity and exploring the wider social and cultural context of this work. Essays by Eduardo Kac, Kodwo Eshun, Marina Benjamin, Marko Peljhan, Mikhail Ryklin, Judith Palmer, Rob La Frenais Price: £15.00
Moderna Museet 2004
156 pages Colour reproductions. ISBN 9171007156
25 x 33 cm English text. Softcover
Throughout the 20th century, fashion and art have repeatedly cross-fertilised one another. This exchange was at its most intense during three periods: 1920s surrealism, 1960s pop art, and now, since the early 1990s. It is this latter period that is the focus of Fashination. Not because we claim that fashion has become art, or that art is fashion, but simply to pose a few questions in the borderland between the two. Price: £32.00
Arts Council Collection 2005
72 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 1853322490
20.5 x 25 cm English text. Softcover
Size Matters considers the ways in which artists have experimented with scale. It brings together recent sculptures and paintings representing recognisable objects that have undergone a disorientating shift in size. Featuring chairs of doll's-house proportions and a postage stamp enlarged to the size of a billboard, the exhibition prompts the viewer to feel gigantic and tiny in turns. Like Alice as she entered the rabbit hole, we are forced to leave our assumptions as to how big or small an object should be at the gallery threshold. Despite the playful, participatory nature of the exhibition, Size Matters poses serious questions as to why scale is so important in art.
The catalogue includes small and large figurative sculptures by Eric Bainbridge, Rose Finn-Kelcey, Abigail Lane, Paul Etienne Lincoln, Gary Perkins, Gary Rough, Hermione Wiltshire, Hilary Wilson and Elizabeth Wright, with the addition of paintings by Mark Francis and Richard Patterson. Price: £12.95
Hayward Gallery 2005
224 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 1853322466
23 x 28 cm English text. Softcover
In 2005, The Hayward Gallery presents the largest exhibition of contemporary African art ever seen in Europe. An international collaboration with major galleries in Dusseldorf, Paris and Tokyo, this ground-breaking exhibition and book bring together works in every medium by more than 70 artists. From Cairo to Cape Town, African artists from across the continent and from the diaspora are taking part in this spectacular survey of African creativity. This richly illustrated book includes colour reproductions and information on each of the artists. Price: £25.00
Four Corners March 2005
120 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 0954502515
13 x 19.5 cm English text. Softcover
Brian Wilson: An Art Book is a Brian Wilson reader written by artists and art writers from a wide range of perspectives. During the last few years there has been a great resurgence of interest in the music Brian Wilson made with the Beach Boys in the 1960s, not least amongst artists. It could be said that the nature of Brian Wilson's achievements is more evident to us now than it was then. This book accounts for this through the filter of contemporary art.
The texts are accompanied by a 48 page section of illustrations of art works that act as an exhibition in book form. Some refer to Brian Wilson or the Beach Boys directly; most, though, have been selected to evoke something of the feel of the music, the environment it emerged from, Wilson's extraordinary life story, or how these elements interrelate. Works date from the Beach Boys' earliest records to the present day.
The book's organising principle - Brian Wilson - gives rise to relations between art works across movements, geographies and histories. Although many of the works are abstract, or verge on abstraction, together the illustrations form a narrative arc that mirrors the trajectory of Wilson's work and life, while also having an independent logic of its own. Price: £11.95
208 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 0500930066
All of the artists in this book use art to puzzle out the complicated ways in which performance plays a part in our daily experiences. All of them help us understand the world in which we live.
Each of us is a performer. Every day, we act out individual roles and take part in private and collective rituals handed down by society. In our relationships with others, we hide behind masks and assumed personae; and when we interact with the objects, spaces and environments around us, we follow established patterns of behaviour set down by history and convention, playing out performances everywhere we turn. In such a world, it is no surprise that the line between art and life is sometimes blurred.
This unique exhibition in a book presents some of the most challenging art to address the place and function of performance in the contemporary world. Arranged into themed ‘rooms’, it reflects a wide variety of artistic attitudes and practices. Some artists present collaborators as the living, performing objects of their work, while others turn the audience into the main protagonists in the creative process.
Jens Hoffmann is a curator and writer. He is currently Director of Exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London.
Joan Jonas is an artist and teacher, whose own work has explored performance, video, installation, sculpture and drawing. She is based in New York. Price: £14.95
Manifesta 2004
700 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 8460913481
12.5 x 17 cm English text. Hardcover
Manifesta, the European Biennial of Contemporary Art, was initiated, and is supported, by the International Foundation Manifesta (IFM). The IFM aims to create opportunities for artists to present their work in a non-competitive environment and to facilitate the emergence of new ideas and forms of artistic expression. Manifesta explores the entire mental and geographical territory of Europe and aims to establish a close dialogue between specific cultural and artistic situations and the broader, international context of contemporary art, theory and politics in a changing society.
