World Food Books

Purple 8
Summer 2001

2001, English
Softcover, 224 pages, 27 x 20 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Purple Institute / Paris

$240.00 - In stock -

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A very rare copy of the eighth issue of Purple, edited by Olivier Zahm, art directed by Makoto Ohru, featuring Chiara Mastroianni on the cover. One of the best issues, featuring Mark Borthwick, Roe thridge, Richard Kern, Katja Rahlwes, Terry Richardson, Wolfgang Tillmans, Chloë Sevigny, Henry Roy, Colin de Land, Bruce Benderson, Anders Edström, Jutta Koether, Kate Moss, Maison Martin Margiela, Takashi Homma, Chloë Sevigny, Kim Gordon, Antek Walczak, Hermés, Masafumi Sanai, Dike Blair, Comme des Garçons, Balenciaga, Nakako Hayashi, Jeff Rian, Dominique Gonzales Foerster, Bless, Experimental Jetset, Bob Nickas, Ann Demeuelemeester, Claude Closky, Kyoji Takahashi, Michael Smith, Matt Sweeney, John Kelsey, Helmut Lang, Bennett Simpson, Gareth James, Miu Miu, Vanina Sorrenti, Cedrick Eymenier, Andreas Larsson, Mark Kingwell, Bernard Joisten, Laetitia Benat, Anaïd Demir, Costume National, Michel Sumpf, Alex Antitch, Giasco Bertoli, Jeremy Blake, Ola Rindal, and many more....

In 1992, Elein Fleiss and Olivier Zahm started the magazine Purple Prose as a reaction against the superficial glamour of the 1980s; much as a part of the global counterculture at the time, inspired by magazines like Interview, Ray Gun, Nova, and Helmut Newton's Illustrated, but with the aesthetics of what usually is referred to as anti-fashion. Based on their personal interests and views; Purple was, and in a sense still is, made much in the same spirit of the fanzine. Started "without any means, and without any experience, because we wanted to make a magazine that was radically different. We wanted to support the artists around us that no one else supported, much less talked about."—Olivier Zahm. The magazine became associated with the "realism" of the new fashion photography of the 1990s, with names like Juergen Teller, Terry Richardson, Wolfgang Tillmans, Mark Borthwick, Corinne Day, and Mario Sorrenti. Soon after the birth of Purple Prose, Zahm and Fleiss created spin-off publications such as les cahiers purple, Purple Sexe, Purple Fiction, and of course, Purple Fashion, in which Zahm aimed at fusing together his two worlds, fashion and art. Now one of the most iconic and influential fashion magazines in history.

Very Good copy.

File under: Makoto Ohrui Olivier Zahm Mark Borthwick Roe thridge Richard Kern Katja Rahlwes Terry Richardson Wolfgang Tillmans Chloë Sevigny Henry Roy Colin de Land Bruce Benderson Anders Edström Jutta Koether Kate Moss Maison Martin Margiela Takashi Homma Kim Gordon Antek Walczak Hermés Masafumi Sanai Dike Blair Comme des Garçons Balenciaga Nakako Hayashi Jeff Rian Dominique Gonzales Foerster Bless Experimental Jetset Bob Nickas Ann Demeuelemeester Claude Closky Kyoji Takahashi Michael Smith Matt Sweeney John Kelsey Helmut Lang Bennett Simpson Gareth James Miu Miu Vanina Sorrenti Cedrick Eymenier Andreas Larsson Mark Kingwell Bernard Joisten Laetitia Benat Anaïd Demir Costume National Michel Sumpf Alex Antitch Giasco Bertoli Jeremy Blake Ola Rindal Olivier Zahm Purple Institute / Paris Periodicals Fashion Photography Out-of-print / Rare Art Eros Theory / Essay Sound / Music Fiction / Poetry

Mark Borthwick
Synthetic Voices

1998, English / Japanese
Softcover (w. obi inserted), 210 pages, 21 x 27.8 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Synergy Inc. / Tokyo

$590.00 - Out of stock

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"Synthetic Voices", the great, long out-of-print photo-book of Mark Borthwick, published in Japan in 1998. The heart of 1990s fashion photography, "Synthetic Voices" was conceived more as an artists photo scrapbook and the most perfect collection of Mark's iconic work throughout the 1990's for Margiela, Purple, Self Service, Interview, Vogue Italia, etc., alongside his personal photography work, and texts. Chloë Sevigny, Hélène Fillières, Maison Martin Margiela, Hussein Chalayan, Comme des Garçons, Paul McCarthy, Patti Smith, Kate Moss, Chloe Sevigny, Rita Ackerman, Kim Gordon, Sinead O'connor, and more, all here. An amazing photographer who captured and inspired an important period in (un)fashion photography with his playful and poetic, now iconic, images.

Designed by Mark Borthwock and Hideki Nakajima
Introduction by Jeff Rian and Olivier Zahm
Guest edited by Elein Fleiss and Olivier Zahm (Purple prose)
Published by Synergy Inc., Tokyo.

Very Good copy. Includes obi.

