Kalbtragerin
Aleksandra Domanović
Published by Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, 2017, 48 pages (colour & b/w ill.), 21 × 29.7 cm
Price: €8

In her work, Aleksandra Domanović (b. 1981 in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia) takes a probing look at a wide range of phenomena of contemporary society, among them cultural techniques, scientific and technological developments, history and culture, popular culture and the shaping of national and cultural identity. Her work often has its starting point in the examination of the past and present of her home country, the breakup of Yugoslavia after the end of the Cold War, the collapse of the Soviet Union and the struggle for a new national and cultural identity.

For her exhibition Calf-Bearer in Bonn, the artist expands on one of her themes – Bulls Without Horns – and looks at current scientific developments in bioengineering, namely research carried out by Alison Van Eenennaam at the University of California in Davis who works on the breeding of certain genetic traits in cattle, for example the lack of horns. The artist not only presents the protagonists of these experiments in colour photographs, she also translates the underlying ideas into sculptures, which she produces by means of computer modelling, 3D printing and casting in synthetic plaster. Made of Corian, her votive stelae are transformed and abstracted depictions of the sixth-century BC Greek sculpture of the Moschophoros (Calf-Bearer) found in1866 on the Acropolis of Athens in the so-called Perserschutt, the bulk of the architectural and votive sculptures destroyed by the Persians in 480 BC.

#2017 #aleksandradomanovic
Jason Dodge/Paul Thek
Self-published, 2017, unpaginated (colour ill.), 16 × 23 cm, Edition of 200, each hand bound with different inserts, English
Price: €40 (Out of stock)

Published on the occasion of Jason Dodge’s 2017 exhibition at the Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin.

From the press release “We are pleased to announce the final instalment of our exhibition series Porzellan und Vulkan with the exhibition Jason Dodge and Paul Thek. In the Schinkelklause several of Paul Thek’s major drawings will be displayed, while on the upper floor of the Schinkel Pavillon Dodge will present a sculptural installation. Dodges installative work and a program of poetry readings will draw conceptual reference to the work of Paul Thek and his engagement with rituals of diverse kinds.

The paralells between Thek and Dodge’s work in material and meaning are unmistakable. In addition to the visual exhibitions, the collaborations include readings by poets Dodge has published, and a workshop from Thek’s teaching notes for his 4D class at Cooper Union 1978-1981—all of these elements contribute to the interweaving between the artistic disciplines and embellish the notion of collaboration.”

#2017 #jasondodge #paulthek
Schloßpark Pansevitz
Jason Dodge
Self published, 2017, unpaginated (colour ill.) in corner-stapled cardboard box, 15.8 × 22 cm, English
Price: €55 (Out of stock)

Published on the occasion of Jason Dodge’s 2017 exhibition at the Schloßpark Pansevitz.

“The things in this book were once precious or at least kept for one reason or another. As Governments have fallen and currencies have been replaced, coins that were once used for buying things have stopped being circulated. The simple value of silver by weight is what connects these coins to necklaces, rings, tea sets and pins, now, all of these pieces of silver have become exchanged for money, the cash they could fetch has outweighed any sentimental or aesthetic value.

All of these things in this book are now hidden, lost between trees, in lakes, in the grass and under rocks throughout Schlosspark Pansevitz.” Camilla v.d. Bussche

Printed in an edition of 75 signed and numbered copies.

#2017 #jasondodge
Kaiserringträgerin der Stadt Goslar 2017
Isa Genzken
Published by Münchenhaus Museum Goslar, 2017, 44 pages (colour & b/w ill.), 24 × 16,7 cm, German/English
Price: €8 (Out of stock)

Published on the occasion of Isa Genzken’s awarding of the Goslar Kaiserring Award 2017 and to accompany the corresponding exhibition at Mönchehaus Museum Goslar. With a text by Susanne Pfeffer.

#2017 #isagenzken #susannepfeffer
A Retrospective
Rasheed Araeen
Published by JRP Ringier, Zurich, 320 pages (colour & b/w ill.), 2017, 20 × 27 cm, English
Price: €30

Rasheed Araeen: A Retrospective is structured across five chapters: from his early experiments in painting in Karachi in the 1950s and early 60s, his pioneering minimalist sculptures carried out after his arrival in London in 1964, key pieces from the 70s and 80s following Araeen’s political awakening, his nine panel cruciform works from the 80s and 90s and a selection of his new geometric paintings and wall structures. Alongside this, material relating to Araeen’s writing, editorial and curatorial projects will be presented as part of an expanded artistic practice that in its scope and ambition continues to challenge the formal, ideological and political assumptions of Eurocentric modernism.

Edited by Nick Aikens and published by JRP Ringier in collaboration with Van Abbemuseum, MAMCO, BALTIC and Garage includes new essays by Aikens, Kate Fowle, Courtney Martin, Michael Newman, Gene Ray, Dominic Rhatz, John Roberts, Marcus du Sautoy, Zoe Sutherland and Kaelen Wilson-Goldie and an extensive conversation between Aikens and Araeen. Designed by Bardhi Haliti.

#2017 #bardhihaliti #jrpringier #rasheedaraeen #vanabbemuseum
Real-Time Realist #1
Jung-Lee Type Foundry
Published by J-L TF Press, Amsterdam, 2017, 11 × 18 cm, 224 pages, (colour & b/w ill.), English
Price: €15 (Out of stock)

Real-Time Realist is a first publication of J-L TF PRESS. This issue of Real-Time Realist explores amazement, distraction, surprise and awe (the blue sector of Robert Plutchik’s Wheel of Emotions) with contributions from invited artists distilling the aforementioned emotions.

Edited Charlie Clemoes and Jungmyung Lee. Design by Karlis Krecers. Contributions by Charlie Clemoes, Max Gershfield, Rudy Guedj, Mathew Kneebone, Lieven Lahaye, Carson Lee, Jungmyung Lee, Laura Pappa, Will Pollard, and Josse Pyl

#2017 #jossepyl #jungleetypefoundry #jungmyunglee #laurapappa #lievenlahaye #mathewkneebone #rudyguedj #willpollard