Contemporary art

Comprised of a lecture by Christoph Menke and two respective responses to it by Daniel Loick and Isabelle Graw, The Power of Judgment both attests to the importance of judgment in art criticism and argues against its determining verdicts.

Exhaustive monograph

Artist's book (limited edition).

A photographic journey.

With Beni Bischof, Chris Johanson, Dimitri Broquard, Hendrik Hegray, Ingo Giezendanner, Johanna Jackson, Kim Gordon, Rita Ackermann, Stefan Marx, Warja Lavater, Will Sweeney.

A performance piece about weakness and public embarrassment (edition of 30 numbered copies).

A performance piece about the Abu Ghraib tortures (edition of 30 numbered copies).

The 4th issue of May makes an atypical choice by publishing a very large section of archival material coming from what is called the“feminist nebula” in Italy in the 1970s. Beyond their great historical, aesthetic and literary value, these documents contribute to the line of thinking pursued by the magazine to re-posit the terms of a social critique in relation to the critique of present-day artistic production.

Artist's book (limited edition).

150 black-and-white photographs from the New York studio of Richard Nonas taken by the artist.

A series of intimate and melancholic portraits by Raffi Kalenderian.

An exploration of the relationship between language and visual arts (works by/essays on Pierre Ardouvin, Art Keller, Julien Audebert, Gérard Collin-Thiébaut, Éric Duyckaerts, Dora García, Mark Geffriaud, Martin Le Chevallier, Claude Lévêque, François Morellet, Christian Robert-Tissot, Charles Sandison, Yann Sérandour, Lawrence Weiner).

Analysis (“A Brief History of Sound Art” by Rahma Khazam; “Sound Art, a Fortified Art” by Bastien Gallet; “Notes on Steve Reich's Pendulum Music” by Christophe Gallois; “A Formless Form” by Mathieu Copeland; “Sound in Artist's Films” by Alexandre Castant, etc.) / “focus” on Philippe Decrauzat's Leslie, by Matthieu Poirier, monographs (Laurent Montaron, Su-Mei Tse, Georgina Starr, Joachim Schmid) / interviews (Sébastien Faucon, Kerwin Rolland) / artist's interventions (Nicolas Fenouillat, Dominique Petitgand, Jérôme Poret, Samon Takahashi)...

Blexbolex has partnered with German artist Stefanie Schilling for the making of 47 papier mâché masks representing monsters, skulls, demons and animals... A colorful procession of resurrected souls on a Mexican day of the Dead.

Reference monograph (available in English edition).

The chronological compilation of Yona Friedman's plans, sketches, drawings, models, collages, installations, etc., since 1945: a monumental publication which offers a complete overview of the work of one of the greatest artists-architects and urbanist theoreticians today, in its many dimensions (urban, economic, ecological, cultural, social and political).

First monograph, including an essay by Michael Newman as well as Price's own critical take on his practice.

A set of 83 previously unpublished historical works from the 60's (artist's books with collages, drawings, watercolors and paintings), with an essay by Pierre Péju: early works that, under a minimalist and fragile appearance, announce most of the major themes developed in Kiefer's later grandiose oeuvre.

The societal efficacy of art.

First monograph devoted to the visual work of the New York alternative art scene mythical figure, a pioneer of minimalist electronic rock as the co-founder of the cult band Suicide.

First monograph devoted to the visual work of the New York alternative art scene mythical figure.

Reference monograph.

A visual narrative based on a series of randomly selected photographs from National Geographic issues: a “dream generator” taking visual motifs from a version of the real world and pushing them into the realm of the subconscious.

The new Cosmic Wonder issue is devoted to an ecological clothing line, photographed by artist Laetitia Benat.

Swiss lines (available in English edition).

The art of storytelling.

13 drawings by American artist.

Theoretical and artistic reflections on the history and contemporary relevance of animism.

Remastered recordings of the first performance of Nitsch's 8th Symphony (for Choir, Orchestra, and Noise Orchestra).

Reference retrospective monograph (available in English edition).

Reference retrospective monograph: a complete overview of Lynda Benglis' work and life from the late 1960s to the present day, with more than 350 illustrations, about 20 historical or commissioned essays, an interview, famous and unseen archival material, and a complete chronology.

Criminal news item as current version of the ready-made: relations between the history of avant-gardes and the aesthetics of murder.

An artist's book in which Falke Pisano demonstrates her ability to reconcile form and knowledge, both visual and textual.

Denis Oppenheim, Silvia Bächli,art & architectute (Rafael Magrou, Yves Belorgey, David Maljkovic, Pablo Bronstein), Benjamin Hochart, Joana Neves, José Guadalupe Posada, Jim Shaw, Pline l'Ancien, Blandine Bussery, Richard Fauguet, Frances Stark, Julien Tiberi, Aurélie Salavert, artistic contributions (Jim Shaw, Olivier Leroi, Félicia Atkinson, Benjamin Hochart, Xavier Noiret-Thomé & Bruno di Rosa, Rouge Gorge)...

An exploration of the artist's use of language and images as a means of representation that further the reach of the real (first of a series engaging with publications as a primary medium of practice, enabling artists to explore the inherent constraints and possibilities of the printed document.

Net Pioneers 1.0 discusses media art history with a new, interdisciplinary look at the historical, social, and economic dynamics of our contemporary, networked society.

Towards the art world's inner contradictions between symbolic meaning and monetary value.

Monograph.

The method and genesis of Pierre Molinier's oeuvre (available in English edition).

Interviews with 51 international gallerists.

A retrospective.

A retrospective.

A sourcebook on serial publications.

A journey to Azerbaijan documented in 176 drawings.

First monograph devoted to a prolific work, mixing radical appropriation, action as well as creation, in tune with the physical, the body, the living. With several essays, an interview and abundant illustrations.

Applied Research and Development in Typography.

Shadows of witches, bats and black cats for a street public lighting commissioned work.