File under: Comme des Garçons Hussein Chalayan Kate Moss Kim Gordon Maison Martin Margiela Mark Borthwick Patti Smith Paul McCarthy Rita Ackermann Jeff Rian Olivier Zahm Synergy Inc. / Tokyo Art Fashion Out-of-print / Rare Photography

Purple Stars
Edited by Makoto Ohrui, Elein Fleiss and Oliver Zahm

2002, English
Softcover (staple-bound), 96 pages, 17 x 25 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Purple Books / Paris Fiction Inc. / Tokyo

$200.00 - Out of stock

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First and only edition of Purple Stars, a collection of portraits and fashion photographs of the stars of Purple magazine during those early definitive years of 90's anti-fashion and the establishment of one of the most important fashion magazines of our generation. Edited by Makoto Ohrui, Elein Fleiss and Oliver Zahm and published in Japan in 2002 by Purple Books & Fiction Inc, Purple Stars features the photography of Mark Borthwick, Juergen Teller, Camille Vivier, Wolfgang Tillmans, Laetitia Benat, Anders Edström, Takashi Homma, Jack Pierson, Anuschka Blommers & Niels Schumm, Richard Prince, Giasco Bertoli, Alex Antitch, Patterson Beckwith, Terry Richardson, Henry Roy, Vanina Sorrenti, Chikashi Suzuki, Mauricio Guillen, Marcelo Krasilcic, Serge Leblon, Armin Linke... with photographs of Hélène Fillières, Catherine Deneuve, Jutta Koether, Lou Doillon, Kim Gordon, Harmony Korine, Alex Bag, Kate Moss, Rita Ackermann, Colin de Land, Chloë Sevigny, Brad Pitt, Charlotte Rampling, Ludivine Sagnier, Camille Vivier, Cerith Wyn Evens, Yoshimi, Yukinori Maeda, Alexandra Bircken, Lizzie Bougatsos, Maurizio Cattelan, Susan Cianciolo, Elein Fleiss, Marieke Stolk, and many more.

A now very scarce compendium of some of the most iconic photographic images direct from the early pages of Purple.

Very Good copy, lacking glassine dust wrapper.

File under: Mark Borthwick Juergen Teller Camille Vivier Wolfgang Tillmans Laetitia Benat Anders Edström Takashi Homma Jack Pierson Anuschka Blommers & Niels Schumm Richard Prince Giasco Bertoli Alex Antitch Patterson Beckwith Terry Richardson Henry Roy Vanina Sorrenti Chikashi Suzuki Mauricio Guillen Marcelo Krasilcic Serge Leblon Armin Linke Hélène Fillières Catherine Deneuve Jutta Koether Lou Doillon Kim Gordon Harmony Korine Alex Bag Kate Moss Rita Ackermann Colin de Land Chloë Sevigny Brad Pitt Charlotte Rampling Ludivine Sagnier Cerith Wyn Evens Yoshimi Yukinori Maeda Alexandra Bircken Lizzie Bougatsos Maurizio Cattelan Susan Cianciolo Marieke Stolk Makoto Ohrui Elein Fleiss Oliver Zahm Purple Books / Paris Fiction Inc. / Tokyo Art Photography Out-of-print / Rare Periodicals Fashion

Richard Kern
New York Girls

1995, English
Softcover, 29.5 x 23 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Purr Books / London

$100.00 - Out of stock

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First edition of Richard Kern's classic "New York Girls" released in 1995, defining a time, a place, and the raw aesthetic of the artist Richard Kern (b. 1954). Kern was a leading figure in the 1980s Cinema of Transgression, director of the iconic films You Killed Me First, Fingered and Submit to Me Now; producer of Sonic Youth’s “Death Valley ’69” and Marilyn Manson’s Lunchbox music videos; and a pioneering zine publisher responsible for The Heroin Addict and The Valium Addict. After kicking his own heroin habit, Kern turned to still photography, shooting girls in his downtown, punk-inflected New York social circle. Regarded as one of the best female nude photo-books of the 1990's, Kern's New York girls were naked, bold, tattooed, pierced, and casually posed in minimal sets, mostly just Richard’s ratty slum apartment. They were young, but not innocent, fully complicit in the bondage, gunplay, and infamous candle insertions. "Dedicated to the models." With an introduction by Lydia Lunch, interview with Richard Kern by Kim Gordon, text by Kern, and filmography.

John Waters said of one of Kern's notorious scum-bag Super-8 movies: "Finger is the ultimate date movie for psychos. It's the best hillbilly-punk-art-porno movie in the world and I always show it to people very late at night to make them happy."

Very Good copy, light wear.

File under: Richard Kern Kim Gordon Lydia Lunch Lung Leg Purr Books / London Art Photography Eros Out-of-print / Rare Film / Video Counterculture

Purple Prose 1
Automne / Autumn 1992

1992, English / French
Softcover (staple-bound), 64 pages, 24.5 x 19 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Purple Institute / Paris

$580.00 - In stock -

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The true beginning of Purple — the very rare first issue of Elein Fleiss and Olivier Zahm's Purple Prose, published in 1992. Founded as a reaction against the superficial glamour of the 1980’s, Purple Prose embraced the immediate fanzine aesthetics of what became referred to as 1990's anti-fashion, a far cry from what we now identify with Purple Fashion with.

Purple Prose 1, Automne 1992, features contributions by Dike Blair, Andrea Zittel, Joshua Decter, Henry Bond, Daniel Lemer, Jutta Koether, Andrea Zittel, Roddy Bogawa, Jon Moritsugu, Jacques Boyreau, Jan Avgikos, Martin Kippenberger, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Edgar Heap of Birds, David Robbins, Jean-Christophe Menu, Vitaly Glabel, Kitten (pre—Free Kitten: Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth and Pussy Galore's Julia Cafritz), Patrick Bouchitey, Jean-Luc Vilmouth, François Roche, and many more.

