World Food Books

Words Of Wisdom: A Curator's Vade Mecum
Edited by Carin Kuoni

2001, English
Softcover, 178 pages, 22 x 13.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Independent Curators International (ICI) / New York

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First 2001 edition, long out-of-print.

Edited by Carin Kuoni.
Essays by Jean-Christophe Ammann, Carlos Basualdo, René Block, Francesco Bonami, Dan Cameron, Lynne Cooke, Bice Curiger, Donna De Salvo, Richard Flood, Thelma Golden, Yuko Hasegawa, Jean-Hubert Martin, Gerardo Mosquera, Hans Ulrich Obrist.

A modern update of the Medieval trade manuals--the 'come-along-with-me' (vade mecum) of Medieval craftsmen--Words of Wisdom: A Curator's Vade Mecum is an invaluable guidebook for anyone interested in contemporary art and the practice of curating. In over fifty short essays, this compendium offers advice to a new generation of curators from veterans of contemporary art exhibitions who, over the past 25 years, have played a crucial role in shaping what we see today, and how we see it. While providing an intimate look at the minds of these master curators, Words of Wisdom also establishes the curator's craft as an important vocation that has changed tremendously over the past quarter-century. In the course of their musings, the curators offer behind-the-scenes insights into influential exhibitions and institutions and the contemporary art world they represent. Among the contributors are Jean-Christophe Amman, director of the Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt, Germany; Donna de Salvo, curator at the Tate Gallery, London; Richard Flood, chief curator at the Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis; independent curator Hans Ulrich Obrist; and Marcia Tucker, founding director of the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York.

Very Good copy, light wear/tanning.

File under: Carin Kuoni Jean-Christophe Ammann Carlos Basualdo René Block Francesco Bonami Dan Cameron Lynne Cooke Bice Curiger Donna De Salvo Richard Flood Thelma Golden Yuko Hasegawa Jean-Hubert Martin Gerardo Mosquera Hans Ulrich Obrist Independent Curators International (ICI) / New York Curatorial Theory / Essay Art Out-of-print / Rare SALE

Jenny Holzer
Private Property Created Crime

1984, English
Softcover, 62 pages, 21.5 x 21.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Kunsthalle Basel / Basel

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Wonderful 1984 catalogue, Private Property Created Crime, surveying the work of American conceptual artist Jenny Holzer (b. 1950), published on the occasion of a major European exhibition at Kunsthalle Basel and Le Nouveau Musée.

"THIS IS A BOOK OF STREET WORK AND INSTALLATIONS; POSTERS, T-SHIRTS, PLAQUES, STICKERS AND ELECTRONIC SIGNS. THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE ARRANGED IN SERIES: TRUISMS, 1977–1983; ESSAYS, 1979–1983; LIVING, 1981–1983; AND SURVIVAL, 1983-1984. THE BOOK ACCOMPANIES EXHIBITIONS AT THE KUNSTHALLE, BASEL AND LE NOUVEAU MUSÉE, VILLEURBANNE."

Profusely illustrated in b/w and colour. Introduction by Jean-Christophe Ammann, plus biography and bibliography. All in English.

Jenny Holzer (b. 1950) is an American conceptual artist best known for her text-based works, which are constructed from "truisms" such as "abuse of power comes as no surprise"and "protect me from what I want." By experimenting with the use of words visually displayed in public spaces, Holzer is able to stimulate public discussions about violence, sexuality, oppression, human rights, feminism, power, war, and death. Starting with street posters, Holzer's practice has come to incorporate LED screens that run with stock-ticker-like texts, painted signs, plaques, photographs, sound, video, and the Internet.

Until 1993, Holzer wrote her own texts, after which she began to appropriate texts by Polish Nobel laureate Wislawa Szymborska and other champions of human rights, including Elfriede Jelinek, Fadhil Al-Azawi, Yehuda Amichai, and Mahmoud Darwish. Recent works include I Was in Baghdad Ochre Fade (2007), a series of oil on linen transcriptions of torture documents from the Iraq War; Redaction Paintings (2009), which were created using recently released classified memos with texts blacked out by censors; and an installation in the lobby of 7 World Trade Center. In 1990, she was the first woman to represent the United States at the Venice Biennale, where she won the Golden Lion for the best artist.

Good—VG copy with cover wear.

