I don’t know if Thomas Edison invented the excuse
Kirsten Pieroth
Published by Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, 2004, folded poster. (b/w ill.), 21 × 29.7 cm (folded), 48 × 59.4 cm (unfolded), English
Price: €7

Produced on the occasion of the exhibition I don’t know if Thomas Edison invented the excuse at Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, 7 May – 13 June, 2004.

“I regret that a previous engagement prevents me from accepting your kind invitation to dinner at your home, on Thursday evening, September seventeenth,” is a sentence taken from a letter written by inventor Thomas Edison. Pieroth’s interest in the life of Edison led to the discovery the inventor often made excuses to avoid attending social functions. Pieroth then wrote to the American Patent Office requesting a patent on behalf of Edison for the invention of the “excuse.”

#ephemera #kirstenpieroth #poster
Michael Asher
Published by Kunsthalle Bern, 1995, 94 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 21 × 27 cm, German/English/French
Price: €145

Produced on the occasion of the exhibition Michael Asher at Kunsthalle Bern, 16 October – 29 November 1992. With texts from Ulrich Loock, Birgit Pelzer and Dieter Schwarz.

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

#1995 #kunsthallebern #michaelasher
Répertoire
Daniel Buren
Published by Korinsha Press, Kyoto & Center for Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu, 1998, 112 pp. ring bound in slip case (colour & b/w ill.), 16.2 × 22.2 cm, English/Japanese
Price: €110

Produced on the occasion of the exhibition Parallelepipede & Trame Travail in situ by Daniel Buren at the Center for Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu, 1 – 19 December, 1997.

#1998 #artistbook #danielburen
America
Félix González-Torres
Published by Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2007, 80 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 19.7 × 14 cm, English/Italian
Price: €72

Produced on the occasion of Félix González-Torres representing the United States at the Venice Biennale, only the second time in the modern history of the Venice Biennale that an artist has represented the U.S. posthumously.

Exhibition curator Nancy Spector provides an introductory essay on the artist, and curators Amada Cruz, Susanne Ghez and Ann Goldstein discuss in conversation their proposal of González-Torres for the 1995 Biennale.

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

#2007 #felixgonzaleztorres
A Retrospective
Gordon Matta-Clark
Published by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Chicago, 1985, 152 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 26.6 × 30.4 cm, English
Price: €70 (Out of stock)

Produced on the occasion of the exhibition Gordon Matta-Clark: A Retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 8 May – 18 August, 1985.

Includes essays by Mary Jane Jacob and Robert Pincus-Witten and an interview of Matta-Clark by Joan Simon.

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

#1985 #gordonmattaclark
Red Roses
Magali Reus
Published by nai010, Rotterdam, 2024, 192 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 23.2 × 29.5 cm, English
Price: €30

Dutch artist Magali Reus has been creating hyper-realistic sculptures for more than a decade. She represents, redefines, enlarges and deforms everyday objects in various materials and using surprising combinations of digital, manual and industrial processes.

This publication features work from exhibitions at Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Centre d’art contemporain-la synagogue de Delme, Kunsthalle Bratislava & Atelier Calder.

With texts by Rebecca May Johnson, Filipa Ramos. Designed by Wolfe Hall.

#2024 #magalireus