Soon after the birth of Purple Prose, Zahm created spin-off publications like Purple Sexe, Purple Fiction and what we now know and love, Purple Fashion. Zahm aimed at fusing together his two worlds, fashion and art, in creating Purple Fashion.

Before entering the world of fashion, Zahm worked as an art critic with widespread recognition for his work as a curator as well as his participation in over 150 exhibitions featuring international contemporary art. In 1994, Zahm and Fleiss curated “The Winter of Love,” a hit show for the Museum of Modern Art in Paris that they later took to P.S.1 in New York. In responding to the superficial glamour of the 1980s, Zahm co-founded Purple Prose magazine. In the introduction of Purple Anthology, Zahm shares why he chose to create Purple Prose:

"We launched Purple Prose in the early 1990s without any means, and without any experience, because we wanted to make a magazine that was radically different. We wanted to support the artists around us that no one else supported, much less talked about. [..] It would be a form of opposition of our own".

Very Good—Near Fine copy, light wear.

File under: Dike Blair Andrea Zittel Joshua Decter Henry Bond Daniel Lemer Jutta Koether Kim Gordon David Robbins Martin Kippenberger Julia Cafritz Edgar Heap of Birds Roddy Bogawa Jon Moritsugu Jacques Boyreau Olivier Zahm Elein Fleiss Purple Institute / Paris Fashion Periodicals Out-of-print / Rare Photography Art Fiction / Poetry Theory / Essay Film / Video Conceptual Art Painting Sculpture / Installation

Purple Fashion number 3
Summer 1997

1997, English
Softcover, 223 pages, 18.5 x 13 cm
1st US Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Purple Books / Paris

$300.00 - Out of stock

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Very rare early Purple Fashion - the original run, original design, original format. Purple Fashion number 3 (1997), edited by Elein Fleiss, embodies the anti-Fashion attitude and aesthetic Purple were so much a crucial part of in the mid-late 1990s. Includes a fantastic Martin Margiela piece, Comme des Garçons by Mark Borthwick, Camille Vivier, Maurizio Cattelan, Elein Fleiss, Terry Richardson, Susan Ciancolo, Helmut Lang, Anders Edstrom, Kim Gordon by Mark Borthwick and much more. Really incredible and now so rare these early issues. And this one is in great condition!

In 1992 Olivier Zahm and his partner Elein Fleiss printed the first issue of Purple Prose, a Parisian literary art zine that over the years has evolved into Purple Fashion Magazine. Soon after the birth of Purple Prose, Zahm and Fleiss created spin-off publications like les cahiers purple, Purple Sexe, Purple Fiction, and of course, Purple Fashion. Zahm aimed at fusing together his two worlds, fashion and art, in creating Purple Fashion.

Very Good copy.

File under: Anders Edström Camille Vivier Comme des Garçons Kim Gordon Maison Martin Margiela Mark Borthwick Maurizio Cattelan Susan Cianciolo Terry Richardson Purple Books / Paris Art Fashion Out-of-print / Rare Periodicals Photography

Purple 3
Summer 1999

1999, English
Softcover, 448 pages, 15.5 x 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Purple Institute / Paris

$190.00 - Out of stock

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PURPLE magazine ("Fashion, Prose, Special, Fiction, Interior") Number 3, Summer 1999.

A rare copy of one of the best early editions of Purple, with Susan Cianciolo's Summer 99, Run 7 264 Canal St. shot by Anders Edstrom for the cover. Edited by Elein Fleiss, this wonderful early issue features work and words by: Maison Martin Margiela, Mark Borthwick, Juergen Teller, Jutta Koether, Lee Ranaldo, Susan Cianciolo, Anders Edstrom, Balenciaga, Kim Gordon, Jeff Rian, Rainer Ganahl, Dike Blair, John McCracken, Richard Hell, Alex Bag, Rita Ackerman, Tobjorn Rodland, Comme des Garcons, Tim Griffin, Richard Prince, Terry Richardson, Junya Watanabe, Hermés, Jil Sander, Banu Cennetoğlu, Helmut Lang, Antek Walzcak, and many many more....

In 1992 Olivier Zahm and his partner Elein Fleiss printed the first issue of Purple Prose, a Parisian literary art zine that over the years has evolved into Purple Fashion Magazine. Soon after the birth of Purple Prose, Zahm and Fleiss created spin-off publications like les cahiers purple, Purple Sexe, Purple Fiction, and of course, Purple Fashion. Zahm aimed at fusing together his two worlds, fashion and art, in creating Purple Fashion.

Very Good copy, only very light wear.

File under: Junya Watanabe Maison Martin Margiela Mark Borthwick Juergen Teller Jutta Koether Lee Ranaldo Susan Cianciolo Balenciaga Kim Gordon Jeff Rian Rainer Ganahl Dike Blair John McCracken Richard Hell Alex Bag Rita Ackerman Tim Griffin Richard Prince Terry Richardson Hermés Jil Sander Banu Cennetoğlu Helmut Lang Antek Walzcak Anders Edström Comme des Garçons Elein Fleiss Purple Institute / Paris Fashion Periodicals Out-of-print / Rare Photography

DUNE (Quarterly) No.10 (Chloë Sevigny)
Summer 1996

1996, English
Softcover, 136 pages, 22.5 x 29.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Art Days / Tokyo