Artists include: Bas Jan Ader, Victor Alimpiev and Sergey Vishnevsky, Hüseyin Alptekin, Micol Assaël, Sven Augustijnen, Zbynek Baladrán, Michaël Borremans, Sergey Bratkov, Marcel Broodthaers, Carlos Bunga, Duncan Campbell, Cengiz Çekil, Iliya Chichkan and Kyrill Protsenko, D.A.E. Donostiako Arte Ekinbideak, Jan De Cock, Angela De la Cruz, Jeremy Deller, Andrea Faciu, Iñaki Garmendia, Geert Goiris, Kim Hiorthøy, Laura Horelli, Külli Kaats, Johannes Kahrs, Leopold Kessler, Mark Leckey, Maria Lusitano, Mark Manders, Asier Mendizabal, Boris Mikhailov, Office of Alternative Urban Planning, Oksana Pasaiko, Anu Pennanen, Garrett Phelan, Kirsten Pieroth, Paola Pivi, Marc Quer, Daniel Roth, Michael Sailstorfer, Silke Schatz, Markus Schinwald, Conrad Shawcross, Eyal Sivan and Michel Khleifi, Hito Steyerl, Misha Stroj, Patrick Tuttofuoco, Vangelis Vlahos, Amelie Von Wulffen, Gillian Wearing, Cathy Wilkes, Yevgeniy Yufit, Olivier Zabat, David Zink Yi, Darius Ziura, Price: £27.50
Massachusetts MoCA / The MIT Press 2004
152 pages Colour reproductions. ISBN 026220150X
21 x 26 cm English text. Hardcover
Art made to attach to buildings or to be given away? Wearable art for street demonstrations or art that sets up a booth at a trade show? This is the art of the interventionists, who trespass into the everyday world to raise our awareness of injustice and other social problems. These artists don't preach or proselytize; they give us the tools to form our own opinions and create our own political actions. The Interventionists, which accompanies an exhibit at MASS MoCA, serves as a handbook to this new and varied work. It's a user's guide to art that is exciting, provocative, unexpected, inspiring (artistically and politically), and fun. From Michael Rakowitz's inflatable homeless shelter and William Pope.L's "Black Factory" truck with pulverizer, gift shop, and giant inflatable igloo to the Biotic Baking Brigade's political pie-throwing, the art of The Interventionists surveys a growing genre and offers a guide for radical social action.
The book classifies the artists according to their choice of tactics: the Nomads, who create mobile projects; Reclaim the Streets, artists who act in public places; Tools for Resistance: Ready to Wear, artists who produce fashion for political action; and the Experimental University, artists whose work engages pedagogy and theory. The accompanying text includes essays by noted scholars putting the work in a broader cultural and social context as well as texts by the artists themselves. Price: £19.95
Royal College of Art 2004
216 pages B&W reproductions. ISBN 1874175624
16 x 21 cm English text. Softcover
This much is certain consists of four parts: an exhibition, a documentary film programme, a series of talks and a publication. The exhibition project will explore artists' use of documents and documentaries in space, time and text.
Contributors Miriam Bäckström, Daniel Baker, Gerard Byrne, Dexter Dalwood, Jeremy Deller, Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard, Huang Yongping, Emily Jacir, John Massey, Aernout Mik, The Museum of Jurassic Technology, Kirsten Pieroth, Jamie Shovlin and Jeffrey Vallance Price: £12.50
Berlin Biennale 2004
312 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 3883757888
24 x 30.5 cm English text. Softcover
In 1998, together with Nancy Spector and Hans Ulrich Obrist, Klaus Biesenbach curated the 1st Berlin biennial for contemporary art. Following the success of the 1st Berlin biennial, Saskia Bos realized the second biennial in 2001. Since its foundation, this forum for international, contemporary artistic positions receives extremely positive response and represents a high spot in the city´s art life, both regionally and nationally.
The 3rd Berlin Biennale in 2004 included works by Karin Mamma Anderson, Judith Barry, Willie Doherty, Isaac Julian, David Lamelas, Mark Lewis, Aura Rosenberg, Thomas Struth, Stephen Willats amongst others. Texts by Marius Babias, Ute Meta Bauer, Boris Buden, Yvonne Doderer, Sonja Eismann Christiane Erharter, Jesko Fezer Axel J. Wieder, Thomas Friedrich, Ulmann Matthias Hakert, Regina Möller, Mark Nash, Stefanie Schulte Strathaus, Simon Sheikh, Hito Steyerl Price: £28.50
Castlefield Gallery Publications 2004
58 Pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 0952178087
15 x 21 cm English text. Softcover
Encompassing new and recent work in drawing, text and photography, Some Mild Peril combines themes of dark humour, folk-tales, sinister charm, cinema, and comic-book/cartoon iconography. Selected artists have been invited by Nick Jordan to submit work in response to 'some mild peril', or a 'sense of foreboding'.
