104 pages B&W reproductions. ISBN 3883756377
13.5 x 22.5 English text. Softcover
Artists, writers and curators respond to the question, How might the withdrawal of art effect the world?
It's assumed that society in general would respond with utter indifference if contemporary artists were to go on strike. The hands-on curator Gavin Wade posed the difficult question 'How does/could/would the withdrawal of art affect the world?' to over 100 contemporary artists, writers and curators. The various responses are mounted in a physical exhibition as well as this book, design by Gudmund Aarseth adjusted by the artist Liam Gillick.
The impressive array of respondents whose replies range from openly sincere letters to light projections include Conrad Atkinson, Artlab, Fiona Banner, Martin Creed, Bill Drummond, Rebecca Gordon-Nesbitt, Susan Hiller, John Latham, Gustav Metzger, Jeremy Millar, Paul Noble and many more. Price: £10.50
Witte de With 2002
96 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 9073362539
21 x 28 cm English text. Softcover
On the occasion of Rotterdam 2001 and Porto 2001, Witte de With and Museu Serralves invited international artists to design projects for the two Cultural Capitals. These projects explore the city and urban spaces and the ways in which the spaces function in the specific local conditions of Rotterdam and Porto. Each work constitutes a mini-exhibition that claims a specific urban location and imbues it with new meaning and the singular nature of the project gives Squatters a cell-like structure.
Artists: Francis Alÿs, Juan Cruz, Angela Ferreira, Ceal Floyer, Giuseppe Gabbelone, Runa Islam, Damián Ortega, Miguel Palma, Costa Vece, Massimo Bartolini, Alexandre Estrela, Jeanne van Heeswijk, José Antonio Hernandez-Diez, Rita Magalhaes, Honoré d’O, Gert Robijns, William Speakman, Simon Starling Price: £17.00
Institute of International Visual Arts 2003
192 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 1899846352
19 x 19 cm English text. Softcover
Veil is the first publication to explore the representation of the veil in contemporary visual culture and serves as an essential starting point to establish a new international dialogue. Extending possible interpretations of the veil and investigating the ambiguities and paradoxes expressed in contemporary arts practice, it provides both a social and a historic context to the veil's multilayered symbolism.
Alongside newly commissioned essays by leading international scholars and works by contemporary visual artists, key historical texts trace a trajectory of writings across religions, cultures, genders and ages to reflect the breadth of conflicting and constantly shifting attitudes towards the veil.
Including work by Faisal Abdu'Allah, Kourush Adim, AES art group, Jananne Al-Ani, Ghada Amer, Farah Bajull, Samta Benyahia, Shadafarin Ghadirian, Ghazel, Emily Jacir, Ramesh Kalkur, Majida Khattari, Shirin Neshat, Harold Offeh, Zineb Sedira, Elin Strand and Mitra Tabrizian
Texts by Leila Ahmed, Jananne Al-Ani, David A. Bailey, Alison Donnell, Frantz Fanon, Reina Lewis, Hamid Naficy, Zineb Sedira, Ahdaf Soueif and Gilane Tawadros. Price: £17.50
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Kunsthalle Zurich/Vanabbemuseum, Eindhoven/Institute of Visual Culture, Cambridge/SFMOMA 2003
304 pages Colour reproductions. ISBN 3883756644
22.5 x 29 cm English text. Hardcover
No Ghost Just a Shell is a project based around the virtual figure AnnLee, on which 16 artists have worked. AnnLee is a ‘Avatar’, a virtual character originally designed for computer games and the Manga animation industry. In 1999 the French artists Pierre Huyghe and Philippe Parreno bought the rights to her, gave her a name and initiated the project No Ghost Just a Shell. The plan was to fill the empty ‘entity’ AnnLee with stories and ideas and to give her an identity and a life of her own. Huyghe and Parreno offered AnnLee to other artists with the commission: use AnnLee in your own work and at the same time contribute with us to her history.
Artists include: Henry Barande, Liam Gillick, Lily Fleury, Pierre Huyghe, Melik Ohanian, Philippe Parreno, Joe Scanlan, Rikrit Tirvanija and Anna Lena Vaney. Price: £38.00
Revolver/ZKM 2002
324 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 3934823211
20 x 22 cm English/German/French. Softcover
Fabrice Gygi, Tobias Rehberger, Silke Wagner, Frances Stark, Pae White, Rudy Bust, Christine Borland, Martin Boyce, Roddy Buchanan, Douglas Gordon, Jonathan Monk, Ross Sinclair, David Shrigley, Simon Starling, Katja Strunz, Anselm Reyle, Stephan Jung and many others ...
Essays by Lionel Bovier, Veronique Bacchetta, Mai-Thu Perret, Thomas Bayrle, Florian Waldvogel, Verena Kuni, Frances Stark, Mark von Schlegell, Giovanni Intra, Jan Verwoert, Eva Svennung, David Harding, Katrina Brown, Yilmaz Dziewior, Ross Sinclair, Raimar Stange, Angela Rosenberg, Gunter Reski and many others Price: £17.50
Revolver 2002
104 pages B&W reproductions. ISBN 3934823920
15.5 x 19 cm English text. Softcover
Tal Adler, Maria Thereza Alves, are you meaning company, Atelier van Lieshout, Das Atoll, Thomas Demand, Eugenio Dittborn, Jimmie Durham, Esther Eppstein, Fiering & Luem, Liam Gillick, Johan Grimonprez, Fabrice Gygi, Henrik Håkansson, Carsten Höller, Jonathan Horowitz, MVRDV, NL. Design, Nils Norman, L.A. Raeven, realities:united, Dierk Schmidt, Superflex, Ririkrit Tiravanija, Yvonne Trapp.
Essays by Jennifer Allen, Waling Boers, and Bregtje van der Haak
Book design by Liam Gillick Price: £18.95
Tramway 2002
80 pages Colour and B&W reproductions. ISBN 189955128X
17 x 23 cm English text. Softcover
We March Under the Banner of Visual Art is the first major catalogue on the work of the international collaborative group Henry VIII’s Wives. This new publication provides documentation of work produced since 1998 and includes images of the group’s recent Tramway exhibition Light without shadow. Henry VIII’s Wives are: Rachel Dagnall, Bob Grieve, Sirko Knuepfer, Simon Polli, Per Sander, Lucy Skaer. Includes biography.
Texts by the Icelandic Love Corporation, Paolo Bianchi and Ross Sinclair Price: £6.00
