Cologne Art Fair, 1977
Jack Smith
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, 2010, fold out poster (colour & b/w ill.), 19.7 × 21 cm (folded) 119.2 × 84 cm (unfolded), English
Price: €15

Jack Smith presented his performance Irrational Landlordism of Bagdad as part of the Cologne Art Fair fringe in the summer of 1977. Many other events were documented photographically and can now be found in the Cologne Art Fair archives—not so Smith’s performance. This poster publication, edited by Michael Krebber, shows him in his fair stall and during his performance for the first time. The pictures are perfect documents of a completely eccentric transaction by this pioneering director and performance artist.

#2010 #jacksmith #michaelkrebber #verlagderbuchhandlungwaltherkonig
Une Présentation du Travail de Cadere
Jean-Claude Lefevre
Published by Galerie Ghislain Mollet-Viéville, Paris, 1982, 28 pages (b/w ill.), 21 × 29.7 cm, French
Price: €35

A brochure by Jean Claude Lefèvre, from “A presentation of the work of Cadere”, numbers 10, 22 and 40 of his book “André Cadere, histoire d’une travail” Herbert–Gewad ed. Gent 1982. 4, (25 June, 1982) June 25, 1983

#1982 #andrecadere
1965 & 1967
Joseph Kosuth
Published by Galerie Renée Ziegler, Zürich, 1992, 24 pages (b/w ill.), 21 × 26 cm, German
Price: €18

Produced on the occasion of the exhibition Joseph Kosuth 1965 & 1967. Protoinvestigations 1965 & The First Investigations 1967 at Galerie Renée Ziegler, Zürich, 1992.

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

#1992 #josephkosuth
No, Not That One It's Not A Chair
Published by Galerie 1900 2000, Paris, 2000, 75 pages, spiral-bound (colour & b/w ill.), 16.2 × 11 cm, French / English
Price: €12

Produced on the occasion of the exhibition No, Not That One It’s Not A Chair at Galerie 1900 2000, Paris, 1 January, 2000.

Curated by Elein Fleiss and featuring John M. Armleder, Richard Artschwager, Alan Belcher, Guillaume Bill, Marie Bourget, Philippe Cazal, Bill Culbert, Nancy Dwyer, Rainer Ganahl, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Thomas Grünfeld, Edward Kienholz, Bertrand Lavier, Louise Lawler, Ken Lum, Cady Noland, Jean-Luc Vilmouth.

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

#2000 #bertrandlavier #cadynoland #dominiquegonzalezfoerster #edwardkienholz #eleinfleiss #johnarmleder #louiselawler #richardartschwager
Lift thrust drag gravity
Ilke Gers
Published by the artist, Rotterdam, 2022, 14 pages (b/w ill.), 14.4 × 21 cm, English
Price: €12

Studies and preparatory drawings for a large scale chalk work for Auckland Airport, carpark A. The drawings were made from the eleventh floor of the Auckland Airport Novotel, with a view over the almost empty International arrivals and departures carpark, during the last weeks of November 2021. Hand numbered edition of 20.

#2022 #artistbook #ilkegers
John Nixon
Published by Superweakness, Den Haag, 2021, 4 pages (colour & b/w ill.), 21 × 29.7 cm, English
Price: €2

Produced on the occasion of John Nixon at Superweakness, Den Haag, 7–28 November 2021.

John Nixon was a seminal figure in contemporary Australian abstraction. From 1968, his work was dedicated to the on-going experimentation, analysis and development of radical modernism, minimalism, the monochrome, constructivism, non-objective art and the readymade; which were key reference points in his work. Experimental Painting Workshop (EPW), which the artist named in 1990, but which covers works dating back to 1968, formed the basis of Nixon’s rigorous and long-standing intellectual investigation into the making of art, which over time expanded to encompass not only painting, but collage, photography, video, dance and experimental music performance.

#2021 #ephemera #johnnixon #painting