The Arts Books
Lugemik Crystal Grid
Book Synopsis[...] How to give structure to something that itself is lacking one? How to present something like that? This is a question of visibility and making visible. What are the means for making visible something that always remains invisible? More precisely: the thing that remains invisible in real life, but of which we can get a glimpse in Crystal Grid, is the structure of capitalism. But how to display something like that?Neeme Lopp Paul Kuimet's new book presents two series by the artist Crystal Grid (20202023) and an ensuing series of assemblages What It Is to Be What You Are Not (2022). The works are connected by a set of geometric shapes from a grid that is based on the roof structure of the central transept of the Crystal Palace, erected for the Great Exhibition in London in 1851. While the photographic material of the Crystal Grid collages has been photographed in different botanical gardens around the world, the assemblages of the What It Is to Be What You Are Not series use images
£19.80
Lugemik Detours
Book SynopsisA board game-like object in a slipcase documenting a public installation by the German artist Erika Hock on the facade of the Institute for Urban History, Recklinghausen in Germany. Sometimes a detour is the better way to reach your destination. Unexpected vistas and unplanned encounters are possible on an unforeseen routesometimes the journey even ends somewhere completely different than expected. In any case, the detour has a worse reputation than it deserves. This can be seen impressively in Erika Hock's work Detours on the façade of the Institute for Urban History: powder-coated stainless-steel tubes in red, yellow, green and blue run across the outer walls of the building, each ending in round acrylic glass lights. Here, Hock explicitly proposes to question the linear progression of time and, through the exterior design, offers a historiography for the interior that does not always have to follow the usual paths. Formally important, although initially unnoticeable, Hock's concept also included the complete repainting of the façade in pure white, the closure of the clerestory windows and the accentuation of the remaining windows in blue-grey. During the day, the façade now appears in a color scheme reminiscent of the pictorial forms of 20th century classical modernism. At night, on the other hand, the façade is not illuminated as a whole by the end points of the chromatic lines, but is only visible at certain points due to Hock's light sources. With Erika Hock's work, an unexpected diversion can also become a rewarding event of nocturnal reorientation at night. Nico Anklam
£19.80
Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press Worldmaking within Politics of Sights and Space
£6.00
Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press Beyond the Chrysalis
£6.00
Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press The Distance between Yesterday and Tomorrow
£6.00
Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press A Story of Nothingness
£6.00
Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press Split Infinity
£6.00
Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press The Geography of Fixed Things
£6.00
Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press Masks Off
£6.00
Lugemik 0
Book SynopsisExploring Lene Baadsvig Ørmen's strong anthropological interestthe publication invites us to think about the conceptions we have about the natural and the artificial, and about the relationship between animals and humans as they have played out in different cultures and throughout history. Through a wide range of images, the almost sculptural monograph unveils the artist's works and exhibitions in dialogue with newly commissioned texts and interviews by Jan Verwoert, Milena Høgsberg, Leah Beeferman, Ki Nurmenniemi and Cecilie Løveid.
£19.80
Lugemik Flawless Seamless
Book SynopsisFlawless, Seamless is the first monograph of Marge Monko, encompassing works from 2014 to 2021. The book presents nineteen works that explore what the artist calls the architecture of desire, drawing inspiration from public banners, print advertisements, shop displays, show windows, etc. These ubiquitous promotional strategies, designed to evoke an abiding, aspirational desire, suggest that the products they represent will fulfill the promise of luxury, romance, and happiness. Monko's interest in these inseparable elements of capitalist society can be traced back to her childhood in the 1980s, which in the context of the Soviet Union was marked by the shortage of commodities.The works are accompanied by an essay by curator and writer Moritz Scheper and three conversations with Monko's fellow artists and friends, Erika Hock, Maruša Sagadin, and Paul Kuimet. In his text, Scheper makes connections between Monko's earlier and more recent works, and elaborates on different femininities prev
£23.40
RVB Books The Fault
Book SynopsisThe Balmuccia fault, situated in Italy, is a thin line of glass formed during an earthquake which occured millions years ago, several kilometers underground and eventually surfaced during the formation of the Alps. This bearly visible line is studied by Alexandre Schubnel and his team from the Geology Laboratory of Paris Ecole Normale Supérieure (France). This series of images completed in 2015 is the result of the photographer's collaboration with the scientists to produce a precise mapping of the fault, as well as proposing a personal, visual extension of the story. The Fault is the second chapter of a photographic trilogy on physical science, started in 2010 with astrophysics (A Black Matter, published in 2012 by Journal/F93). It will end in 2017 with a final chapter covering the field of glaciology.