$200.00 - Out of stock

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Special Summer 1996 10th issue of DUNE, featuring the iconic Chloë Sevigny cover styled by Andrew Richardson and shot by Terry Richardson. Rare and most sought-after issue of this Japanese fashion and culture magazine, edited by the legendary Fumihiro Hayashi, with the theme of "REALITY", encapsulating the "realism" of 1990's new fashion photography and anti-fashion aesthetic, including a huge photo feature of Chloë by Richardson, Hysteric Glamor shot by David Sorrenti, Prada does Palm Springs by Takashi Homma, Baby Generation by Takashi Homma, featuring Sofia Coppola, Kim Gordon, Ione Skye, Tamra Davis and Karen Klimnik, Walter Van Beirendonck, photography by Sofia Coppola, Shingo Wakagi, Katsumi Omori, Masashi Sanai, Fujio Saimon, Gregory Crewdson, Masashi Ohashi, plus Visionaire, Hiroshi Tanabe, Hunter S. Thompson, ads for X-Girl, Milk Fed, Paul Smith... a rare (even in Japan) time capsule and distant memory of the Genki days of the bookshop building.

Very Good copy.

File under: Terry Richardson Takashi Homma Sofia Coppola Kim Gordon X-Girl Milk Fed Shingo Wakagi Katsumi Omori Masashi Sanai Fujio Saimon Gregory Crewdson Masashi Ohashi Hunter S. Thompson Fumihiro Hayashi Art Days / Tokyo Periodicals Out-of-print / Rare Fashion Film / Video Photography Japanese Photography

PURPLE 4
Winter 1999-2000

1999, English
Softcover, 494 pages, 15.5 x 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Purple Institute / Paris

$150.00 - Out of stock

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PURPLE magazine ("Fashion, Prose, Special, Fiction, Interior") Number 4, Winter 1999-2000.

A rare copy of this early edition of Purple, edited by Elein Fleiss, this wonderful early issue that features work by: Mark Borthwick, Juergen Teller, Jutta Koether, Jack Pierson, Tobjorn Rodland, A.F. Vandervorst, Ann-Sofie Back, Takashi Homma, Anders Edstrom, Balenciaga, Hussein Chalayan, Susan Cianciolo, Comme des Garcons, Fabrics Interseason, Martin Margiela, Kim Gordon, Doug Aitken, Junya Watanabe, Hermés, Bernard Willhelm, Helmut Lang, Leah Singer, Louis Vuitton, Lewis Baltz, Liz Bougatsos, Bless, Experimental Jetset, Antek Walzcak, Harmony Korine, Mark Gonzales, Terry Richardson, Giasco Bertoli, and many many more....

In 1992 Olivier Zahm and his partner Elein Fleiss printed the first issue of Purple Prose, a Parisian literary art zine that over the years has evolved into Purple Fashion Magazine. Soon after the birth of Purple Prose, Zahm and Fleiss created spin-off publications like les cahiers purple, Purple Sexe, Purple Fiction, and of course, Purple Fashion. Zahm aimed at fusing together his two worlds, fashion and art, in creating Purple Fashion.

File under: A.F. Vandevorst Anders Edström Ann-Sofie Back Antek Walczak Balenciaga Bless Comme des Garçons Doug Aitken Experimental Jetset Fabrics Interseason Harmony Korine Helmut Lang Hermés Hussein Chalayan Jack Pierson Juergen Teller Junya Watanabe Jutta Koether Kim Gordon Leah Singer Lewis Baltz Lizzi Bougatsos Louis Vuitton Maison Martin Margiela Mark Borthwick Mark Gonzales Susan Cianciolo Takashi Homma Terry Richardson Bernhard Willhelm Elein Fleiss Purple Institute / Paris Art Graphic Design / Typography Fashion Fiction / Poetry Out-of-print / Rare Periodicals Photography Poetry

Purple 38: The 30yrs Issue

2022, English
Hardcover, 544 pages, 24 x 33 cm
Published by Purple Institute / Paris

$89.00 - Out of stock

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Purple celebrates its 30th anniversary and for this issue interweaves new editorial content with facsimiles of pages from past issues to show how different moments in time resonate and connect to each other. This issue tells the story of 30 years devoted to artists, designers, photographers, writers, cities and other facets that define the Purple World - such as night, philosophy, diversity, avant-garde, sex and politics. Throughout 30 parts full of photography, fashion, cool kids and nostalgia, the 30YRS issue features Elein Fleiss, Martin Margiela, Takashi Homma, Chloë Sevigny, Richard Prince, Bernadette Corporation, Wolfgang Tillmans, Comme Des Garçons, Rita Ackermann, Kenneth Anger, Olivier Zahm, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Abel Ferrara, Maurizio Cattelan, Dash Snow, Arthur Jafa, Glenn O'brien, Harmony Korine, Juergen Teller, David Lynch, Susan Cianciolo, Kim Gordon, Terry Richardson, Chikashi Suzuki, Katja Rahlwes, Henrik Purienne, Marlene Dumas, Rick Owens, and many many more. Accompanied by a special Urs Fischer Purple Book.

Purple magazine issue #38 features 29 different photographic covers. Unfortunately it is not possible to buy a specific cover.