File under: Jenny Holzer Jean-Christophe Ammann Kunsthalle Basel / Basel Sculpture / Installation Photography Conceptual Art Out-of-print / Rare Art

Max Neuhaus
Soundworks Volumes I—III

1995, English
Softcover (3 vols in slipcase), 288 pages, 21.6 x 16 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Cantz Verlag / Berlin

$160.00 - Out of stock

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First edition of this scarce 3 volume, slipcased comprehensive collection of American percussionist and pioneering sound artist Max Neuhaus's Sound Works, published by Cantz, Berlin, 1994. Long out-of-print. The volumes are divided into "Inscription" / "Drawings" / "Place", tracing the entire career of Neuhaus (1939—2009), a pioneer in the field of contemporary art and music. Max Neuhaus is credited with being the first to use sound as a medium for site-specific installations. As a young man, Mr. Neuhaus was celebrated in classical music circles as one of the foremost interpreters of the experimental percussion music of composers like John Cage, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Pierre Boulez. He went on to create numerous permanent and short-term sound installations in the four decades that followed. His sound installations allow listeners to approach sound as art, in their own time. Testing the idea that our perception of a place depends also on what we hear, Neuhaus extended sound into social spaces to create sites altered by the synthetic, anonymous sounds concealed within them. Illustrated with texts by Arthur Danto, Carter Ratcliff, Calvin Tomkins, Jean-Christophe Ammann, John Rockwell, Joan La Barbara, Tom Johnson, William Duckworth, Wulf Herzogenrath, Harald Szeemann, Alain Cueff, Franz Kaiser, Susanne Weingarten, Denys Zacharopouloszoz, Doris von Drathen, Germano Celant, Ulrich Loock... Many conversations, lectures, texts, etc. with/by Neuhaus. The definitive publication.

"Neuhaus' oeuvre is diverse, ranging from works in the plastic arts, drawings, music, sound walks, communal sound signals, aural spaces composed of communication networks, sound topographies in water, to inventions of sound-producing and dispersing systems and sound applied to problems of urban and personal design. This structure of separate volumes was chosen to clarify: to encompass the oeuvre, while allowing each of its diverse parts to remain distinct on its own ground."—Markus Hartmann (excerpted from the preface)

Very Good copy, well preserved.

File under: Max Neuhaus Ulrich Loock Arthur Danto Carter Ratcliff Calvin Tomkins Jean-Christophe Ammann John Rockwell Joan La Barbara Tom Johnson William Duckworth Wulf Herzogenrath Harald Szeemann Alain Cueff Franz Kaiser Susanne Weingarten Denys Zacharopouloszoz Doris von Drathen Germano Celant Cantz Verlag / Berlin Sound / Music Out-of-print / Rare Performance / Dance / Theater Sculpture / Installation Art

Parkett Vol. 19 (1989)
Martin Kippenberger / Jeff Koons issue

1989, English / German
Softcover, 200 pages, 25.5 x 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Parkett / Zürich

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1989 issue of Parkett (Vol. 19), deluxe issue created in collaboration with artists Martin Kippenberger and Jeff Koons, lavishly illustrated with both artist's works alongside texts by with texts by Klaus Kertess, Burke & Hare, Jean-Christophe Ammann, Glenn O’Brien, Diedrich Diederichsen, Patrick Frey, Martin Prinzhorn, Bice Curiger. Anselm Stalder designed the insert. Also in this issue: exclusive Gerhard Richter interview, Annemarie Hürlimann “In Between,” Hanna Humeltenberg “The Magic of Reality,” on Thomas Ruff, Felix Philipp Ingold “The Speaking Image in Rémy Zaugg’s work.” Iwona Blazwick and Robert Gober are the authors of the Cumulus from Europe and America, in the Balkon Parkett celebrates its fifth anniversary.

Founded in the early 1980s in Zurich, with an office also in New York City, , Parkett was international art magazine that aimed to foster an open dialogue between the artistic communities of Europe and America, with the goal to actively and directly collaborate with important international artists whose oeuvre was explored in several essays by leading writers and critics in both German and English. By 2017, Parkett had published 100 volumes with some 180 monographs and over 1500 in-depth texts making it one of the most comprehensive libraries on contemporary art worldwide. Critics, curators, art historians, and other commentators join in the conversation contained within its pages. Many write on the collaborating artists; some write opinions under a variety of topic headings that recur issue to issue; others write on additional artists and ideas. The result is more of a curated event-between-covers than a typical art magazine with reviews and news items.

Average—Good copy with some marking and wear.

File under: Martin Kippenberger Jeff Koons Robert Gober Rémy Zaugg Gerhard Richter Thomas Ruff Klaus Kertess Glenn O'Brien Jean-Christophe Ammann Bice Curiger Diedrich Diederichsen Patrick Frey Martin Prinzhorn Anselm Stalder Felix Philipp Ingold Iwona Blazwick Parkett / Zürich Art Painting Sculpture / Installation Pop Art Conceptual Art Photography

Documenta 5
by Harald Szeemann

1972, German / English / French
Vinyl ring-binder (screen printed w. design by E. Ruscha), 650 pages +, 32 x 27 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by documenta / Kassel

$500.00 - Out of stock

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Scarce copy of the only edition of the most elaborately designed, and lowest circulated Documenta catalogue, conceived by curator Harald Szeemann to accompany the fifth edition of Documenta, a quinquennial contemporary art exhibition held in Kassel, Germany.

