Archief 5
Jef Geys
Published by Frans Masereel Centre, Kasterlee, 2017, unpaginated (colour & b/w ill.), 21 × 29.7 cm
Price: €50 (Out of stock)

In 2015, the Frans Masereel Centre started a collaboration with Geys to publish parts of his archive. The first archive publication, Archief 1 and Archief 2, consists of two thick volumes in A4 format with more than 800 scanned archive documents, and appeared on the occasion of Geys’s solo exhibition in the SMAK in 2015. The material was presented as it was, without any explanation or hierarchy.

Archief 5 appeared on the occasion of Geys’ archive installation about the role of the media in the Gulf War in the M HKA, and was preceded by a brief pre-publication of documents relating to the execution process of the installation and an introduction by Bart De Baere.

An animation of the contents of the book courtesy of the Frans Masereel Centre can be seen here.

#2017 #artistbook #jefgeys
Archief 4
Jef Geys
Published by Frans Masereel Centre, Kasterlee, 2017, unpaginated (colour & b/w ill.), 21 × 29.7 cm
Price: €38 (Out of stock)

In 2015, the Frans Masereel Centre started a collaboration with Geys to publish parts of his archive. The first archive publication, Archief 1 and Archief 2, consists of two thick volumes in A4 format with more than 800 scanned archive documents, and appeared on the occasion of Geys’s solo exhibition in the SMAK in 2015. The material was presented as it was, without any explanation or hierarchy.

Archief 4 (2017) begins with a detailed index of Geys’ archive, a complete station novel with annotations by Geys, and continues with documents relating to cultural subsidies and correspondence concerning the foundation of an association for visual artists who fought in the early seventies for a social status for visual artists.

An animation of the contents of the book courtesy of the Frans Masereel Centre can be seen here.

#2017 #artistbook #jefgeys
Armin Krämer & Kai Althoff
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, 2002, 64 pages (colour & b/w ill.), 21.4 × 27 cm, German
Price: €20 (Temporarily out of stock)

Produced on the occasion of Armin Krämer & Kai Althoff’s exhibition at Kunstverein Braunschweig, 21 September–10 November, 2002. With texts by Kai Althoff and Armin Krämer, Miriam Tölke. Edited by Karola Grässlin.

#2002 #arminkramer #kaialthoff #karolagrasslin #verlagderbuchhandlungwaltherkonig
Who's Werner
Published by Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius, 2019, card, 14.8 × 10.5 cm, Lithuanian
Price: €3

Invitation produced on the occasion of the first instalment of the exhibition Who’s Werner? at Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius, 6 September–3 November, 2019. Who’s Werner? was a spacial conversation constructed by Yana Foqué that explores artistic practices that have become intertwined and focuses on the role of a figure whose work is commonly kept a public secret. It looks into some mutualistic relationships between artists in various disciplines and their assistants; producers; sometimes lovers.

Including the work for and by Céline Condorelli, Denise Scott Brown, Elle Burchill, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Raoul De Keyser, James Langdon, John Baldessari, Jonas Mekas, Lucy Skaer, Margot Sandeman, Norman Laich, Paul Robbrecht, Robert Venturi, Simon Harlow, Benjamin Roth, Laura Kaminskaitė.

Designed by Nerijus Rimkus.

More information on the exhibition can be found here.

#2019 #ephemera #ianhamiltonfinlay #johnbaldessari #jonasmekas #kunstvereinamsterdam #lucyskaer #nerijusrimkus #raouldekeyser #robertventuri #yanafoque
Who's Werner
Published by Kunstverein, Amsterdam, 2019, 8 pages, 17 × 24 cm, English
Price: €5

Exhibition pamphlet produced on the occasion of the exhibition Who’s Werner? at Kunstverein Amsterdam, 23 November–21 December, 2019. Curated by Yana Foqué, Who’s Werner? is a spacial conversation that explores artistic practices that have become intertwined and focuses on the role of a figure whose work is commonly kept a public secret. It looks into some mutualistic relationships between artists in various disciplines and their assistants; producers; sometimes lovers.

Including the work of Céline Condorelli, Denise Scott Brown, Elle Burchill, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Raoul De Keyser, James Langdon, John Baldessari, Jonas Mekas, Lucy Skaer, Margot Sandeman, Norman Laich, Paul Robbrecht, Robert Venturi, Simon Harlow, Jan-Philipp Hopf, Laura Kaminskaitė.

Designed by Marc Hollenstein.

#denisescottbrown #ephemera #ianhamiltonfinlay #johnbaldessari #jonasmekas #kunstvereinamsterdam #lucyskaer #marchollenstein #raouldekeyser #robertventuri #yanafoque
Today Is The First Day
Wolfgang Tillmans
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln & Wiels, Brussels, 2020, 512 pages (colour & b/w ill.), 25.1 × 19.7 cm, English
Price: €30 (Temporarily out of stock)

Conceived and designed by Wolfgang Tillmans, and published in association with the exhibitions Rebuilding the Future at IMMA, Dublin and Today Is The First Day, at WIELS, Brussels, this richly illustrated artist’s book explores the latest developments in Tillmans’s work over the last three years. Spanning the artist’s multifaceted approach to image-making, video, performance, music and political activities, presenting newly commissioned texts from contributors including novelist Olivia Laing, historian Brian Dillon, curator Catherine Wood, and geologist Dr David Chew. The scope of the book includes over 30 pages featuring his set design for the English National Opera’s production of War Requiem, recent portraits, and detailed installation views.

#2020 #photography #verlagderbuchhandlungwaltherkonig #wielsbrussels #wolfgangtillmans