Je nose pas
Henri Chopin
Published by Guy Schraenen Editeur, Antwerp, 1974, card (colour & b/w ill.), 10.5 × 14.7 cm, French
Price: €20

One of fifteen contributions from the postcard portfolio 15 CARTES POSTALE published by Guy Schraenen.

Henri Chopin was a little-known but significant figure of the French and British concrete poetry and lettrist movements. A curator, editor, musician and poet, he worked in a variety of materials, although his most notable works take the form of typewriter poems, each unique and influenced by the artist’s preoccupation with ideas of order and disorder; a result of his wartime experiences.

*Please note this publication is secondhand and may have some traces of previous ownership.

#1974 #concretepoetry #ephemera #guyschraenen #henrichopin #invitecard
Brion Gysin
Published by Guy Schraenen Editeur, Antwerp, 1974, card (b/w ill.), 14.7 × 10.5 cm, French
Price: €20

One of fifteen contributions from the postcard portfolio 15 CARTES POSTALE published by Guy Schraenen.

Brion Gysin was a British/Canadian painter, writer, sound poet, performance artist and inventor of experimental devices. He is best known for his use of the cut-up technique, alongside his close friend, the novelist William S. Burroughs. With the engineer Ian Sommerville he also invented the Dreamachine, a flicker device designed as an art object to be viewed with the eyes closed.

*Please note this publication is secondhand and may have some traces of previous ownership.

#1974 #briongysin #ephemera #guyschraenen #invitecard
Correspondences: de Appel 1975–2025
Published by de Appel, Amsterdam, 2025, 384 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 23 × 32 cm, English
Price: €40

Correspondences: de Appel 1975–2025 traces the activities of de Appel through letters, telegrams, airmail, postcards, faxes, and emails, sent to and by de Appel. The book features materials by more than a hundred different authors and includes paper-based and digital correspondence by, amongst many others, Laurie Anderson, James Lee Byars, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, General Idea, Mona Hatoum, Patricia Kaersenhout and Carolee Schneemann. Context is provided by written guest contributions by Alice Butler, Alison Burstein, Annet Dekker, Susan Gibb and Brian Fuata and de Appel’s archivist Nell Donkers. An edition by Alison Knowles in the shape of a ribbon forms a special prompt to the reader of the book.

Edited by Martha Jager & Hannah Cheney. Designed by Bardhi Haliti & Zuzana Kostelanská.

#alisonknowles #bardhihaliti #caroleeschneemann #deappel #generalidea #hannahcheney #jamesleebyars #marthajager #monahatoum #nelldonkers #patriciakaersenhout #theresahakkyungcha #zuzanakostelanska
Günther Förg
Published by Richter Verlag, Düsseldorf, 1996, 152 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 23 × 31 cm, English
Price: €23

Produced on the occasion of Günther Förg’s exhibition at the Kunstverein Hannover und Orangerie Herrenhausen, 8 December, 1995–25 February, 1996.

Over a career spanning five decades, Günther Förg (1952–2013) developed a distinctive and prolific body of work, including experiments in abstraction and monochrome painting, against the general trend of figurative painting predominant in Germany in the 1980s. Wall paintings, sculptures, large format photographs, portraits and architectural views, as well as drawings and graphics, executed in a range of mediums, bear witness to the innovative diversity of the artist’s approach.

Designed by Walter Nikkels.

#1996 #guntherforg #walternikkels
John Latham
Published by the Tate Gallery, London, 1976, 48 pp. (b/w ill.), 16 × 16 cm, English
Price: €20

John Latham (1921–2006) was a pioneer of British conceptual art, who, through painting, sculpture, performances, assemblages, films, installation and extensive writings, fuelled controversy and continues to inspire. A visionary in mapping systems of knowledge, whether scientific or religious, he developed his own philosophy of time, known as ‘Event Structure.’

*Please note this publication is secondhand and has some traces of previous ownership.

#1976 #johnlatham
I Am Only the Housekeeper, but I Don’t Know…
Luca Lo Pinto, Olaf Nicolai
Published by Humboldt Books, Milan, 2025, 48 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 24 × 34 cm, English
Price: €25

On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Jože Plečnik (1872–1957), a key figure of the Modernist movement in architecture and creator of numerous buildings and monuments around the city of Ljubljana, in 2022 Luca Lo Pinto and Olaf Nicolai curated an exhibition titled I Am Only the Housekeeper, but I Don’t Know… in the Slovenian architect’s former home. The publication retraces the contemporary interventions undertaken by the curatorial duo, who invited twenty-five internationally recognised Slovenian and foreign artists, allowing them to enter the house through their own works to commemorate Plečnik’s oeuvre and place its reading into a different and more contemporary context.

Works by John Armleder, H. C. Artmann, Nairy Baghramian, Avi Beracha, Pierre Bismuth, Monica Bonvicini, Pablo Bronstein, Michael Dean, Jason Dodge, Hansi Fuchs, Lena Grossmann, Ana Kučan, Janette Laverrière, Enzo Mari, Hana Miletić, Carsten Nicolai, Saša Pavček, Julie Peeters, Manfred Pernice, Florian Pumhösl, Fabio Quaranta, Ana Roš, Giovanna Silva, Mladen Stilinović, Diamond Stingily, Sophie Thun.

Photography by Giovanna Silva. Graphic design by Julie Peeters with Laura Martens.

#2025 #anakucan #diamondstingily #enzomari #florianpumhosl #giovannasilva #hanamiletic #janettelaverriere #jasondodge #johnarmleder #juliepeeters #lucalopinto #manfredpernice #michaeldean #mladenstilinovic #nairybaghramian #olafnicolai #pablobronstein #pierrebismuth #sophiethun