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Raul Ruiz - The Wit Of The Staircase Dis Voir 2012 ISBN 9782914563727 Acqn 21549 Pb 17x22cm 128pp 18 The Wit of the Staircase is a hymn to the imaginary. Raul Ruis made the final touches a few days before his death. Taking a ghost as alter-ego, this mischievous fantasy liberates the reader, and disarms with its unusual poetry.

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Stedelijk Collection Reflections NAi Publishers 2012 ISBN 9789462080027 Acqn 21560 Pb 640pp 400ills 350col 45 This extensive book is being published to mark the reopening of the Stedelijk Museum and features essays on the origins of its world-famous collection. Stedelijk Collection Reflections features 43 richly illustrated essays on the authoritative collection of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. This broad and varied collection includes visual art, industrial design, photography, graphic design and applied art. In their essays, renowned Dutch and international specialists discuss specific works and significant themes in the collection in detail. Each essay offers a new perspective on significant and influential artists, designers or movements. Together, the essays provide an overview of the most significant developments in modern and contemporary art and design. In the process, they make clear how the unique, special character of the Stedelijk collection has evolved over more than a century.

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Stedelijk Collection Highlights NAi Publishers 2012 ISBN 9789462080232 Acqn 21561 Pb 20x27cm 208pp 230ills 195col 18 A visually plentiful overview of the most important artists of the Stedelijk Museum This accessible guide presents works by 150 leading Dutch and international artists and designers that are part of the renowned collection of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Stedelijk Collection Highlights complements the extensive presentation of the art and design collection with which the renovated and expanded Stedelijk Museum will open in September 2012. Stedelijk Collection Highlights features essential discussions of a selection of the most significant works in the collection of the largest museum for modern art and design in the Netherlands. This makes this guide not only a valuable supplement to a visit to the museum but also an inspiring source of information on fascinating artists for a wide and young audience. With work by: Marina Abramovi, Carl Andre, Karel Appel, Ron Arad, Diane Arbus, Max Beckman, Alexan der Calder, Paul Czanne, Marc Chagall, Paul Chan, Constant, Wim Crouwel, Ren Danils, Robert Delaunay, Rineke Dijkstra, Theo van Doesburg, Jean Dubuffet, Marlene Dumas, Dan Flavin, Lucio Fontana, Naum Gabo, Gilbert & George, Vincent van Gogh, Nan Goldin, Douglas Gordon, Andreas Gursky, Philip Guston, Hans Haacke, Josef Hoffman, Jasper Johns, Joan Jonas, Asger Jorn, Donald Judd, Ilya Kabakov, Raymond Loewy, Wassily Kandinsky, Mike Kelley, Ellsworth Kelly, William Kentridge, Anselm Kiefer, Edward Kienholz, Martin Kippenberger, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Yves Klein, Oskar Kokoschka, Willem de Kooning, Jeff Koons, Joseph Kosuth, William Leavitt, Sol LeWitt, Roy Lich tenstein, El Lissitzky, Richard Long, Kazimir Malevich, Brice Marden, Agnes Martin, Henri Matisse, Gordon Matta-Clark, Ingo Maurer, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Piet Mondriaan, Bruce Nauman, Barnett Newman, Claes Oldenburg, Nam June Paik, Verner Panton, Grayson Perry, Pablo Picasso, Sigmar Polke, Robert Rauschenberg, Gerrit Rietveld, Auguste Rodin, Martha Rosler, Thomas Ruff, Robert Ryman, Kurt Schwitters, Richard Serra, Gino Severini, Cindy Sherman, Cham Soutine, Frank Stella, Thomas Struth, Jean Tinguely, Andy Warhol, Lawrence Weiner.