Contribution Artists:
David Alker, Mark Beasley & Mark Titchner, Dave Beech, Andrew, Daniel & Jacob Cartwright, Paul Cordwell, Nick Crowe, Joe Devlin, Blaise Drummond, Oona Grimes, Rachel Goodyear, Cathy Lomax, Peter Liversidge, David Mackintosh, Andrew McDonald, Jim Medway, Zoe Mendelson, David Osbaldeston, Alex Pollard & Iain Hetherington, Ian Rawlinson, David Shrigley, Kate Scrivener and Sarah Woodfine.
The title, Some Mild Peril, is derived from the British Board of Film Classification's current 'advice to consumers'. This advice is used by the BBFC to alert viewers to the level of violence, sex/nudity, language or 'other' depiction contained in a film. The advice 'some mild peril' (falling in the 'other' category) has been added to children's films such as 'Rugrats Go Wild', 'Barbie of Swan Lake', 'Terrahawks' and Laurel & Hardy's 'March of the Wooden Soldiers'. Price: £8.99
672 pages Colour reproductions. ISBN 3775713719
21 x 29.5 cm English/German text. Softcover
Art 35 Basel, June 16 - 21, 2004
An informative preview and an indispensable reference work - available six weeks ahead of the opening of the Art Basel show!
The Art Basel fair looks back on a long and rich tradition, and is also the largest and most important art fair in the world. It offers a comprehensive overview of modern and contemporary art, and, at the same time, has been the annual meeting-point of the international art world, attracting artists, gallery owners, collectors, curators, critics, and art lovers from all over the globe.
The catalogue features nearly 600 colour illustrations that review the selection presented at Art 35 Basel; thus it gives the most comprehensive account of what is available on the international art market at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The catalogue provides information on this important annual art event well in advance, and has become a popular collector's item. It lists 260 of the leading galleries in Europe, the United States, Asia, and Australia, and more than one thousand artists represented by them. Individual entries are easy to find by means of alphabetically arranged indexes of both exhibitors and artists. This catalogue is an indispensable reference work to the most recent developments of the art world. Price: £29.99
Independent Curators International, New York 2004
128 pages Colour reproductions. ISBN 0916365689
21.5 x 28 cm English text. Softcover
With a mix of irreverence and sincerity, artists John Baldessari and Meg Cranston here tackle nothing less than the question of God. Acting as curators, they have invited 100 artists to respond to one of art's most enduring challenges: picturing the divine. The artists selected are those whose work the curators know and admire, those who possess the sense of humour and audacity necessary for such a project, or artists who are "likely to surprise." The works in this exhibition explore many different themes, including miracles, divine intervention, baptism, heaven, martyrdom, and the search for enlightenment. Included is one work by each of the 100 artists--primarily drawings, photographs, and paintings, along with a few sculptures and single-channel videos--some of them made in response to the curators' call for participation. Represented artists include Reverend Ethan Acres, Eleanor Antin, Chris Burden, Sam Durant, Jimmie Durham, Nicole Eisenman, Katharina Fritsch, Liam Gillick, Jack Goldstein, Scott Grieger, Rebecca Horn, Christian Jankowski, Mike Kelley, Mary Kelly, Martin Kippenberger, Louise Lawler, Roy Lichtenstein, Rita McBride, Paul McCarthy, Catherine Opie, Tony Oursler, Jorge Pardo, Raymond Pettibon, Paul Pfeiffer, Richard Prince, Rob Pruitt & Jonathan Horowitz, Gerhard Richter, Susan Rothenberg, Ed Ruscha, Gary Simmons, Lawrence Weiner, James Welling, and Franz West.
Essays by John Baldessari, Meg Cranston and Thomas McEvilley. Foreword by Judith Richards. Price: £23.50
Walker Art Center 2003
352 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 0935640738
The rise of globalism has created tremendous challenges to old economic, political, and cultural paradigms, and these changes are reflected in artistic practices. Disciplinary boundaries are crossed as easily as geographical ones. How does the new internationalism that we are facing affect aesthetics and artistic production? Is there a link, for example, between the rise of video works and the global availability of the digital medium? Does the global information age facilitate an "international language of art" and an alternative reading of art history, toward art histories?
