Magali Reus’ new photographic series, Knaves documents an array of mushrooms in headshot-like close up. As though in an al fresco portrait studio, the fungi are posed against backdrops of colourful vintage t-shirts–synthetic intrusions into the natural landscape.

This artist book sets images from the series within the sepia-tinted pp. of a 1990s telephone directory for Park Cities–an area of Dallas whose name acts as shorthand for the way in which urban design domesticates nature for ease of human use.

Novelist, Kathryn Scanlan’s text zooms in on a series of fleeting quotidian dramas, mobilising a cast of evocatively named characters that, like Reus’ fungal protagonists, bloom and then disappear.

Produced on the occasion of Haegue Yang’s exhibition Unpacking Storage Piece at Haubrokshows, Berlin, 29 September–3 October, 2007.

“Storage Piece was created in 2003. It consists of works that had yet to be sold and nowhere to be stored. Meanwhile, the work, born from necessity, had been exhibited numerous times. Upon its purchase by Axel Haubrok at Art Forum 2005 in Berlin, Haegue Yang transferred the work’s authorship to the collector. The possibility to unpack it was a conceptual part of the work and has now been realized by the owner together with the artist.” Exhibition press release

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

“The world is full of various products which are, however, often unsatisfactory. On the one hand, it is fascinating how well thought-out many things are produced in regard to economic viability. But on the other hand, this leads to very few things which can be used in other ways than what they were intended for, i.e. things allowing other uses apart from their original purpose. Furthermore, there are many exclusively designed but expensive things serving additional social ends. My grid bloc elicits different possibilities of use, thus supplementing the existing programme. Wherever a demand is presumed, it will be offered for sale.” Haegue Yang

Cover designed by Achim Reichert.

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Produced on the occasion of the exhibition Luft und Wasser at the Dresdner Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 2002. With a text by text by Isabel Podeschwa. Designed by Wolfgang Breuer and Achim Reichert (Vier5).

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Produced on the occasion of J.J. Schoonhoven’s exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 2 February–1 April, 1973.

J.J. Schoonhoven (1914–1994) became known for his sculptural reliefs and works on paper. For almost forty years, Schoonhoven worked on the development of these reliefs from papier-mâché, paper and cardboard, in addition to his job as a civil servant at the PTT (the Dutch state-owned company responsible for post, telegraphy, telephony and radiotelephony.)

Designed by Wim Crouwel, Daphne Duijvelshoff (Total Design).

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

Produced on the occasion of the exhibition J.J. Schoonhoven–Tekeningen at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 20 November, 1971–9 January, 1972.

J.J. Schoonhoven (1914–1994) became known for his sculptural reliefs and works on paper. For almost forty years, Schoonhoven worked on the development of these reliefs from papier-mâché, paper and cardboard, in addition to his job as a civil servant at the PTT (the Dutch state-owned company responsible for post, telegraphy, telephony and radiotelephony.)

Designed by Wim Crouwel, Magda Tsfaty (Total Design).

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