Subtitled "100 Days of Inquiry into Reality -- Today's Imagery," curated by the team of Harald Szeemann, Jean-Christophe Ammann and Arnold Bode, Documenta 5 followed a lineage of comprehensive shows documenting conceptually and minimally charged artworks curated by Szeemann including Live in Your Head (Kunsthalle Bern, 1969), and Happenings and Fluxus (Kunstverein, Köln), 1970. The largest, most expensive and most diverse of any exhibition anywhere, Documenta 5 was criticized in 1972 as being “bizarre…vulgar…sadistic” by art critic and essayist Hilton Kramer and “monstrous… overtly deranged” by art historian and art critic Barbara Rose, yet it still resonates today as one of the most important exhibitions in history. Featuring the works of over 170 artists and an equally expansive variety of materials and subjects drawn from popular cultural materials, architecture, science fiction, kitsch objects, film, advertising, children's art, etc. in addition to the more anticipated international survey of new painting and sculpture - Documenta 5 valiantly attempted to bridge the gap between art, culture, science and the broader society. This massive tome is housed in the iconic orange vinyl-covered, two-ring binder screen printed with the famous ant design by Edward Ruscha. The binder holds a tabbed index of illustrated artist's pages and associated texts and material, largely in German, but also many in English. All registers are present apart from the usual missing 19-25 which were not directly integrated into the catalogue and had to be ordered by the visitor separately to become their own contribution. This very complete copy also includes the additional 80 page, hole-punched Documenta 5 guide book, with floor plans, complete listing of exhibited artworks, list of exhibitions, bibliography, and many gallery, museum and other related advertisements. More than a catalogue, this publication is a piece of art history in itself.

Includes artists: Vito Acconci, Vincenzo Agnetti, Peter Alexander, John de Andrea, Giovanni Anselmo, Arbeitszeit, Archigram, Chuck Arnoldi, Art & Language, Richard Artschwager, Michael Ashkin, John Baldessari, Robert Barry, Georg Baselitz, Lothar Baumgarten, Robert Bechtle, Gottfried Bechtold, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Joseph Beuys, Karl Oskar Blase, Mel Bochner, Alighiero Boetti, Christian Boltanski, Claudio Bravo, George Brecht, K.P. Brehmer, Marcel Broodthaers, Stanley Brouwn, Günter Brus, Daniel Buren, Victor Burgin, Michael Buthe, James Lee Byars, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Luciano Castelli, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Chuck Close, Tony Conrad, Ron Cooper, Bill Copley, Joseph Cornell, Robert Cottingham, Paul Cotton, Hanne Darboven, Walter De Maria, David Deutsch, Jan Dibbets, Herbert Distel, Gino de Dominicis, Marcel Duchamp, John Dugger, Don Eddy, Franz Eggenschwiler, Ger van Elk, Richard Estes, Luciano Fabro, John C. Fernie, Robert Filliou, Jud Fine, Joel Fisher, Terry Fox, Howard Fried, Hamish Fulton, Franz Gertsch, Gilbert & George, Ralph Goings, Hubert Gojowczyk, Dan Graham, Walter Grasskamp, Nancy Graves, Hans Haacke, Duane Hanson, Guy Harloff, Michael Harvey, Haus-Rucker-Co, Auguste Herbin, Eva Hesse, Rebecca Horn, Jean Olivier Hucleux, Douglas Huebler, Jörg Immendorff, Will Insley, Rolf Iseli, Ken Jacobs, Neil Jenney, Alfred Jensen, Jasper Johns, Joan Jonas, Max G. Kaminski, Howard Kanovitz, Edward Kienholz, Imi Knoebel, Christof Kohlhofer, Jannis Kounellis, Tom Kovachevich, Piotr Kowalski, David Lamelas, Barry Le Va, Jean LeGac, Alfred Leslie, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, Ingeborg Luscher, Inge Mahn, Robert Mangold, Brice Marden, Agnes Martin, Etienne Martin, Richard McLean, David Medalla, Fernando Melani, Jim Melchert, Mario Merz, Gustav Metzger, Bernd Minnich, Malcolm Morley, Ed Moses, Bruce Nauman, Hermann Nitsch, Claes Oldenburg, Yoko Ono, Dennis Oppenheim, Blinky Palermo, Panamarenko, Giulio Paolini, A.R. Penck, Giuseppe Penone, Vettor Pisani, Sigmar Polke, Stephen Posen, Markus Raetz, Arnulf Rainer, Gerhard Richter, Klaus Rinke, Dorothea Rockburne, Peter Roehr, Allen Ruppersberg, Edward Ruscha, Reiner Ruthenbeck, Ulrich Ruckriem, Robert Ryman, John Salt, Salvo, Lucas Samaras, Paul Sarkisian, Jean-Frederic Schnyder, Ben Schonzeit, Werner Schroeter, HA Schult, Rudolf Schwarzkogler, Fritz Schwegler, Richard Serra, Paul Sharits, Allan Shields, Katharina Sieverding, Robert Smithson, Michael Snow, Keith Sonnier, Klaus Staeck, Paul Staiger, Jorge Stever, Robert Strubin, Paul Thek, Wayne Thiebaud, Andre Thomkins, David Tremlett, Richard Tuttle, Ben Vautier, W + B Hein, Franz Erhard Walther, Robert Watts, William Wegman, Lawrence Weiner, John Wesley, H.C. Westermann, William Wiley, Rolf Winnewisser, Tom Wudl, Klaus Wyborny, La Monte Young, Peter Young, Gilberto Zorio.