From the perspective of a museum of modern and contemporary art, the institution has to overcome a major contradiction: between its mission of permanence and its mission of change. How can cultural institutions contribute to the revamping of their own structures now that the hegemony of western modernity is being challenged? How can museums connect with new audiences through different practices, different scholarship, and different interpretative strategies growing out of the sedimentation of their history? Price: £22.50
Flammarion 2004
264 pages Colour reproductions. ISBN 2080304402
26.5 x 25.5 cm English text. Softcover
The Chinese Cultural Revolution hindered the creativity of an entire people for a generation, but with the gradual shift in ideology following the opening of China in the late 1970s, Chinese artists are making their mark on the international art scene. Never has interest in Chinese contemporary art been greater than today, with galleries in London, New York, Paris, Shanghai, and Beijing devoting major exhibits to the work of young Chinese artists. Organized chronologically, China Art Now examines the latest trends in Chinese art - painting, sculpture, photography and film-making - from an altogether novel perspective. This work guides us into thirty studios, including the fascinating workplaces of artists such as Wang Guangyi and Zhang Xiaogang in mainland China as well as US-based Chinese artists, such as the highly-regarded installation artist Gu Wenda. The book highlights not only the artists' governing aesthetics, but also their working procedures and everyday life. Containing texts and bibliographies by leading art historians and colour photographs, this is a detailed, scholarly, yet accessible reference guide for anyone interested in the wave of creativity currently sweeping through Chinese art. Price: £30.00
Thames & Hudson 2003
208 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 0500284350
21 x 23 cm English text. Softcover
Cult movie director and artist John Waters has teamed up with acclaimed critic and curator Bruce Hainley to offer a unique, provocative and personal interpretation of sex and sexuality today for this remarkable and original 'exhibition in a book' which will appeal to anyone interested in exploring the place of sex within contemporary society and discovering how it continues to inspire and provoke our leading artists..
'Contemporary art is sex … it's all about sex', Waters tells us, and he and Hainley have selected and carefully arranged a wide range of work, from startling graphic depictions of the body and sexual acts to abstract images suggesting the erotic. Paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography and video - all find their place here. In a frank and often hilarious conversation, the authors talk about their selection and their placing of the works. Along the way, they consider many of the issues raised by the art and discuss - with humour and seriousness alike - how it reflects attitudes towards sex and and the body in today's world.
Questionnaires devised by Waters and Hainley, and answered by fourteen featured artists, offer colourful insights into sex and its relationship with art, while the authors' lists of favourite 'sex reads' provides intriguing background. Price: £18.95
208 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 0500238081
23 x 27.5 cm English text. Hardcover
Installation art has achieved mainstream status in contemporary visual culture. Its ascendancy has given rise to many new terms, and has affected not just art, but also club culture, fashion, film and retail design.
The phenomenon of Installation was first covered in the critically acclaimed Installation Art by the same authors. This new volume surveys the exciting ways in which Installation has evolved since then, embracing different and often unexpected media, and its far-reaching influence worldwide.
Installation has opened the field more than ever to experimental strategies beyond the traditionally visual, as impressively illustrated here in over 300 illustrations of work by artists as diverse as Doug Aitken, Vanessa Beecroft, Santiago Sierra and Mariko Mori. Its constant evolution has given rise to astonishing and often challenging results.