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Entropic Empire - On the City of Man in the Age of Disaster NAi Publishers 2012 ISBN 9789462080287 Acqn 21564 Pb 15x23cm 244pp 18 Our world is a complex, sophisticated system but also an increasingly chaotic and barbaric one. Due to the war on terror, the dualization of our world under neoliberalism, global warming, the ongoing demographic explosion and migration, chaos and anarchy are becoming part of our world system in a new way. We are entering a planetary state of emergency. One could call it the New World Disorder or Entropic Empire. Entropic Empire is not only a posthistorical science-fiction scenario but also a philosophical consideration on the eternal return of prehistory: the state of nature. Rogues states, state ending and civil war engineering are part of the Entropic Empire. Ultimately this book tries to fathom the political condition of a coming era. The simple but worrying question is: Are we falling out of history? Lieven De Cauter is the author of The Capsular Civilization and published Art and Activism in the Age of Globalization in cooperation with NAi Publishers.

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Open 24 Politics of Things NAi Publishers 2012 ISBN 9789462080300 Acqn 21565 Pb 17x24cm 128pp 35ills 20col 18 In 2005 Bruno Latour and Peter Weibel produced Making Things Public: Atmospheres of Democracy, an exhibition and publication on processes of democratic representation and public access in the network society and the role of things, of objects, issues and art within these processes. Based on the principle that art and design are core functions of democracy, Open looks at how these can be made present in the public domain and what kind of dynamic relationships they maintain with it. What has changed in how art has been made public since the 1970s? How can the public interest be a subject for art and design? What does an ecology and morality of things look like today? With contributions by Bernard Stiegler, Peter Peters/Ruth Benschop, Fiona Candlin, Peter-Paul Verbeek, Noortje Marres, Jeroen Boomgaard, Sher Doruff, Yvonne Drge Wendel, Pascal Gielen, Mariska van den Berg and others.

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Dealing With - Some Texts, Images, And Thoughts Related To American Fine Arts, Co. Sternberg Press 2012 ISBN 9783943365283 Acqn 21780 Pb 22x28cm 80pp 18ills 12.95 With contributions by Andrea Fraser, Manfred Hermes, Karl Holmqvist and Tobias Kaspar, Isla Leaver-Yap, Jackie McAllister, James Meyer and Christian Philipp Mller, Magnus Schfer, Axel John Wieder, Phillip Zach; a conversation between Colin de Land, Josef Strau, and Stephan Dillemuth; and an introduction by Hannes Loichinger and Magnus Schfer The New York gallery American Fine Arts, Co.whose name today is largely synonymous with that of its gallerist, Colin de Land (19552003)represents a gallery practice in which a decided deviation from conventional models overlaps with successful activities within the framework of the art market. Today, American Fine Arts, Co. and de Land figure as uncontested projection screens for the desire for independence from or bohemian resistance against the dictate of the market. Particularly in retrospect, a consistent image of the gallery is not discernible. Faced with the obvious risk of romanticization, it appears all the more important to pursue an understanding of how American Fine Arts, Co. functioned as a gallery. This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition Dealing withSome Books, Visuals, and Works Related to American Fine Arts, Co. at Halle fr Kunst Lneburg and Kunstraum of Leuphana University of Lneburg (May 28July 7, 2011), which was developed by Valrie Knoll, Hannes Loichinger, Julia Moritz, and Magnus Schfer.

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Annette Messager - Continents Noirs Editions Xavier Barral 2012 ISBN 9782365110112 Acqn 21832 Hb 29x23cm 80pp 60ills 6col 36.95 A major figure of the contemporary art scene, Annette Messager will present her latest works in autumn 2012 at the Muse des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg, in a collection entitled Continents noirs. While her work has always combined playfulness with unsettling elements, her new works evoke the tensions of the contemporary world: a world where time escapes us. Fragile hair moving under the action of pumped air; abandoned shoes and small everyday objects covered in a dark sheet of crumpled aluminium and laid out on the floor under a tarpaulin; hanging and mobile elements spread out like a black and threatening mass that is both aerial yet incredibly heavy... These installations and works oscillate between the monumental and the miniature. She generates a sensation of instability and ephemerality, echoing the tensions of the contemporary world. For this publication, Annette Messager asked science-fiction writer Norman Spinrad to write a text evoking her recent work.

