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Written on The Wind (Book)
With clear references to navigation, Written On The Wind presents the work of Lawrence Weiner (New York, 1942), one of the most significant artists of the past fifty years through his drawings, which are probably the least known aspect of his oeuvre. The exhibition, eschewing a chronological narrative, is an exhaustive survey of the works on paper in favour of an intimate look at the interests and obsessions of the artist, and offering a privileged insight into his work and his vision of the wor…
Vito Hannibal Acconci Studio (Book + Dvd)
* Lucky restock, longtime sold out at source. Light wear on covers* This reference monograph (450 pages!), conceived in close collaboration with Vito Acconci, presents the whole of his work, starting at the end of the 60s until today's Acconci Studio projects. It includes descriptions of Acconci's audio pieces, performances, installations, films and diagrams along with an exhaustive chronology of works and bibliography, not to mention a DVD of 3 new 20 minutes long film-performances.
Compositions (Book)
** 2021 Stock. English version ** This publication explores the work of the acclaimed Swiss-American artist Christian Marclay (1955), presenting a selection of works focusing on his sound compositions, from graphic scores to video installations. In this artist’s book, he shows the relationship between sound and vision, exploring the ways that sound can be made visually manifest. As the artist himself has said: ‘music runs through almost everything I do’.
Timelines: Transparencies in a Dark Room
** 2021 Stock. English version ** The work of Joan Jonas, a pioneer in the fields of performance, experimental film, and video installation, addresses the clichés of femininity and deconstructs the image of woman and the stereotypes of female behaviour.
Autofocus Retina
** 2021 Stock. English Version ** The son of an anthropologist, Lothar Baumgarten spent several years living with an indigenous tribe in the Venezuelan Amazon region. In the late 1960s, he became one of the first artists to introduce representations of minority cultures into the Western cultural sphere. The contributors to this anthology offer different readings of Baumgarten's work, addressing the legacies of colonialism and modern anthropology, and also of documentary photography and site-spec…