Das Wunder des Lebens
Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys
Published by Sternberg Press, Berlin, 2014, 477 pages (colour & b/w ill.), 30 × 29 cm, English / German
Price: €25

Like a pictorial encyclopedia, Das Wunder des Lebens contains over four hundred drawings that show all that the modern world has to offer, from maps and city views to cars and airplanes. However, unlike conventional pictorial dictionaries, there is no symbolic system.

Copublished with Kunsthalle Wien and Kunsthalle Basel on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition at the former, 7 February–4 May, 2014, and Projekt 13 at the latter, 16 January–14 March, 2010.

Designed by Antoine Begon and Boy Vereecken.

#2014 #antoinebegon #boyvereecken #josdegruyterandharaldthys #kunsthallebasel #kunsthallewien #sternbergpress
Sentences
Ilke Gers
Published by the artist, Rotterdam, 2022, 16 pages (b/w ill.), 14.6 × 20.7 cm, English
Price: €6
#2022 #ilkegers
Yves Klein
Published by Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover, 1971, 130 pages (colour & b/w ill.), 20 × 19 cm, German
Price: €20 (Out of stock)

Yves Klein was a French artist and an important figure in post-war European art. He was a leading member of the French artistic movement of Nouveau réalisme founded in 1960 by art critic Pierre Restany. Klein was a pioneer in the development of performance art, and is seen as an inspiration to and as a forerunner of minimal art, as well as pop art.

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

#1971 #yvesklein
we sat rigid except for the parts of out bodies that were needed for production
Published by Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, 2022, 64 pages (b/w ill.), 10.5 × 15 cm, English
Price: €7

This publication appeared in conjunction with the exhibition we sat rigid except for the parts of out bodies that were needed for production by Sandra Lahire and Celeste Burlina. It is the first in a series of small volumes of correspondence, responses, and conversations, which accompanies the exhibition program of Grazer Kunstverein. With contributions from Celeste Burlina, Tom Engels, Laura Guy, Calla Henkel, Sandra Lahire, Julie Peeters, Charlotte Proctor, Kerstin Schroedinger and Miriam Stoney.

#2022 #callahenkel #charlotteproctor #grazerkunstverein #juliepeeters #kerstinschroedinger #lauraguy #miriamstoney #sandralahire #tomengels
prefaces to appendage
Iris Touliatou
Published by Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, 2022, 64 pp. (b/w ill.), 10.5 × 15 cm, English
Price: €9

prefaces to appendage appeared in conjunction with the exhibition appendage by Iris Touliatou. It gathers a series of prefaces to the exhibition, written by Arnisa Zeqo, Lisa Holzer, Tom Engels, and Quinn Latimer, and preceded by scattered imagery of the Grazer Kunstverein’s infrastructure before the arrival of appendage. Convened by Iris Touliatou, these voices conjure premonitions, blessings, openings, or, simply put, moments of an attached before. Designed by Julie Peeters.

#2022 #arnisazeqo #grazerkunstverein #iristouliatou #juliepeeters #lisaholzer #quinnlatimer #tomengels
Things empty and moving
Ash Kilmartin
Published by the artist, Rotterdam, 2021, 28 pages, w/ photo-print and bookmark / track list insert (colour & b/w ill.), 10.5 × 21 cm, English
Price: €5

For Langstme, Kunsthuis SYB’s 2021 triennale, Ash Kilmartin revisited her research on klokkenstoelen, notes and memories from her residency in 2019. The resulting thoughts turn around the traditional production of the bells, their historical functions and folklore in the village life around Beetsterzwaag, Friesland. Dutch translation by Caspar Stalenhoef. Designed by Linus Bonduelle/Studio Lieneman. The book is accompanied by a sound piece which can be listened to here.

#2021 #artistbook #ashkilmartin