Catalogue also includes Bob Projansky and Seth Siegelaub's "The Artist's Reserved Rights Transfer and Sale Agreement." This "Agreement form has been drafted by Bob Projansky, a New York lawyer, after my [Siegelaub] extensive discussions and correspondence with over 500 artists, dealers, lawyers, collectors, museum people, critics and other concerned people involved in the day-to-day workings of the international art world. The Agreement has been designed to remedy some generally acknowledged inequities in the art world, particularly artists' lack of control over the use of their work and participation in its economics after they no longer own it. The Agreement for has been written with special awareness of the current ordinary practices and economic realitites of the art world, particularly its private, cash and informal nature, with careful regard for the interests and motives of all concerned. It is expected to be the standard form for the transfer and sale of all contemporary art, and has been made as fair, simple and useful as possible. It can be used either as presented here or slightly altered to fit your specific situation. If the following information does not answer all your questions consult your attorney." -- from Agreement's cover. Copies of the contract are individually included in English, Germany, and French editions.

Very Good, complete (as issued) copy. Very minor wear.

File under: Vito Acconci Vincenzo Agnetti Peter Alexander John de Andrea Giovanni Anselmo Arbeitszeit Archigram Chuck Arnoldi Art & Language Richard Artschwager Michael Ashkin John Baldessari Robert Barry Georg Baselitz Lothar Baumgarten Robert Bechtle Gottfried Bechtold Joseph Beuys Karl Oskar Blase Mel Bochner Alighiero Boetti Christian Boltanski Claudio Bravo George Brecht Marcel Broodthaers Stanley Brouwn Günter Brus Daniel Buren Victor Burgin Michael Buthe James Lee Byars Pier Paolo Calzolari Luciano Castelli Chuck Close Tony Conrad Ron Cooper Bill Copley Joseph Cornell Robert Cottingham Paul Cotton Hanne Darboven Walter De Maria David Deutsch Jan Dibbets Herbert Distel Gino de Dominicis Marcel Duchamp John Dugger Don Eddy Franz Eggenschwiler Ger van Elk Richard Estes Luciano Fabro John C. Fernie Robert Filliou Jud Fine Joel Fisher Terry Fox Howard Fried Hamish Fulton Franz Gertsch Gilbert & George Ralph Goings Hubert Gojowczyk Dan Graham Walter Grasskamp Nancy Graves Hans Haacke Duane Hanson Guy Harloff Michael Harvey Haus-Rucker-Co Auguste Herbin Eva Hesse Rebecca Horn Jean Olivier Hucleux Douglas Huebler Jörg Immendorff Will Insley Rolf Iseli Ken Jacobs Neil Jenney Alfred Jensen Jasper Johns Joan Jonas Max G. Kaminski Howard Kanovitz Edward Kienholz Imi Knoebel Christof Kohlhofer Jannis Kounellis H.C. Westermann William Wiley Rolf Winnewisser Tom Wudl Klaus Wyborny La Monte Young Peter Young Gilberto Zorio Franz Erhard Walther Robert Watts William Wegman Lawrence Weiner John Wesley Tom Kovachevich Piotr Kowalski David Lamelas Barry Le Va Jean LeGac Alfred Leslie Richard Long Ingeborg Lüscher Inge Mahn Brice Marden Yoko Ono Dennis Oppenheim Blinky Palermo Panamarenko Giulio Paolini A.R. Penck Giuseppe Penone Vettor Pisani Sigmar Polke Stephen Posen Markus Raetz Arnulf Rainer Gerhard Richter Klaus Rinke Dorothea Rockburne Peter Roehr Allen Ruppersberg Edward Ruscha Reiner Ruthenbeck Ulrich Ruckriem Robert Ryman John Salt Salvo Lucas Samaras Paul Sarkisian Jean-Frederic Schnyder Ben Schonzeit Werner Schroeter HA Schult Rudolf Schwarzkogler Fritz Schwegler Richard Serra Paul Sharits Allan Shields Katharina Sieverding Robert Smithson Michael Snow Keith Sonnier Klaus Staeck Paul Staiger Jorge Stever Robert Strubin Paul Thek Malcolm Morley Ed Moses Bruce Nauman Hermann Nitsch Claes Oldenburg Agnes Martin Etienne-Martin Richard McLean David Medalla Fernando Melani Bernd and Hilla Becher K. P. Brehmer Christo & Jeanne-Claude Seth Siegelaub Harald Szeemann Jean-Christophe Ammann Bob Projansky Arnold Bode documenta / Kassel Art Group Shows / Collections Out-of-print / Rare Objects / Ephemera / A/V Arte Povera Conceptual Art Feminism Theory / Essay Architecture / Interior Performance / Dance / Theater Fluxus Dada Curatorial Film / Video Minimal Art Nouveau Réalisme / Zero / Kinetic Painting Photography Pop Art Sculpture / Installation Counterculture Art Brut / Folk / Visionary / Fantastic

Paul Thek
Artist's Artist

2009, English
Hardcover, 550 pages, 22 x 28 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by The MIT Press / Massachusetts

$400.00 - Out of stock

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First edition of the scarce, highly sought after, and most comprehensive book ever published on American artist Paul Thek, published in 2009 by MIT Press. Edited by Harald Falckenberg and Peter Weibel, this enormous 550 page monograph contains more than 300 works by this groundbreaking artist, documenting his journey from legendary outsider to central figure in many contemporary art movements.