File under: Urs Fischer Rita Ackerman Maison Martin Margiela Comme des Garçons Elein Fleiss Takashi Homma Chloë Sevigny Maurizio Cattelan Dash Snow Juergen Teller Marlene Dumas Larry Clark Bernadette Corporation Martin Margiela Richard Prince Wolfgang Tillmans Comme Des Garçons Rita Ackermann Olivier Zahm Glenn O'brien Terry Richardson Chikashi Suzuki Katja Rahlwes Henrik Purienne Rick Owens Kenneth Anger Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster Abel Ferrara Harmony Korine David Lynch Susan Cianciolo Kim Gordon Arthur Jafa Elein Fleiss Olivier Zahm Purple Institute / Paris Periodicals Photography Fashion Art Film / Video

Dan Graham
Beyond

2009, English
Softcover, 348 pages, 23 x 31 cm
Published by MOCA / Los Angeles The MIT Press / Massachusetts

$85.00 - Out of stock

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Dan Graham is one of the most significant figures to emerge from the 1960s moment of Conceptual art, with a practice that pioneered a range of art forms, modes, and ideas that are now fundamental to contemporary art. The thrust of his practice has always pointed beyond: beyond the art object, beyond the studio, beyond the medium, beyond the gallery, beyond the self. Beyond all these categories and into the realm of the social, the public, the democratic, the mass produced, the architectural, the anarchic, the humorous. Graham's early work, Homes for America--a series of snapshots of suburban New Jersey tract housing accompanied by short parodic texts, made as a page layout for Arts magazine--announced a critical art grounded in the everyday, and it merged the artist's interest in cultural commentary with art's most advanced visual modes. His 1984 "video-essay" Rock My Religion traced a continuum of separatism and collective ecstasy from the American religious sect the Shakers to hard-core punk music.

This volume, which accompanied a major retrospective organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, offers the first comprehensive survey of Graham's work. The book's design evokes magazine format and style, after Graham's important conceptual work from the 1960s in that medium. Generously illustrated in color and black and white, Dan Graham: Beyond features eight new essays, two new interviews with the artist, a section of reprints of Graham's own writing, and an animated manga-style "life of Dan Graham" narrative. It examines Graham's entire body of work, which includes designs for magazine pages, drawing, photographs, film and video, and architectural models and pavilions.

Essays : Chrissie Iles on Graham's performance work; Bennett Simpson on Graham's interest and works in rock music; Beatriz Colomina on Graham's architectural pavilions; Rhea Anastas on Graham's early formation and short-lived operation of the John Daniels Gallery; Mark von Schlegell on Graham's interest in science fiction; Mark Francis on Graham's Public Space/Two Audiences (1976); Alexandra Midal on Graham's conceptual works for magazine pages and magazine design; Philippe Vergne on Graham's puppet opera Don't Trust Anyone Over Thirty (2004); Kim Gordon interview with Graham on their collaborations and music; Rodney Graham interview with Graham on jokes and humor in art.

File under: Dan Graham Kim Gordon Rodney Graham Alexandra Midal Beatriz Colomina Bennett Simpson Chrissie Iles Kim Gordon Mark Francis Mark Von Schlegell Philippe Vergne Rhea Anastas Rodney Graham MOCA / Los Angeles The MIT Press / Massachusetts Architecture / Interior Art Performance / Dance / Theater Sculpture / Installation

John Knight
October Files book — Edited by André Rottmann

2014, English
Softcover, 216 pages, 15 x 23 cm
Published by October Books / New York The MIT Press / Massachusetts

$55.00 - Out of stock

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For more than four decades, the elusive but influential Los Angeles-based artist John Knight has developed a practice of site specificity that tests both architectural and ideological boundaries of the museum, gallery, and public sphere. Knight’s works defy notions of stylistic coherence, even, at times, of instant recognizability. Grounded in a sustained method of inhabiting the material, discursive and economic conditions of varied sites, his works systematically challenge notions of object, sign, context, authorship, and value, and they confront audiences not only with mailers, posters, and journals but also with carpenter levels, commemorative plates, deck chairs, bicycle bells, flower arrangements, and credit cards. This volume offers essays and interviews that trace the critical thinking on Knight, discussing the artist’s trajectory from 1969 to 2011.

These texts, by such prominent figures as Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Isabelle Graw, Anne Rorimer, Alexander Alberro, Dan Graham, Kim Gordon, and Birgit Pelzer, offer close readings of Knight’s pivotal projects in situ while also considering them in terms of such art-historical paradigms as the readymade, the anti-aesthetic, institutional critique, and the relationship between art and design as well as corporate culture at large. The book provides the first collection of these often hard-to-find texts on Knight and will serve as an essential guide for further consideration of his oeuvre.

File under: John Knight Kim Gordon Dan Graham Alexander Alberro André Rottmann Anne Rorimer Benjamin H. D. Buchloh Birgit Pelzer Isabelle Graw October Books / New York The MIT Press / Massachusetts Art Theory / Essay Conceptual Art Minimal Art

Art Notebook February 1997
Mike Kelley and LA Art Scene

1997, Japanese
Softcover, 270 pages, 21 x 14.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Art Notebook / Tokyo

$140.00 - Out of stock

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Incredibly rare special issue of Japanese contemporary art journal Art Notebook dedicated to "Mike Kelley and L.A. Art Scene", published in February 1997. To coincide with Kelley's major solo exhibition at Wako Works of Art, Tokyo in 1996, Art Notebook compiled this in-depth feature with Kelley as their tour guide to Los Angeles. Heavy illustrated with Kelley's works in colour and monochrome, the issue includes an interview with Kelley by Japanese art critic Kentaro Ichihara (author of the Kelley essay for Wako Works of Art), the L.A. Art scene presented by Kelley featuring art, music and sub-culture from L.A. (illustrated profiles on Jim Shaw, Raymond Pettibon, Paul McCarthy, Sharon Lockhart, Catherin Opie, Joe Mama-Nitzberg, Margaret Honda, Destroy All Monsters...), an interview with artist Paul McCarthy by artist Takashi Murakami, photo feature, live review and special interview with Destroy all Monsters who reformed to perform in Harajuku with Puzzle Punks (EYE), interview with Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth), Paul McCarthy and Mike Kelley's performances, an article on 1990s art in Los Angeles by curator Russell Ferguson (MoCA, Hammer, University of California)..... To top it off there is a fold-pout artwork by Yamantaka Eye (Puzzle Punks, Boredoms,...)! Heavily illustrated, text mostly Japanese (small introductory amount in English).

