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82 d a p www.artbook.com t:800.338.2665 f 800.478.3128 highlights contemporary art 83 jonathan o hara gallery walther kÖnig steidl/biblioteque nationale paris hatje cantz skulptur projekte münster 07 public sculpture introduction by kasper könig brigitte franzen been to enough biennials skulptur projekte münster only happens every 10 years this its fourth iteration following 1977 1987 and 1997 invites artists from all over the world many of whom are returning to the city and the event to create new site-specific works thus michael asher brings back his trailer and parks in sites he first sussed out in 1977 continuing to explore the conflicts between rigid form and mobile space and to document the dramatic transformation of the urban environment over four decades guy ben-ner equips bicycles with screens and places them around the city by pedaling participants control the speed and direction of a film of the artist doing the same guillaume bijl mocks up an archaeological site 25 feet square and 18 feet deep whose steep walls imitate layers of soil visitors climb a grassy hill to peer into the pit from a balustrade in the pit a 14-foot shingle-roofed spire topped by a weathercock preens this extensive book inspired by and documenting the festival opens on 35 sections between 4 and 16 pages long each designed by the artist and illuminating his or her work in text and images its second half comes in the form of a glossary of more than 100 key concepts linked to the subject of art in public spaces artists art historians philosophers urbanists architects sociologists and other writers weighing in with definitions from their respective disciplinary perspectives participants include francis alÿs isa genzken mike kelley rosemarie trockel bruce nauman martha rosler and pae white skulptur projekte münster 07 public sculpture 3-86560-234-7 978-3-86560-234-3 paperback 7.25 x 10.5 in 470 pgs 315 color 190 b&w u.s $60.00 cdn $72.00 july/art exhibition schedule münster germany 06/16/0709/30/07 robert rauschenberg transfer drawings of the 1960s text by lewis kachur foreword by jonathan o hara featuring 42 of robert rauschenberg s pioneering transfer drawings of the 1960s this book reproduces almost half of the works that were made in that tumultuous decade the historical watershed of 1968 is especially well represented by 23 drawings at least 15 of which were shown in the influential ileana sonnabend gallery paris in october of that year they have never been seen before now in the u.s the imagery in these drawings suggests a growing political consciousness first engaging the civil rights movement followed by the vietnam war and other events of the stormy era this small but exquisite volume is an absorbing sequel to the 2005-06 international touring exhibition of rauschenberg s combines taking up where those multi-media constructions left off among the featured works are mainspring 1965 the largest of the transfer drawings and selections from the artist s own collection robert rauschenberg was born in port arthur texas in 1925 after studying in paris on the g.i bill in his twenties he returned to the u.s pausing only to investigate the black mountain college art scene before taking on and swiftly conquering new york he had his first solo show at leo castelli gallery in his early thirties and quickly went on to become one of the most important artists of the twentieth century in 1970 he moved to captiva island off the gulf coast of florida where he still lives and works robert rauschenberg transfer drawings of the 1960s 0-9740751-4-0 978-0-9740751-4-3 hdcvr 9.5 x 9.25 in 72 pgs 45 color 6 b&w u.s $40.00 cdn $48.00 june/art jim dine aldo et moi aldo et moi is a record of the 115 etchings jim dine made between 1975 and 1997 in collaboration with the famous printer aldo crommelynck in paris crommelynck has worked with many american artists including jean-michel basquiat keith haring jasper johns robert morris and ed ruscha but his relationship with dine has proved especially durable and fruitful dine painted the crommelynck gate as well as a sculpture of the same name in his honor and credits him as a teacher my relationship with aldo crommelynck has been a little different in that he really teaches technique more than anyone else he has a vast vocabulary of the process in celebration of this happy association jim dine has donated to the bibliothèque nationale de france a complete set of prints the library will mount an exhibit of this donation in april 2007 aldo et moi is a warm-hearted tribute to two masters of contemporary printmaking and complements previous steidl titles on dine such as birds the photographs this goofy life of constant mourning drawings of jim dine entrada drive pinocchio and his last book l odysée de jim dine jim dine was born in cincinnati in 1935 and made his entrance into the new york art world in late 1950s his paintings drawings photographs and sculpture have since been shown at the walker art center minneapolis and the whitney museum of american art and the guggenheim museum new york dine has taught art at yale oberlin and cornell jim dine aldo et moi 3-86521-461-4 978-3-86521-461-4 hardcover 9.25 x 11 in 224 pgs 157 color u.s $50.00 cdn $60.00 july/art philip guston works on paper edited by christoph schreier michael semff text by poul erik tojner isabel dervaux christoph schreier painter philip guston s return to figuration in the late 1960s was plotted and rehearsed in his drawing practice in which he veered between what he referred to as pure drawing abstract and figurative drawing a shoe a chair a nail an open book a hooded head as he groped his way into this strange and clunky vocabulary guston discovered an incredible world awaiting him and realized as he put it that i wanted to tell stories guston s drawing was also a vehicle for collaboration with poets such as clark coolidge and bill berkson and for satire the poor richard series his draftsmanship betrays such early influences as the cartoons of frink and george herriman perhaps instances of the impure art that flooded back into his practice after he abandoned abstraction with a selection of about 100 drawings mostly from the artist s estate philip guston works on paper tracks the evolution of this major american artist s drawing from the 1940s to 1980 philip guston works on paper 3-7757-1909-1 978-3-7757-1909-4 hardcover 9.5 x 11.75 in 216 pgs 76 color 40 b&w u.s $55.00 cdn $66.00 june/art exhibition schedule new york pierpont morgan library 05/02/0808/31/08 walther kÖnig walther kÖnig skulptur projekte münster 07 vorspann/interviews text by brigitte franzen kasper könig carina plath in late 2006 the münster art academy initiated a discussion on public sculpture with 12 of the 35 artists featured in skulptur projekte münster 07 in a series of interviews guy ben-ner martin boyce dominique gonzalez-foerster marko lehanka eva meyer and eran schaerf deimantas narkevicus susan philipsz andreas siekmann silke wagner clemens von wedemeyer and annette wehrmann all talk about their work their questions regarding public and urban space and their specific approaches to the exhibition these insightful conversations are complemented by a discussion with the exhibition curators brigitte franzen kasper könig and carina plath skulptur projekte münster 07 vorspann/interviews 3-86560-209-6 978-3-86560-209-1 pbk 7.25 x 10 in 192 pgs 98 b&w u.s $30.00 cdn $36.00 july/art skulptur projekte münster 07 short guide by frank frangenberg this pocket-sized guide to skulptur projekte münster 07 offers a complete tour of the exhibition with the insightful comments of the rising german critic frank frangenberg printed alongside detailed site maps and important topographical information bound with a city map it is an essential handbook for anyone who plans to attend the show skulptur projekte münster 07 short guide 3-86560-219-3 978-3-86560-219-0 pbk 4.25 x 7.25 in 100 pgs 50 color u.s $20.00 cdn $24.00 july/art

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