Paul Thek occupied a place between high art and low art, between the epic and the everyday. During his brief life (1933-1988), he went against the grain of art world trends, humanizing the institutional spaces of art with the force of his humor, spirituality, and character. Twenty years after Thek's death from AIDS, we can now recognize his influence on contemporary artists ranging from Vito Acconci and Bruce Nauman to Matthew Barney, Mike Kelley, and Paul McCarthy, as well as Kai Althoff, Jonathan Meese, and Thomas Hirschhorn. This book brings together more than 300 of Thek's works—many of which are published here for the first time—to offer the most comprehensive display of his work yet seen. The book, which accompanies an exhibition at ZKM ? Museum of Contemporary Art presenting Thek's work in dialogue with contemporary art by young artists, includes painting, sculpture, drawing, and installation work, as well as photographs documenting the room-size environments into which Thek incorporated elements from art, literature, theater, and religion. These works chart Thek's journey from legendary outsider to foundational figure in contemporary art. In their antiheroic diversity, Thek's works embody the art revolution of the 1960s; indeed, Susan Sontag dedicated her classic Against Interpretation to him. Thek's treatment of the body in such works as “Technological Reliquaries,” with their castings and replicas of human body parts, tissue, and bones, both evoke the aura of Christian relics and anticipate the work of Damien Hirst. The book, with more than 500 images (300 in colour) and nineteen essays by art historians, curators, collectors, and artists, investigates Thek's work on its own terms, and as a starting point for understanding the work of the many younger artists Thek has influenced.

Essays by Jean-Christophe Ammann, Margrit Brehm, Bazon Brock, Suzanne Delehanty, Harald Falckenberg, Marietta Franke, Stefan Germer, Kim Gordon, Roland Groenenboom, Axel Heil, Gregor Jansen, Mike Kelley, John Miller, Susanne Neubauer, Kenny Schachter, Harald Szeemann, Annette Tietenberg, Peter Weibel, Ann Wilson.

Good copy with heavy tanning to spine and covers (esp. fluro spot colour), some bumping to cover corners, light page edge tanning. Internally Very Good, clean throughout.

File under: Paul Thek Harald Falckenberg Peter Weibel Jean-Christophe Ammann Margrit Brehm Bazon Brock Suzanne Delehanty Marietta Franke Stefan Germer Kim Gordon Roland Groenenboom Axel Heil Gregor Jansen Mike Kelley John Miller Susanne Neubauer Kenny Schachter Harald Szeemann Annette Tietenberg Ann Wilson The MIT Press / Massachusetts Arte Povera Sculpture / Installation Out-of-print / Rare Painting Drawing Performance / Dance / Theater Art Art Brut / Folk / Visionary / Fantastic

Charlotte Posenenske

1990, English / German
Softcover, 84 pages, 24 x 19 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Museum für Moderne Kunst / Frankfurt am Main

$65.00 - Out of stock

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Wonderful publication on the work of German artist Charlotte Posenenske, published in 1990 by the Museum für Moderne Kunst in Frankfurt am Main, Germany and edited by museum founder/director Jean-Christophe Ammann. Heavily illustrated throughout in colour and black and white with examples of her sculptural work, drawings, and paintings, this generous little book also includes her writings alongside texts by Burkhard Brunn, Friedrich Meschede and Hans Ulrich Reck, in English and German.

Charlotte Posenenske (1930–1985) was a German artist associated with the minimalist movement who predominately worked in sculpture, but also produced paintings and works on paper.

Posenenske worked in a variety of mediums, her practice becoming more abstract through the course of the 1960s. While other artists of the period worked in multiples, where a finite edition of a work could be produced, Posenenske worked in series, meaning that there was no limit to the editions. Posenenske rejected the commercial art market, offering her work for sale at its material cost. Reconstructions authorised by the artist’s estate are not replicas, and they are outwardly identical to the original prototype. Only the certificate differentiates the unsigned work from other commodities.

In 1968 Posenenske published a statement in the journal Art International referencing the reproducibility of her works, and her desire for the concept and ownership of the piece to be accessible:

I make series
because I do not want to make individual pieces for individuals,
in order to have elements combinable within a system,
in order to make something that is repeatable, objective,
and because it is economical.
The series can be prototypes for mass-production.
[...]
They are less and less recognisable as "works of art."
The objects are intended to represent anything other than what they are.
Poseneske stopped working as an artist in 1968, no longer believing that art could influence social interaction or draw attention to social inequalities. She retrained as a sociologist and became a specialist in employment and industrial working practices until her death in 1985. During this period of self-imposed exile Posenenske refused to visit any exhibitions, and did not show her work.