With a foreword by Jonathan Crary, Professor of Art History at Columbia University, the book is completed by further details on the works, biographical notes, a bibliography and an index. Price: £29.95
Skira Editore 2003
700 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 888491597X
23 x 29 cm English text. Softcover
Dreams and Conflicts - The Dictatorship of the Viewer is the exhibition catalogue of the 50th Venice Biennale. 250 artists, 63 foreign countries, Iran makes its debut, China comes, Mexico returns, technology takes a back seat, the great artists return, everything starts again from 1964... Dreams and Conflicts will not show political art, but rather a reflection on the politics of art. The viewer's experience before the exceptional nature of the artist's vision. Two contemporary subjects divided simply by a different look. The book is divided into the following sections: Z.O.U. Zone of Urgency: Zones where artistic creation has accelerated powerfully in the last ten years: China, Korea, Vietnam, Brazil, India; Individual Systems by Igor Zabel: Artists who use their own creative language to create a world of independent images as defence against the ideological aggression of society, particularly in East Europe. The Structure of Survival by Carlos Basualdo: The ways in which artists and architects have reacted against the effects of the financial recessions and politics of structural adaptation in developing countries. Utopia Station by Molly Nesbit, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Rirkrit Tiravanija: Contemporary art as workshop and historic non-space; Conflit by Catherine David: The work of artists in areas of conflict, such as the Middle East and Central Asia, who must constantly redefine the limits and freedom of their creative work; The Everyday Altered by Gabriel Orozco: The new generation of artists working in Mexico and Cuba. Clandestines by Francesco Bonami: A selection by 30 young artists; Fault Lines by Gilane Tawardos: In association with the Forum Africa Contemporary Art; Delays and Revolutions by Francesco Bonami and Daniel Birnbaum: contemporary art as constant conflict between the avant-garde and tradition, experiment and ideal form. The Zone constructed by A12, by Massimiliano Gioni: A temporary building to house the work of young Italian artists. Price: £47.00
inIVA 2003
272 pages Colour reproductions. ISBN 1899846387
20 x 24 cm English text. Softcover
In geological terms, fault lines reveal themselves as fractures in the earth's surface but they also mark a break in the continuity of the strata. Fault lines may be a sign of significant shifts, or even of impending disaster, but they also create new landscapes. Fault Lines: Contemporary African Art and Shifting Landscapes brings together contemporary artists and writers from Africa and the African diaspora whose works trace the fault lines that are shaping contemporary experience locally and globally. Fault Lines traces a journey from the rousing words of the first presidents of the independent states of Africa at the high point of Africa's postcolonial renaissance to the current 'states of emergency' that Stuart Hall discerns in the work of the Fault Lines artists. Across a range of media, the works of these fifteen artists span five decades, four continents and three generations, resisting any notion of an authentic or one-dimensional African experience. Artists: Laylah Ali, Kader Attia, Samta Benyahia, Zarina Bhimji, Frank Bowling, Clifford Charles, Pitso Chinzima, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Hassan Fathy, Veliswa Gwintsa, Moshekwa Langa, Salem Mekuria, Sabah Naim, Moataz Nasr and Wael Shawky. Contributors: Gamal Abdel-Nasser, Solomon Deressa, Deepali Dewan, Okwui Enwezor, Lisa Fischman, Elsabet Giorgis, Stuart Hall, Salah Hassan, Sarat Maharaj, Prince Massingham, Achille Mbembe, Prince Mbusi Dube, Kobena Mercer, Landry-Wilfrid Miampika, Adriano Mixinge, Simon Njami, Kwame Nkrumah, Bheki Peterson, Nasser Rabbat, Niru Ratnam, Jérôme Sans, Mark Sealy, Yasmeen Siddiqui, Gilane Tawadros, Ramon Tio Bellido, Hamza Walker and Kateb Yacine. Price: £20.00
224 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 0500237980
Video art has moved from brief showings on tiny screens to dominance in international exhibitions and artistic events. Video installations now occupy factory-sized buildings and projections take over the walls of an entire city block. It embraces all the significant art ideas and forms – from Abstract, Conceptual, Minimal, Performance and Pop art, to photography and film.
Abundantly illustrated with frames and sequences, Video Art offers a history of the medium seen through the perspectives of its early practitioners – such as Bruce Nauman and Vito Acconci; the conceptual, political, personal and lyrical installations of the 1980s and 1990s – by such artists as Gary Hill, Bill Viola, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Mary Lucier and Michal Rovner, through to the present digital revolution.
In this postmedium age, artists from Pierre Huyghe, Douglas Gordon, Rodney Graham and Doug Aitken to Eija-Liisa Ahtila and Lynn Hershman are combining and recombining video with a vast array of other materials – digital video, film, DVD, computer art, CD-roms, graphics, animation and virtual reality – to form new artistic expressions.
Video has engaged many important artists of our time. Its full significance and appeal is at last made clear in this book, essential reading for anyone with an interest in the contemporary. Price: £28.00
Witte de With 2003
168 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 8488786611
Tamáss is a new series of publications concerning current Arab cultural discourses as part of the long-term project Contemporary Arab Representations.
Tamáss 1 is dedicated to Beirut and Lebanon featuring the concern of many Lebanese intellectuals - immediately after the war - with the development and promotion of an experimental, critical contemporary Arab culture. Price: £17.00
Black Dog Publishing
224 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 1901033147
As the title suggests, What Is Drawing? looks at new ways that artists have been using drawing, bringing it into a central position in their work, expanding its definition into a more fluid, varied discipline than has traditionally been allowed. Increasingly, drawing has become an important and vibrant genre in contemporary art, with many young artists exploring the possibilities of the medium in unconventional ways. Based on the work made at the Drawing Centre, London, What Is Drawing? combines incisive essays and interviews that consider these new directions, along with extensively illustrated artists' projects.
