Produced on the occasion of the exhibition Ludzie z podziemia (The Men from the Underground) curated by Kasia Redzisz and presented by Open Art Projects, Otwock.

“The men from the underground are allergic to social positivism and utilitarianism. They abhor humans who aspire to physical health, labour and reasonable material wealth. They see themselves as the enemy of this. Without realising it, they rule over a subterranean kingdom.” Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys.

This comprehensive volume chronicles four decades of exhibitions held at the esteemed Antwerp-based art gallery, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer.

Throughout its illustrious history, the gallery has remained faithful to its artistic ethos while embracing innovation. This is evident in its dedication to featuring emerging talents, particularly those within the post-conceptual realm. Representing and working with artists such as On Kawara, Lawrence Weiner, Christopher Wool, Luciano Fabro, Ann Veronica Janssens, Dan Graham, Giovanni Anselmo, Lili Dujourie, Liam Gillick, and many more.

Produced following the eponymous exhibition at Sant’Andrea de Scaphis, Rome, from November 21, to December 19, 2015.

Following the artists’ previous series of life-size puppets in Die Schmutzigen Puppen von Pommern, this new publication presents a collection of one hundred sixty-four small puppets.

Produced on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition at The Power Station, Dallas,  April 8 – June 12, 2015.

Part document, part photographic album, this artists’ book by Jos de Gruyter and Harald Thys captures the sculptural revisionings of the descendants of an executioner family from Greifswald in the historical province of Pomerania.

Designed by Boy Vereecken and Harald Thys.

Produced on the occasion of the eponymous touring exhibition at CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco; MoMA PS1, New York; and Raven Row, London, in 2015.

The conceptual duo Jos de Gruyter and Harald Thys continue in the project “Fine Arts” with their playful approach that draws on dystopian narratives. In this scenario the artists have became watercolorists; unfashionably harping back to the previous century’s pictorial tradition while basing their picture making on a range of quotidian and historical images culled from the Internet.

Designed by Boy Vereecken and Harald Thys.

Optimundus accompanies Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys’s major exhibition at M HKA of the same title—the term they use for their particular conception of the parallel world. Narratives and criticism by Michael Van den Abeele, Nav Haq, Jennifer Krasinksi, Dieter Roelstraete, and artist Peter Wächtler are presented along with photos, drawings, and text illustrating the unsteady barriers and tense contact between Optimundus and the real world.