File under: Charlotte Posenenske Jean-Christophe Ammann Burkhard Brunn Friedrich Meschede Hans Ulrich Reck Museum für Moderne Kunst / Frankfurt am Main Conceptual Art Minimal Art Art Out-of-print / Rare Sculpture / Installation Drawing

Paul Thek
Artist's Artist

2009, English
Hardcover, 550 pages, 22 x 28 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by The MIT Press / Massachusetts

$420.00 - Out of stock

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First edition of the scarce, highly sought after, and most comprehensive book ever published on American artist Paul Thek, published in 2009 by MIT Press. Edited by Harald Falckenberg and Peter Weibel, this enormous 550 page monograph contains more than 300 works by this groundbreaking artist, documenting his journey from legendary outsider to central figure in many contemporary art movements.

Paul Thek occupied a place between high art and low art, between the epic and the everyday. During his brief life (1933-1988), he went against the grain of art world trends, humanizing the institutional spaces of art with the force of his humor, spirituality, and character. Twenty years after Thek's death from AIDS, we can now recognize his influence on contemporary artists ranging from Vito Acconci and Bruce Nauman to Matthew Barney, Mike Kelley, and Paul McCarthy, as well as Kai Althoff, Jonathan Meese, and Thomas Hirschhorn. This book brings together more than 300 of Thek's works—many of which are published here for the first time—to offer the most comprehensive display of his work yet seen. The book, which accompanies an exhibition at ZKM ? Museum of Contemporary Art presenting Thek's work in dialogue with contemporary art by young artists, includes painting, sculpture, drawing, and installation work, as well as photographs documenting the room-size environments into which Thek incorporated elements from art, literature, theater, and religion. These works chart Thek's journey from legendary outsider to foundational figure in contemporary art. In their antiheroic diversity, Thek's works embody the art revolution of the 1960s; indeed, Susan Sontag dedicated her classic Against Interpretation to him. Thek's treatment of the body in such works as “Technological Reliquaries,” with their castings and replicas of human body parts, tissue, and bones, both evoke the aura of Christian relics and anticipate the work of Damien Hirst. The book, with more than 500 images (300 in colour) and nineteen essays by art historians, curators, collectors, and artists, investigates Thek's work on its own terms, and as a starting point for understanding the work of the many younger artists Thek has influenced.

Essays by Jean-Christophe Ammann, Margrit Brehm, Bazon Brock, Suzanne Delehanty, Harald Falckenberg, Marietta Franke, Stefan Germer, Kim Gordon, Roland Groenenboom, Axel Heil, Gregor Jansen, Mike Kelley, John Miller, Susanne Neubauer, Kenny Schachter, Harald Szeemann, Annette Tietenberg, Peter Weibel, Ann Wilson.

Good copy with tanning to spine, some bumping and waving from storage. Clean throughout.

File under: Paul Thek Jean-Christophe Ammann Margrit Brehm Bazon Brock Suzanne Delehanty Harald Falckenberg Marietta Franke Stefan Germer Kim Gordon Roland Groenenboom Axel Heil Gregor Jansen Mike Kelley John Miller Susanne Neubauer Kenny Schachter Harald Szeemann Annette Tietenberg Peter Weibel Ann Wilson The MIT Press / Massachusetts Art Sculpture / Installation Painting Drawing Art Brut / Folk / Visionary / Fantastic Out-of-print / Rare Arte Povera

Jeff Koons

1992, English / German / French
Softcover, 176 pages, 30 x 23 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Taschen / Cologne

$90.00 - Out of stock

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First edition of the first major monograph compiled on American artist Jeff Koons, published by Taschen in 1992, edited by Angelika Muthesius. Lavishly illustrated in glossy full-colour surveying renowned early and iconic Koons works from 1979—1992, including The New (vacuums), Equilibrium (basketballs), Luxury and Degradation, Statuary (Rabbit, etc.), Banality (Michael Jackson and Bubbles, Pink Panther...), Puppy, and much more. There's so much work in this monograph beautifully reproduced in all its kitsch glory, however, what makes it particularly appealing is the fact of including the extensive uncensored series Made In Heaven (1990—91), featuring the artist himself and Ilona Staller, aka Cicciolina, the Hungarian-Italian former porn star, politician, singer and Koons' then-wife, in highly explicit sexual positions rendered in porcelain, glass, and hi-definition (explicit) glamour photography. Loathed by critics, many of the works were destroyed by Koons following his divorce, yet the series helped make Koons the household name he is today. Text in German, English and French by Angelika Muthesius, Jean-Christophe Amman and Anthony Haden-Guest, plus interview with Koons.

Jeffrey Lynn Koons (b. 1955) is an American artist recognized for his work dealing with popular culture and his sculptures depicting everyday objects. He lives and works in both New York City and his hometown of York, Pennsylvania.

Very Good copy.