Very Good copy!

File under: Yamantaka Eye Boredoms Mike Kelley Paul McCarthy Puzzle Punks Jim Shaw Raymond Pettibon Sharon Lockhart Catherin Opie Joe Mama-Nitzberg Margaret Honda Destroy All Monsters Kim Gordon Takashi Murakami Sonic Youth Russell Ferguson Kentaro Ichihara Art Notebook / Tokyo Art Sound / Music Performance / Dance / Theater

Here and There #7 : Paris-Tokyo Issue
by Nakako Hayashi

2007, English / Japanese
Softcover, 64 Pages, 21 x 29.7 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / as new
Published by Nieves / Zurich Here and There / Japan

$45.00 - Out of stock

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Susan Cianciolo, Pascale Gatzen, Mark Borthwick, Kenneth Andrew Mroczek, Ruthie Doyle, Julian Gatto, Yukinori Maeda, Takashi Homma, Anne Daems, Mike Mills, Kim Gordon, Elein Fleiss, Kenshu Shintsubo, Jeff Burch, Kasane Nagawa and Benjamin Sommerhalder

Here and There Vol.7 is dedicated to the cities of Paris and Tokyo, looking at them through the eyes of its wide contributors’ family spread around the world. We are taken into a whirlwind of overlapping stories and emotions, through the words and images of Takashi Homma, Elein Fleiss, Susan Cianciolo, Julian Gatto, Kim Gordon, Mike Mills, Benjamin Sommerhalder and most importantly Nakako Hayashi, the mind behind it all.

This issue is also filled with a few extra special interviews to Pascale Gatzen, Susan Cianciolo, Yukinori Maeda and texts by Jeff Burch, all adding up to 64 truly inspirational pages.

Art Director Kazunari Hattori.

File under: Susan Cianciolo Mark Borthwick Mike Mills Kim Gordon Yukinori Maeda Takashi Homma Cosmic Wonder Kazunari Hattori Susan Cianciolo Pascale Gatzen Mark Borthwick Kenneth Andrew Mroczek Ruthie Doyle Julian Gatto Yukinori Maeda Takashi Homma Anne Daems Mike Mills Kim Gordon Elein Fleiss Kenshu Shintsubo Jeff Burch Kasane Nagawa Benjamin Sommerhalder Nieves / Zurich Here and There / Japan Out-of-print / Rare Fashion Japanese Photography Photography Art Periodicals

REAL LIFE Magazine: Selected Writings and Projects 1979-1994

2007, English
Softcover, 21 x 28 cm, 320 pages
Published by Primary Information / New York

$59.00 - In stock -

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REAL LIFE Magazine: Selected Writings and Projects 1979-1994 highlights a selection of writings and artists' projects from REAL LIFE magazine, which was originally edited by artist, writer, and curator, Thomas Lawson and writer, Susan Morgan. Published in twenty-three issues from 1979-1994 as an intermittent black and white magazine, REAL LIFE featured artists and art historians writing on art, media and popular culture interspersed with pictorial contributions. The development of the magazine through its 15 year history, traces the influences, development and transitions of artists through the 80s.

The anthology features writings by and about Dara Birnbaum, Eric Bogosian, Rhys Chatham, Mark Dion, Jack Goldstein, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Kim Gordon, Dan Graham, Thomas Lawson, Louise Lawler, Sherrie Levine, Allan McCollum, John Miller, Dave Muller, Matt Mullican, Adrian Piper, Richard Prince, David Robbins, Ed Ruscha, Cindy Sherman, Laurie Simmons, Michael Smith, John Stezaker, Bernard Tschumi, Jeff Wall, Lawrence Weiner, and James Welling among others.
Table of Contents:
Thomas Lawson and Susan Morgan: Various Histories of REAL LIFE Magazine
Matthew Higgs: REAL LIFE

