L'incertezza
Fausto Melotti
Published by Mousse Publishing, Milan, 2015, 392 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 14 × 22 cm, English / French / Italian
Price: €20

“Italian sculptor, painter and poet, Fausto Melotti is considered a pioneer of Italian art and is acknowledged for his unique contribution to the development of mid-century European Modernism. Coming of age in prewar Milan, and living through the horrors of the Second World War, Melotti metabolized wartime devastation in his work by returning to Renaissance principles of harmony, order, geometry, and musical structure, which he integrated into a highly personal yet universally accessible artistic language that expresses the full range of emotional experiences in modern human existence.”—Hauser & Wirth

#2015 #faustomelotti #moussepublishing #sculpture
Respekt Frischlinge, Je suis la chaise, London Condom
Michael Krebber
Published by Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Köln; Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris & Maureen Paley, London, 2008, 92 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 12.9 × 17.7 cm, English
Price: €18

Produced on the occasion of three exhibitions by Michael Krebber Respekt Frischlinge at Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Je suis la chaise at Galerie Chantal Crousel & London Condom at Maureen Paley.

Designed by Michael Krebber and Yvonne Quirmbach.

#2008 #galeriebuchholz #michaelkrebber #painting #yvonnequirmbach
Ceiling Blues
Patricia L. Boyd
Published by Revolver Publishing, Berlin, 2022, 192 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 18 × 10.5 cm, English
Price: €26

Produced on the occasion of the exhibition Patricia L. Boyd: Ceiling Analysis at Secession Vienna, 18 November, 2022 – 15 February, 2023.

Borrowing its format from fabric sample books, Ceiling Blues contains photographed fragments of frottages, silkscreen prints, and casts—tests, made in preparation for her exhibition, reproduced in 1:1 scale. “The samples here are not single samples of what can exist in quantity, as with samples from a roll of fabric that has a pattern that repeats. They are single samples from what is singular. They are excerpts of draft versions of a potential work that remains unfound.”—Patricia L. Boyd

#2022 #patricialboyd #revolverpublishing #secession
Josef Dabernig
Published by Secession, Vienna, 1992, unpaginated (b/w ill.), 21 × 27 cm, German
Price: €15

Produced on the occasion of Josef Dabernig’s exhibition at Secession, Vienna, 30 September–31 November, 1992. With texts from Josef Dabernig, Christian Kravagna and Adolf Krischanitz.

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

#1992 #josefdabernig #secession
75/75
Isa Genzken
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln & Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, 2024, 330 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 21.5 × 30 cm, German
Price: €45

This comprehensive catalogue documents the installation of Isa Genzken’s eponymous exhibition at Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin, 13 July – 27 November, 2023. Alongside many photographs, the catalogue assembles texts by Dieter Schwarz, Sabine Breitwieser, Manfred Hermes, Tom McDonough, Juliane Rebentisch, Isa Genzken, conversations with Isa Genzken and Wolfgang Tillmans, and Isa Genzken and Diedrich Diederichsen, a preface by Klaus Biesenbach and Lisa Botti, and a new essay by Diedrich Diederichsen. Designed by Julie Peeters, edited by Daniel Buchholz and Christopher Müller.

#2024 #christophermuller #danielbuchholz #diedrichdiederichsen #isagenzken #julianerebentisch #juliepeeters #tommcdonough #verlagderbuchhandlungwaltherkonig #wolfgangtillmans
You thrive on mistaken identity (card)
Barbara Kruger
Published by Fotofolio, date unknown, card (b/w ill.), 11 × 15.5 cm, English
Price: €18

Barbara Kruger is an American conceptual artist and collagist associated with the Pictures Generation. She is recognized for her iconic collaged black-and-white photographs, overlaid with declarative captions. These phrases paired with such pronouns as “you,” “your, “I,” “we,” and “they,” address cultural constructions of power, identity, consumerism, and sexuality. Kruger utilizies mass communication and advertising techniques to explore these issues and is aligned with with such feminist post modern artists as Jenny Holzer and Sherrie Levine who implement similar techniques.

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

#barbarakruger #ephemera #picturesgeneration