File under: Jeff Koons Jean-Christophe Ammann Angelika Muthesius Anthony Haden-Guest Taschen / Cologne Pop Art Conceptual Art Sculpture / Installation Photography Painting Art Out-of-print / Rare

'73-74' : An Annual of New Art and Artists
Edited by Willem Sandberg

1973, English
Softcover (soft boards), 204 pages, 29.6 x 21.2 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / average
Published by Harry N. Abrams / New York Thames and Hudson / London

$25.00 $15.00 - Out of stock

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English edition wide ranging and comprehensive survey of conceptual and other contemporary art movements circa 1973—1974, profiling 53 contemporary artists from 18 countries, edited and designed by the legendary Dutch typographer and museum curator, Willem Sandberg, with associates including Jean-Christophe Ammann, Harald Szeemann, Achille Bonito Oliva, Yona Fischer and many others. Original cover by Alighiero Boetti. Profusely illustrated throughout in colour and black and white with collected works by each artist or original pieces made for the publication, aside from the occasional accompanying artist's text it is entirely made up of visuals. Artists featured include : Sergi Aguilar, Gilles Aillaud, Keith Arnatt, Gábor Attalai, Lothar Baumgarten, Ola Billgren, Alighiero Boetti, Christian Boltanski, Marcel Broodthaers, Boris Budan, Luciano Castelli, Mary Corse, William Crozier, Hanne Darboven, Jan Dibbets, Braco Dimitrijević, Gino De Dominicis, Benni Efrat, Luciano Fabro, Robert Filliou, John-E Franzen, Hamish Fulton, Tibor Gayor, Avital Geva, Zbigniew Gostomski, Allan V. Harrison, Jeroen Henneman, Martha Jungwirth, Zdzislaw Jurkiewicz, Per Kirkeby, Christof Kohlhöfer, Harriet Korman, Piotr Kowalski, Richard Long, Urs Lüthi, Inge Mahn, Richard Nonas, Lev Nusberg, Panamarenko, Antonio Soler Pedret, Ireneusz Pierzgalski, Vettor Pisani, Joan Hernández Pijuan, Carl J. Plackrnan, Markus Raetz, Franz Ringel, Salvador Sauna, Kjartan Slettemark, Hugo Suter, Endre Tot, Jerzy Treliński, Carel Visser, Rolf Winnewisser...

Average—Poor copy, contents and interior in good shape and complete, cover and edges with decent wear and marking, spine 75% torn away, although all still thread-bound.

File under: Sergi Aguilar Gilles Aillaud Keith Arnatt Gábor Attalai Lothar Baumgarten Ola Billgren Alighiero Boetti Christian Boltanski Marcel Broodthaers Boris Budan Luciano Castelli Mary Corse William Crozier Hanne Darboven Jan Dibbets Braco Dimitrijevic Gino De Dominicis Benni Efrat Luciano Fabro Robert Filliou John-E Franzen Hamish Fulton Tibor Gayor Avital Geva Zbigniew Gostomski Allan V. Harrison Jeroen Henneman Martha Jungwirth Zdzislaw Jurkiewicz Per Kirkeby Richard Nonas Lev Nusberg Panamarenko Antonio Soler Pedret Ireneusz Pierzgalski Vettor Pisani Joan Hernández Pijuan Carl J. Plackrnan Markus Raetz Franz Ringel Salvador Sauna Kjartan Slettemark Hugo Suter Endre Tot Jerzy Treliński Carel Visser Rolf Winnewisser Urs Lüthi Christof Kohlhofer Harriet Korman Piotr Kowalski Richard Long Inge Mahn Willem Sandberg Jean-Christophe Ammann Harald Szeemann Achille Bonito Oliva Yona Fischer Willem Sandberg Harry N. Abrams / New York Thames and Hudson / London Art Arte Povera Conceptual Art Painting Pop Art Group Shows / Collections Out-of-print / Rare Performance / Dance / Theater Minimal Art Photography Sculpture / Installation SALE

Art International
Vol. XIII/6 Summer 1969

1969, English / French
Softcover, 76 pages, 24.5 x 34.5 cm
Out of print title / used / good
Published by James Fitzsimmons / Lugano

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Art International, Vol. XIII/6 Summer 1969
Published and Edited by James Fitzsimmons
Advisory Editors: Umbro Apollonio, Jean-Christophe Ammann, R. C. Kenedy, James Mellow.

Features: Bridget Riley, Barnett Newman, Tess Jaray, Oskar Kokoschka, Roland Topor, Tony Smith, Richard Linder, Jules Olitski, Karel Appel, Hans Bellmer, Horst-Egon Kalinowski, Louise Nevelson, Luciano Fabbro, George Brecht, Man Ray, Fernand Leger, Kenneth Noland, Lyonel Feininger, Herbert Ferber, George Sugarman, Walter de Maria, Edgar Negret, Richard Anuzkiewicz, Nicholas Krushenick, John Healey, Rodolfo Arico, Marco Cordioli, Edival Ramosa, Riccardo Emma, Livio Marzot, Pablo Picasso, Heinz Mack, and many more.