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Jessica Warboys Vanelephant Sternberg Press 2012 ISBN 9783943365122 Acqn 21877 Pb 21x27cm 102pp 22ills 15col 12 Texts by Curzio Malaparte, Andr Parinaud, Hlne Vanel, Jessica Warboys In the fall of 2010, Jessica Warboys discovered photographic portraits of dancer Hlne Vanel in the disused Bibliothque Smith-Lesouf, Nogent-sur-Marne. Among these photographs were images of Vanel performing LActe manqu at the opening night of the Exposition Internationale du Surralisme, Paris, 1938. Soon after, an unpublished manuscript by Vanel was found in the adjoining archives of the Maison nationale des artistes, a retirement home for elderly artists. Between 1984 and 1985 Vanel had collected and typed up her memories. Within Vanelephant is a largely edited overview of Vanels ten original chapters. This edit plays out alongside portraits of herself, interspersed with a selection of attributed images and text. Warboys translated the texts herself and condensed the drama, and thus Vanels role has shifted from manuscript to script.

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Koenraad Dedobbeleer - Oeuvre Sculpte, Travaux pour Amateurs ROMA Publications 2012 ISBN 9789077459850 Acqn 21888 Hb 19x23cm 72pp 90ills 45col 31.50 This artist's book is published on the occasional of Deobbeleer's travelling solo exhibition at Lokremise St. Gallen, Centre d'Art Contemporain d'Ivry. Le Crdac, Ivry-sur-Seine and De Vleeshal, Middelburg. The book, together with the artist's sculptural works, reflects in a free and almost humorous manner on centuries-old traditions in sculpture, sophisticated design and banal, everyday culture.

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Mark Manders - Reference Book ROMA Publications 2012 ISBN 9789077459867 Acqn 21899 Hb 17x24cm 536pp 500ills 250col 42 Dutch artist Mark Manders - who will represent the Netherlands at the 55th Venice Biennale in 2012 - was awarded the Heineken Prize for Art 2012. The jury praised him "for his ability to create a personal world with a distinct visual language that both intrigues and becomes fixed in the memory." On the occasion of this award, Roma Publications compiled this almost encyclopedic book which covers Manders' entire oeuvre from the late 1980s until the present. It contains facsimiles of the artist's publications and a focus on a large number of recent, neverpublished works.

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Contemporary Australia Women Queensland Art Gallery 2012 ISBN 9781921503382 Acqn 21902 Pb 24x30cm 220pp 140ills 120col 44.50 The second exhibition in the Queensland Art Gallerys series dedicated to contemporary Australian art, Contemporary Australia: Women, speaks to the vibrancy of artistic practice in the country in recent years, and especially of those artworks produced by established and emerging female artists. This extensive catalogue comprises work by more than 30 women artists across a range of media, including painting, drawing, sculpture, film, photography, installation and performance. Texts by Curatorial Manager Julie Ewington, Emily Maguire, Marcia Langton and Margaret Pomeranz provide critical insight into the exhibitions motivations, perspectives and context.

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Hans Van Bentem - Keep On Dreaming Gemeentemuseum The Hague 2012 ISBN 9789491196195 Acqn 21916 Hb 23x29cm 176pp 190col ills 42 From crystal chandeliers taking all sorts of shapes skulls, automatic rifles, spiders and globes, to name a few to life-size ceramic and glass sculptures that imaginatively engage with pop culture and mythology alike, the work of Dutch artist Hans van Bentem proves that dreams really can come true. This book presents an extensive overview of both objects and projects, whether they be monumental works sited in public space, or fantastical characters standing in galleries. The focus of the book is his series of works exhibited in the grand 17th- and 18th-century interiors of the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague, a juxtaposition at once outrageous and sublime.