£26.35
RVB Books Censored
Book SynopsisOver the course of his travels for the last ten years Tiane Doan na Champassak has been collecting Thai erotic magazines dating back to the 1960s and 1970s. With representations of nudity banned at the time, the magazines' censorship is applied with great creativity and care. For the creation of this project, ''Thaikini'', the artist drew from his collection of over 4000 photographic details, exploring the themes of censorship and eroticism.
£46.75
RVB Books Two Donkeys in a War Zone
Book SynopsisThe work Two Donkeys in a War Zone finds its source in a video of the U. S. Army available on Youtube. A drone follows an attack against an Isis camp. Between two explosions, the infrared camera briefly highlights two donkeys. This intrusion of two animals unintentionally witnessing human violence had me look for drone strike videos produced by the U. S. , Afghan or British army with moments or details that do not belong to the combat but are instead a part of normal life ', the off- camera's of an asymmetrical war. These photographs of operative videos, supporting military propaganda, show the conflict through the drone's eye. The operator is only looking for his target, but life carries on next to the explosion. These movements, instants of existence, signify humanity. Two donkeys in a war zone is a search, by cropping and subverting operative images, for traces of life inside pictures of death.
£24.30
Eyes Publishing, The CHANGING TIMES ART FACING A NEW WORLD
Book SynopsisChanging times: Art facing a new world brings together proposals from artists and authors inviting us to question how the world of art more specifically the visual art world can act, react and interact in the face of the constantly changing environment in which we live. This publication is part of the Parallel programme of which The Eyes is a member. Each year Parallel selects young artists, writers and curators to collaborate around a common theme to create personal projects, essays or exhibitions. Changing times: art facing a new world! will be associated with the programming of The Eyes Talks in Arles. Introduction by Rémi Coignet, author and critic. Portfolios of the artists: Agata Wieczorek, Ana Zibelnik, Thomas Wynne, Glorija Lizde, Ines Marinho and Negar Yaghmaian. Essays by Laura Konttinen, Seda Yildiz and Cihad Caner. Graphic design: Sarah Boris Studio
£16.20
Chose Commune Unearth 001
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£19.00
VISUAL COLLECT SOLARIUM HERNC FIRST JOURNEY LOG BOOK
£23.85
Forgotten Lands Forgotten Lands VOLUME 05 The Haunted Tropics
Book SynopsisFor Volume 05 we're examining the colonial origins that are still at work within and around the Caribbean today. How might today's coloniality of power present itself in your region and how do you address this in your practice? While we delve into this theme, it's imperative to also consider the context of these matrixed layers of identity and the reality of our own displacement in the current post-globalized world. Front cover by Shari PhoenixBack cover by Guarionex Rodriguez Jr. First edition of 1000 copies, softcoverFeaturing:Daurius Figueira / Ed Maximus / Emann Odufu / Gervais Marsh / Guarionex Rodriguez Jr / Hew Locke / José Morbán / Leasho Johnson / Maelynn Ford / Maridelis Morales Rosado / Patience Williams / Pilar Castillo / Ricardo Miguel Hernández / Sandra Brewster / Savannah Lyons Anthony / Shari Phoenix / Sharmadean Reid / Steve Maldonado Silvestrini / Yelaine Rodriguez
£21.60
Gladstone Gallery Keith Haring
Book SynopsisThis book is published on the occasion of Keith Haring'sexhibition at Gladstone Brussels in 2022.