Art International was a highly regarded international art journal based in Switzerland from 1957-1984. With international editors and contributing writers, A.I. was issued 10 times per year and was published and edited by James A. Fitzsimmons.

Condition: Good-Very good – All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: Barnett Newman Bridget Riley Edgar Negret Edival Ramosa Fernand Léger George Brecht George Sugarman Hans Bellmer Heinz Mack Herbert Ferber Horst-Egon Kalinowski John Healey Jules Olitski Karel Appel Kenneth Noland Livio Marzot Louise Nevelson Luciano Fabro Lyonel Feininger Man Ray Marco Cordioli Nicholas Krushenick Oskar Kokoschka Pablo Picasso Riccardo Emma Richard Linder Roland Topor Tess Jaray Tony Smith Walter de Maria Richard Anuszkiewicz Rodolfo Aricò James Fitzsimmons James Mellow Jean-Christophe Ammann R. C. Kenedy Umbro Apollonio James Fitzsimmons / Lugano Art Drawing Minimal Art Out-of-print / Rare Painting Periodicals Pop Art Sculpture / Installation Theory / Essay Dada

Art International
Vol. XIII/5 May 20, 1968

1968, English / French / German / Italian
Softcover, 64 pages, 24.5 x 34.5 cm
1st edition, Out of print title / used*,
Published by James Fitzsimmons / Lugano

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Art International, Vol. XIII/5 May 20, 1968
Published and Edited by James Fitzsimmons
Advisory Editors: Umbro Apollonio, Jean-Christophe Ammann, Lucy R. Lippard, James Mellow.

Features: Jean Arp, Kaspar-Thomas Lenk, Eugenio Carmi, Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Paul Thek, Oyvind Fahlstrom, Joe Brainard, Fernando Botero, David Carr, Helio Oiticica, Alexander Calder, Victor Pasmore, Phillip Sutton, Joe Perlman, Michael Kenney, Ritzi Jacobi, Roy Adzak, George Segal, Berrocal, John McCracken, Richard Serra, Jan Dibbets, Mario Merz, Markus Raetz, Robert Morris, Michael Heizer, Antonio Calderara, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Pieter Engels, Ger van Elk, David Smith, Kenzo Okada, Umberto Eco, and many more.

Art International was a highly regarded international art journal based in Switzerland from 1957-1984. With international editors and contributing writers, A.I. was issued 10 times per year and was published and edited by James A. Fitzsimmons.

Condition: Good-Very good – All care is taken to provide accurate condition details of used books, photos available on request.

File under: Alexander Calder Antonio Calderara David Carr David Smith Eugenio Carmi Fernando Botero George Segal Ger van Elk Hélio Oiticica Jackson Pollock Jan Dibbets Jean Arp (Hans Arp) Joe Brainard Joe Perlman John McCracken Kaspar-Thomas Lenk Kenzo Okada Mario Merz Markus Raetz Michael Heizer Michael Kenney Michelangelo Pistoletto Paul Thek Phillip Sutton Pieter Engels Richard Serra Ritzi Jacobi Robert Morris Roy Adzak Victor Pasmore Willem de Kooning Öyvind Fahlström Miguel Berrocal James Fitzsimmons James Mellow Jean-Christophe Ammann Lucy R. Lippard Umberto Eco Umbro Apollonio James Fitzsimmons / Lugano Art Arte Povera Minimal Art Out-of-print / Rare Painting Periodicals Pop Art Sculpture / Installation Theory / Essay

General Idea
A Retrospective (1969–1994)

2016, English
Softcover, 224 pages, 174 x 238 mm
Published by JRP Ringier / Zürich

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This volume presents an overview of the Canadian collective oeuvre—an oeuvre still haunted by Miss General Idea, a fictive character who was at once muse and object, image and concept. Founded in Toronto in 1969 by Felix Partz, Jorge Zontal—both disappeared in 1994—and AA Bronson, the trio adopted a generic identity that "freed it from the tyranny of individual genius." Their complex intermingling of reality and fiction took the form of a transgressive and often parodic take on art and society. Treating the image as a virus infiltrating every aspect of the real world, General Idea set out to colonize it, modify its content and so come up with an alternative version of reality.

Paintings, installations, sculptures, photographs, videos, magazines, and TV programs: General Idea's is an authentically multimedia oeuvre, that has lost nothing of its freshness and can now be seen as anticipating certain aspects of a current art scene undergoing radical transformation. The book covers the collective's main areas of concern and themes, such as the artist and the creative process, glamour as a creative tool, art's links with the media and mass culture, architecture and archaeology, sexuality and AIDS, etc. Including newly commissioned essays and republished texts, it is richly illustrated with documents and reproductions of the most important projects realized by General Idea from 1969 to 1994.

Published with the Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris and the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto. French edition by Paris Musées.

File under: General Idea AA Bronson David Moos Elisabeth Lebovici Frédéric Bonnet Jean-Christophe Ammann Louise Dompierre JRP Ringier / Zürich Art Sculpture / Installation