This new publication, the third in the ongoing series of aica press / Les presses du réel’s publications, Art Critics of The World, is the first English-language anthology of writings by the Slovak critic, Tomáš Štrauss.

Tomáš Štrauss (Budapest, 1931–Bratislava, 2013) was a key theoretician of the post-war neo-avant-gardes in “socialist” Central and Eastern Europe. “A critical reading of his texts unavoidably demands that we situate them in the context of that theory that began to establish itself in the second half of the 1990s, and whose chief younger proponents included Boris Groys, Igor Zabel, Piotr Piotrowski and Edit András”—Daniel Grúň

Produced on the occasion of Richard Tuttle’s participation in the group exhibition Das kleine Spiel zwischen dem Ich und dem Mir – Kunst und Choreografie at Kolumba Museum, Köln.

“The work of Fina Miralles—artist born in Sabadell, Barcelona—is not that well known. Her actions, understood from today’s perspective—were not really performances but the enactment of a necessary philosophy: to simply perceive the sun, and, then understand its energy; to interact and even tie yourself to a tree, to understand its form, its life; to be halfway buried on earth, to sense it… All simple but all aimed to what we need, a thought and an experiential system capable of surpassing the binary culture/nature.”—Chus Martinez

Postcard produced on the occasion of Park McArthur’s exhibition Kunsthalle_guests Gaeste.Netz.5456 that was presented on Kunsthalle Bern’s website in German and English and in the building of Kunsthalle Bern from 15 August–4 October, 2020.

You can see more on the exhibition here.

Secret Outlines: Versailles (1996–2020) is the facsimile reproduction of one of the eight variations of the Secret Outlines (1996) series in which Jacqueline Mesmaeker over her way into books through graphic interventions, collages, and cuttings. For this edition, published by Keijiban (Kanazawa) and printed by Cultura (Wetteren) on Gardapat 150g paper, the artist has added five original drawings made with Caran D’Ache sapphire blue pencil to each of the thirty signed and numbered copies.

More images of the associated exhibition can be seen here.

Produced on the occasion of Richard Tuttle’s participation in the group exhibition Das kleine Spiel zwischen dem Ich und dem Mir: Kunst und Choreografie at Kolumba Museum, Köln.

This early piece by Richard Tuttle consists of 10 drawings laid out on the floor using pieces of string. The traces of physical gestures that are incorporated into the piece open up a field of possibilities, enabling the visitors to become actors with their own agency. The notation for this piece is documented here and a video of the performance can be seen here.