The No Texts (1979–2003)
Steven Parrino
Published by Abaton Book Company, New Jersey & JRP Editions, Geneva, 2003, 56 pp. (b/w ill.), 14 × 19.1 cm, English
Price: €120

First anthology of the writings by the American painter Steven Parrino. Predominantly a painter, in his oeuvre Parrino developed a unique visual idiom that, on the one hand, draws on various subcultural movements and, on the other, displays clear references to the history of visual art of the twentieth century and beyond. Parrino’s work is defined by an unconditional will to be free that stems from American biker culture and is also influenced by punk rock existentialism.

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

#2003 #artistswritings #jrpeditions #painting #stevenparrino
Friends and Family
Lily van der Stokker
Published by Les presses du réel, Lyon, 2003, 448 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 20.5 × 26.2 cm, English/French
Price: €38

Lily van der Stokker has been renowned since the early 1990s for her playful wall paintings in bright colours. Floral motifs and ornamental clouds are dominant patterns in world whose aesthetic and fluorescent palette bring Pop art to mind. Meticulously executed in a time-consuming and labor-intensive process, the murals are based on small-format drawings the artist prepares with scrupulous precision. Comedy, satire and irony are hallmarks of van der Stokker’s oeuvre.

#2003 #lespressesdureel #lilyvanderstokker
Fade In
Josef Dabernig
Published by BAK - basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, 2003, unpaginated (colour & b/w ill.), 11.5 × 16.4 cm, English/Dutch
Price: €8

Produced on the occasion of the films of Josef Dabernig featuring at G.R.A.M.en / and Markus Scherer, 18 May–29 June, 2003. More information can be found here.

Josef Dabernig is an artist and filmmaker, whose work uncovers the monotony and coercion that can dominate even the most expected daily actions.

#2003 #josefdabernig
Brother - Sister (card)
Sophie Calle
Published by pOI DOi, Paris, 2003, card (b/w ill.), 14.9 × 10 cm, English
Price: €12

Part of a large cycle comprised of different series of polyptychs with the subject matter of marble graves without any reference to dates, places or names, Sophie Calle encourages a reflection on those relationships that, in their presence or absence, define each person’s identity. Even though anonymous, each tomb in the series contains a real body that was once a person and remains alive as a memory and as a site allowing the opportunity to worship that memory by the survivors.

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

#2003 #ephemera #invitecard #sophiecalle
Husband (card)
Sophie Calle
Published by pOI DOi, Paris, 2003, card (b/w ill.), 10 × 14.9 cm, English
Price: €12

Part of a large cycle comprised of different series of polyptychs with the subject matter of marble graves without any reference to dates, places or names, Sophie Calle encourages a reflection on those relationships that, in their presence or absence, define each person’s identity. Even though anonymous, each tomb in the series contains a real body that was once a person and remains alive as a memory and as a site allowing the opportunity to worship that memory by the survivors.

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

#2003 #ephemera #sophiecalle
Marie Laurencin: A Retrospective
Published by Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, Tokyo, 2003, 192 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 19.7 × 24.5 cm, Japanese
Price: €48 (Out of stock)

Produced on the occasion of the exhibition Marie Laurencin: A Retrospective, held on the 120th anniversary of her birth, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, 2003. Marie Laurencin (31 October 1883 – 8 June 1956) was a French painter and printmaker. She became an important figure in the Parisian avant-garde as a member of the Cubists associated with the Section d’Or.

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

#2003 #marielaurencin