Contemporary Art
Forthcoming Books
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Ed. Konrad Bitterli et al.
Following the merger of three important Winterthur collections to form the Kunst Museum Winterthur, this volume presents the highlights of the three museums for the first time in splendidly illustrated form: from Rembrandt to Caspar David Friedrich ... -
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Ed. David Evans Frantz et al.
Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects
Softcover EditionSurveying over four centuries, this volume brings together a wide-ranging selection of artworks and artefacts that highlight under-recognised histories of trans and gender-nonconforming communities. Through the contributions of artists, writers, ... -
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Ed. Thierry-Maxime Loriot
Viktor&Rolf
Fashion StatementsFor more than three decades, Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren have been exploring with breathtaking virtuosity the boundaries between the worlds of haute couture and art. The book reflects the duo’s passions, obsessions and singular vision of ... -
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Ed. Creative Growth Art Center
John Martin
A Self-PortraitFish become knives, alligators become saws, the artist himself becomes a Nokia phone – John Martin is one of the most fascinating contemporary Black American artists working today. The publication builds an understanding of and appreciation ... -
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Ed. Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie
Victoria-Idongesit Udondian
How Can I Be NobodyThis is the first publication to document and contextualise Udondian’s creative interrogation of textiles and shifting cultural identities within a global trade system, characterised by transnational movement of goods and people from one part ... -
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Robert Hobbs
Peter Halley
A MonographIn the 1980s, Peter Halley revitalised painting by relying on sociology and science fiction. He employed fluorescent colours and Roll-A-Tex to deconstruct early and mid-twentieth-century transcendent geometric abstraction into abstract cells and ... -
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Ed. Yury Kharchenko
Yury Kharchenko
Painting 2018 – 2023Yury Kharchenko is an outstanding representative of contemporary painting. He creates works in cycles which reflect his profound connections with existential themes like darkness and light. He combines masterful colourfulness with dense substance ... -
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Ed. Uta M. Reindl
Monika Fioreschy
Fields of FlowFrom silicone tubes to paint, paper and threads – throughout her artistic career stretching back over more than 50 years, Monika Fioreschy has been constantly discovering new forms of expression in the tradition of the art of weaving. In ... -
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Ed. Donna Gustafson
George Segal
Themes and VariationsGeorge Segal’s ghostly figures are immediately recognisable, even by those who don’t know the artist’s name. Some are installed in public spaces, as if participating in the world at large. This book explores his revolutionary ... -
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Ed. Elliot Josephine Leila Reichert et al.
Samia Halaby
Centers of EnergySamia Halaby (b. 1936) is widely recognised as a pioneer in twentieth-century abstraction and computer-generated art. The publication will bring together approximately thirty-five of Halaby’s paintings, prints and drawings in the first-ever ... -
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Ed. Marissa Del Toro et al.
"Xican-a.o.x. Body" centres the political and creative resistance of Xicanx artists from 1968 to the present. The publication presents new histories of Xicanx art, illustrating how artists foreground the Brown body to explore, expand, and ... -
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Eva-Maria Fahrner-Tutsek
Fade Away
Eva-Maria Fahrner-TutsekConcealed, faded and rusting, the signs lie by the roadside. Their text and associative images have lost their connection with reality, as if they had been forgotten in the landscape. The photographer Eva-Maria Fahrner-Tutsek has tracked down these ... -
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Ed. David Evans Frantz et al.
Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects
Hardcover EditionSurveying over four centuries, this volume brings together a wide-ranging selection of artworks and artefacts that highlight under-recognised histories of trans and gender-nonconforming communities. Through the contributions of artists, writers, ... -
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Ed. Klaus Albrecht Schröder et al.
Katharina Grosse
Why Three Tones Do Not Form a TriangleExpansion and the permanent crossing of boundaries, freedom and autonomy form the cornerstones of Grosse’s (* 1961) oeuvre. Her creative work is experimental and unpredictable. With many photos from the artist’s private archive this ... -
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Ed. Elsy Lahner et al.
Gottfried Helnwein’s (b. 1948) paintings of children are both touching and disturbing. The hyperrealistic character of his images serves to intensify this effect still further. The vulnerable and defenseless child serves as the central motif ... -
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Kevin D. Dumouchelle
Heroes
Principles of African Greatness"Heroes: Principles of African Greatness" is a multilayered project that relays the stories of the key heroic principles and people in Africa’s arts and history, and considers the core values of leadership – justice, ... -
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Ed. Katharina Cibulka et al.
Let’s go equal
The Solange ProjectSince 2018, Katharina Cibulka and her team have been mounting hand-embroidered scaffolding nets on well-frequented, prominent construction sites, inviting the public to join the conversation on feminist issues. Each sentence begins with "As long as. ... -
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Ed. Helen Hirsch et al.
Not my Circus, not my Monkeys
The Motif of the Circus in Contemporary ArtOriginating in late 18th-century London, the circus and its ring represent an antithesis to everyday life. The deliberate staging of beautiful make-believe and breathtaking acrobatics has long been a source of great fascination. At the same time, ... -
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Ed. Dancing Foxes Press et al.
In the Company of Artists
A History of Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture"In the Company of Artists" is the first major study of Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, the influential summer art school founded by artists for artists amidst the tumult of World War II. Skowhegans philosophy and impact, ... -
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Ed. Ulrich Blanché
Wild, free and ephemeral – from the 1960s and Brassaï, who transformed graffiti into art, via the Sprayer of Zurich in the 1970s to the appearance of the first works by Banksy in England. We study the illegal roots of the art form with ... -
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Ed. Julie Decker
Sonya Kelliher-Combs was raised in the Northwest Alaska community of Nome. Her work has been shown in numerous individual and group exhibitions in Alaska, the United States and internationally. She offers through her mixed media painting and ... -
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Ed. Alfredo Barsuglia
Alfredo Barsuglia
AprilThe oeuvre of the Austrian artist Alfredo Barsuglia is as multifaceted as contemporary art itself. He fits into no category and yet a golden thread runs through his creative work, linking together the various media and examining subjects such as ... -
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Ed. Georg Diez et al.
Survival is a common practice. We cannot do it alone; we need each other. We need tools and practices that help us to connect, to understand to build, to survive in this age of climate crisis, technological upheaval, existential pain. We need words ... -
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Ed. Valentina Fogher
Hex
Through my Hands I SeeFor Hex (b. 1964), found steel objects are often the basic material for his abstract sculptures. With the help of welding equipment, angle grinder, hammer and polishing machine, he creates beautifully shaped and extremely impressive works of art ...