"Since they began collaborating in 1993. John Wood and Paul Harrison have accumulated a series of playful and beguiling video works which are distinguished as much by their droll sense of humour as their unerring economy of execution. Played out against a minimalist, monochrome backdrop, or within the sealed-off space of the monitor itself, each of the works involves the presence of one of the artists, either as the butt of an extended s ..."
"Writings on the art scene of Kosovo over the past twenty years.In the 1990s Kosovars felt―as many other countries in the Balkan region did―the urgency to shape their own scene: to search for national identity, to continue or end political conflicts, to find a language to express social and political developments, or simply to continue their practice in new, unstable times. This collection of writings and interviews offers insights from ..."
"Spanning 60 years, this publication surveys the art, editing and curating activities of London-based, Pakistani-born artist Rasheed Araeen (born 1935) for the first time, presenting an expansive artistic practice that has had a profound influence on generations of artists, writers and thinkers. Whether as a pioneer of Minimalist sculpture, a publisher of magazines at the forefront of postcolonial thinking like Third Text (founded 1987) ..."
"Throughout the vast interior of the United States, contemporary artists are responding to the world around them and reshaping it in unexpected ways. Published to coincide with an exhibition of the same name that first appeared last year in the Netherlands and will open in fall 2009 at the University of Chicago's Smart Museum of Art, "Heartland" offers an idiosyncratic look at innovative forms of cultural production taking place across t ..."
"Established in 1998, Afterall is a journal of contemporary art that provides in-depth analysis of art and its social, political, and philosophical contexts."
"L'Internationale is a trans-institutional network of five major European museums and artists' archives: Moderna Galerija Ljublana, Július Koller Society Bratislava/Vienna, MACBA Barcelona, Van Abbemusuem Eindhoven and MHKA Antwerp. With these five museums and their respective collections as a starting point, "L'Internationale: Post-War Avant-Gardes Between 1957 and 1986" presents a range of case studies and historiographical and theoret ..."
"German photographer Josef Dabernig (born 1956) investigates the landscapes of sports fields. These often emotionally charged venues are similar in form and size all over the world, and this publication displays panoramas taken in countries such as Brazil, Ukraine, Egypt and Italy."
"This two-volume catalog offers essays, artist texts, and interviews, as well as documentation of every installation included in the Berlin Biennale. Featured artists include Carlos Amorales, Joseph Grigely, Inka Essenhigh, Aernout Mik, Jonathan Ocampo, Surasai Monk, Alicia Framis, Liam Gillick, and Renee Green. Edited by Saskia Bos. Essays by Daniel Birnbaum, Saskia Bos, Nicolas Bourriaud and Annie Fletcher. Artists include: Carlos Amo ..."
"The latest of the series of 'biennales in a book', CREAM 3 offers an authoritative view on the world of contemporary art for today and tomorrow. 10 international curators, renowned experts in contemporary art, have each chosen 10 artists who, they believe, best exemplify what is happening in the contemporary art world today and who they see as the rising stars of the future. The 100 artists in CREAM 3 have risen to an international plat ..."
"Mark Lewis' work functions as a critique of cinema, encouraging the viewer's awareness of the cliches, conventions and fragmentary nature of film, and how it has been constructed historically. In so doing, he also acknowledges its suggestive power, and the alluring, seductive visual qualities of the medium, whilst maintaining a certain critical distance in his extraction and re-evaluation of its components. This catalogue provides a sur ..."
"Launched in 1999, Afterall is a journal of contemporary art that offers in-depth analysis of artists’ work, along with essays that broaden the context in which to understand it. Its academic format differentiates it from popular review magazines. Volume 48 is Afterall’s 21st anniversary issue, in which the editorial team reflects on the journal's past though a series of reprints of contextual essays and artist features, together with ne ..."
"In 2007, Aernout Mik represented the Netherlands at the Venice Biennale. Rather than produce a standard catalogue to accompany Mik's acclaimed three-part video installation, curator Maria Hlavajova organized this dense and galvanizing critical reader. Interspersed with provocative black-and-white images from Mik's artworks, Citizens and Subjects looks at the Netherlands as an example of the contemporary western condition at a time when ..."
""Intelligence" suggests both covert information gathering and the faculty used to process information into something new. Many contemporary artists might be seen as intelligence agents at large in society, gathering, sifting, and transforming the raw data of our lives, critically examining our environment, the way we live and our social relationships. This book brings together the work of 22 artists who share such an approach, including ..."
Adrian Paci The Guardians द्वारा CharlesEsche, Adrian Paci, Gabi Scardi Paperback, 112 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2018 द्वारा Mousse Publishing ISBN-13: 978-88-6749-301-2, ISBN: 88-6749-301-9
"The videos, drawings and photographs of Milan-based Albanian artist Adrian Paci (born 1969) highlight the experience of political dictatorship in Albania. The Guardians documents an exhibition of works within the Dominican cloisters in Milan, including a short film about Albanian children tending the graves in an abandoned cemetery."
"Framed by project participants and some of the discipline's most important thinkers, Future Imperfect is an indispensable new resource from A Blade of Grass that weaves together accessible scholarship and leading examples of socially engaged art. Christian Viveros-Fauné considers social practice in a business context, Greg Sholette debates its progressive bona fides, Charles Esche ruminates on its utopian claims, and Grant Kester explor ..."
European Contextualising In Analytical Sociology and Ethnographical Representation on History and Present द्वारा Remco Torenbosch, CharlesEsche, Mihnea Mircan Hardcover, 244 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2014 द्वारा Black Dog Press Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-1-908966-69-8, ISBN: 1-908966-69-6
"Originally conceived for the Council of Europe, the successful design of the flag was later adopted by the European Union in 1985 whilst under the moniker of the European Economic Community. Designed by Arsene Heitz, a French draughtsman at the CoE, and Paul Levy, a Jewish-Belgian Holocaust survivor who worked for many years as the council's Director of Information, the finalised design was presented to the CoE in 1955 at its headquarte ..."
"Launched in 1999, Afterall is a journal of contemporary art that offers in-depth analysis of artists’ work, along with essays that broaden the context in which to understand it. Its academic format differentiates it from popular review magazines. In issue 47, featured artists are planned to include Gülsün Karamustafa, Armin Linke, Naeem Mohaiemen, and Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook, Thao-Nguyen Phan, and Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, among others. "