Large-scale exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show of finalists for the Hugo Boss Prize held at the Guggenheim Museum in 2012. Introduction by Katherine Brinson. Finalists include Trisha Donnelly, Rashid Johnson, Qiu Zhijie, Monika Sosnowska, Danh Vo, and Tris Vonna-Michell. ... [details]
Issue edited by Bice Curiger. Contents include: "Chatter About Art is Almost Always Useless," Suzan Frecon and Marcella Durand in conversation; "Alluring Appearance, Complex Core," by Beatrix Ruf; "See Reverse for Care," by Fionn Meade; "Liberation in the Loop, Paul Chan: The 7 Lights" by Boris Groys; " Essentially Alien: Notes from Outside Paul Chan's Godot," by Carrie Lambert-Beatty; "Remember the Bourgeoisie?" by Paul Chan; " The Body Inscribed: Paul Chan's Sade Project," by Alan Gilbert; "The SIlent Power of Art," by Stéphanie Moisdon; "Recreated Reaction Recreate," by Paul McCarthy; Élan: The Joy of Sturtevant's Spinoza," by Roger Cook; "Praise and Otherwise," for Sturtevant from various sources; "Homesickness is Where the Heart Is," by Douglas Fogle; "It Defie Common Sense in Spectacular Style," by Daniel Baumann; "Nothing Everything at Once," by Negar Azimi; "Staging Knowledge, Staging an Opera of Knowledge," Herbert Lachmayer and Jacqueline Burckhardt; and "Reflection, Action, and Production in the Zentrum Paul Klee's Summer Academy," by Juri Steiner. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with retrospective held at Kunsthalle Zuürich, Switzerland, January 15 - March 20, 2011. Edited and with a text by Beatrix Ruf. Additional text by Gregor Stemmrich. ... [details]
Large-scale artist's book is based on John Baldessari's project for the Ringier Annual Report 2009. "For this superbly designed book, Baldessari has designed a sequence of enigmatically fragmentary and geometrically emphatic images, arranged rhythmically across the volume's landscape format, that slowly accrete narrative as the reader-viewer moves through the book. ... [details]
The 2009 issue of the annual Ringier Report with artwork by John Baldessari. Includes an about the artist section by Beatrix Ruf. "Beatrix Ruf, Curator of the Ringier Collection and Director of the Kunsthalle in Zurich, writes about the artist: 'John Baldessari juggles with themes of composition, omission and rhythmicity. ... [details]
Large-scale, full reprint of FILE Magazine, edited by Beatrix Ruf. "''An alternative to the Alternative Press,''" legendary Toronto collaborative General Idea''s FILE Megazine--published from 1972 to 1989--is compiled, at long last, in this important five-volume boxed-set edition. ... [details]
Prepublication variant of artist's book / exhibition catalogue published by JRP Ringier and Kunsthalle Zürich in conjunction with show held at Kunsthalle, Zürich, April 8 - May 28, 2006. Texts by Beatrix Ruf, John Kelsey, Bettina Funcke, Johanna Burton, Jay Sanders, Josh Smith, and Fia Backström. ... [details]
Artist's book of international advertisements and images collected by Peter Fischli and David Weiss. Edited by Beatrix Ruf. "Sonne, Mond und Sterne is an 800-page artist's book consisting of just as many images, inspired by an international selection of magazine advertisements and compiled and organized into loose categories by the influential Swiss artistic collaborators Fischli & Weiss. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held October 24, 2008 – January 7, 2009. Curated by Nancy Spector. Features essays by Michael Archer, Jan Avgikos, Daniel Birnbaum, Ina Blom, Stefano Boeri, Francesco Bonami, Nicolas Bourriaud, Xavier Douroux, Patricia Falguieres, Heike Föll, Hal Foster, Massimiliano Gioni, Michael Govan, Dorothea von Hantelmann, Jens Hoffman, Chrissie Iles, Branden Joseph, Emily King, Christy Lange, Maria Lind, Tom Morton, Molly Nesbit, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Beatrix Ruf, Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen, Barbara Steiner, Rachael Thomas, Eric Troncy, Giorgio Verzotti, Thomas Wulffen, Olivier Zahm. ... [details]
Publication of a conversation between John Baldessari, Liam Gillick and Lawrence Weiner, moderated by Beatrix Ruf held in New York, September 3, 2005. Includes biographies. Texts in English and German. [details]
