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Sterling Ruby - A Relief Lashed + A Still Pose

Xavier Hufkens 2020 ISBN 9789491245251 Acqn 30759
Hb 21x35cm 126pp col ills £32

This catalogue traces American artist Sterling Ruby's pattern of reuse as embodied by his
studio's infrastructure. The consumption of found materials and makeshift aesthetics typical of the
artist's style forms an ever-expanding archive, applied within existing frameworks of material
transformation to create expressive artworks ingrained with "exegetic intensity". In this case, the
focus is on a selection of his wall-based assemblages made using wood taken from his mother's
barn in Pennsylvania, which was disassembled after her death and shipped to his studio in
California. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at Xavier Hufkens in Brussels, it includes a
text by Jeffrey De Blois.

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Sterling Ruby, Robert Mapplethorpe

Xavier Hufkens 2020 ISBN 9789491245244 Acqn 30760
Pb 24x30cm 72pp col ills £32

This catalogue was originally published with an exhibition featuring work by artist Sterling Ruby
and photographer Robert Mapplethorpe that was shown at Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, in 2010.
Ten years later, the gallery has published a revised edition of the catalogue that includes original
texts by Ed Schad and Ruby, whose practice involves an interweaving of philosophical enquiry
and material investigation across a remarkably diverse visual range, wherein also different
techniques and media are (re-)combined. Ruby's reconfigured, non-hierarchical objects thus offer
a stark contrast to the nuanced, black-and-white and often erotic imagery that characterises
Mapplethorpe's body of work.

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Morimura Yasumasa - Want To Change The World? Be Seriously Unserious

Lixil 2020 ISBN 9784864800464 Acqn 30752
Pb 21x21cm 126pp col ills £44

Yasumasa Morimura began creating self-portraits by placing himself in works by other (famous)
artists in 1985 and has since continued to explore this thematic approach. This publication
appears despite the cancellation of a corresponding exhibition at the Toyama Prefectural
Museum of Art & Design, guest curated by the Japanese appropriation artist. Rather than a
"typical" exhibition in which works are organised according to time periods and techniques, it
draws from Morimura's unique approach and introduces works divided across six themes. With its
shift in perspective, the concept considers something that would never be realised in an ordinary
collection exhibition.

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Laura Gustafsson, Terike Haapoja - Bud Book, Manual For Earthly Living
Garret Publications 2020 ISBN 9789525939262 Acqn 30753
Pb 15x21cm 182pp col ills £24

Writer and playwright Laura Gustafsson and visual artist Terike Haapoja began their collaboration
in 2012, wherein they examine history and society from a non-anthropocentric viewpoint. 'Bud
Book' coincides with "Becoming" (2020), a video work that explores emerging approaches to
oneself, others, and the world. Through interviews with activists, thinkers, artists, caregivers, and
others, the piece invites viewers to create alternatives to the Euro-centric, patriarchal, and
heterosexist traditional thinking and view of humanity. Based on their responses, it considers
what kinds of emerging forms of humanity should be nurtured to allow them to grow and create a
sustainable, just future.

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Girbent - Opus Nigrum

CAC Malaga 2020 ISBN 9788412134865 Acqn 30756
Pb 22x25cm 94pp col ills £27.50

The exhibition catalogue for 'Opus nirgum', a solo presentation of work by the Mallorcan artist
Girbent that features ten black-and-white works created between 2014 and 2020. The cinema
and the Western pictorial tradition are his primary sources of inspiration; his paintings recreate a
cinematographic atmosphere that captures the sensual essence of stills from his favourite films.
Girbent's work can be viewed as a reflective inquiry into the meaning of the painted image and
the act of painting itself in the age of the internet. His choice of artistic materials - charcoal and
white oil paint - is used to convey his fascination with parallel universes of aesthetically crafted
images.

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El Puente Lab - (d)estructura

Viaindustriae 2020 ISBN 9788897753490 Acqn 30761
Pb 16x21cm 160pp col ills £22.50

In October 2016, three Colombian artists began a journey through Cuba, from Havana to
Santiago de Cuba, hoping to draw a cartography of this island nation's cultural and social actors.
They invited different groups of people to play a game, beginning with the question, "How do you
see your life in ten years and what do you need to make that happen?" Using sets of wooden
pieces of three different lengths, each set comprising 30 tiles in 10 colours, the goal was to
realise a collaborative and participatory structure. The project shows how individual intentions
and experiences are dissolved in collective decisions, while art becomes a shared opportunity to
imagine Cuba's future.

