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Corrected Proofs. Previously Unpublished, Uncollected, Unwanted
Bob Nickas
Published by At Last Books, Copenhagen, 2023, 360 pp. (b/w ill.), 17 × 24 cm, English
Price: €35

Revenge publishing? A new genre? Or has it been around since writers first put pen to paper? Isn’t all writing to some degree a means to avenge an oversight or a rejection, intending to set the record straight? A number of pieces in this collection which were commissioned, accepted, and paid for, never appeared for one reason or another, whether devious or common: books don’t always cross the finish line. Years go by. Patience evaporates. Corrected Proofs aims to seek remedy. In addition to previously unpublished pieces, a number of essays and interviews were written specially for this collection: on Lutz Bacher and Charles Ray, with Arnold J. Kemp. There are heroes and villains, from the assassins John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald, to Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Cady Noland and Steven Parrino. Here the reader encounters usual suspects in unexpected context—Marcel Duchamp, Ed Ruscha and Andy Warhol—and artists recently rediscovered—Bob Smith and Stephen Varble—alongside Lee Lozano, the January 6 insurrection, and The Fall.

#2023 #andywarhol #atlastbooks #cadynoland #charlesray #edruscha #felixgonzaleztorres #johnmiller #leelozano #lutzbacher #marcelduchamp #robertnickas #stevenparrino
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Nihilism Is Love
Steven Parrino
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, 2020, 208 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 25 × 21 cm, English
Price: €58 (Out of stock)

Produced on the occasion of the exhibition Steven Parrino: Nihilism Is Love at the Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, 21 February–16 August, 2020. 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.

With texts by Konrad Bitterli, Catherine Dossin, Fabian Flückiger, Pierre Huber, Friedemann Malsch, Matthew McCaslin, Olivier Mosset, Bob Nickas, Amy O’Neill.

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

#2020 #stevenparrino
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RED
Robert Nickas
Published by Imschoot Uitgevers, Ghent, 1990, 144 pp. (colour & b/w ill.), 24.5 × 25.8 cm, English/Dutch/French
Price: €19 (Out of stock)

Produced on the occasion of the exhibition RED, curated by Robert Nickas at Isa Brachot Gallery, Brussels, 27 June–29 September 1990.

Including artists John Armleder, Barry X Ball, Robert Barry, Félix González-Torres, Marcia Hafif, Peter Halley, Donald Judd, Yves Klein, Imi Kneobel, Bertrand Lavier, Ken Lum, Olivier Mosset, Chuck Nanney, Steven Parrino, Laurie Parsons, Alan Uglow, Franz Erhard Walther, Lawrence Weiner amongst others.

Designed by Luc Derycke.

#1990 #barryxball #chucknanney #felixgonzaleztorres #franzerhardwalther #imschootuitgevers #johnarmleder #kenlum #laurieparsons #lucderycke #oliviermosset #peterhalley #robertnickas #stevenparrino