Contributors: Lucy Gunning, Claude Heath, Andrew Patrizio, Ian Hunt, Rae Smith amongst
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Wales Arts International/50th Venice Biennale 2003
122 pages Colour reproductions. ISBN 0954513002
20 5 x 20 cm English/Welsh text. Softcover
Accompanying the Welsh Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Essays by Patricia Fleming, Julian Heynen, Chris Cohen, Sarah Cook, Caoimhin Mac Giolla Leith, Jan Verwoert, Will Bradley Price: £10.50
Braunschweig Kunstverein 2002
68 pages Colour and B&W reroductions. ISBN 388375245
21. x 27 cm English/German text. Softcover
Published to accomany the exhibition curated by Scottish artist Lucy McKenzie. Documents works by: John Byrne, Bonnie Camplin, Enrico David, Keith Farquhar, Alasdair Gray, Ronnie Heeps, Paulina Olowska, Mathilde Rosier, Lucy Skaer, Joanne Tatham & Tom O’Sullivan.
Comprehensively illustrated with texts by Karola Grasslin, Lucy McKenzie, Neil Mulholland, Andrea Kusel. Price: £16.00
Royal College of Art 2003
112 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 1874175578
16 x 22 cm English text. Softcover
The Straight or Crooked Way is a place where one can lose oneself, where decisions must be taken, surprise encounters negotiated, and unfamiliar lore observed. Each of the artists in The Straight or Crooked Way offered the visitor a heightened or unexpected experience. Together the works became an immersive environment, which invited the viewer to act as the protagonist in an unfolding scenario. The catalogue contains a visual essay, original texts and installation images to record the entire exhibition
Artists: Olafur Eliasson (Denmark), Peter Fischli and David Weiss (Switzerland), Jeppe Hein (Denmark), Carsten Höller (Germany), Henrik Plenge Jakobsen (Denmark), Goshka Macuga (Poland/UK), ROR (Revolutions on Request) (Finland), Sancho Silva (Portugal), Ana Maria Tavares (Brazil) and Cerith Wyn Evans (United Kingdom). Price: £12.50
Phaidon 2003
448 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 0714843113
25 x 29 cm English text. Hardcover
Now in its third edition, "Cream 3" offers an authoritative view on the contemporary art world for today and tomorrow. Ten international curators, renowned experts in contemporary art, have each chosen ten artists whom they feel best exemplify what is happening in the contemporary art world today, and also those who will be the stars of the future. The 100 artists in "Cream 3" have risen to an international platform since 1997 or, in the opinion of the curators who have selected them, are about to do so. Each artist's work is represented in two double-page spreads, accompanied by a short biography and bibliography and a text by the curator who selected them. The variety of ideas and forms in contemporary art are presented in each artist's work alongside a brief text from the curator. This virtual exhibition of new art is preceded by a virtual conversation - an Internet discussion among the 10 curators - each a noted name involved in the staging of new developments in art. New to this edition of "Cream" is each curator's selection of a "Source" artist whom they feel has influenced or created the context for the new generation. These 10 "Source" artists provide a wider historical framework in which to view the new work.
Curators: Carol Christov Bakargiev, Charles Esche, Ruben Gallo, Yuko Hasegawa, Udo Kittelmann, Adriana Pedrosa, Beatrix Ruf, Nancy Spector, Hamza Walker, Igor Zabel Price: £39.95
Boxed posters and pamphlets Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 1900300397
35 x 50 cm English text. Box set
Now in its fourth year, Beck's Futures is established as the UK’s most generous arts award, offering support to artists early on in their careers through the inclusion of their work in a major exhibition. This publication is produced to coincide with the opening of Beck's Futures 2003 at the ICA in April 2003. The participating artists have been selected by an independent jury, which includes curators Russell Ferguson, Maria Lind and Hans Ulrich Obrist. The chair was the artist Michael Landy. The shortlist includes artists whose practices encompass performance-based work and interventions, film and video, on-line work, photographs, drawings and sculptural pieces. The publication is fully illustrated and includes newly commissioned writing, and texts on the artists work.