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Cao Guimaraes (eye Amsterdam)

nai010 publishers 2020 ISBN 9789462084162 Acqn 30763
Pb 17x24cm 96pp col ills £21

Cao Guimaraes navigates between feature film production and the assembly of spatial film
installations in museums. He makes films that are specifically about his native soil - Brazil - and
that actually take place there. In his films Guimaraes creates his own universe filled with stories,
people, folklore, views, and landscapes from his own surroundings. The themes he addresses
are nevertheless global and link subjects such as trust, religion, connection to the landscape,
magic, friendship, poverty, and beauty with existential questions about, for example, 'reality' or
'death'. This publication shows works that sing the praises of the individuality and specificity of
particular places.

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Per Svensson - Alchemy Art Architecture

Art And Theory Publishing 2020 ISBN 9789188031648 Acqn 29261
Hb 22x30cm 204pp col ills £37.50

Per Svensson, born and based in Gothenburg, Sweden, is a diverse artist who works in the fields
of sculpture, painting, drawing, sound installation, film, and architecture. This book is published in
conjunction with the exhibition 'Alchemy - The All Seeing Eye' at Fargfabriken, situated in
Lovholmen, an industrial district in Stockholm. Svensson was based there for a number of years
and has close ties to the area. His universal alchemical installation trickles through the now
defunct factory. Using architectonic installations, video projections, diverse artefacts, drawings,
and sounds, Svensson transforms Fargfabriken into a magical place, a portal into another
dimension.

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Polly Brown And Philippe Karrer – Performances

Spheres Projects 2020 no ISBN Acqn 30610
Pb 21x30cm 64pp col ills £19.95

This collaboration between photographer Polly Brown and graphic designer Philippe Karrer
documents a series of "performances", interventions, and observations that took place in a
number of commercial and public galleries in London throughout the summer of 2017. Using the
contemporary art gallery as a stage for a series of irreverent disruptions claimed as
performances, Brown and Karrer subtly point at and play with the functioning motifs of gallery
infrastructure - Endless Helvetica wayfinding signage, blinking overhead CCTV, a discarded
press release, unclipped velvet rope partitions, the bored invigilator, and the ubiquitous imposing
gallery "welcome" desk.

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Agora - Morfaux/Muratet
Building Books 2020 ISBN 9782956781516 Acqn 30781
Pb 21x28cm 200pp col ills £33.75

'Agora' tells the story of a sculptural project in the public space, led by the artist Eden Morfaux at
the Place des Franciades in Massy, a Parisian suburb, which is partly destined for demolition.
Through the eyes of photographer Myr Muratet, who captured the stages of the artist's work and
the neighbourhood during his residency, the book becomes a testimony of a community in full
transformation. The book also documents the project through encounters with locals. Essays by
Dork Zabunyan, Paul Landauer, and Etienne Hervy explore the artist's approach to the "social
sculpture", the impending demolition of the large residential complexes, and the act of locating
artworks in public space.

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The Papercut Art Of Masayo Fukuda

Kokushokankokai 2020 ISBN 9784336065926 Acqn 30794
Hb 19x26cm 134pp col ills £30

Kirie is the Japanese art of papercutting, and Masayo Fukuda is a true master of the technique.
She made her first forays into the art form when she was still in high school, and for almost 30
years since has immersed herself in creating supremely delicate and finely detailed works. Her
motifs are often inspired by the natural world, whereby she depicts stunning sea creatures like
jellyfish, cephalopods, and various deep-sea fishes, or land dwellers like the peacock, cassowary,
chameleon, gecko, and various butterflies and other insects. Her more recent works are larger
and incorporate elements from both traditional Japanese and contemporary Western art, with
floral and art nouveau patterns.

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Thomas Kuijpers - Hoarder Order

Fw 2020 ISBN 9789490119874 Acqn 30768
Hb 12x19cm 560pp col ills £37.50

The work of Thomas Kuijpers always emerges from a current event, or series of current events,
which he uses to investigate how the stories told about these events influence our daily lives. To
do this, he collects all kinds of material: newspapers, posters, fragments of conversations,
YouTube videos, and Twitter comments. From this act of collecting, new connections appear, as
well as insights into how narratives about specific subjects are shaped. From this foundation of
interconnected subjects and things arises work where the source material is often still visible. Like
a sprawling index, 'Hoarder Order' is the result of 20 years of creating and (re-)ordering this
collection.

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See All This Summer Of Love 2020

See All This 2020 no ISBN Acqn 30779
Pb 21x27cm 80pp col ills £27

Offering a different spin on the magazine format, this issue consists of images printed on heavier
paper that the reader can tear out and keep or frame, for instance. Its theme is love, the so-called
heartbeat of life. A range of artists, writers, designers, connoisseurs, and others were asked to
select works of art they feel represent love. The result is an extraordinary collection that can be
used to make your own presentation at home or elsewhere - which also can be submitted to win a
prize. Among the contributors are photographer Anton Corbijn, writer Astrid Roemer, graphic
designer Irma Boom, fashion designer Iris van Herpen, painter Luc Tuymans, and garden
designer Piet Oudolf.