£38.25
Movement Research Movement Research Performance Journal Issue 5859
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£14.40
Primedia eLaunch LLC Slugs
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£34.00
PM Press Signal 09
Book SynopsisThis ongoing series is dedicated to documenting and sharing political graphics, creative projects, and cultural production of international resistance and liberation struggles. Highlights of the ninth volume of Signal include: Hell No, We Won''t Glow: Selections from the Anti-Nuclear Power Discography by Dirk Bannink and Sean P. Kilcoyne, Where Do You Draw the Line Between Art and Politics? An interview with Pietro Perotti by Davide Tidoni, Print-On-Demand America Great Again: The Aesthetics and Means of Production of the Far Right by Alex Lukas, and A Survey of Graphic Actions in Latin America by Andre Mesquita.
£13.49
Pre-Echo INPUT
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£29.75
Gladstone Gallery Amy Sillman To Be OtherWise
Book SynopsisThis book is published on the occasion of the exhibition Amy Sillman: To Be Other-Wise at Gladstone Gallery, New York, 2024.
£38.25
A Tale of A Tub Glass Urinary Devices
£9.50
Flat Fix Zeichnungen 2023
Book SynopsisDuring 2023, I made at least 1 drawing each and every day of the year. All the original drawings are on 4 x 5 inch paper. This book features a selection of those drawings at actual size. The book is designed so that it has no front or back. One can view the book starting from any direction and in any orientation.
£27.00
Flat Fix Zeichnungen 2022
Book SynopsisDuring 2022, I made at least 1 drawing each and every day of the year. All the original drawings are on 8.5 x 11 inch paper. This book features a selection of those drawings at a reduced scale.
£23.40
Sadie Coles HQ Resin Paintings
Book SynopsisRyan Sullivan's Resin Paintings catalogue surveys the recent developments of Sullivan's approach to painting, published by Apogee Graphics in collaboration with Sadie Coles HQ. With contributions from artist, Uri Aran; gallerist, Clarissa Dalrymple; writer, Travis Diehl; and artist Jacqueline Humphries, Ryan Sullivan: Resin Paintings offers insight into Sullivan's thinking and affords us an understanding of the considerable processes involved in making the work. This dichotomy between thinking and making, between pure form and its affects, is a central aspect of Sullivan's practice. Through interview, essay, and philosophical provocation, this publication contends with these issues with candid intimacy.
£27.00
Special Effects Re Siriality On Becoming Landscape
Book SynopsisIn Re: Siriality/ On Becoming Landscape, Los Angeles-based artist Ines Kivimaki traces the origins of Apple's digital assistant, Siri, and its human counterpart, voice actor Susan Bennett who poses as a sonic mother-earth within a genealogy of artificial intelligence. Retelling and expanding this narrative though interviews with Bennett, Kivimaki asks her to recount her birth story, as well as Siri's through her embodiment. Using artificial intelligence as a means of envisioning Siri's physical incarnation and visual world, Kivimaki feeds her correspondence with Bennett and the nonsensical voice model scripts used to build Siri's voice to early stage text-to-image and text-to-video generators, creating an output that proposes a world where the algorithmic aligns with the mythic. This project delves into the psychedelic and alienating primordial soup of generative artificial intelligence through translation and mediation into image, sculpture, and video forms which collapse into one another synthesizing feedback loops of digital and mythical memory. Includes bookmark and link to view Kivimäki's accompanying video, Water Mother. Exterior: Blind Post Swiss BoundCover with Spot UV InkInterior: 100lb Uncoated Text
£51.00
Khajistan Press DICKIRAN
Book SynopsisDickiran is a collection of tender drawings of dick pics from Iranian cyberspace.
£18.00