Artists: Bernd Behr, Nick Crowe, Alan Currell, Inventory, Rosalind Nashashibi, David Sherry, Lucy Skaer, Francis Upritchard, Carey Young. Price: £9.99
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center 2003
332 pages Colour reproductions. ISBN 097044284X
24 x 31 cm English text. Softcover
Living in a cramped space where Beverly Hills and Calcutta meet every day, the artists gathered here explore the tension between wealth and poverty, among progress, stagnation, and improvisation, and between the violence and civility that animates the vibrant center that is Mexico City. Compounding the complexity of urban living, high rates of kidnapping, murder, and pollution become a daily threat. For the rich, the body becomes an object to be cared for, protected, even exchanged for ransom, while, for an underclass of day laborers, homeless people, and prostitutes, survival depends on participation in physically exploitative situations that place an exact commercial value on the body. Alluding to recent art historical movements such as body art, process art, and arte povera, these artists use everyday objects and situations to form a complex dialogue about Mexico City and its relationship with the first world, focusing on the influence of the global economy on aesthetic values and daily life. Daniela Rossell’s series of photographs, Ricas y Famosas, captures the endangered species of the rich and famous in their ornate and overprotective environments, and Francis Alÿs documents people pushing and pulling their wares to and from the marketplace, leveraging their body weight against the commercial value they are physically dragging along. Other artists include Eduardo Abaroa, Carlos Amorales, Gustavo Artigas, Miguel Calderón, Minerva Cuevas, Jose Dávila, Ivan Edeza, Jonathan Hernández, Teresa Margolles, Yoshua Okón, Rubén Ortiz Torres, Pedro Reyes, Santiago Sierra, and Melanie Smith. Price: £22.50
200 pages Colour reproductions. ISBN 0970442858
Today, video is a familiar tool at the artist's disposal. But to those who experimented with the technology in the 1960s and 70s--when affordable equipment became commercially available--the capabilities inherent in the medium were unknown. Vito Acconci, Joan Jonas, and Bruce Nauman, among other American pioneers, used videotape to document and extend their performance work. Acconci, for one, produced conceptual, performance-based video work in the 70s that consisted of ruthless interrogations of the artist and viewer, as though defining the video medium were a matter of universal urgency. Video Acts provides a historical overview of video art created for display on a single monitor, with more than 100 pieces, dating from the mid-60s through 2000, including numerous landmarks in the development of this young medium by Marina Abramovic, Gilbert & George, Acconci, Jonas, and Nauman, as well as more recent work by Tony Oursler, Darren Almond, Pipilotti Rist, and others redefining the genre.
Artists Include: Dan Graham, Christopher Eamon, Vito Acconci, Gilbert & George, David Hammons, Gary Hill, Joan Jonas, Mike Kelley, Anthony Huberman, John Baldessari, Peter Campus, Steve McQueen and Bill Viola amongst others. Price: £23.00
Kerber Verlag 2003
270 pages Colour reproductions. ISBN 3936646015
20 x 25 cm English text. Hardcover
Recently painting has become more noticeable again in current art events and in international exhibitions such as Painting at the Edge of the World (Minneapolis 2001) and Urgent Painting (Paris 2002). The Art Museum Wolfsburg shows through Painting Pictures how painting has managed to develop a new relationship with photography and television, advertising, cinema and the computer. Artists use these media for their paintings to source images and media pictures or by using the computer as sketchbook. Conversely, artists working with photography and video are influenced by painting’s narrative and gesture. Painting Pictures also shows how artists use photography, film and video works alongside paintings to exploit the relationships between ‘new’ and ‘old’ media. This internationally orientated exhibition focuses on the paintings of the urbane and suburbane in pop art. Price: £38.00
Skira 2003
240 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 8884915449
24 x 28 cm English/Italian text. Softcover
This exhibition catalogue explores the ways in which a number of artists are engaging with modernism and modernity around the world today. Edited by chief curator at the Castello di Rivoli, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, the volume includes sculpture, installations, projections, painting, and drawing. It presents new and existing works by over 20 artists, including Haluk Akakce, Ricci Albenda, Massimo Bartolini, Elisabetta Benassi, Tacita Dean, Tom Friedman, Liam Gillick, Arturo Herrera, Evan Holloway, Brian Jungen, Jim Lambie, Daria Martin, Julie Mehretu, Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba, Jorge Pardo, Paul Pfeiffer, Susan Philipsz, John Pilson, Simon Starling, Sarah Sze, Piotr Uklanski and Gary Webb. "Today, a growing number of artists around the world are referring to modernism or using icons of modernity as narratives and fictions in their artworks. The digital world is internationalist, as were the modernists; it aims to go beyond the local/global dichotomy, while at the same time achieving a reach broader than anything the modernists achieved. The digital mind is a project-based mind, encouraging a sense of 'agency', an ability to make choices and act, to have a point of view and a perspectival gaze, even within contemporary notions of multiplicity. Memory and Modernity are intertwined (the 'future' is a notion belonging to the past), and in some instances this idea takes form in the use of the history of film as a medium and subject -- for cinema, after photography, has been the most outstanding innovative cultural practice in the Modern Age. In other instances, it is to the formalism of 'high modernist' art in painting and sculpture that artists are looking. For such artists, issues of form, color, composition and linguistic experimentation are topical. Science, absurd or useless science, as well as its fantastic variant science fiction, are also sources for many artists today, and are primary metaphors being used." (Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev) This project is both classical and experimental, static and process-oriented. An aesthetic experience for the reader that will be sensorial and pleasure-oriented, as well as disconcerting and problematic. This well-documented and illustrated catalogue includes a new essay by the editor, texts by renowned international art critics and an anthology of early modernist texts chosen by the artists. Significant writings by Kandinsky, Marinetti and Poe are also included in this unique book. Price: £32.00
Lukas & Sternberg 2003
256 pages Colour reproductions. ISBN 0971119317
23 x 30 cm English text. Softcover
"Corporate Mentality" documents the emergence of recent practices within a cultural sphere occupied by both business and art. Based on an archive (1995-2001) maintained by Aleksandra Mir, it presents a diverse spectrum of artists who take on business as site, as material, and as subject of their work.