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All About Drawing - 100 Dutch Artists Gemeentemuseum The Hague 2012 ISBN 9789491196270 Acqn 21917 Hb 22x29cm 360pp 260ills 125col 42 This eye-catching volume gives insight into the development of drawing in the Netherlands from the 1960s until the present day. One hundred artists have been selected for whom drawing forms the most important discipline in their oeuvre. Important to this selection and, more broadly, to Dutch art after 1960 is the high degree of originality and autonomous quality. Accordingly, a panorama of individuals unfolds artists who apply autonomous work to paper on the basis of a unique signature. Presented chronologically are a variety of talents, including Jan Schoonhoven, Jans Muskee, Marlene Dumas, Paul van Dongen, Willemijn Saaltink, Erik van Lieshout and Carel Visser.

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Delphine Reist Triple V Editeur 2012 ISBN 9782954024516 Acqn 21931 Hb 18x25cm 192pp 115ills 65col 32 First monograph devoted to Delphine Reist's stand-alone devices and animated objects, with 150 illustrations, an essay and an interview.

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Ryan Gander - Le Dit Du De Les Presses Du Reel 2012 ISBN 9782840665540 Acqn 21932 Hb 23x30cm 106pp 240ills 120col 21.95 Text in French Monograph/artist's book resulting from a long term editorial collaboration between Ryan Gander and the international design studio bke. One year after Ryan Gander's residency and his solo show The Die is Cast in 2009, bke, the graphic designers, stayed at the Villa Arson several times since October 2010. This series of residencies allowed them to lead an investigation with a double objective : to check why Ryan Gander's work is so appreciated in France and to work out his specific relationship with the Villa Arson. Indeed, Ryan Gander did a residency, made a solo show and was involved in four group exhibitions since 2006. In 2012, these inquiries ended up with a monographic publication written only in French, called Le Dit du d. Published following the exhibition Ryan Gander The Die is Cast at Villa Arson, Nice, in 2009.

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Iris Levasseur - Quelques Vies Ce La Tarentule Analogues 2012 ISBN 9782358640381 Acqn 21936 Hb 17x24cm 112pp 60cil ills 27 Text in French Sixty small pencing drawings, inspired by Kathy Acker's first novel The Childlike Life of the Black Tarantula: By the Black Tarantula, reproduced at scale 1:1.

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Pascal Broccolichi - Cartogtaphie De L'Inoui + CD Les Presses Du Reel 2012 ISBN Acqn 21938 HB 21x26cm 208pp 40ills 25col 28.95 Reference monograph, fully illustrated, dedicated to an artist who works with sound as a material, with an essay by Thierry Davila, an interview, and an unpublished work on audio CD. Developing within several different disciplines, the work of Pascal Broccolichi nevertheless finds its source in an approach focussed on listening and, more specifically, in sound envisaged as a vocabulary of forms which lend themselves to the creation of installations. As a framework for his research, the artist has developed a network of multiple environments connected by on-going relationships between one work and the next. By scattering the customary principles of certain accoustic laws and their fields of technological application around the exhibition art space, Pascal Broccolichi coordinates the typology of sounds with our capabilities for perception.

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Frog 11 - Philippe Parreno & Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster Les Presses Du Reel 2012 no ISBN Acqn 21941 Pb 23x30cm 304pp 170ills 150col 20 20 exhibitions reviews, 8 interviews, 10 exhibitions in pictures, some artists special projects, and the chronicles. Featuring: Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Richard Phillips, Philippe Parreno, Peter Zumthor, John Martin, Willem de Rooij, Camille Henrot, Kirsten Everberg, Rosa Barba, Laurent Grasso, Davide Belula, Rob Pruitt, Fabrice Gygi, Ida Tursic & Wilfried Mille, Frdric Pardo, Sturtevant, Tatsumi Hijikata, Alexandra Midal, Joe Bradley, Joachim Koester, Peter Halley, Luigi Ontani, Andreas Gursky, Haim Steinbach, Sol LeWitt, Gerhard Richter, Guy Debord, Scott Bourne, Josh T. Pearson... Edited by Eric Troncy and Stphanie Moisdon, Frog is an international art and architecture magazine.