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Love With Obstacles (Amor Rojo). Edited By Dora Garcia

K. Verlag 2020 ISBN 9783947858125 Acqn 30792
Pb 15x21cm 280pp col ills £25

This is Spanish artist Dora Garcia's collaborative research on the life and legacy of Alexandra
Kollontai (1872-1952), a socialist, activist, feminist, and intellectual. As a Soviet ambassador from
1922 to 1945, she advocated the sexual and social emancipation of women, and implemented
many measures women continue to fight for today, such as legalising abortion and protecting
women's rights. Her writings found special resonance in Latin America, where her influence is still
felt in contemporary feminist struggles. The essays "On the Dragon" and "White Bird" are
translated into English here for the first time, and are published alongside a selection of poems by
Anna Akhmatova.

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Panamarenko - For Clever Scholars, Astronomers And Doctors

Ludion 2020 ISBN 9789493039308 Acqn 30793
Hb 30x34cm 112pp col ills £62.50

This large-format book first appeared in 2001, and then again in 2004. More than fifteen years
later, on the occasion of his passing, this third edition once again plunges us into the surreal,
imaginative work of Henri Van Herwegen (1940-2019), the Belgian sculptor known by his
pseudonym: Panamarenko. Most recognised for his assemblage work, the sculptor had a
penchant for aeronautics, and variations on this theme were endlessly revisited throughout his
career. None of his whimsical contraptions, however, were built to leave the ground. An essay by
Jon Thompson accompanies fascinating design sketches and notes by the artist, plus many
stunning high-gloss photographs.

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Cosmo-eggs - Reflections On Cosmo-eggs At The Japan Pavilion At La Biennale Di

Venezia 2019
Torch Press 2020 ISBN 9784907562205 Acqn 30818
Pb 19x26cm 248pp col ills £33.75

This book is positioned in the time between the opening of the Japan Pavilion exhibition at the
Venice Biennale (May 2019) and its later homecoming at the Artizon Museum in Tokyo (April
2020). It thus reflects upon the presentation in Venice and related events. One of the most
discerning features of 'Cosmo-Eggs' is that it emerged from diverse backgrounds, a collective of
members who collaborated with each other as a single team. Just how the intentions and
interests of the collective's individual members have been reflected and integrated in the
exhibition is therefore examined from a slight distance, accompanied by texts which contemplate
contemporary art in a wider sense.

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Tsuyoshi Hisakado - Practice Of Spiral

Torch Press 2020 ISBN 9784907562212 Acqn 30819
Pb 21x30cm 168pp col ills £51.75

Appearing on the occasion of Tsuyoshi Hisakado's first major solo exhibition, this publication
documents the newly commissioned installations the artist conceived for the Toyota Municipal
Museum of Art, which respond to the museum's distinctive interior. Hisakado collects everyday
phenomena, the memories of particular locations and history, harnessing these elements as
fragments of sound, light, and sculptural forms in order to create spaces that quietly yet
powerfully affect the physical senses of the viewer. The work encourages us to refine our
perceptions and poses metaphorical questions about concepts of eternity and the uniqueness
latent in physical objects.

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Miyako Meisho Hyakkei – POSTCARDBOOK

Seigensha Art Publishing 2020 ISBN 9784861527821 Acqn 30834
Pb 11x15cm 68pp col ills £15.75 +VAT

A small book containing 32 postcards, each with a different ukiyo-e print from 19th-century Japan,
revives the capital of Kyoto at the end of the Edo period. From noteworthy landmarks and
buildings to scenes of street life, work, and leisure, the city transforms with each changing season
of the year.

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Dora Garcia - Segunda Vez - How Masotta Was Repeated

Torpedo 2020 ISBN 9788293104209 Acqn 30849
Hb 14x21cm 320pp col ills £36.50

This book documents research undertaken by Dora Garcia for a video project on Oscar Masotta,
pioneer of Lacanian psychoanalysis in Latin America and influential art critic, which has yielded
five films. It presents a selection of Masotta's writings, including his early study of Argentine
author Roberto Arlt, as well as texts that contextualise Masotta's thought and broaden the reach
of his reflections on the intersections between performance and psychoanalysis, art, and politics.
Garcia is a contemporary Spanish artist whose work features interactivity and performance, and
she often uses the exhibition space as a platform to investigate the relationship between artwork,
audience, and place.

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