Susan Morgan: an interview with Robert Moskowitz, 1979
Valentin Tatransky: Collage And The Problem Of Representation: Sherrie Levine's new work, 1979
Grahame Shane: Crime as Function, 1979
Susan Morgan: an interview with Steve Gianakos, 1979
Barbara Kruger: Game Show, 1979
James Welling: Untitled, 1979
Thomas Lawson: Every Picture Tells A Story Don't It? 1979
Thomas Lawson: Fashion Moda, 1980
Richard Prince: Primary Transfers, 1980
Dan Graham: The Destroyed Room of Jeff Wall, 1980
Kim Gordon: Trash Drugs And Male Bonding, 1980
Thomas Lawson: Going Places, 1980
Susan Morgan: Michael Hurson, 1980
Barbara Kruger: Devils With Red Dresses On, 1980
Thomas Lawson: Long Distance Information, 1980
Joseph Bishop: Desperate Character, 1980
Richard Prince: Menthol Pictures, 1980
Laurie Simmons: Sam and Dottie Dance, 1980
Jim Bradley: Radical Genitalia, 1980
Allan McCollum: Matt Mullican's World, 1980
Michael Smith: Mike In... What Should I Do About The Car? 1980
Sherrie Levine: Two Photographs After Walker Evans, 1980
Kim Gordon: Honeymoon Habit, 1980
Post-Modernism: a symposium, 1981
Dan Graham: BOWWOWWOW (the Age of Piracy), 1981
Howard Singerman: The Artist as Adolescent, 1981
Elsa Bulgari: Your Everyday Critic, 1981
Thomas Lawson: Too Good to be True, 1981
Jenny Bolande: Elk Grazed as if Nothing Had Happened, 1981
David Robbins: Notes toward film, 1981
Eric Bogosian: Fascination, 1981
Fulton Ryder: Pissing on Ice, 1981
Joan Wallace and Geralyn Donohue: Edit deAk, 1982
Rex Reason: Democratism, 1982
The Holy Ghost Writers: Condensation and Dish-Placement, 1982-3
Howard Singerman: Paragraphs toward an essay entitled 'Restoration Comedies', 1982-3
John Roberts: Ruins in the Realm of Thought, 1983
Paul McMahon: From The Permanent Collection, 1983
Jo Baer and Bruce Robbins: Beyond the Pale, 1983
Kathi Norklun: Courage, 1983
Tim Rollins: Particles, 1980-1983, 1983-4
Doug Ashford: Kiss of Death, 1983-4
Thomas Lawson: Komar & Melamid, 1983-4
Robin Winters: The Secret Agent: an interview with Jacki Ochs , 1983-4
Robert C. Morgan: a conversation with Lawrence Weiner , 1983-4
Judith Kirshner: A Blinding Light , 1983-4
Rex Reason: Brie Popcorn: an interview with the directors of Nature Morte Gallery, 1983-4
John Miller: Morality and the Poetic, 1984
Susan Morgan: Portraits of the Artists/Composite Drawings, 1984
B.P. Gutfreund: Four Photographs, 1984
Susan Morgan: Each and Every One of You, 1985
Mark Dion: Tales From The Dark Side, 1985
Jeff Wall: Dan Graham's Kammerspiel Parts I and II, 1985
Jana Sterbak: Premeditated: an interview with Ed Ruscha, 1985
Walter Robinson: The Quest For Failure, 1985-6
Derek Boshier: John Dugger, 1985-6
John A.Walker: Unholy Alliance: Chairman Mao, Andy Warhol, and the Saatchis, 1985-6
Kellie Jones: David Hammons, 1986
John Miller: Swiss Family Robbins, 1986
Adrian Piper: An Open Letter to Donald Kuspit, 1987-8
Susan Morgan: when X does not equal Y , 1987-8
Thomas Lawson: Critical Art Ensemble, 1988-9
Christine N. Lea: Beyond Belief, 1988-9
Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Untitled 1988: Detail of a Sculpture (Endless Copies), 1988-9
Thomas Lawson: No Bull, 1990
Allan McCollum: Photo from TV (with Paintings), 1990
Dara Birnbaum: The Wondering Of Context, 1990
James Welling: Corridors, 1989, 1990
Michael Smith and R. Sikoryak: Mike, 1990
Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Untitled, 1990
Judith Barry: Drive-In or Walk-In Museum, 1990
Group Material: AIDS Timeline, 1990
David Robbins: Three Cancelled TV Families, 1990
Louise Lawler: Untitled 1988, 1990
Susan Morgan: Carlos Gutierrez-Solana, 1994
Josef Strau and Stephan Dillemuth: Friesenwall 120, 1994
David A. Muller: Three Day Weekend, 1994
Spencer Finch: Amnesia And Saying Nothing, 1994

File under: Adrian Piper Allan McCollum Andy Warhol Barbara Kruger Critical Art Ensemble Dan Graham Dara Birnbaum David Hammons Ed Ruscha Felix Gonzalez-Torres Group Material Jack Goldstein James Welling Jeff Wall Jo Baer John Miller Josef Strau Judith Barry Kim Gordon Lawrence Weiner Louise Lawler Matt Mullican Rhys Chatham Richard Prince Robin Winters Sherrie Levine Stephan Dillemuth Matthew Higgs Miriam Katzeff Susan Morgan Thomas Lawson Primary Information / New York Art Fiction / Poetry Photography Sculpture / Installation Theory / Essay Group Shows / Collections Painting Periodicals

Kim Gordon
Girl in a Band: A Memoir

2015, English
Hardcover (w. dust jacket), 288 pages, 135 x 203 cm
1st edition,
Published by Dey Street Books / New York

$42.00 - Out of stock

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"There are few artists who inspire such reverence as Kim Gordon. In Girl in a Band she tells with complete openness the story of her family, her work in the visual arts, her move to New York City, the men in her life, her marriage, her relationship with her daughter, her music and her band. It is a rich and beautifully written memoir, taking us back to the lost New York of the 1980s and '90s that gave birth to and nurtured Sonic Youth and the alternative revolution in popular music they spearheaded. But at its core, Girl in a Band is an examination of what partnership means - and what happens when it dissolves."