Calling for a reassessment of the function of art in late capitalist society, "Corporate Mentality" focuses on the complex and ambiguous ways artistic production inhabits corporate processes, abandoning the autonomy of the artwork in order to elaborate resistant approaches to a world increasingly determined by commercial strategies and market concerns.
Contributions by Absolute Vodka, Atelier van Lieshout, Bernadette Corporation, Will Bradley, Claude Closky, Anthony Davies/Simon Ford, Dejanov & Heger, Liam Gillick/Carey Young, Gareth James, Laura K. Jones, Lars Bang Larsen, Matthieu Laurette, Daniel Pflumm, Purple Institute, Bennett Simpson, Superflex, Piotr Uklanski amongst others Price: £29.95
Tate 2003
156 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 1854374575
22 x 27.5 cm English text. Softcover
Days Like These provides an accessible and extensively illustrated snapshot of the state of contemporary art in Britain today. Published to accompany the third Tate Triennial exhibition, it features twenty-three artists working in media encompassing painting, sculpture, film, video, photography and sound works and provides an opportunity to see the work of emerging artists.
Includes work by: Kutlug Ataman, Margaret Barron, David Batchelor, Nathan Coley, Gillian Carnegie, David Ceal Floyer, Richard Hamilton, Tim Head, Jim Lambie, Sarah Morris, Paul Noble, Cornelia Parker, Nick Relph and Olivery Payne, Susan Phillipsz, Mike Marshall, George Shaw, Rachel Whiteread and Shizuka Yokomizo. Price: £19.99
Arnolfini 2002
60 pages Colour reproductions. ISBN 0907738729
15 x 21 cm English text. Hardcover
Published to accompany an exhibition of the same name, APPARITION: the Action of Appearing, or Becoming Visible. The dictionary-derived emphasis on 'action' corresponds to a performative element in the show - the artist appearing in videos or photographs, for instance. But a more general theme is the genesis of an image or work of art, the moment of its first appearance in the world. The works in this exhibition, and the essays in the catalogue, explore the human image, portraits or self-portraits, and the immediacy and directness of the originative impulse.
Artists include: Christine Borland, Marlene Dumas, Susan Hiller, William Kentridge, Paul McCarthy
Texts by Roger Malbert and Lucy Steeds Price: £9.95
96 pages Colour and B&Wreproductions. ISBN 9518955646
Greyscale/CMYK was devised by NIFCA as the centrepiece of the visual art element of Network North, an extensive series of bilateral exchanges, between the Nordic region, Scotland and Ireland, taking place throughout 2002. The exhibition has grown to incorporate significant works produced across the entire Network North region in media including drawing, painting, photography, film and video. In approaching such diversity a specific framework has been proposed according to whether the works have been made in black and white or colour. In response to this concept renowned architects OCEANNORTH have designed an ambitious architectural solution for the exhibition at Tramway.
Artists: J Tobias Anderson, Christian Andersson, Ross Birrell, Martin Boyce, Roderick Buchanan, Gerard Byrne, Ian Charlesworth, Jonas Dahlberg, Jacob Dahlgren, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Lars Staffan Evjen, Mai Hofstad Gunnes, Hrafnhildur Halldórsdóttir, Saskia Holmkvist, Icelandic Love Corporation, Jakob Jakobsen, Andrea Jespersen, Paddy Jolley, Jakob Kolding, Jim Lambie, Clare Langan, Liisa Lounila, Tor-Magnus Lundeby, Katarina Löfström, Camilla Løw, Caroline McCarthy, Ronan McCrea, Kim McKinney, Sophie Macpherson, Eoghan McTigue, Torben Madsen, Jonathan Monk, Katrina Moorhead, N55, Toby Paterson, Petri Raappana, Ross Sinclair, Salla Tykkä, Per Wizén Price: £9.00