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Futurefarmers - A Variation On Powers Of Ten Sternberg Press 2012 ISBN 9783943365436 Acqn 21943 Hb 22x24cm 168pp 115ills 75col 21 Edited by Futurefarmers with Elizabeth Thomas With contributions by Amy Franceschini, Peter Galison, Owen Gingerich, Walton Green, Jake Kosek, Abena Dove Osseo-Asare, Rick and Meagan Shaw Prelinger, Arthur Shapiro, Sara Seager, Michael Swaine, Elizabeth Thomas, Ignacio Valero A Variation on Powers of Ten uses the opening picnic scene of Charles and Ray Eamess film Powers of Ten as score to guide ten discussions. The result of a research-based residency at the University of California Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, the publication includes four essays and ten interviews with researchers whose work relates to one of the magnitudes of ten of the 1968 IBM-commissioned film. Like the stage of a microscope, the blanket becomes a stage where the act of inventorying and recording becomes the content of the work. Books, journals, food, and objects are recast and serve as cues pointing back to the film and forward to each researchers own work. Powers of Ten is a short documentary film that depicts the relative scale of the universe in factors of ten. It illustrates the universe as an arena of both continuity and change, of everyday picnics and cosmic mystery. One iconic image from the film depicts a couple picnicking on a blanket, serving as a human-scale grounding for the macro- and microexplorations in the film. Looking back at the film, Futurefarmers became entranced by the presence of the narrator, Philip Morrison, the production of the film, and the short amount of time the film spends at the human scale. In ten picnics, Futurefarmers journeys through fields of inquiry ranging from philosophy to ecology, microbiology, astrobiology, environmental science, geography, and urban studies. Comparing todays practices with those in 1968, researchers discuss the changing landscape of their field and the tools they use or invent to gather, quantify, and measure their research.

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Lene Berg Sternberg Press 2012 ISBN 9783943365511 Acqn 21944 Pb 15x22cm 96pp 47ills 37col 15.50 Contributions by Sabeth Buchmann, Katerina Gregos, Dieter Roelstraete Edited by Caroline Ugelstad As Katerina Gregos states in her essay On the Pitfalls of History: Four Films by Lene Berg, The work of Lene Berg probes questions about the difference between truth and falsehood, between reality and fantasy, between veracity and mendacity. Berg crafts short, witty, incisive, and often humorous filmic stories, using lo-fi means such as drawing, photocopies, collage, and her own as well as found footage, to interrogate the question of history and historiography. These themes, among others, are explored in Bergs latest film, Kopfkino (2012), which was filmed over the course of two days in Berlin and focuses on eight women as they exchange stories about their line of workthe fulfillment of sexual fantasies. The scripted conversation evolves in front of the camera while the women use their own words and experiences. Real experiences and actual stories come together in a universe of illusions, fictions, and fantasies. These parallel worlds are analyzed in this publication, which features essays by Sabeth Buchmann, who looks into the tensions of Kopfkino; Katerina Gregos, whose essay examines four of Bergs earlier films; and Dieter Roelstraete, who provides an analysis of Bergs evercontroversial work, Stalin by Picasso or Portrait of a Woman with Moustache (2008), among others.

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Cosmic Laughter No. 1 Sternberg Press 2012 ISBN 9783943365474 Acqn 21953 Pb 132pp 121ills 68col 17.95 Texts by Gary Lachman, Ana Teixeira Pinto The phenomenon of the year 2012 refers to eschatological beliefs predicting transformative events on December 21, 2012. By now not only spiritual seekers have the conviction that something has to change. Still, there are different interpretations of the meaning of that specific date. Beyond the lunatic fringe views regarding the end of the world, a more constructive reading of the phenomenon is found in new age circles claiming that 2012 might be the beginning of a higher consciousness in humanity, coming to the realization that, in fact, Western systems have not brought prosperity and fulfilment to everybody as once imagined. Published on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition at the Ursula Blickle Stiftung, September 9October 14, 2012.

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