File under: Kim Gordon Mike Kelley Sonic Youth Kim Gordon Dey Street Books / New York Art Fiction / Poetry Sound / Music

Kim's Bedroom
by Kim Gordon

2000, English
1st Edition, Out of print title / used*,
Published by Purple Books / Paris

$160.00 - Out of stock

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The great Kim Gordon hardcover book and CD from Purple Books, published in 2000 to accompany the exhibition 'Kim's Bedroom', curated by Kim Gordon at Mu - De Witte Dame, Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Superbly balanced range of work from Gordon herself, along with Mike Kelley, Raymond Pettibon, Spike Jonze, Sofia Coppola, Jutta Koether, Susan Cianciolo, Rita Ackermann, Sadie Benning, Thurston Moore, Tamra Davis, Mark Gonzalez, Kathleen Hanna, Cameron Jamie, Richard Kern, Dave Markey, Loren Mazzacane Connors, Tony Oursler and many more.
CD is included with the book/catalogue "Kim's Bedroom" published for the exhibition 'Kim's Bedroom', curated by Kim Gordon at Mu - De Witte Dame, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

From the press release: "In Kim's Bedroom, conceptualizer and guest curator Kim Gordon introduces the spectator to an extraordinary, personal world in which visual arts, photography, film/video, fashion and music have come together. The project included an exhibition, a music performance, and a film night. During the opening of the exhibition, a publication designed by the Paris-based 'Purple' was presented. This publication contains works by most of the artists participating in Kim's Bedroom, plus a CD."

CD includes tracks by: Mike Kelley, John Fahey, Laetitia Sadier, Kim Gordon, Ikue Mori, DJ Olive, Cat Power, Raymond Pettibon, Andrew Tull, Raymond Pettibon, Jutta Koether, Jim O'Rourke, Ikue Mori, Adris Hoyos, Tom Verlaine, Loren Mazzacane Connors, Yoshimi P. We, Rita Ackermann, Atari (Boredoms), David Nuss (No Neck Blues Band), Yoshida (Psycho Ba Ba) and Shoji (Japan Overseas).

Condition: Very Good (tight, clean copy with only light cover wear, includes CD in new condition) – All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: Adris Hoyos Andrew Tull Boredoms Cameron Jamie Cat Power Dave Markey David Nuss Ikue Mori Jim O'Rourke John Fahey Jutta Koether Kathleen Hanna Kim Gordon Laetitia Sadier Loren Mazzacane Connors Mark Gonzales Mike Kelley No Neck Blues Band Raymond Pettibon Richard Kern Rita Ackermann Sadie Benning Sofia Coppola Spike Jonze Susan Cianciolo Tamra Davis Thurston Moore Tom Verlaine Tony Oursler Yoshimi P. We Mike Kelley Purple Books / Paris Art Fashion Out-of-print / Rare Photography Sound / Music

Kim Gordon
Is It My Body?: Selected Texts

2014, English
Softcover (w. dust jacket), 182 pages (36 b/w ills.), 12 x 19 cm
Published by Sternberg Press / Berlin

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Edited by Branden W. Joseph

Throughout the 1980s and early ’90s, Kim Gordon—widely known as a founding member of the influential band Sonic Youth—produced a series of writings on art and music. Ranging from neo-Conceptual artworks to broader forms of cultural criticism, these rare texts are brought together in this volume for the first time, placing Gordon’s writing within the context of the artist-critics of her generation, including Mike Kelley, John Miller, and Dan Graham. In addressing key stakes within contemporary art, architecture, music, and the performance of male and female gender roles, Gordon provides a prescient analysis of such figures as Kelley, Glenn Branca, Rhys Chatham, Tony Oursler, and Raymond Pettibon, in addition to reflecting on her own position as a woman on stage. The result—Is It My Body?—is a collection that feels as timely now as when it was written. This volume additionally features a conversation between Gordon and Jutta Koether, in which they discuss their collaborations in art, music, and performance.

Institut für Kunstkritik series
Design by Surface

File under: Dan Graham Glenn Branca John Miller Jutta Koether Kim Gordon Mike Kelley Raymond Pettibon Rhys Chatham Tony Oursler Branden W. Joseph Kim Gordon Sternberg Press / Berlin Art

Self Service No. 13
Autumn / Winter 2000

2000, English
Softcover, 322 pages, 23 x 30 cm
1st edition, Out of print title / used*,
Published by Self Service / Paris

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Self Service Autumn / Winter 2000 Issue No. 13!
"The Influence"

Special early issue of one of the world's finest fashion publications, featuring Veronique Branquinho on the cover photographed by Anuschka Blommers & Niels Schumm. The feature section "The Influence" is dedicated to portrait photography of some of the world's leading creators in fashion and culture, photographed also by Anuschka Blommers & Niels Schumm, including Susan Cianciolo, Raf Simons, Hussein Chalayan, Jeremy Scott, Nicholas Ghesquiére, Véronique Leroy, Victor & Rolf, and many more. Each portrait is accompanied by an interview.
The Icon section is a rare interview with Rei Kawakubo of Commes des Garçons, including Comme photography and graphics section.
Also includes interview feature on Charlotte Gainsbourg shot by Horst Diekgerdes, conversations with Joseph Holtzman of Nest Magazine, Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, Zoe Cassavettes, and so much more. Oh, and the great early "100 things" and "backstage" sections. A very nice, rare early issue.

Self Service magazine is a fashion and cultural biannual magazine. The magazine features the preeminent players in the fashion world, with innovative editorials photographed by the world’s best photographers and stylists.

Condition: Good/Very Good (light shelf wear and handling from age) – All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: Anders Edström Anuschka Blommers Charlotte Gainsbourg Désirée Heiss Horst Diekgerdes Hussein Chalayan Kim Gordon Niels Schumm Raf Simons Sonic Youth Susan Cianciolo Thurston Moore Veronique Branquinho Self Service / Paris Fashion Out-of-print / Rare Periodicals Photography