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]
Artist's Book that intersperses a conversation between Ellsworth Kelly and Hans Ulrich Obrist around Kelly's life and art, with Kelly's works. "In this Dialogue on Art and Architecture, Ellsworth Kelly (born 1923) reminisces with Hans Ulrich Obrist about his early career, his teachers (Max Beckmann, Brancusi, Léger and Vantongerloo) and particularly on the relation of his work to architecture: 'architects are usually the first people who understand my work,' he tells Obrist here, while describing his many collaborations in this field. ... [details]
Book with Audio CD. "The groundbreaking mix CD that accompanies this book features Nam Jun Paik, the Dada Movement, John Cage, Sonic Youth, and many other examples of avant-garde music. Most of the CD's content comes from the archives of Sub Rosa, a legendary record label that has been the benchmark for archival sounds since the beginnings of electronic music. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue / monograph produced in conjunction with shows held at Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam; Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris / ARC; Serpentine Gallery, London in 2005. ... [details]
Artists' book / travel document published on the occasion of the Eidar Art Center Gathering in Iceland, August, 2006. "The Goose Lake Trail through the remote highlands of Iceland winds across glaciers and moving sands. ... [details]
Published on the occasion of the 46th Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte -- The Venice Biennial of Visual Arts. Dreams as submitted to the editors by Martine Aballéa, Marina Abramovic, Doug Aitken, Layla Ali, Matthew Barney, Beck, Christian Boltanski, Louise Bourgeois, Caurizio Cattelan, Jimmie Durham, Olafur Eliasson, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Katharina Fritsch, Anna Gaskell, Gilbert & George, Liam Gillick, Douglas Gordon, Joseph Grigely, Thomas Hirschhorn, Damien Hirst, Roni Horn, Isaac Julien, Ilya & Emilia Kabakov, Paul McCarthy, Annette Messager, Gabriel Orozco, Raymond Pettibon, Charles Ray, Jason Rhoades, Pipilotti Rist, Jim Shaw, Rirkrit Tiravanija, and many others. [details]
"This insightful book features a clear PVC cover designed by the artist, printed in silver ink. Barney's sometimes ominous and sometimes sexy black-and white work is highlighted by a 12-page high gloss full color insert--the centerfold, if you will. ... [details]
A mammoth catalogue dedicated to archiving projects including those by numerous public and private archivists - Julie Ault, Christophe Cherix, Chris Dercon, dokumenta Archiv, Robert Fleck, Gilbert & George, Jean-Noël Herlin, and many many others. ... [details]
In May 2002, Gerhard Richter photographed 216 details of his abstract painting no. 648-2, from 1987. Working on a long table over a period of several weeks, Richter combined these 10 x 15 cm details with 165 texts on the Iraq war, published in the German FAZ newspaper on March 20 and 21. ... [details]
Critical theory by Hans Ulrich Obrist. "A compendium of texts written between 1990 and 2006, here are exhibition case studies – 'Hotel Carlton Palace,' 'Cities on the Move,' 'Do It,' 'Utopia Station' – involving some of the more thought-provoking artists, architects, and scientists of our time such as Paul Chan, Alexander Dorner, Olafur Eliasson, Cao Fei, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Peter Fischli & David Weiss, Douglas Gordon, Pierre Huyghe, Qingyung Ma, Philippe Parreno, Cedric Price, Luc Steels, Rirkrit Tiravanija, among others, from Zurich to Guangzhou and back again. ... [details]
